Refresh Your Workout Routine with this Week of Workouts

Fall is just around the corner and the weather is cooling. As we get back to school and say goodbye to vacations, it’s the perfect opportunity to re-commit to your fitness goals.

If you’re in need of a little motivation or if you just want to switch things up, refresh your workout routine and your body with a week’s worth of workouts. Then, on Saturday, put them all together for a total-body sweat sesh, and end your week with a day of resting and stretches.

Monday: Loosen Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8fJWK_rObM

Start by limbering up with this set of four moves. Perform each move for 45 seconds, and rest 15 seconds before proceeding to the next move. Repeat the entire set two or three times, resting 30 seconds between sets.

Straddle Side-Lunge Stretch

Straddle Rotation

Wide-Standing Shoulder Stretch

Reverse Tabletop Lift

Tuesday: Hello, Legs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqUGl-x7-kc

Jump-start a fresh routine with this set of four leg moves. Perform each move for 45 seconds, and rest 15 seconds before proceeding to the next move. Repeat the entire set two or three times, resting 30 seconds between sets.

Medicine-Ball Rotational Squat

Medicine-Ball Jumping Squat Jack X Hop

Medicine-Ball Standing Arabesque Reach

Medicine-Ball Hip Bridge

Wednesday: Core Revival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaeGLt8oQ3U

Start your spring countdown to summer abs with this set of four moves. Perform each move for 45 seconds, and rest 15 seconds before proceeding to the next move. Repeat the entire set two or three times, resting 30 seconds between sets.

Reverse Crunch

Kneeling Medicine-Ball Rainbow Bend

Side-Lying Crunch and Knee Lift

Scarecrow

Thursday: Upper-Body Pump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3DcfGZpC1E

Sun’s out—and you know the rest. Refresh your upper-body workout with this set of four moves. Perform each move for 45 seconds, and rest 15 seconds before proceeding to the next move. Repeat the entire set two or three times, resting 30 seconds between sets.

Y Scaption

Push-Up

Tip: Don’t let your elbows extend more than 45 degrees from your torso.

Triceps Kickback

Triceps Extension

Tip: Breathe out as you raise the dumbbell, and breathe in as you lower it. The weight should be resting in the palms of your hands with your thumbs around it.

Friday: Rev Up Your Heart Rate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9pmenfG_aA

Harness that spring fever to refresh your cardio routine with this set of four moves. Perform each move for 45 seconds, and rest 15 seconds before proceeding to the next move. Repeat the entire set two or three times, resting 30 seconds between sets.

Carioca

Jumping Jack

Mountain Climber

Burpee

Saturday: Total Body and Done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNeDnXwWU9g

Bring all the parts together with this four-set, total-body refresh—including a warm-up and cool-down. Perform each move in each set for 45 seconds, and rest 15 seconds before proceeding to the next move. Rest 30 seconds between sets and repeat the entire circuit two or three times.

Warm-Up

Workout

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Set 4

Cool Down

Reset and Restore

Sunday: Reset and Restore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPJ869skiRg

Refresh your recovery day routine with this set of four moves. Perform each move 45 to 90 seconds, and rest 15 seconds before proceeding to the next move. Then get out and enjoy your day!

Tai Chi Arm Swing

Rolling Bridge

Hip Square Off

Straddle Surrender

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