This past month my workouts have been more consistent. I’ve been able to better manage my time to squeeze in some at home workouts in addition to the classes that I am currently teaching. Once I started putting myself first and getting in those extra workouts my mood increased dramatically. Fitness is a HUGE part of my life and it was on the back burner for a few months because of postpartum recovery and adjusting to my busy life as a mom of 2.

Now that my workouts are part of my daily routine again I feel like I’m functioning better all around. My mood has increased, my energy, and my fitness performance is getting better. My body isn’t quite where I want it to be but I have some big goals for myself these next 6 weeks.

I also stepped up my nutrition game and cut out sugar and processed foods. It makes a BIG difference in how I feel and I’ve seen a difference in my stomach.

I know I’m starting to ramble…

Anyways my workouts lately have been quick, intense & tiring. I have been teaching a few classes a week and besides that I do a couple at home workouts. During those workouts I try to pack in as much as I can in about 20-30 minutes so that I can get back to mom duties.

I have popped in T-25 Dvds, insanity Max30 Dvds, and have created some of my own workouts involving the kids. I find that mixing it up helps me to stay motivated and pushes me on different levels. I’ve started to incorporate Ava into my at home workouts again so that she sees how important it is to be active and stay healthy. We did a mix of yoga, squats, planks, boxing and jumping jacks. It’s fun to see her in action and she’s becoming a phenomenal counter.

I want her to know that fitness/health is my passion and hopefully one day she will find something she is passionate about herself!

Here is one of the at home workout that I created on a day when both kids were napping and I needed fresh air. I headed into the backyard to get my workout in.  This workout requires a Jump Rope, stairs, and weights.

FULL BODY BACKYARD BLAST

WARM UP with 5 Minutes of Jump Rope

10 PUSHUPS

15 STEP UPS (Each leg)

20 WALKING LUNGES

30 SQUAT TO PRESS

1 MINUTE of JUMP ROPE

Repeat 3-5x or as many rounds you can.

The jump rope warm up got my heart pumping and the blood flowing for this workout. You could always do some extra squats, lunges and stretching to increase the duration of this warm up. I will definitely do this workout again for sure

This simple workout with help you tone your muscles and have fun with your baby! The added laughter is an extra burn to the core.

Complete 20 repetitions of each exercise, repeat as many times as possible in 20 minutes. (For the plank, hold as long as you can and then move to the next exercise!)

PUSH-UPS

SIT-UPS W/ a Bear Hug

TRICEP PRESS

PLANKS

SQUAT TO SHOULDER PRESS

I’m sure your arms will be exhausted by the end of your session

Sweat was dripping off of my face and my heart was pumping. I loved it. I enjoyed this workout so much more then the core speed workout I did the other day. I didn’t have to make any modifications for my shoulder and I was extremely happy!

The balance planks were my favorite.

I can already feel my shoulder getting stronger each day and I am not far away from being able to do more pushups and heavier weights!

After I completed that workout. I did some of my physical therapy exercises. All of these exercises are helping to stabilize my shoulder.

This first one is done with resistance tubing. you keep your arm extended straight over head, you lift your shoulder up slightly and let your arm fall back just a little so you feel it in your serratus anterior muscle. Since my injury, my shoulder blades have been winging out a bit so I am fixing it by strengthening the serratus muscle.

The second exercise is a wider row.

With this row you stop once your elbow is by your side. Again your are activating the serratus muscle.

Starting my morning with this workout made me feel so productive! I am hoping to keep up with these quick T-25 workouts on the days I am not teaching classes. I love the convenience of doing them at home and also the fact that they are only 25 minutes!

Before my workout I had this Pure Brownie Bar… YUM!! As you can see the picture is just of the wrapper because I was too hungry to snap the picture before

It only has 7 natural ingredients: Dates, Agave nectar, Brown Rice Protein, Cashew Butter, Almonds, Walnuts, & Cocoa

The Core Speed workout went by quickly and all of the movements required SPEED and being light on your feet. Some of the exercises involved the upper body so I needed to modify a few of them.. I am still not able to do full on ballistic movements like boxing, so I substituted more squats and jumping jacks in their place!

I loved the L-Squat movement.. it is similar to a squat jack that I do in my boot camp class!

I also added some knee pushups into my workout. I have been dying to try them. I don’t think my shoulder is quite strong enough to do them daily but I was able to finish 2 sets of 8. It’s a start and I’m okay with that!

I took this selfie of me and Cooper (I’m not usually a selfie taker)..  I wanted you all to see my sweat dripping in this picture but I think my main reason of taking the picture was to of course capture Cooper passed out on the couch. He worked hard too!

Happy Friday!