I make an effort to stick with a balanced workout routine.
I focus on physical activity for about an hour everyday. I know that it helps to change things up for the sake of muscle confusion. I hope to maximize the benefits of my workouts and work as many muscle groups as possible. My exercise program includes a thorough warmup, where I take the opportunity to rotate the joints in my neck, shoulders, wrists, hips and ankles. I sometimes skip, hop around, jog or perform some jumping jacks to warm the muscles and loosen up. I stretch my legs, back and arms and then spend about thirty minutes on high impact aerobics. I switch between running, jumping rope, sprinting with high knees and various jumps and burpees. The goal is to get my heart and lungs working at full capacity. I strive to be sweaty and breathless by the end of the aerobic portion of the session. I then turn to strength training. I vary between lifting free weights or kettlebells and working with resistance bands. I like to use my own body weight, so I often do push-ups, plank holds, squats and a variety of lunges. I use static holds for the sake of improving both strength and balance. I’ll lift one leg and hole it straight and parallel to the floor for 1 minute. At the conclusion of the workout, I repeat a deeper stretch of my muscles! I try for a more intense stretch and hope to increase flexibility. I maintain each body position for a minute or two. I sit in as wide of a straddle as I can manage and press my chest to the floor. I go through a few yoga positions, such as upward dog, to lengthen my muscles.