Always going to recommend lifting heavy weights as an excellent way to work out. Casey Johnston (aka swolewoman on Insta) has a great intro program called Couch to Barbell for beginners.
Our chosen family vacation is currently camping. We stay local, it’s affordable, we know we’ll sleep terribly at first but—it’s also low key. And there’s no reception, so we all disconnect for a few days.
We mess it up by booking at the last minute, moving too slowly to get in that awesome hike before it gets too hot, and only remembering to start making dinner too close to bedtime.
But! The things that do work are… booking several nights in a row so the set-up cost is worth it, reading up on local trails in advance (AllTrails, plus we ask on-site park rangers and other campers for advice from once we’re there), and premixing spices (and even pre-cutting things like onions and vegetables, and pre-mixing and organizing ingredients for breakfast) to make meal prep as easy as possible. We choose a shady spot, ideally with good climbing and hammock trees, bring coloring supplies and card games and books, and just kind of… let the day unfold.
We’re campers too. We go a lot. Having trailer-specific supplies and clothes helps so much. I assess and load at the beginning of the season and replenish after each trip. We made a list when we first started so we pack everything. If we come across something we need during the trip it goes on the list for next time. Planning the daily activities is a good idea. It falls on me, which is a drag, but it works.
Fitness Blender on YouTube has a lot of great free options for workouts at various lengths. They cue body adjustments pretty well (a pet peeve of mine) and don't pad with too much personal nattering.
I live for virtual Hyperbody. She was my IRL trainer pre-pandemic/pre-baby and she makes HIIT work outs digestible and fun. She has a library of classes and streams online. Lots of fart jokes, insane looks, deep cut disco, and oddly sexual exercises. There's really no way to explain her. Some of her signature classes are Fitness Rave, Cyborg Abs and Butt Stuff. 😅 well worth the $5/class https://hyperbodyfitness.com/
Always going to recommend lifting heavy weights as an excellent way to work out. Casey Johnston (aka swolewoman on Insta) has a great intro program called Couch to Barbell for beginners.
Our chosen family vacation is currently camping. We stay local, it’s affordable, we know we’ll sleep terribly at first but—it’s also low key. And there’s no reception, so we all disconnect for a few days.
We mess it up by booking at the last minute, moving too slowly to get in that awesome hike before it gets too hot, and only remembering to start making dinner too close to bedtime.
But! The things that do work are… booking several nights in a row so the set-up cost is worth it, reading up on local trails in advance (AllTrails, plus we ask on-site park rangers and other campers for advice from once we’re there), and premixing spices (and even pre-cutting things like onions and vegetables, and pre-mixing and organizing ingredients for breakfast) to make meal prep as easy as possible. We choose a shady spot, ideally with good climbing and hammock trees, bring coloring supplies and card games and books, and just kind of… let the day unfold.
Would love to hear what others do that works.
We’re campers too. We go a lot. Having trailer-specific supplies and clothes helps so much. I assess and load at the beginning of the season and replenish after each trip. We made a list when we first started so we pack everything. If we come across something we need during the trip it goes on the list for next time. Planning the daily activities is a good idea. It falls on me, which is a drag, but it works.
Fitness Blender on YouTube has a lot of great free options for workouts at various lengths. They cue body adjustments pretty well (a pet peeve of mine) and don't pad with too much personal nattering.
I’m excited to check out these short workout recommendations. If you like yoga, Yoga with Kassandra on YouTube has lots of 10 minute classes.
I live for virtual Hyperbody. She was my IRL trainer pre-pandemic/pre-baby and she makes HIIT work outs digestible and fun. She has a library of classes and streams online. Lots of fart jokes, insane looks, deep cut disco, and oddly sexual exercises. There's really no way to explain her. Some of her signature classes are Fitness Rave, Cyborg Abs and Butt Stuff. 😅 well worth the $5/class https://hyperbodyfitness.com/
Caroline Girvan's workouts on YouTube are a little more intermediate to difficult but they are intense and great and she doesn't talk!