21 Day Fix: Plyo Fix and 10-Minute Fix for Abs

Allow me to preface this post with the following... based on the schedule recommended in for the 21 Day Fix Program, today should have been my Yoga Fix... a day to recover. However, yesterday was a bit of a splurge for me. My husband and I very seldom get out on our own (in the nearly 18 months since my daughter was born, we have gone to three work events for my husband, and this made for our second date just the two of us --- we need to find a local babysitter for sure because this needs to happen more often). My sister was visiting us over the weekend and stayed with our daughter to let us go out for a nice "Valentine's" Dinner. So I allowed myself to enjoy my evening (which did include an awesome Kale Salad --- I get bonus points for this, right?) and a couple yummy martinis with my steak dinner. I knew I would be starting the meal plan with this workout later this week with the challenge group I'm a part of so I wanted to at least put in a little more of a workout today... enter bonus workouts: Plyo Fix and 10-Minute Fix for Abs.

I love Autumn, it hasn't been a secret in the posts I've shared this past week that I think this is an amazing workout and it is quickly turning into my all-time favorite workout (this coming from a girl who LOVES her TurboFire and Jillian Michaels "Ripped in 30"). And after today, I also hate Autumn too. But in a way that I know I will be thanking her once the shaking stops. Plyo Fix is a half-hour of pure plyometrics. There are 6 rounds in total. You do each exercise for 30 seconds, and then rest for 30 seconds. There are 2 exercises in each round. By round 5 of 6, I had to follow some of the modified workouts because my legs couldn't handle much more jumping (even though I knew it meant it was working my thighs, which I have already shared are one of my key focus areas). It was an awesome calorie burning workout (230 calories), even with me not jumping as much through some of the moves toward the end. I was so relieved that she didn't throw a bonus workout at me at the end of the Plyo Fix because I may not have made it up the stairs from my basement to make my Shakeology (or to get my daughter out of her crib when she wakes up from her nap).

I decided I wanted to try the 10-Minute Fix for Abs too. I think this is going to be a workout I incorporate 3 days a week to work on toning my (nonexistent) abs. In the abs workout, Autumn calls out different crunch-style moves while you're on your back --- getting progressively more challenging with each move. You do 20 of each (and at a pretty quick pace) before moving on. I didn't count how many different moves there were because I was too busy trying to keep up. I was relieved to see I had made it to the halfway point when she then had me REPEAT all of the workouts I just did. I should have known. It was SUPER hard for me to make it through all 20 reps of these the second time around, but I have never had very much strength (or definition) in my abs in my entire life. To make matters worse (which I know will only be better in the long run), she hits you with two bonus exercises for the last 30 (or so) seconds. I'm not sure what will result in more soreness later today and tomorrow... the legs or the abs. I cannot wait to see my 21 day results once I officially start the meal plan with this workout routine!! So I have one more workout to cover --- the Yoga Fix --- look for it tomorrow or Wednesday!



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