Thanks for joining me and Kim for the weekly run. This week I’m at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires with my mom and sister. I’m using this week as a proper deload from my current strength training block and a destress of sorts. I plan to do a lot of yoga and stretching classes along with a little pampering.
Deload and Destress weekly run down
Sunday-travel to Canyon Ranch + core class
Today I headed out with my mom and sister for a few days at Canyon Ranch for some rest, destress and deload. It’s an easy flight to Hartford, CT and then about an hour drive to Lenox, Massachusetts.
I found fall! It’s just gorgeous here.
Monday-yoga + boot camp + BOGA fit map + Pilates + stretch
I started off my stay here with a very ambitious schedule! yes, I did say I was doing a deload week and I will be refraining from heavy lifting. All the classes here are designed so that you can take a number of them daily. It’s been a while since I was in a real yoga class and that was nice. I had fun at the outdoor bootcamp and even flipped a tire or 2.
Later, my sister and I took a BOGA fit mat class. Think of an unstable raft that you do crazy moves on. We had a blast!
We finished off the afternoon with a Pilates reformer class and a stretch class with our mom. Whew! Relaxing is hard work.
Tuesday- yoga + Berkshire Beat + afternoon hike
I have been liking starting the day with yoga. Afterwards, my mom and sister and I took my mom’s favorite class. This class is all about drumming on a physioball while doing squats and grapevines etc. It is super corny but fun!
That afternoon, I went on a gorgeous 2 hour hike in The Berkshires. It was a gorgeous day and the views were fab.
Wednesday-yoga + stretch class + Kayaking
It was an easy morning at the ranch doing a few classes with my mom and sister. After lunch, my sister and I went on a kayaking adventure. It was so peaceful as we were the only ones out on the water to take in the beautiful views.
I ended my day with a nice deep tissue massage before dinner. Aah!
Thursday-yoga + TRX core
Our last morning at Canyon Ranch had me in an athletic yoga class followed by a TRX core class. I ended my stay with a relaxing body scrub. It’s so fabulous to be treated to a few days here by my mom and so hard to leave!
Friday-power walk
Back home and back to errands and laundry.
Saturday-Peloton cycle and tread walk
I kept up my deload and destress week by taking a low impact cycle and tread class. Later, I got my covid vax and hoping for no side effects.
I had a pretty fantastic week all around and I’m feeling very refreshed. I’ve also learned that my body really appreciates doing more stretching and yoga and I hope that I can continue to add that into my life more intentionally.
It looks like you had a wonderful week! I could use a getaway like that. I hope that calm and relaxation lasts a while for you.
it was really fabulous!
Oh wow, Canyon Ranch sounds like the ultimate reset button – yoga, kayaking, massages… and tire flipping!
Your autumn photos are absolutely stunning.
So nice of your mum to treat her daughters like that!
So nice! We all really enjoyed
Such beautiful colours! It certainly looks like a good week for you, the Boga fit mat and drumming thing while doing moves looks like so much fun! Although being someone who’s not a good swimmer and hates having the head under water, the fit mat activity probably wouldn’t be for me!
yes you really do not have to be a swimmer per say and the water is pretty shallow-win all around
Aaahhh, I sounds like a great week. I love the combination of activity and pampering and family. The fall colors are lovely!
Yes it was perfect!
We all could benefit from consistent stretching & TLC … easier said than done! Sounds like a fabulous week of relaxation with some great fitness mixed-in.
it was a great mix of all of the above
Your time at Canyon Ranch with your mom and sister sounds wonderful, and the leaves are already so beautiful up there in the Berkshires! Our fall trip is going to be to the Great Smokey Mountains this year so we’re doing it a little later to catch the fall foliage which will be a later farther south.
yes that will be really nice as well!
I love that area. I’ve gone there often.
Glad you had fun.
we did and it’s beautiful there
That place looks amazing! All of the fall feels indeed. So cool that you are there with your sister and mom. I see being healthy and fit runs in the family!
it was great to all be together there!
Wow, it looksbeautiful there! I’ve never been to Canyon Ranch. The fall colors are peeping for sure – we dont have much here yet but looks like it was a great time to visit! Nice job this week, even with being out of your routine.
yes it was a perfect time to visit!
This looks SO BEAUTIFUL!!! And I love those classes you took. This sounds like the perfect way to relax while still being active. I hope beautiful fall weather followed you home!
Yes it was perfect. Not so much on the weather
What a wonderful and rejuvenating week! Pool pilates and kayaking and percussion cardio sounds incredible. I am so glad you were able to have this time away!
it was so nice to do together