Depending on where you live, you may still be facing down a few more weeks of stay at home orders. I know mine was just extended til May 8th.

As I have said in past posts, my workouts are huge part of my self care regiment, and I know that is also the case for several other people! I’ve seen several posts on my Facebook feed asking for options for home workouts.

If you are determined, you can do pretty much anything at home to get in your workout! You have to think outside the box though!

Farm Gym (aka Earth’s Gym)

There are days where my workout is provided via the the farm gym. Meaning:

• I will spend an hour shoveling the barn out into the manure spreader.
• I spent time with my family loading a trailer with firewood.
• I stacked hay/straw bales.
• I tilled the garden by hand.
• I raked and burned all the leaves.

You get the picture! When options like that aren’t available though, what can you do?

Bender Fitness

Bender Fitness is a good free option, and I have used these workouts in the past. The videos are good and fun, and honestly, I’ve even used them on occasion for daily challenges because they are easy, preset workouts, and there are even some that are as short as 5 mins.

Beachbody

About a year ago though, I decided I wanted more consistency and more of a plan to work off of. My amazing sister-in-law had been doing Beachbody for a while at that point, along with my brother, and she asked me to join. I was pretty reluctant but had plateaued. So, I decided to give it a go! I haven’t regretted it at all! There are days that pushing play is super hard, and I’ve fought through some ridiculous injuries over the last year, but I’m happy with my improvements.

I started out doing 21 Day Fix and couldn’t do any weights and was not making it through full workouts without having to take breaks. This week, I started another round of the same program and am consistently lifting with 10 lb weights. Sure I still have to modify some stuff, but I make it through the whole work out and feel good about it.

Not only are these workouts amazing, but Beachbody also has great nutrition plans and an amazing support system from upline coaches! And if you get Beachbody on Demand (aka BOD), you get all their workouts for a whole year for one price!

I do want to also mention that they have several “no special equipment needed” workout programs, so you wouldn’t have to make much of an initial investment to jump into a program.

• Core de Force: This program consists of MMA style workouts. I’ve tried and like this program.
• PiYo: This program is a mix between Pilates and yoga. I also like this one. It’s lower impact, which is nice.
• Country Heat: This is more along the lines of something like Zumba. It’s a fun workout but not something I love doing everyday.
• The rest of these I am just going to admit I haven’t tried and can’t give an opinion about:
  • Cize
  • Insanity
  • Insanity Max :30
  • YouV2

If you are interested in more info about Beachbody, please contact me below!