I just changed up my workout routine. I had to get used to waking up earlier so I could work out before work, and that’s still something new for me. Even though it’s not a huge change, it’s still a change. And I thought I’d have some time to get used to that before I would have another change. I was wrong.
Since the pandemic started about 10 months ago, the Orangetheory at Home workouts has been the same style. It’s a video with the full workout that is posted once a day. The videos are different every day and the length can vary, but they were all about 40-50 minutes long. I loved having a single video to watch and workout with and it’s been a very easy thing to do. When I’ve tried other workout videos online, one of my biggest issues has been having to combine videos to get a full workout in. Either the videos are too short or they only have half of what I want to do. And that’s one of the reasons why I loved the OTF at Home workouts and have stuck with them for so long.
But this past week, OTF changed it up and now they are posting 5 videos at the beginning of the week to mix and match. And they are designed to be combined. The videos were cardio, upper body, lower body, core, and stretching. And all the videos were about 20-25 minutes long. So I had to start combining workouts in order to get the full workout in.
I spent this past week trying things and testing them out. I did a day with the cardio and upper body videos and that was good. Another day was with the lower body video and a jump rope workout (which I need to get back into doing more because I noticed a decrease in my endurance). I still wish the videos were a full workout each day because that’s easier for me to do, but these were still good. And because I’m being forced into doing a mix and match workout, I also added in some workouts from other videos too. If I have to find different components, then I might as well give myself as much variety as possible.
I’m still experimenting with all this and I know that it will change over the next few weeks, but I know I’ll figure out something eventually. And I know, because this is how life goes, as soon as I figure it out things will change again. Hopefully they don’t change before that, but it’s very possible to happen that way again. I hope that the next big change for me will be switching from home workouts to the outdoor classes. But for me, I think I won’t be switching to those classes until I am fully vaccinated. And the way that vaccinations are doing, that probably won’t be until late spring.
There’s also a chance that in-studios workouts will open by the time I’m fully vaccinated, but I don’t think that will happen until more of the population is vaccinated in the summer. I know there is no real way to know this information. I mean, I thought that when the studios had to close that it would only be for maybe a month. Now, I’m pretty sure that they will be closed past the 1-year mark.
The only other possible change in my workouts that could happen is if I get some new workout equipment. I put myself on the waitlist for renting a rowing machine, but there is no guarantee that I will get one to rent. I looked at buying one, but they aren’t the cheapest things if I get the one I want (about $800) and while I did find a way to make space for it in my house, I know that once I’m back to the studio workouts that I won’t be using it as much. So renting one would be ideal for me, I just have to hope that I get one.
I’m going to spend this week continuing to experiment with mixing and matching my workouts and maybe figuring out some sort of routine (like having set days for upper and lower body). But even if I don’t figure it out, at least I’m doing some workout for those 4 days a week and as I have said so many times, something is better than nothing.
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