At Home Workouts

For the past week I have been trying to get back into my workout routine after more than a month off. It hasn't been easy. My muscles are sore from things that normally wouldn't phase them. While I am really wanting to get back into the gym and lift heavy, I have managed to create a few challenging workouts that I can do at home. 

I don't have any weights heavier than #25 at home so I have upped the difficulty by performing many of the exercises on my stability ball, or at least in a position that is unstable and requires me to recruit more muscles to stabilize myself. The result is a great workout that leaves me feeling like I did some good hard work.

#1

This was a good workout for my first day. I could have probably done more - heavier weights or an extra set.

10 reps of each, 4 sets

Goblet Squat #15

Pushups with shins on the stability ball

Skullcrushers on ball #10

Overhead presses on ball #10

Pullups, 3 or so per set

30 second plank

Burpees

#2

Holy crap. A leg and back breaker! 

10 reps of each, 4 sets

Single leg Romanian Deadlift #15 (had to downgrade to 10's by the fourth set)

Bicep curl on ball #15 (in a low sit, with lower back resting against the ball)

Rows from Plank #15

Ball Crunch

Push Ups with shins on stability ball

Front and Lateral Raises #10

Burpees

#3

A great all over workout. I'm having fun practicing snatches!

10 reps of each, 4 sets

Ball Bench Press #15

Ball Arm to Leg Pass (for the abs)

Dumbbell Snatch (practicing these) #15

Bicep curl on ball #15 (in a low sit, with lower back resting against the ball)

Goblet Squat #20

Ball Skullcrushers #15

Burpees

I am about to head out to my first day at the new job! Excited, nervous, hoping it is a smooth first day... !