My workouts this week have been a bit different from my normal lifting splits and oh my are my muscles feeling the variety! I didn’t get in any specific workouts while traveling over the weekend and earlier this week. Instead, hiking and exploring Colorado were my workouts. When I got back home the weather was so nice that I decided to get in some workouts in our garage instead of my normal gym routine and this workout I did on Wednesday and my legs are still so sore today! This is a great reminder to me that switching up exercises, workouts. sets and reps is important to keep muscle engaged, activated and toning. Do you switch up your workout routine? If so, how often?
The closer I get to my due date, the bigger my belly grows and the more my body changes. I have been having to scale back on weight in most workouts and as I get even closer to delivering baby girl, I am thinking body weight workouts will be a must because I can already tell a difference in my recovery time. It’s much slower! This pregnancy has been a new journey for me to figure out what workouts and exercises work best for my body and I have had to really tune into listening to different signals my body is giving me and do that. It hasn’t been easy because I have a high intensity workout mentality and having to scale back weight, rounds and reps has been a tough mental game to play. I am working through it, though and doing my best to listen to what my body needs because I am no longer only having to worry about myself. I now have to think of the little human growing inside of me and what is best for her, my pregnancy health and post partum health. If you are going through any changes in your fitness that might not be easy for you to handle mentality, remember why you are doing it. Our bodies need rest, recovery and love. You got this!
Lower Body + Full Body AMRAP
Warm-up: 10 minute walk and active stretching
– Back squats – 6×8-10
THEN
5 rounds for time
– kettlebell swings x 18, 15, 12, 9, 6
– push-ups x 10
– kettlebell front rack squat x 18, 15, 12, 9, 6
– barbell or DB push press x 10
– kettlebell goblet squat x 18, 15, 12, 9, 6
– deadbug x 10