This strength, HIIT and Pilates mix goes by very fast! Be ready for a whirlwind of different training styles, and a fun sweat session.

Our Bored Easily workouts can be a nice mental and physical change up because they help fight boredom, and you know you can give your full effort to each interval because there is only ever one single set of any given exercise. 

This workout is part of our 2 Week Bored Easily Challenge (included with FB Plus)
See all FB Plus Challenges here

We start off with a short cardio warm up before moving into a quick round of Pilates exercises to further warm up the body and engage the glute muscles we will be targeting. Next up is a short round of HIIT - just enough to break a sweat and get the heart pounding. Then we have a single round of a dynamic set of strength exercises that use multiple ranges of motion to challenge the lower body. Finish up with a cool down and stretch and you have yourself a workout complete.

The weight I’m using is not probably what you’re used to seeing me previously lift in my strength workouts. What you should know though, is that I couldn’t do a lot of these exercises at all, or at least reliably, for the better part of the last 2-3 years. Almost nearly all of my exercise was (slow) walking and Pilates throughout that time. I am thrilled that I can do these movements again, and the fact that I have started to be able to add small amounts of weight makes me even more excited. What's even better than being able to lift weights for a workout, is the real life functionality that I've gained back that benefits me in vast and innumerable ways. In the last 6 months, the ability to lift any extra weight has come and gone. Some days or weeks I can do things that others I cannot. But overall, I am on a slow trajectory of gaining strength, range of motion and stability in my movement chain. If I gave up every time I had a setback, I probably would not be able to do most of the things in this routine. 

My intention in sharing my ebbs and flows of strength and ability is to help you start to look at your own fitness journey, habit, and/or goals in a way that is less black and white. We are all in constant states of fluctuation in just about every sense. Sometimes it’s good enough to just be moving, or showing up for a workout at all. Other times we feel strong and crave to have our bodies or limits pressed to their capacity. Sometimes our bodies respond well to being challenged, other times they might push back and ask for something more gentle. As always, I think it comes down to listening to your body, paying attention to the need for extra rest and recovery, or recovery/active rest workouts, but also realizing that sometimes we need to have a baseline of discipline to show up for workout sessions and treat our bodies to the movement that we can manage on any given day.

On that note, I challenge you to move through this workout with a mind of gratitude for whatever it is that your body can do right this moment. Be grateful for your capable legs, lungs, and heart, and be appreciative of the strong mind and commitment to your own health that led you to seek out a workout in the first place. 

Workout Structure
Training types: Strength, HIIT, Pilates
Benefits: Strength/muscle building, cardio endurance, range of motion, balance, fat burning
Muscles targeted: glutes, hamstrings, quads, calves, & core

Equipment
- Dumbbells (optional)
- Mat (optional)

Warm Up / Cooldown
- Both Included

Cardio Warm Up: 30 Seconds Each
March + Pull Downs
Butt Kick + Arm Swings
Good Morning to Front Kick
Side Lunge Sweep
Walkdown

Pilates: 8 Repetitions Each
Side Lying Raise
Side Lying Raise Back
Clamshell
Lifted Clamshell
Side Lying Leg Circles - 3 in each direction
Supine Lifts
Bridge
Kneeling Leg Lifts

High Intensity Interval Training / HIIT Workout: 20 Seconds Active, 10 Seconds Rest
Monster Walks
Split Jumps
Jumping Jacks
Side Squat Step + Jump
Burpee Holds
Side Lunge + Center Jump
Jump Squats
Split Squats

Strength Training: 45 Seconds Active, 15 Seconds Rest
Single Leg Deadlifts, or Staggered Stance option
Other Side (if you’re using the staggered stance option, be sure to switch leading legs)

Curtsy Lunges
Sumo Squat + Side Leg Raise

Reverse Lunges
Squat + Front Kick

Double Dip Deadlifts
Pivot Squats

Forward Lunges
Boomerang Lunge: Curtsy Lunge to Side Lunge

Bridge
Froggers

Cool Down and Stretch

I hope you enjoyed this workout! Did you have a favorite interval? Did you find yourself enjoying the Pilates, HIIT or strength portions the most? Thanks for working out with me!