My October 2021 Rotation
I wanted to start a new rotation this month, but I couldn't decide what to do. I finally settled on this rotation:
Mon - Aero/Tone
Tue - Cardio + Pilates
Wed - Aero/Tone
Thu - Cardio + Pilates
Fri - Aero/Tone
Sat - CHOICE of Restorative or Challenge
Sun - CHOICE of Restorative or Challenge
*For Saturday and Sunday, at least one day will be a rest day. So it'll be either one rest day and one challenge day or two rest days (but still with some movement/activity, most likely yoga).
I'm also following the Yoga with Adriene calendar for October. I think I will really enjoy the practices chosen this month. I did several months of Yoga with Adriene at the start of the year with great results, but fell out of practice. I've been craving yoga and getting back to a regular practice. It's only been a couple days, but I've felt pretty great afterwards. I'm glad the month is starting out with meditations, too. The longer practices are on the weekends so, if I'm very tired, I may choose to do just yoga for the weekend.
On Friday, I did Kathy Smith's Fast Fit 10 Minute Miracle followed by yoga and meditation. Saturday was supposed to be a restorative day, so I did Callanetics Basics then yoga and meditation. I got pretty sweaty, though, so it ended up being more of a challenge day. Both those workouts were checked out from the library. I'd done the Callanetics before and thought it was too easy. This time I really focused on form and felt I got a good workout, especially followed by the abs yoga practice.
Originally, the rotation was going to be:
Monday - The Firm
Tuesday - Walking + Pilates
Wednesday - The Firm
Thursday - Walking + Pilates
Friday - The Firm
Saturday - CHOICE of Restorative or Challenge
Sunday - CHOICE of Restorative or Challenge
However, I was following the September 20 Days/20 Instructors check-in and want to do some of my virgin and/or dust bunny workouts after I get through my library checkouts. I had considered other rotations (I'll list them below in case anyone is curious), but I've been feeling quite tired as well as having a bit of back pain. For the coming week, I've pulled out a few senior workouts for the aero/tone days and Body Groove for cardio. I chose a 20 minute pilates workout for Tuesday, too, and will repeat it Thursday if I like it. I also want to do at least one lower body day, which will either be done on an aero/tone day or on the weekend for a challenge day. I'll be able to do Firm workouts, too, if I want to.
Did anyone else start a new rotation this month or recently? Please share if you have!
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