I have to admit that I didn’t exactly set out to brand myself as a non-fitness girl, but the more I think about it, the more accurate it seems. I’m just a girl who likes to move her body sometimes. (And always feels better when I do, as much as I don’t want to a medium percentage of the time.) And speaking of liking to move my body… I feel like a solid second Fitness Friday post is an old classic – my Fitness Routine.
Day-to-Day Fitness Routine
Psych! (Does anyone say that? Is it actually supposed to be “psych”? Like “psych you out”? Or is it “sike”? Why do I apparently think it’s 1999?)
Anyway, as if I have a day-to-day fitness routine.
Over time, I have learned that my life is too variable and if I try to make a pre-set, organized, rigid plan for each day, I will inevitably fail at it. And then I will be stressed out and beat myself up over it, which will ultimately lead no exercise at all because “why should I even try?!”. A classic shame spiral.
I have discovered that, while I love challenges (this is known), 30 classes in 30 days type things don’t really work for me. This is what growth looks like, my friends.
Okay, then what IS your fitness routine?
I’m glad you asked!
Though I won’t say “on Mondays I do this, on Tuesdays I do this”, I will say that I have favourite classes/instructors that I try to hit up every week, if I can. If I hit three of my favourite classes in a week? Ohhhh, that is a good week, my friends!
So, in a good week, this is what I would like to do:
- 3 barre classes
- I’ve been doing in person classes at Barre West, and I really like:
- Jenn’s Wed 545 class
- Janet’s 610 am class for weeks I have stuff after work on Wednesdays
- Kate’s Fri 445 class for weeks when I go into work early on Fridays
- Amy’s Sat 1030 pilates class
- Morgan’s Wed noon class on weeks I’m not working – but there are lots of other good ones!
- I also have some great online barre recommendations, but I think I will save that for another post
- I’ve been doing in person classes at Barre West, and I really like:
- 1 spin class
- I’d love to do more, but spin literally takes up your entire evening because of the sweat factor. Like, a 1-hr class becomes a three hour chunk of your night.
- I go to Hotshop, mostly the Silverado location and I’m obsessed with:
- Lindsay’s Sun 915 Spin & Reset (essentially a Spin & Yin yoga combo) – there’s also a Tues 700pm version of this class
- the Sat 1145 Spin & Sculpt that Brenna used to teach – a good class to sweat out a night out
- I usually go for the combos, but if I’m going to pure spin, I will always show up for Brenna, Amanda or Alex
- I think Stax is going to start doing in person classes again soon and I could not be more excited
- 1 yoga class
- My hips lose their minds if I don’t do this.
- I should probably get into a daily home practice but… I’m not there yet. Work in progress, baby!
- I’m also not really in the habit of any go-to classes right now and the in-person yoga scene has changed so much in the past two years that I need to put some work into finding what I love again.
- Walk daily
- Again, I’m truly happiest if I walk for a bit every day.
- Plus it’s a great way to feel like you worked out on days that you don’t want to or don’t have time to do a full workout.
- Plus you get to listen to podcasts.
- I recently read a blog post where someone talked about reading on the treadmill and I feel like I am all there for winter.
Final Thoughts
This is one of the first times I’ve ever sat down and tried to articulate what my perfect week would look like.
It’s fluid, it seems oddly achievable. It gives me space to try new things and not feel like I’m letting my plan down. If I decide I’m not chill with doing in person classes for a moment, that’s okay. In short, this “routine” works with my lifestyle. But it might not work with yours, so I highly encourage you to sit down and do this exercise too. (Ha! Exercise…)
So, speaking of new things… I want to try some new fitness things! New providers of things I like! So, you know what that means – give me your recommendations below!
