With a house move comes a bit of a shake up to your daily routine and this includes my daily fitness programme too.
I’ve been incredibly lucky that in the five years I’ve worked in London I’ve been able to walk to work. My first internship was 20 minutes from my home, my first job was a bare 15 minutes away and my second one was just 30 minutes walk. So when I knew we’d be moving and I would become a commuter a slight panic set in – how am I going to keep up my daily cardio? Will I become fat? Is there anywhere good for a run? Etc. I was a bit like this, pink and all:
So in the months before we moved I decided to start working up a new routine and in a bid to also save money I quit the gym and found other things to do. My biggest advice is to mix your routine up, firstly to avoid getting bored and secondly to keep your muscles guessing!
So this is what I do:
– Start the morning with a yoga session, if you’ve already read get up and do what you want to do you know that Rodney Yee’s am yoga for the week is an absolute winner
– Enjoy a bit of girlie fun and awesome workouts with the Tone It Up girls. Their Beach Babe DVDs offer incredible 15-40 minutes exercises which will make you stronger, leaner and honestly feel fantastic
– Do HIIT (high insensitive interval training) routines – they burn calories, get your heart racing and you will sweat out all the bad stuff. Tabata is great too and I get inspiration from sources such as Pumps Iron
– Take your runs outside and mix them up with sprint sessions! My fav Welsh lady over at Let Her Eat Clean have taught be some awesome ones including 10 x 200m sprints, 4 x 400m sprints and the ultimate lower body routine of 3 rounds of 24 squats, 24 lunges, 12 jumping squats & 12 jumping lunges – you need to try this one, you will not be able to walk the next day 🙂
So far I’ve loved my new routine and I am not in any way missing the gym. All you need is just a bit of kit:
I’ve seen progress and cannot wait to get into my bikini in just over a week’s time!
What’s your favourite exercise routine?
Life of a pickled herring 
Really helpful write-up Trine! Lots of good tips, i’ve similarly been trying to think how to include more exercise into my routine without making it impossible or joining a gym.
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Thanks so much Liam! It’s actually really good fun to be crafty 🙂 what have you found that fits into your routine?
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Still working that out, it’s tough, especially when work is busy. I think it’ll have to be mornings if it’s anything at all..
Working around a wrist injury too 🙂
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Yes, I do mornings and if it’s a good day I squeeze something in at night 🙂 hope your wrist injury gets better soon!
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