Have A Plan For Things Not Going As Planned...WHAT?!

I am a creature of habit in most areas of my life, but I know that it is necessary to change up my workout so that I always challenge myself. 

I wrote down a structured regime that I wanted to do at the gym. I figured I would stick with this for a few weeks and then switch it up. Reading through, it sounded pretty damn great! Perfect flow from one exercise to the next with strict balance of the muscle groups! I was impressed with myself! 

BUT...my gym is ALWAYS packed so you never know what machines you are going to have access to or even which weights. 

Flexibility is the key to Airpower! (As a former Airman I couldn't help myself!)

I don't mean to "toot my own horn" so to speak, but I am pretty good at modifying exercises and adjusting to what I have available. I'm a NO EXCUSES kinda girl. ;)

So I kept the workout that I wrote down and actually had the opportunity to flow through it as planned a couple times. Good stuff! But more recently I have been getting to the gym at varied times and what I needed for my session was taken. I don't have the patience or time to sit around and wait so I came up with off-the-cuff alternatives.

For example, my plan called for a front lunge-reverse lunge combo with weights, 10 continuous reps each side. Holy crap do they burn!! But the weights I needed were always taken so I decided to utilize the long open-floor area and do forward walking lunges immediately followed by reverse walking lunges across the length of the gym. No weights, but the intensity and number of steps I took burnnnnned so good! This was after my Superset Weighted Squats / Weighted Hip Thrusts on the bench!!! And before a whole lot more strengthening exercises and a two-mile moderate/fast-paced run!!! I know two miles doesn't sound like a lot, but after an intense leg workout it almost feels impossible. 

Bottom line, it's good to have a plan so you aren't going in completely blind and standing at the entrance of the gym looking around like you are lost. But it's also a great idea to have a few backup exercise alternatives so you aren't breathing down the back of someone on the Abductor machine until they finish! 

Plan for things to NOT go how you want them and you will be more flexible and less stressed when you need to make a change. 


Best of Health,
Amanda
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