Hey, Girlies, I’m back with another post! Just last week on Wednesday, February 28th, I decided to spend the day with one of my really good friends Soren. We had a whole day planned consisting of a quick ukelele session at her house as well as going to the gym. If you wanna read about our day filled with laughter and sweet jams as well as getting a sneak peek at our workout routine, then keep reading.
Soren and I both get out of school at 3, and conveniently, we have the exact same class schedule. Soren’s dad picked us up and we headed back to my house to get workout clothes for me, as well as a quick pre-workout snack because I hadn’t eaten yet. After we stopped at my house, we headed straight to Soren’s to get dressed and hang out a little before we left. Soren has a cute ukelele at her house and we decided to have a quaint little jam session together as she sang and taught me some cords.
After some fun with the ukelele, we headed off to Gold’s Gym. When we got there, Soren already had a routine made up that she uses whenever she attends the gym. I didn’t have much experience with routines because usually when I go to the gym I go to a class whether its spin class, body sculpt, or even weightlifting. Here is Soren’s full workout routine; you should try it sometime! :
- Go on the treadmill for about 15-20 minutes depending on your skillset
- Start at momentum level 2, incline 2
- Go to momentum 5, incline 4
- Then switch to momentum 9, incline 5
*These all happen in intervals, spread apart in about 5-6 minutes
- Optional: Get on the stair climber as well for about 5-10 minutes
*These exercises get your body warmed up and is a form of cardio
- Make sure to stretch before any exercises so you don’t pull any muscles
- Ex: lunges, straddle, toe touches, butterfly, splits, etc.
- Core exercises
- Crunches
- 10 with legs down
- Put leg up in the air and do 10 for each leg
- 20 with both legs up
- 10 with knees up
- 15 Leg Lifts
- lay on back and lift legs up and down without lifting up your back or head
- 10 scissoring leg lifts
- Same as leg lifts but criss-cross your legs in scissoring motion while bringing legs up and down
- Crunches
- Booty exercises
- 30 donkey kicks
- put your knees and elbows on the floor and lift your leg to the side in a bent, turned out position
- 15 on each leg
- 30 fire hydrants
- same as donkey kicks but kick leg back and keep it straight
- 25 butt bridges
- lay on your back with your knees up and lift only your back and butt up but keep feet and head on the floor
- 25 squats with a weighted ball
- 30 donkey kicks
- Arm exercises
- 20 lateral raises
- lift arms straight out to the side with weights
- 20 standing overhead presses
- lift arms straight up overhead with weights
- 20 reverse curls
- have arms straight down and then lift them up to your chest with arms bent while holding weights
- 20 lateral raises
After the gym, I went home and had a nice healthy snack that consisted of a bagel with vegan butter(sooo good!–called earth balance and can find @ TJ’s) and then a bowl of strawberries and bananas.
Hope you guys enjoyed my post and comment any workout routines you guys have 🙂
Simply Kiele 