So if you are anything like me, you’ve been “pinning” away all kinds of great looking workout routines onto your Pinterest boards. You may have spent countless hours wasting time searching through your home feed for months to find the perfect routines. You’ve got “rock hard abs”, “amazing legs” “cardio killer” etc cued up and ready to go. Have you ever actually done any of the workouts you’ve pinned?? Ha! Me either! Until today when I was motivated by my Thanksgiving over indulgence to do as many as I could. Sometimes you are just in the mood to do something new and I figured the day after Thanksgiving was a good day to give it a go. Here’s what I did:
The Warm Up-I love this routine designed by my friend Tina. It’s great before a run or any workout. She has some great advice and demonstrates proper form on her youtube channel as well.
Time to “Hitt” the elliptical. I had to modify this a tad because my elliptical doesn’t incline. I did the first 45 min of this one. Seriously, was a much harder routine than I expected. I was sweating buckets after this one. Found on HeandSheEatclean
I loved this routine! I was challenged in a good way and really felt my abs working. I will be doing some of these moves again. The only one I had trouble with was the plank roll out with the medicine ball. Need to work on that.
Next up: “14 Moves for the perfect Bubble Butt” (A girl’s gotta dream right??) found on Skinnymom.com
The wall sits were a lot harder than I remember. I felt my hamstrings and abs a lot too perhaps because I had already done the previous routines. This site has great instruction on the exercises and helpful photos. I will be doing this one again. It is staying pinned on my board.
And finally, just to burn the arms out I did the “20 Epic Battle Ropes” exercises. I’ve been a fan of battle ropes for about a year (read my post here) and love the way they burn my arms out at the end of a workout. It’s like doing sprint training for your arms. They are easy to add into a home or gym routine and have I find have a big return. I learned a few new ways to use them with this routine from Greatist.
All of this took me well over 2 hours to complete. I was completely exhausted/feeling pretty bad ass! I am pretty sure that these were not meant to be done back to back like this but I’m crazy like that so you don’t have to be! I feeling very accomplished and pretty sure that I am on my way to six pack abs and “bubble butt” what ever that is. So I will be keeping these routines on my boards just in case I am feeling ambitious.
So tell me, do you do any of the exercises you pin on Pinterest or is it a colossal waste of time? Inquiring minds want to know?
Congrats on doing all those workouts on Pintrest. I don’t have any so maybe i should pin some of these.
It was fun to do something different and challenging.
Great post! There are so many things I pin that I never get to! I haven’t even pinned many workouts knowing how backlogged I am with cooking and crafts haha 🙂
Ha I think we all get a little ambitious pinning so many things. I am so never going to make any of the crafts that I pin
As always #badass status #tipofthehat
Ha thanks! I love Pinterest and I get a little carried away some days!
I have kind of a set routine, so I have never pinned workouts. However, I am super impressed that you actually did 2 hours of hardcore workouts. Nice job!
It just kind of happened! I was in the zone
OMG! WEll I know you didn’t find anything like that on my Pinterest board! Could you get up the next morning? I’m not sure I could pull a shirt over my head or brush my hair. You are a bad ass!
Ha ha! It just kind of happened. I was looking for motivation and found it
Oooh! That med ball workout looks fun- pinning it 😀 😀
That was one of the best ones. I will be doing it again
Wow, that’s awesome that you did all of these in a row! I’m definitely guilty of pinning things that I forget to go back and use. Though they’re often tips on form or things like that which I try to keep in mind when doing my regular workouts.
oh I pin those as well! It’s addictive on there 🙂
You are CRAZY girl – phew! I’m tired just reading this, but so much fun!! 🙂
It was fun! Thanks what else to do with all those pins!
How fun! I did a bunch of new-to-me workouts over the Thanksgiving break, as well. I did one of my Mom’s old 80s workout dvds (ha!), a tabata workout, and a workout I like to put together using a deck of cards. It was fun to do some new stuff 🙂
It is fun to do something new once in a while and use different muscles. I remember those old videos!
That sounds like a fun and intense day. You could repeat another day for another great workout! Great job!
I think I will do it again with different workouts next time. Always fun to do something new!
I have to say I have not pinned any workouts. I’m so bad about just running, except in summer when I slalom waterski. It would probably help me to do something else! 2 hours…girl YOU ROCK.
ooh waterskiing! haven’t done that in like 20 years. I used to love it as a kid.
Nice!! Great job on doing all those workouts from Pinterest! I have done a few yoga poses after running that I have Pinned on Pinterest so it’s not a total waste of time. 😉
Ha ha I can get very lost on there sometimes for hours
I am guilty. I have never tried those workouts but have thought about it many times. Maybe this post will start a revolution of woman everywhere! I love the moves in the medicine ball workout. I do some of those on my own and love it!
Ha I think many of us are. The medicine ball workout was great and I will be doing that one again
I love that you did all of them 🙂 I usually try out the workouts I pin or at least use them for ideas to come up with my own workout. What I NEVER do is actually COOK the food/recipe pins I save. That should be my next challenge…cook all of the pins 🙂
ha ha yes! Cooking all the pins could be very dangerous but I’ve found I do use a lot of the recipes and it is a great way to keep them organized.
I just recently joined Pinterest and I’m SO hooked on it! Good job doing all those workouts, phew! I am that way with healthy recipes…I’ve pinned so many that I haven’t even attempted yet! Good idea to actually take the plunge!
I know it can get overwhelming! I use lots of the recipes and find it’s a great way to keep them organized 🙂
Ha definitely guilty of pinning a million workouts and never doing them. I can’t believe you did them back to back!
I’m crazy like that sometimes! Kind of like people who run marathons 🙂
The title of this post made me laugh! And way to go! You’re definitely a BAMF!
It was fun to do! I always pin so much so I figured it was time. Thanks for stopping by
Super impressed! I have tried a few, but I have to be honest I haven’t tried a fraction of all that I have pinned, way to go!!!
It’s crazy how much you can pin on there! It was lots of fun to do
Good on ya! I’ve done a few of them and found they were much more challenging than they look.
Some of them are! I was thinking this was something you might do when I read your post today.
Great job! I really struggle with wall sits but I’m working on it. I think I’ll go check out some of my pins now 🙂
Yes do!! The wall sits are harder than they look. Thanks for stopping by have a good one!
I’m cracking up over your overview of this at the end. Girl you are bad ass 🙂 Hugs!!
ah thanks! It was fun to do-try it sometime 🙂
Way to kick some serious butt! I love that you did them all back to back. Way to get it! I usually do my personal workouts (when I’m not teaching) at home, so I really do use a lot of the ideas I get from Pinterest. I will totally admit that I pin more than I do, but I have found some of my favorite workouts on there.
I think I’ve found some of my favorites too! It’s always fun to do something new and challenging too
I love pinterest for quick workouts. If I just have 15-20 minutes, pinterest rocks. I can’t imagine doing more than one, but in all honesty, if I have more than a half hour for a workout, I’m going to run.
I needed something to do on a non running day. I love to cross train as well. It’s fun to do something new and I love a challenge
Nice job on the workouts! Honestly, I’ve NEVER done a single workout that I’ve pinned (except mine 🙂 ). Maybe I ought to do something about that.
LOL I think most of us are guilty of that!
I’ve pinned way to many workouts! But picking one randomly would be a fun idea!
It was fun and very challenging 🙂
I am impressed that you did all this! I can’t wait to read tomorrow’s post on how sore you are… ;P
Great job!
Ha ha! I was sore! I really felt my abs more doing these differently and my arms were pretty tired. I had lots of fun though
That medicine ball core workout looks like a good one! I love that you went ahead and tried to do all of these workouts! So great! Some day I need to jump in and actually try some of my pinned workouts!
ha I think we all pin stuff and never go back to look at it. It was fun to do.
OMG you actually did something from Pinterest!!!! That’s crazy! I have so much on Pinterest pinned… And I have done…… NONE of it – ha ha ah ha!
I know! We all pin crazy amounts of stuff but never do anything with it. It was fun to do something different.
AWESOME. I pin away too, but don’t do than all!
The bubble butt workout made me laugh…. I’ve got to try that! haha!
I don’t think it’s fully worked yet!
Hahaha…this is hilarious! I do pin tons of workout stuff and have only tried a couple, not many of them. Soooo so brave of you to do all of this in one sitting. #wowlinkup
It was lots of fun and always nice to do something new right?
Love this! I have a ton of Pinterest workouts that I have pinned over the years and I have to say I have done them! Pinterest makes it easy to get the workouts done!! Loved being able to sweat in the winter without leaving my house
Yup it’s great! Thought it was about time I tried them out
Thanks for recommending (and actually trying) my warm up exercises! I will be interested to hear what you thought of them! I am not surprised you were exhausted after all that! Impressive!
I like your warm up exercises a lot now I just have to remember to do them!
I tend to do bits and pieces of the workouts I pinned. I like this idea though and might pick one day a week to start working my way through my pinterest board!!!
That’s a great idea! It’s nice to keep it fresh. Thanks for stopping by!
I normally do the workouts I pin once and then never look at them again. In theory they’re great!
Agreed! In theory they are great. I had lots of fun looking through them and doing this. I may make it a regular thing
Wow, this is great!!! You really out some effort into this!
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It was lots of fun and hard work. It’s fun to mix it up 🙂
I am so totally backwards, I do the workout first and then PIN them. CRAZY right? And you are super bad to do ALL of those workouts!! I want to be you when I grow up. 😉 #wowlinkup
ha ha so funny! And I want to be you so I have endless amounts of time to make videos and post like crazy and workout. You must never sleep!
I love this. I have so many workouts pinned to my Pinterest page that it would take me a month to do them all. But I probably do need to go back and try some of them out #wowlinkup
Thanks! It was fun to go back and do them. I keep pinning as well and forgot what was there.
Holy crap! over 2 hours! You’re a beast! haha this did make me laugh though — maybe I’ll do the same thing except I’ll bake everything I’ve pinned 😉 haha
Well that works too! LOL