WELCOME TO BLOGMAS!! I was inspired to do this by all the influencers I follow on Instagram and TikTok that are doing this on their socials. Not sure how I’m going to do this but bare with me because I am excited about it.
I’m going to give you guys a little run down on my past week, well the last four days! I posted a Daily Journal on December 1st about that day already but it basically was about goal setting, and doing that and getting it ready for the new year! I have a ton of goals, and I did find a couple templates that I will be trying out to help complete these goals next year. I cannot wait to print out these templates and add them to a binder! I’ll share the templates below!
2023 Trackers
After taking my time all day on the 1st to find those templates, I went to my first YOGA class! And it was so…AMAZING. I was so relaxed and peaceful, stretching and moving my body like that, and listening to the instructor take us through the session was so amazing that I know for sure that I will be adding it to my workout/get my body moving routine. I took my first class at Rootdown, and I loved that place. They had a 20classes/$20 going, so I signed up so I could try out a few classes this month before I actually buy some type of membership next year.
Speaking of the workout routine…oh boy…it’s been a STRUGGLE y’all. I went twice this week so far, which is good (I wanted to say “better than nothing”), and I’m on the fence about going today to get that last workout in before the new week next week and finish strong this week but I’ve really been trying to figure out what kind of routine I want to have. Like I know the basics, I want two upper body days, and two lower body days, but I have no idea which days of the week I want to go, what times of the day I want to go, or where to input a yoga class. I want two rest days a week at the least as well, it’s just all a mess, and I have to find one more tracker to add to those templates for my workout schedule. Because ya girl is struggling with this workout routine/schedule. I need to really work on discipline and that’s another goal for myself next year, I have all the motivation in the world but what I don’t have is, is consistency and discipline. I don’t want the gym to be a chore, but lately it has been and I don’t like it. So, I’m going to really sit down a work on this, either today or this coming week. I know, today, I am finding a template for some sort of schedule because I know it’s what I need to really focus on being active.
Anyways, about the rest of the week. It was a blur, but on the 2nd, I help my best friend, Kennedy, reorganize her preschool classroom! I was there, literally, from 8am to 6pm! 6pm! Do you hear me? Like I was there ALL day and took her out to dinner with some of our other friends and had a blast. We got a lot of work done and I really hope she loves her new classroom!
On the 3rd, aka yesterday, what did I do? I went to a craft show to support my beautiful step mom! She had a booth there, and I bought my first ornament for my boyfriend’s mom’s Christmas tree from her. It’s super cute, I’ll show you on the blog Instagram (PLEASE FOLLOW, link below!). Then that’s when I hit the struggle bus that I was talking about earlier about the workout routine. I was going to go yesterday, I really was, but I just did not want to. I chose to nap all day, then read, which isn’t bad because I like listening to my body but here’s the problem. My MIND was playing tricks on me and made me think my BODY didn’t want to go to the gym or be active in some sort of way but it was my MIND’S FAULT! I literally talked myself out of going to the gym in Dollar Tree! Dollar Tree? Tee…come on girl. We aren’t going to reach our goals like this. This is why I need a schedule, on paper, in checklist format, where I can check each day off in writing.
And last but not least, today. December 4th, a recap on my morning, I woke up, finished Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover, of course it was an amazing book and I love her so much. I do not think I’ll do a review on this one because I seen this more so as a fun read than an emotional connection like the three previous novels of Hoover’s. Then, once I got to the last few chapters of Ugly Love, I did get emotionally connected and teared up of course so, y’all know the drill already, lol. I did decide that I will be reading the Slammed Series, Maybe Series, Hopeless Series, November 9, and Confess by Hoover as well, might start today or tomorrow, stay tuned! I also made a bagel, chat with the bf this morning, had my cappuccino, watched Youtube and TikTok videos by my favorite influencers, and now I’m here for BLOGMAS!
P.s. I have been diving into the Bible! I am reading, for Advent, the Book of Luke on the birth and life of Jesus, our Lord! I’ve read chapters 1-3 and will read chapter 4 today!
So, there it is, my BLOGMAS recap of the last four days! I hope you enjoyed. I’ll probably skip posting my week of workouts today, but then again, who knows, I say that now but could post it anyways. So be ready for that. I also want to promise that my short story will be posted before Christmas, and if not, I promise before the end of the year. I will give you guys my first short story. I’ll make an Instagram relate date, countdown for y’all.
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Hey y’all, I’m going to tell ya a little bit Ouidad Products today! Ooo I love these products so much, and I’m thankful that Libby Christensen (a Gymshark influencer on Instagram) shared this with her followers because as soon as I switched to these conditioners and shampoo, it changed my curls for the better! After getting my hair cut a couple years ago, I sampled a lot of their lines before finding my favorites, for example, Ultra Nourishing, Curl Quencher, and Curl Infusion. I ended up loving all of them, for my natural hair, but the Curl Infusion line (as seen in the above photo) is my all-time favorite. I still use the Ultra Nourishing Hair Mask (white bottle in photo) because it seems do to do the best for me. I also use the Whipped Curls Daily Conditioner and Priming milk for daily use outside of co-wash and wash days.
With that being said, let me give you a run down of how my co-wash days, wash days, and hair care routines go.
Wash day: I usually only do a full wash day at the beginning of the week, once a week, because that seems to work for my hair care the best. That includes, first the shampoo (rinse after scrubbing), then hair mask (leave in for 2-3 mins, then rinse), lastly I do the conditioner (leave in for 3-4 mins, then rinse) or if I feel like my scalp and curls are really dry, I use the deep conditioner (circular container in front in photo, leave in for 4-5 mins, the rinse).
Co-wash day: I usually only do this once a week as well, in the middle of the week after a full wash day, especially if I worked out 3 days in a row and sweat my hair out. I use the conditioner (leave in for 3-4 mins, then rinse) or deep conditioner (leave in for 4-5 mins, the rinse) depending on how dry my hair is.
Hair care routine: Outside of wash and co-wash days, I will use the whipped curls and priming milk as stated above, however, I only use those products every other day, not every day, because my hair doesn’t seem to need it daily. I also do not use these products the day of or after wash or co-wash days, my hair doesn’t seem to need it?? and I question it because maybe I should be doing it after those days but I chose not to for some odd reason.
I really love these products because they make my hair feel so soft and healthy. They aren’t hard on my hair like other products I used and they really bring out my curls. Confession, I’m not the best with sticking to the exact routine but for the most part I take care of my hair when it needs to be. I struggled with taking care of my hair while in college because I was on the go, all the time but once I got it cut, and started with Ouidad products I could see the growth and feel my hair strengthening and repairing itself. Which is a plus!
Shea Moisture Coconut Oil
This head-to-toe coconut oil is so good for many reasons, mainly because I use it for not just my skin but hair and feet too! It really moisturizes my skin and hair and I love it. I use this product after I shower. I rub my hands, elbows, knees, and feet. Then I use it on my hair after washing/co-washing. This has really done wonders to my skin and hair as well. Keeping me soft and shiny, we love that! I really think it helps my hair grow as well, but I don’t really know that for sure, so don’t @ me haha! If you know my boyfriend, he jokes that I get “coco butter” (which is an entirely different product but whatever haha) everywhere and all over him, but oh well, he’ll live right? Oh, quick tip, don’t use in shower, you’ll be slipping and sliding for sure! Don’t want you breaking necks now do we?
Star Rating:
I give BOTH these products, 5 stars because they’ve done nothing but the best for me. 10/10 recommend them both. For my curly haired cuties! Please give Ouidad a try, buy it from their website (I linked it above) or, I just remembered that Ulta Beauty has their products as well! Yes, it’s a bit pricey but for the results I’ve gotten, I say do it! I swear by them! I find the coconut oil anywhere, Walmart, Target, Meijer, etc. I think it’s cheapest at Walmart though.
And there it is folks! Two new products for you to try out, let me know if you do! Thanks for coming to my ted talk! I love you all, and hope your week is going well! Love you, bye!!!
Week 3! It’s been a week too! Between the extra rest days, excuses, and the snow, I got three really good workouts in. I did not get Yoga in though, plans changed and I had to do something else. But, that’s the truth behind a fitness journey, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. But, on the flip side, I did accomplish some great things since last week. I got a lot of PRs at the gym, could definitely feel myself getting stronger, which is great progress, I got my first blog interview posted for y’all to read, and almost finished 2 books! I also started drafting for my first short story, for the blog! So, yes I’ve had a lot of accomplishments this week! You guys already know about the quote I referred to in my most recent Daily Journal, but if not, it stated “Sometimes you gotta take a BREAK so you can take it up a notch!” and I agree with it, I took like 3-4 extra rest days and maybe that’s because subconsciously, I knew I needed a break, to come back harder! And today, after those 3-4 days, I DID come back harder! I’m lifting a lot heavier for the most part than I was in September when I relaunched my fit journey and I couldn’t be more proud of ME! So, without further ado…Week 3 of Workouts!
Day 1: Boyfriend Workout
This workout is what I called the “Boyfriend Workout” because I literally do my boyfreind’s workout lol! Plain and simple. Whatever he does, I do. So, I would call this: Full Body Day. I say that because we hit a little bit of everything with this style of workout he does.
Machine Back Extensions for 50 reps
Ez Bar Bicep Curls for 50 reps
AB Machine for 50 reps
Elliptical for .5miles
Row Machine for 50 reps
I believe this workout took about a good 35-45 minutes for us to complete! Felt really strong here, hit some PRs! Yay!
Day 2: Back, Biceps, Cardio, + Core
Woo! This was a KILLER day! I really did a lot of lifting and movement here with this one.
Lat Pulldowns 3×8
Bent Over Row (Underhand Grip) 3×10
Chest Support Rows 3×10
Rear Delt Flys (DB) 3×10
Ez Bar Bicep Curls 3×12
Alternating Hammer Curls 3×10
CORE CIRCUIT on the Elevate Core Machine: 2 rounds
Basic Scrunch 10 reps
Dynamic Plank (elbows on board) 20 slow counts
Oblique Scrunch with Knees (R) 5 reps
Oblique Scrunch with Knees (L) 5 reps
Intermediate Plank 20 slow counts
Intermediate Scrunch 10 reps
CARDIO: 10mins
Treadmills 12 incline, 3 speed
Day 3: Compound Lifts
With this workout, I chose to compound lift, meaning a style of training that integrates movements that stress multiple muscle groups at one time. It’s a heavy hitter kind of day, so I suggest that it be the beginning of your workout week OR after coming back from multiple rest days, (today, based on the way I’ve been counting days, would be the last day of the week and also after multiple rest days) but that’s just a suggestion, I am not a fitness trainer, by any means. I also put my PRs as well, and I’ve most definitely improved since the last two compound lift days, 7/10/22 and 9/10/22. I based this workout, though, on the 9/10/22 workout, and only two of the exercises hasn’t increased by weight.
Pull Ups (1XAMRAP (highest rep=4.5 w/o assist)
3X10 on ALL ⬇️
Chest Press (highest weight for 8 reps, quick pause then 2 more reps= 95lbs)
The two that “haven’t changed” are the exercises I haven’t been doing a lot of while following Brittany Lupton’s Program, so I can see why I haven’t really increased a lot of weight, but the other’s have gone up by at least 10-20lbs, and that’s fantastic improvement. I also, improved on my pull ups, I can almost get that fifth one now! With no assist! Yay!
So, I hope you all enjoy your day, and enjoyed reading my week 3! Please FOLLOW the blog, my Instagram, and feel free to use my Spotify playlist! Links below! Love you ALL!
It’s been a hot minute since I last did a daily journal. I just realized that I was so worried about the other topics that I wasn’t posting my journals. Anyways, here we are and I’ve had a lot go on the last couple days. Just to list some of them off:
Editing the blog website, with photos, and button links that are easier to navigate. Just updating the blog website
Uploading and posting the interview with Kaysie
Reading two Colleen Hoover books and doing reviews on them. I have to finish the second book before I do that review, if I do it, I haven’t decided on that yet.
Working from home! I still have lots of lesson planning to do lol.
Took three rest days in a row…no way…I’ve been doing that too often for my taste and I think I know how I will change that. I only want 2 rest days tops, and it’s been so hard to stick to that.
So as you can see I’ve been inside a lot these last couple days and although I’ve been doing work, in so way or another, I’ve just been so busy. But it has also been very nice to stick to a morning routine. Which the funny thing is, since my boyfriend had his first snow day on Friday, he kind of threw me off my routine a bit. It was so funny because, as I stated prior, I have a routine, and I do the same things each morning, but Friday, he wanted to watch some shows, wanted me to make him a cappuccino, breakfast, nap, etc. and that was throwing me off a bit, but we survived haha. I just told him that I had certain things to get done and had to do it so I let him do his own things and went to do mine. It was very nice to have him home though, got lots of cuddles in.
I will say though, I came to the realization that I need to start writing my workout schedules down again, because I haven’t been following it anymore, because I was just deciding what workout to do the moment before getting to the gym and it was working at the beginning of the month but as the weeks have been going by, it hasn’t been working. So to change that, I’m going to go find a weekly template to use, most likely the one I was using two or so years ago, because that seamed to help me a lot better. I also, did not go to my first yoga class due to change in plans and what not so that makes me sad as well. SO! Im making sure to go this coming Tuesday, I am also thinking of going to the gym today as well but I haven’t decided on that yet because there is a few things I want to get done today and I’m not sure how long that’ll take. Anyways, it has been really nice to get some of my thoughts down like this, so they aren’t just lingering in my head anymore. So thank you for letting me do that.
On a good note, I have decided to start drafting a short story! Ugh! I’m excited for how this will go. I’m going to start drafting today and see where I get. This will be interesting because it’ll be a short story, which means, I have to either end it in this one sitting, or have a huge cliff hanger to do a part two or something. I haven’t decided which I’m going to do yet, so stay tuned for that! It’ll definitely take me a while to get that posted but I will work on it as much as this holiday will allow me to. I also have to talk with my other two interviewee’s about their interviews, because I think I’ll do one of them in person, and the other over a google doc, like I did for Kaysie. Speaking of which, Kaysie’s interview turned out so well. I love how simple it was, just having her answer the questions by following my directions and then if I needed, just had her edit her answers a little, then add my introduction on her and the rebuttals to her answers. It was so simple for me to do that, so my next interview may be like that as well. I have not yet decided on that one just yet.
I was going to write something else, but it literally just slipped my mind as to what I was actually about to do. So, I’m going to end the daily journal here and thank you guys for reading haha! Wow, you just witnessed me lose my train of thought.
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Hey everyone! It’s the weekend and that means it’s time for the FIRST INTERVIEW for the blog!! I wanted to interview Kaysie, the new stay at home mom, wife, sister, daughter, aunt, friend, and most of all, my family, for the this blog! Kaysie is super funny, yet straight to the point. She’s new to this “stay at home mom” thing and she’s rocking it y’all. Little Rosey, her daughter and my niece whom I love so much, and Hunter, her husband, are so lucky to have her. She may get stressed out, but at the end of the day, she’s there for you! And I truly love that about her. She takes it all seriously, but also with a grain of salt. So, without further ado, let’s dive into the WONDERFUL Stay At Home Mom Interview, featuring Kaysie!
The Discussion
Ever wanted to know what it was like to be a Stay At Home Mom? Well, I’ve got news for you! Kaysie knows, and she’s going to tell us exactly how it is. I came up with a series of questions for Kaysie to answer and her responses are phenomenal. She was true and honest about how she answered the questions and even went back and added more to her responses, after I had asked her to. Such a great first interview, I’ve got all the tea for ya! Let’s get into it.
Question 1: Why did you choose to be a stay at home mom vs. working at a job?
Coming in hot with this one, Kaysie responded with:
“I never wanted to be a stay at home mom until I gave birth to my daughter, Rose. After I had her it’s all I could dream about. I was very lucky, I was able to have my family watch Rose for the most part while I worked for the first 3 years of her life. As Rose became older my itch for being a stay at home mom grew. I wanted to be the one making decisions for her during the day and I wanted to be the one primarily raising her. As Rose started learning more things and especially after Covid I also decided I wanted to homeschool, I felt in order to fulfill my dreams of how I wanted Rose to grow up and be raised it was only natural to be a stay at home mom.” Wow, what a great, real, and heartfelt answer.
Question 2: What is your most favorite part about being a stay at home mom? Explain.
Easy enough right? Kaysie:
“Being with my daughter. Before being a stay at home mom I was a teacher at a daycare, so I also love coming up with educational activities for us to do. I love love love to see her grow every single day. ” So sweet to hear, #goals, right?
Question 3: What is your least favorite part about being a stay at home mom? Explain.
I’m sure you expected that, but I asked her to go back and give me just a little bit more here, and her answer is so honest and true. Very heartfelt. She stated:
“The guilt society puts on stay at home moms. Even some of my own family members have passed judgment on me for the decision my husband and I have made to be a stay at home mom. I am not sure if people mean to or not, but when people pass judgment on our decision for me to be a stay at home mom I feel like they are looking at me as “less than” instead of an equal provider to the family. At the end of the day I am still providing for the family, it takes more than money to successfully run a household.” Enough said, on to the next.
Question 4: What’s a typical day/routine look like for you?
Simple, right? Kaysie replied with:
“Completely depends on the day. We are involved in a lot of groups. Monday we go to play and learn at a church, Wednesday we go to toddler time at a library, and on Fridays we go to preschool reading time at a different library. Day to day varies on what needs to get done and what the weather is outside. When it was nice out we spent a lot of time outside, now that it is colder we are spending a lot of time doing art and playing with play-dough. I don’t plan on having a more strict schedule until I start school with Rose.” Love the honesty here, it’s not just A.B,C, it’s the real life answer, things change all the time, and she’s ready for it. I love it.
Question 5: What are your top five goals as a stay at home mom?
Again, I asked her to go into depth with this one, and explain how she would aim to accomplish these goals, and she does by saying that:
“In no particular order…
1. Homeschool Rose to the best of my ability 2. Create a warm inviting environment within the home 3. Be the best, healthiest version of me 4. Grow my family closer to God 5. Be a part of our community
Completing these goals is something I work on daily. Most of my goals are inside goals, I have to work on myself in order to guild my family. I am continuously working on myself by going to therapy to become a cycle breaker, creating a healthier lifestyle by eating clean and moving our bodies. I expose Rose to the word of God daily and make God our center so she knows everything we say and do is for a bigger purpose, to honor and glorify God. I think it is equally important to be a part of a community and for Rose to know how to be a successful part of a community. I do this by getting involved in things like preschool time at the library and play/learn at the church. My goal is to become more involved in the community as Rose grows.” PERFECT, phenomenal, just…she’s rocking this interview y’all, am I right?
Question 6: What is your biggest accomplishment since becoming a stay at home mom?
She comes back with:
Let me start off by saying I have only been a stay at home mom for two months,” and I’m already impressed with how she starts off, “within those two months my life has been anything but normal. I have my mom living with me temporarily, my husband Job was transferred to Grand Rapids and his schedule changed, that’s just to name a few. So far my biggest accomplishment has simply been surviving. Keeping my mental health somewhat sustainable and creating teachable/loving moments with my daughter every day is what I have accomplished so far.” She dove deep with this one. Proud of her and her accomplishments. Rosey and Hunter are too, I know they are, and she knows that as well.
Question 7: How long do you plan to be a stay at home mom? If forever, why? If only for a little while longer, why? Explain.
The honesty here, is also great. Thought she’d be tired of me by now but she goes on:
“I truly have no idea. I would love to stay forever but I don’t know what the future holds. Going into this chapter of my life I agreed I would be a stay at home mom as long as it makes sense. I am not against working, if one day we notice our family would benefit more from working than being a stay at home mom I will go find a paying job. Once our babies are grown, if I want to go back to a paying job why not? As long as it makes sense to be home with my babies then I will be home.” Great, right? So, I kept pressing her.
Question 8: How do you handle stress? How do you know when you’re about to explode? What do you do to prevent and/or resolve that?
Not a trick question either, I really just wanted to know. She stated:
“Handling stress I think is something that you never master, it’s something you continuously work on throughout your life, there is no finish line. I know when I’m about to explode when I feel like I want to yell. I normally will start to yell at my dogs (sorry puppies!) If I get to that point I know I need to take a breather. Is there such a thing as preventing stress?? If there is someone please fill me in. Stress is a part of nature, I result from it by taking some me time, jumping in the shower to give me 10 minutes of silence sometimes is all it takes. Also therapy.. Therapy therapy therapy!” This is your sign, if you need it. I appreciate her honesty here, and how she mentioned therapy. I agree, and maybe need to get into therapy myself but this isn’t about me.
Question 9: How do you incorporate “me time” or self-care for yourself while being a stay at home mom? What are your hobbies?
We talked about stress, now I wanted to get into “me time” and how she incorporates that into her new journey. She replied with:
“Me time is HARD. Everyone needs me every second of the day and my to-do list is seriously never ending. I am very blessed to have a husband who supports and understands that I do need me time. Lately I have been reading books as my me time, sometimes I go shopping by myself, or just lock myself in a room and vedge on my phone. I think it helps that I have talked to Rose about me time and helped her understand it. She knows if mommy is in me time that it’s important I get that time. Rose even takes me time where I don’t bug her and she is by herself playing. We have made it a part of our normal everyday activities so it is never a fight.” ROUND OF APPLAUSE! Because she hadn’t failed me yet! I told you, she takes this seriously y’all, her daughter even is in on this routine with her! Get out of here!
Question 10: Would you recommend being a stay at home mom to others, and why or why not?
Last but not least, I bring the interview to a close with this one. Now this answer she gave me, was the best one yet. Kaysie really corrected me here:
“I don’t think being a stay at home mom is something you can recommend. I encourage everyone who desires to be a stay at home mom, I also encourage everyone who wants a career to pursue that. Being a stay at home mom is not one size fits all. It has to make sense financially and it has to make sense mentally. If you truly want and desire to be a stay at home mom and want to take on the house responsibilities and be with the children all day then I encourage you to find different possibilities on how to make that work. However, not every mom wants to stay home. Some moms THRIVE on building their career and they are better moms when they have their career they can go to every day, and i support that too! Everyone has to make their own decision that makes sense for their family dynamic.” Oh. My. GOSH. She really rocked me with this one. How amazing it is for someone to really feel for both sides and prove it. MOM/WIFE of the YEAR!
And There It Is Folks!
Now that y’all have a little bit more insight on what it’s like to be a Stay At Home Mom, I want to thank Kaysie for not just being my first interviewee, but for sharing her personal life with us. How grateful I am to have someone like her in my life to let me dive deep into her life and post it for you all for to read. She really gave me her best and I couldn’t have asked for more. Thank you Kaysie, you are phenomenal, and whether you know this or not, I’m so glad to have someone like you in my life. Keep it up, girly! You rock! Give Rosey a kiss for me. Love you!💙
Thank you guys for taking time to indulge in this interview with Kaysie and I, we greatly appreciate it. Give us some claps below! Maybe one day, I’ll do a video interview or something with someone???? I’m kind of against it, just a little, because I hate the way my voice sounds on recording but who knows, I’m down for anything on the other hand too, haha. So we’ll just have to see.
Y’all know what to do! Follow my blog and my Instagram! Thank you, love you, bye! Enjoy the weekend, y’all!
This week was a short one y’all. I got three amazing workouts in this week which is good, and I’m proud of myself for going. More rest days than I wanted but, oh well. Yes, I am kind of sad that I didn’t go 5 days this week, and kind of beating myself up a bit for not going at least four days this week, but I’m working on being more gentle with myself, and more kind with my self-talk. Is anybody else’s little voice in their head bullying them? Because, guilty! So, I’m promising myself that I’ll be a lot nicer to myself. With that being said, here’s this week’s WEEK OF WORKOUTS!
Day 1: Glutes
SUPERSET:
Barbell Glute Bridge 3×12
Banded Hip Abduction 3×30
DB Box Step Ups 3×12
Weighted Back Extensions 3×20
BANDED GLUTE BURNOUT CIRCUIT:
Fire Hydrants 3×15
Glute Rainbows 3×10
Banded Clamshells 3×10
**now that I’m writing this, I think I did 3 rounds instead of 2 like Brittany Lupton’s program called for, dang it lol, well extra work for me, and YOU, hehe!**
Day 2: Back + Biceps
Barbell Row 3×8
Inverted Row 3xAMRAP
Lat Pulldowns 3×10
Single Arm Bent Over Rows 3×10
Hammer Curls 3×10
Single Arm Rear Delt Flys (cables)
CORE CIRCUIT: 2 rounds / 45secs on 15sec rest on all
High Plank Knew to Elbow
Leg Raises
Deadbugs
elbow to knew Fingers to Toes
Heel Slides
Day 3: Glutes + Hamstrings
Romanian Deadlifts 3×8
DROPSET:
Bulgarian Split Squats 3×10 (I use a 10lb barbell plate to hold in one hand)
Bodyweight Bulgarian Split Squats 3xAMRAP (drop your weight and go to failure)
Weighted Back Extensions 3×12
Leg Curls 3×12
Abduction Machine 3×20
And there it is folks! I know I’ve said this a lot but HUGE thanks to Brittany Lupton’s Workout App! Her programs have really helped me advance in my workout sessions. I’ve built so much confidence in myself, much more physical strength, and more love for my fit journey! Thanks Britt! You’re the best!
P.s. I’m going to my first official YOGA class tomorrow! Stay tuned for that, I’ll let y’all know how it goes, and how I plan to implement that into my workout routine!
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Hey everyone! Thanks for reading my first Week of Workouts on the blog! One thing I did realize that I did forget to implement into the routine each day was the warm ups and cooldowns I use each workout. How on earth did I FORGET that???!! Anyways, I’m fixing that right now.
Warm Ups:
For Back and Bicep Day:
Up and Overs 1×10 (there are two variations I do here, I’ll probably show a video on Instagram of the variations due to it being hard to explain exactly what I do)
Arm Swings 1×10 (each arm)
Pull Aparts 1×10
For Chest, Shoulders + Tricep Day:
Up and Overs 1×10
Arm Swings 1×10 (each arm)
Pull Aparts 1×10
Shoulder Rotations 1×10 (each arm) (there are three varations I do here. I’ll probably show a video on Instagram of the variations due to it being hard to explain exactly what I do)
Warm Ups:
For Any Leg Days:
Hip Openers 1×10 (each leg)
Leg Swings 1×10 (forward and backwards) (each leg)
Leg Swings 1×10 (side to side) (each leg)
Hamstring Scoops 1×10 (each leg)
Lateral Lunges 1×10 (each leg)
Cooldowns:
For Any Upper Body Day:
Hold for 10-20 seconds each:
Ab Stretch
Puppy Pose
Cobra Pose
Child Pose
Seated Side Bend (R)
Seated Side Bend (L)
Seated Spinal Twist (R)
Seated Spinal Twist (L)
Seated Mountain Pose
Tricep Stretch
Bicep Stretch
Shoulder Stretch
For Any Leg Day:
Hold for 10-20 seconds each:
Hamstring Stretch (R)
Pigeon Pose (R)
Low Lunge (R)
Hamstring Stretch (L)
Pigeon Pose (L)
Low Lunge (L)
90 90 Stretch
Figure Four Stretch (sometimes I do this one)
Butterflys (sometimes I do this one)
SO! There ya go, it’s all there, and it’s very very very important to warm up before workouts for mobility purposes, and cooldown your body after working it so dang hard for those GAINS!
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