It has been a while since I posted anything on this blog. I guess I just ran out of motivation.

I feel like getting back into it, though!

This first post back will show you my workout plan for the next six weeks. Read on if you are interested!

Things have changed

For years, I had been a weightlifting fanatic. My workout routines always consisted of moderately long weightlifting days with cardio days in between. I knew and still know the benefits of lifting weights and therefor- how important it is to do it on a regular basis.

Over the past few months, my mindset has changed a bit. I have realized that my body responds really well to high intensity cardio and bodyweight exercises. Because of this, I made the decision to add more of that into my workout sessions.

My lower body has seemingly never responded to weight lifting for whatever reason. All of those years and no definition or strength gains no matter how hard I tried. I even made sure I was doing the exercises correctly with the help of my bodybuilding husband.

This has led me to do leg-focused, Pilates workouts on YouTube (they are probably not traditional Pilates) with only one weighted exercise afterwards (squats or deadlifts). This might might sound like a very foolish plan but I can honestly say that my legs look the way that I have always wanted them to.

I will always do upper body workouts with weights as my arms have always responded well to them.

So basically, I have been doing a lot of high intensity cardio workouts, Pilates, bodyweight stuff and some weightlifting.

My six week workout plan

Okay, let’s get right into it!

5 day cycle:

Day 1- Cardio and Pilates

Day 2- Cardio and upper body weightlifting

Day 3- Cardio and Pilates

Day 4- Cardio, leg focused Pilates and heavy deadlifts

Day 5- 45 minutes or 1 hour workout. Either all cardio, all Pilates or a mix of both.

Cardio and Pilates

I have become slightly obsessed with Eleni Fit on YouTube. She is a fitness YouTuber and has many workout videos. They include Pilates, Yoga, Barre, dance, cardio and stretching. It is really hard to choose which one to do because they are all so good.

It has been close to a year since I started doing her workouts and I credit her for my body looking the best it has ever had.

For cardio, I will do her 30-45 minute high intensity workouts before my upper body weightlifting and Pilates. On the fifth day of my workout cycle I will do two of her 30 minute cardio workouts or one of her 45 minute ones. I will probably try one of her 60 minute cardio workouts soon.

For Pilates, I do her 30-40 minute ones. If I choose to only do Pilates on the fifth day of my workout cycle, I will do either two 30 minute workouts or just one of her 45 minute ones.

The following are examples of Eleni Fit’s videos that I really like:

Weightlifting

Upper body (supersets)-

Chest press and chest flyes

Bent over rows and back flyes

Shoulder press and lateral raises

Hammer curls and triceps kickbacks

Push ups and dips

Lower body-

3 sets of heavy deadlifts after leg-focused Pilates.

In conclusion

So, there you have it! This is my six week plan. To be honest, it is not really that different from what I have been doing lately. I just will be doing different workout videos and the upper body weightlifting set-up/exercises are different than the previous six weeks.

As stated before- this way of working out is really good for me and gives me the results that I want combined with a sensible diet.

What workouts are you doing these days? Let me know in the comments!

Thanks for reading!

Here is a post about one of my other workout routines.

Health disclaimer: I am not a medical professional so do not take what I say or do for medical advice. It is important to speak to your doctor before trying new workouts. Your health is your own and I am not liable for any consequences you get for your choices.

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