From summer, we are moving fast into autumn, the time to take your S&F workouts inside! Until now, I’d been doing most of my stretches outside, trying to lengthen the time I spend in the sun or fresh air.
But once we now step into the cooler season, my workout corners come into their own.
In our living room, we have a corner for weights workouts and my step. We don’t have a dedicated TV screen there anymore, so have to use the TV that is on the other side of the room. But it kind of works when using smartphones or iPads for following workouts, or moving the yoga mat in front of the TV, when doing workouts on YouTube,
The second TV screen is now upstairs in our guest room and in front of my indoor rower. And between the rower and the guest bed, there is just about enough space for my second yoga mat, where I do my post row stretches, bodyweight and resistance band stretches. As there are some rowing workouts that include bodyweight exercises. This actually works well, although there is not much space.
So where are your indoor working out corners? And do you have a basket with all sorts of equipment, like resistance bands, small weights, yoga knee pads?
Below we provide the links to two types of follow-along workouts: Yoga with Adriene and The Girl with the Pilates Mat. These two YouTube instructors seem to be popular with our members, but many of us are following various other instructors, so feel welcomed to this mat, no matter which instructor you follow.
So feel free to pop in when you feel like it!
So here are the two links:
★ FIRST, for our yoga fans: Yoga with Adriene YWA calendar:
★ SECOND, regular session or even live sessions for our Pilates fans, The Girl with the Pilates Mat:
youtube.com/@TheGirlWithThe...
And just head the Community tab to find her weekly planner with lists of workouts. The workouts will be in the playlists marked for the week and month.
So feel free to reply to this post when you do a workout. We’d love to hear how you are getting on. .
And our general guidance is below:
If you are just joining us, big WELCOME to you and any new Virtual Workout Buddies! A short daily practice like Yoga or Mat Pilates is perfect to get some S&F into your day. But if you are looking for something else, here is a nice welcome post to invite you to the many S&F opportunities here on the forum: healthunlocked.com/strength...
And feel free to - as Adriene says - “find what feels good”, meaning if your knees feel too sensitive, amend that Child’s Pose. And if you find full planks are the stuff of nightmares, rather do half planks than full ones. Do whatever feels right to get the maximum enjoyment from these sessions. And definitely get creative with props.
Upwards, crow-wards and down dog-wards another months practice!
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Happy working out everyone!
