This weekend was the epitome of lazy yet productive so it was pretty awesome. Nothing better than catching up on sleep, seeing a show with my parents, brunching with a friend, doing a bit of spring cleaning around the apartment… and a decent amount of lounging on the couch as well.
Couch + yoga pants on a rain Saturday = Bliss 🙂
Now I’m well rested and ready to conquer the week!
I haven’t done a workout recap in awhile and wanted to chitchat about how things have changed on the fitness front since starting my new job. There have been a number of mornings where sleeping the extra 1.5 hours instead of waking up at 5:15AM has felt like a better choice, and I’m honestly okay with that. I’ve taken more rest days than I typically do and haven’t done a two-a-day in ages. Sometimes I go to the gym after work and only stay for 30 minutes because I’m hungry and just want to go home.
But honestly, I feel fine. I tried on my favorite pair of shorts out of curiosity and they fit the same way they always do. In yoga class tonight my chaturungas felt uncharacteristically strong which was exciting.
While I’ve always been cautious and careful about overexercising by listening to my body, taking rest days, mixing up high intensity days with lower intensity days, sometimes less really can be more. Not working out for 2 weeks in Israel was eye opening and something I was initially kind of nervous about.
I’m not saying skip all your workouts– at the end of the day I love endorphins, I’m proud of my biceps and working out keeps my anxiety at bay, but don’t beat yourself up over a skipped workout here and there, a busy week, or not staying at the gym as long as you wanted to.
Last Week
Monday: Clock change = I was sleepy. Walked at least 3 miles though.
Tuesday: Dash 28 @ Mile High Run Club
Wednesday: Rest. I fail at waking up early this week
Thursday: Soul Cycle
Friday: Soul Cycle
Saturday: Body Space Fitness
Sunday: Yoga
This week
Monday: Strength @ Uplift
Tuesday: Rest
Wednesday: Dash 28 @ Mile High Run Club
Thursday: Soul Cycle + Yoga
Friday: Soul Cycle
Saturday: Metabolic Burn @ Body Space Fitness
Sunday: Ballet Fit
Transparency for ya, I have not been paying out of pocket for the majority of classes I’ve been taking. Yelp teamed up with Soul Cycle this month to offer select free classes at one of their studios + I have a trial membership of FitReserve (affiliate link) for March as well.
When FitReserve reached out to me I was pretty pumped to check it out. For $150/ month you can take up to 10 classes at various fitness studios in NYC, visit each studio 4 times and have access to full schedules at all studios from what I’ve gathered. The lineup of studios includes Exhale, Mile High Run Club, Exceed, Peloton, Body Space Fitness, Uplift and a bunch of others. They sneakily added Uplift to the roster one day this week. I actually called Jeremy freaking out with excitement, that’s how much I love Uplift.
So far I’ve been really impressed with the easy sign up process and haven’t experienced any snags when it comes to scheduling. I’ve been able to get into some peak classes at peak time slots less than 12 hours before class time which is pretty sweet.
I probably should be venturing outside my comfort zone and exploring more new-to-me classes, but I’ve been really loving visiting some old favorites with FitReserve. I’ll give y’all a full round up of all the classes I took this month and my thoughts– so far so good!
Your turn: What’s on the workout schedule for this week?
Anyone else struggling to wake up early with the time change….?
Your workout schedule is impressive! I need to get back in shape and your blog is really inspiring! <3 Bee
Aww thank you, I like to set out for an ambitious workout week even though it doesn’t always happen!