Current Fitness Routine
My Current Fitness Routine; half marathon, Weights, pilates, core, and more…
Hey loves, Happy Friday, or whatever day it is when you're reading this. I am currently sitting in bed at almost noon working, because I’m too SORE to move. I’m on week two of half marathon training (BMW Dallas Marathon), continuing training 2x a week at Vive in Dallas, doing BeyondPilates 2x a week, and just started JohnBenton workouts 2x a week at home. It’s safe to say my legs are jello… JOKES but really i’ve been loving my workout routine lately and wanted to share it with y’all. If you follow me on Insta you see bits of my workouts here and there, but I wanted to take the time to tell you why I really like each workout I do, share with you my workout accountability template/charts, give you my half marathon 10 week training guide I made, and more! Below you’ll find everything!
Workout Accountability Template/Chart
This is what I call a workout accountability template/chart, I’ve been using these for years and finally decided to make one of myself and my instagram friends on IG Story. There is a simple m(grey/back one), a fun/cute pink one, and them the example of my chart for you to see. For directions on how to use it head over to my Instagram and check out my highlights, it’s super easy and fun!
I started this semi-private training with a couple of other girls 2x a week about 6 months ago and have fallen in love with it. It not only holds me accountable to workout every Monday and Wednesday, but it has also dramatically changed the health of my body overall. We usually do upper body on Mondays, and lower body on Wednesdays. In my everyday life and other workouts I don’t usually get a lot of weight training in, so Vive has strengthened my body all over. I had never done personal or semi personal training before coming to Vive, and had no knowledge about it at all. Some of the things I like about it…
Unlike any workout class
Workouts designed for my bodies needs
Hands on coaching minute by minute
Background knowledge and understanding on each exercise
Exercises and outcome catered to what i’m looking to achieve
Count controlled movement (instead of doing an exercise fast, sloppy and wrong… VIVE focuses on a counting system to make sure you are doing the form properly and getting the most out of each movement) (watch my IG stories under the “vive” tab for an example.
Half Marathon Training
This is my own personal very rough outline of what my game plan is training wise for the next couple months for the BMW Half Marathon. I made it in the MacBook Pro Number App haha nothing fancy. I’ve done numerous other half marathons so I designed this plan based on my past experiences (Check out my running tips and half marathon blog post) I won’t be doing this plan 100%, I’m a mood runner… what that means to me is I run based on my mood, so if i’m really stressed and feeling really into a run I might be good to go for a 6 mile on a day I had planned to do a 2 mile. If that ends up being the case, I just switch up my plan a little that week or the next week. Or if i’m feeling really sluggish and sore one day, I don’t force myself to ruin just because my chart says to, you have to listen to your body throughout the training process, and also remember to enjoy it!
BeyondPilates
BeyondPilates, where do I even being… I just LOVE this workout. It’s so hard in all the best ways. I like it most probably because I’m not used to it. I’m used to intense, high speed, high energy, high sweat workouts that kill me… this one is the opposite, I rarely ever sweat but get the most intense muscle burns. Pilates reformer machines are no joke, you get a full body workout in just an hour and it targets those small little movements and tightens up all your muscles. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!