Snow Day Workouts

Well our area got hit with a pretty big snowstorm on Tuesday... dropped over a foot of snow on Philadelphia. Definitely not something the city folks are used to dealing with... but we made it through! Work got shut down early on Tuesday and lucky for me all I had to do was walk home - no driving for me.

Since I didn't get to make my usual lunch time and after work trips to the gym I decided to see how hard I could push myself at home. I started with Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD and did the Level 2 workout. Then I followed that up with my old favorite JCore! Did the Cardio Core 4x4 workout from that set and was extremely sweaty by the end. I was full of adrenaline though and wanted to keep my sweat going, so I threw in Dance Central 3 for Xbox (Kinect) and danced my tush away for another hour. My body was sore by the end but I felt pretty good and had a fresh wave of adrenaline to get me through the rest of my snow day.

I went to bed Tuesday pretty set on the fact that work would be closed again Wednesday, but packed my gym bag just in case I had to go in. I didn't have to, luckily, but decided to put those gym clothes to good use again and did another great at-home workout, although slightly shorter than Tuesday's monster session.

Wednesday I did JCore Fire Fit followed by a 40 minute Super Set which I did using free weights (5lb, 10lb), a mat, a resistance band, and an exercise ball. It was a full body workout include leg work (I love squats!), arm and upper body work, and abs.

I had a tougher time over this last weekend motivating myself to get my workouts done, so I was really happy and proud that I had such motivation on my snow days to get some good at home workouts done.

I've found a lot of new motivation through Instagram, which kind of surprised me. I found some people who have had major transformations that completely renewed my sense of determination that I can continue to better myself mentally and physically, and also a bunch of fun fitness accounts that post workout videos and ideas.

Since I went for a run on Monday, and did a lot of cardio in my at-home workouts, today I focused on strength and did a lot of body weight work including some new moves pulled from Instagram! After a ton of circuits of pushups, pullups, and dips, I am even more grateful for my new lifting gloves.

It feels good to know that no matter what mother nature throws at me, I can still find ways to work in some fitness.