This lesson is a bit different… since you’re here wanting a “reset” let’s try to do 5 specific workouts that will truly help you make a fresh start as they touch on 5 elements of exercise. The featured routine below is one that I think would be ideal for a reset-type focus, and then I’ll link to 4 more that care for the other components of your physical fitness, so you’ll finish your week feeling like you’ve built some momentum for next week!Β
Maybe you’re needing a reset after taking a vacation, having sick kids for a week or two, hosting some family in your home, or just a crazy busy week where your workouts fell by the wayside. That’s what this reset week is for, however it’s NOT going to be enough of a reset if your body has been through bigger things like:
- Surgery
- Birth
- Injury
- Other major physical setback
If your core is still healing from something >>> First Foundational Five “F5”
If you’ve done the F5 and want a beginning path with several weeks of structure >>> Fit2B Beginning
If you’ve recently given birth >>> Fit2B New Mama Pathway
If you’ve been dealing with a lower limb injury >>> Chair & Floor WorkoutsΒ
If you’re recovering from an arm injury >>> One Arm Wonder
Meanwhile, this quick little “Reset Week” here in this lesson below is ideal for making a quick return to fitness when there’s no physical considerations like injury, birth, trauma, surgery, etc. If you’re doing this reset, you have a decent (not perfect) fitness baseline that you just happened to slack on for a week or two, and you’re needing a tiny reboot.
Feature Routine: 21 Tone-UP
Created in my tiny cabin in Montana where I didn’t have much room, and I hadn’t moved much in the past week, this routine is great for resetting your body. Time will fly as you do 21 different arm motions layered over a repeating set of 7 different leg motions for a combined total of 21 minutes of constant heart-raising movement that will get your whole body going! This is a member favorite than many have reported returning to whenever they need a reboot.
Equipment needed: just your beautiful body BUT you can add canned goods or dumbbells to make it harder!
The Next 3 Workouts:
Rather than doing parallel workouts this week, since our theme is “Reset” we are going to try doing 4 other different workouts to cover allΒ our bases: Strength, Balance, Cardio, Core, and Flexibility. The featuredΒ routine provided cardio for your heart. Try to make these other three workouts happen this week to take careΒ of the rest of you too!Β
Strength:Β Reboot your weightlifting technique with at least the first unloaded half ofΒ Green Gertie
Balance:Β Did you know that balance work + weights strengthens your bones? Do Black Balance & Biceps
Core: Wake up your core connection with some fun, new challenges in Kelly’s Dynamic Pelvic Floor Routine
Flexibility: The hips are always a bit tight after some time off, so how about Hippy Yoga or Simply Stretching
Moving thought: You’re not starting over. You’re resuming.
Just like restarting a device doesn’t mean rebuilding that device, when you need a reset, it’s simply powering back up and using all the knowledge and experience you have to resume your important work. To me, Beth, a reset isn’t at all about having quit or failed or fallen off a proverbial wagon. It’s about clearing the board, setting out the familiar pieces, and playing the game again.
Quote Of The Week:
βRecreate your life, always. Remove the stones, plant rose bushes, and make sweets. Begin again.”
–Cora Coralina, Brazilian writer and poet
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
- Make the featured routine ONE of the workouts or videos that you choose this week, even if you only do part of it.
- Reach out if you need suggestions for different workouts to round out your week. We are here for you!
- Join the conversation or start it below in the comments! Check out what others have done, share ideas, offer encouragement, or get encouragement from those who’ve done this week before you!
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Share what you think of the featured routine.
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Share what workouts youβre doing and how they felt to your mind and body.
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Respond with your thoughts on the βWord/Phrase of The Week.β
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Ask for help with anything: workout ideas, mindset, motivation, alternates for the featured routine, anything!
See you in the workouts,