Active Recap: Quad I
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Welcome to Active Recap, where I talk/share/review the workout vids I did for the last four days. Please refer to this post to know a bit more about Active Recap and my workout format and sched.
Love,
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DAY A
I recently discovered these song workouts by MadFit and I am obsessed! It's all I've ever wanted: burning calories to my favorite tune. It seemed to me that these song workouts would make perfect warm ups so I decided to give this one a go. Side to Side by Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj is catchy AF and so upbeat, it got me wide awake and ready right away. The moves weren't hard to do though I have to say, keeping up was challenging and I love it. This is a full body workout so it fired up all the muscles and got my body warmed up in no time. I was freaking panting at the end of it!
Circuit 1: FITNESS BLENDER Happy, Healthy, Strong Total Body Boot Camp (1 round)
I decided to kind of extend that warm up by doing a quick 11-minute total body circuit, just to get warmed up more for the main circuit. This workout was just what I needed because even if it was a combo of strength-training and cardio, it wasn't too strenuous. Given the beginning was low impact but at the end of it, I was sweating, thanks to the cardio ender and the addition of weights.
Usually, I'd do two rounds of any workout vid under 15 minutes but I decided to just do one because I'm easing myself back into the grind, as I was out of it for a solid number of weeks. I guess I don't have the same stamina I had before so one of my goals is to get that back slowly but surely.
Circuit 2: POPSUGAR FITNESS 10-Minute No-Squat Booty Workout With Love Sweat Fitness (2 rounds)
Honestly, this workout was such a nice surprise. It looked simple to me when I first saw it but after 2 rounds with a medium band, daaaaaaaamn. This simple mini band workout burned the hell out of my glutes and those isolated moves really did wonders- all done while lying down! Now this is proof that achieving butt gains don't necessarily involve squats. All you need is a mat and a mini band. Amazing. I knew Katie from LSF wouldn't disappoint.
*DON'T FORGET TO COOL DOWN WITH YOUR ROUTINE OF CHOICE!*
Workout Duration: around 48 minutes, including warm & cool down + 1 minute rest in between circuits
DAY B
Yesterday was quite a long workout so today's workout is shorter but definitely still packs a punch. I absolutely love 30-minute workouts because you get it all done in that time frame- easy peasy. Today's workout leans more on strength-training and strength-training days are my absolute fave.
I really enjoyed this PopSugar workout, mainly because of the instructor. All throughout the video, Betina was motivating and kept a positive and uplifting vibe that distracted me from giving up during the jumping lunges part (I HATE jumping lunges). Again, this was a really balanced workout as it was a combo of strength-training and cardio. Although it targets the whole body, I felt that this workout focused mostly on the back parts of the body: upper & lower back, triceps, glutes, and calves. Definitely challenged me and my sore glutes!
Another cool thing about this vid: warm up and cool down are included. Yay!
Workout Duration: around 34 minutes
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COMMERCIAL BREAK:
Well, as you can imagine, the last two days really did a number on my glutes. I woke up the third day and I was just SORE. Knew I had to take a rest day and so I did. See? It's not bad to take a rest day!
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DAY C
I LOVE workouts in the SELF channel. They're all challenging and fun and I always feel accomplished every time I finish one. Doesn't matter if most of them are cardio heavy- I WILL DO IT. And I will share one of those cardio-charged workouts here in the future but for now, I'll share a somewhat low impact (but definitely not low intensity) workout from them. I was still feeling a line of soreness from the last two days so this workout is perfect for getting back to it. The first two circuits aren't that bounce-off-the-walls crazy but they were enough to get me sweaty on the mat.
The first two circuits are great on their own but why not top if all of with a finisher, eh? The last 4 minutes was an EMOM or every minute on the minute and consisted of 12 squat thrusts followed by 24 bicycle crunches. Now, not gonna lie, I was really looking forward to the squat thrusts because that's my jaaaaam. What I was NOT looking forward to were the bicycle crunches. What can I say, I'm just not a fan of those, especially when done hurriedly. I can't. So in conclusion, I smashed all those squat thrusts and lazied off on the bicycle crunches. Whoops!
This vid includes warm up and cool down. However, I didn't do the cool down just yet. After 1 minute rest, I did a bonus quick ab workout.
Circuit 2: ZANNA VAN DIJK 7 MINUTE AB WORKOUT
So the bonus circuit was a quick 8 minute ab workout from Zanna Van Dijk. It was easy, quick, and low impact (can you already tell that I'm a big fan of low impact workouts?). Just three rounds of four moves just to top off the day's workout and also because I felt like my ans were neglected for the past three days, you know?
After finishing this vid, I used the cool down routine on the Self workout vid. Gotta stretch!
Workout Duration: around 40 minutes, including a 1 minute break between circuits
DAY D
Circuit: YOGA WITH ADRIENE Side Body Flow
Day D will always be yoga day because this is the day I desperately need a good stretch session. For some reason, Day C's workouts left me with sore calves and tender ab area so today's yoga session was just perfect. Yoga With Adriene is my go-to yoga channel and I chose her Side Body Flow because it provided both work and stretch. Really helped with my soreness!
Workout Duration: around 33 minutes
CONCLUSION:
Solid quad, not gonna lie! Got in my cardio, some toning, strength-training, and stretch.
MY TOP WORKOUT IN THIS QUAD:
PopSugar Fitness' 10-minute No Squat Booty. Yaaas booty!
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