In order to try and stay in shape during the quarantine, I have been completing at least a thirty-minute home workout every other day after school. This was a new challenge for me, as I was unaccustomed to keeping to this type of routine. Therefore, I decided to ease myself into it slowly. At home, I have a few workout machines, including a treadmill and a StairMaster. These two machines are used in my regular routines, but I additionally follow floor workout routines from YouTube by fitness trainer, Sami Clarke.
To begin my workouts, I do a five-minute run on the treadmill and then do some stretches. For my arms, I do bicep and triceps, and then shoulder rotator stretches, holding each for about 15 seconds. Then for my legs, I do hamstring, adductor, and quadriceps. Once I’m done stretching, to get my heart rate back up, I do twenty jumping jacks and ten burpees. Once completed, I begin watching a YouTube video for my floor workouts. The main part of my body I prefer to focus on is my upper half, so today I followed a workout for my core/abs, followed by an arm/bicep workout. The videos I watched were Sami Clarke’s “6 Minute Ab Crusher” and “15 Minute Toned Arms”
Once I’ve completed this, I take a short, 6-minute water break before moving onto my cool down. For the cool down, I walk for three minutes on the treadmill, and then complete another sequence of stretches. These stretches include:
Arms:
• Neck
• Shoulder
• Biceps
• Triceps
• Chest
• Wrists
Legs:
• Standing hamstring
• Quadriceps
• Standing calf
• Hip flexor
• Hip adductor
• Double knee to chest
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