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While lying in bed last night I planned out my Monday morning workout on my phone. Well of course as soon as I got to the gym I thought of all these other exercises I wanted to do/try. This always happens to me; it never fails that I will add on to my work out because I just get excited once I'm there. I told my husband the other day that the hardest part of my workouts is actually getting out of bed. Once I get to the gym, I never want to leave. So today's workout kicked my ass...literally. I was planning on focusing mostly on my inner and outer leg muscles (abductors/adductors, if you will) today, but I just couldn't leave my butt behind. Ha I'm so corny. Anyway.. Here is the workout I actually ended up doing today: -Cable Kickbacks: 4x8 -Cable Wood Choppers: 3x10 each side -Side Lunges off Box: 3x20 (10 each leg) -Hanging Squat Cleans: 3x8 -Calf Raises off Box: 3x15 (toes on the edge of the box) -Bridge on Physioball with Dumbbell: 3x12 I ended my session w...

Wednesday's workout consisted of a lot of upper body exercises while also incorporating a great deal of core work. My husband and I have been talking about upping our hiking game in the near future and explore some new places. He made sure to let me know that I would need to have myself in shape to be able to do the hikes he wanted to go on, so I went to the internet to find some ideas for the best workouts for hiking. Core work was by far the most important topic of everything I found, so I have been working to keep my exercise more on the dynamic side allowing my core to receive constant attention. This day consisted of just that, and the good thing about this workout is all you really need is a set of dumbbells and a physioball.  Below are a few of the workouts that I pulled some exercises from. I did quite a bit of shoulder, back, and chest work while seated or lying on the physioball to make it a full upper body day, plus a great deal of the ab exercises...

Today I started a new training regimen.  I'm not really training for anything specific, mostly to feel better, have more energy, and keep this body that my God gave me in check! So to hold me accountable for actually working out, I am going to post my workouts here. I've googled some stuff, pinterested, and done my fair share of crossfit WODs to be fully capable of making each workout a little different. Another minor detail is that I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Exercise Science, and I have a Masters of Science degree that required me to cover human anatomy and physiology pretty extensively. Therefore, I know what a want to target and how to do it! Today was mostly a leg day. It's funny how we say "today is legs, tomorrow is arms and back, etc." because any lower extremity work out will also involve the upper body and core, and the other way around. I started with 1 mile on the stationary bike to warm everything up. Then some lunges and air...