Happy Hump Day! Keeping in theme with this title, I figured I should share a little recap of my 30-Day Booty Challenge that I finished recently.
I’ve created several workout challenges in the past—pushup, plank, squat, and an easy full body one—but I can safely say this booty challenge has been my favorite. It never felt impossible, but it still felt difficult. Since I’m a master procrastinator, I ended up leaving it until right before I went to bed almost every night. I wasn’t doing much else to workout throughout this time because I was on a lazy streak, so simply doing the designated number of squats, donkey kicks, and bridges was a much needed part of my day. It never took me more than about 5 or so minutes to complete, which was wonderful since I rarely felt motivated to do this challenge when I was super tired (I never said I was smart). And focusing on my glutes was definitely a must as I’m trying to work up all my muscle weaknesses that may be contributing to knee pain while running.
In addition to being stronger, I can also notice a very slight difference in the way my clothes fit…in a good way. Haha. After spending a month working on this challenge, I’m more motivated to incorporate bootylicious exercises into my routine circuit workouts. This challenge was a really easy way to squeeze in more glute work throughout my day, though, and having a rest day every fifth day seemed to work quite well for me. So if you want to get your derierre in shape, I highly recommend starting with a butt workout challenge like this one. By doing a little bit every day, you might notice gradual improvement. It just takes a little push to make yourself knock it out each day. Ain’t no thang.
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Pug Faces – So this is super random, but I was browsing through random dog-filled galleries online recently and stumbled upon this picture. I just…can’t. It’s hilarious. Pugs make the best faces. I’m pretty sure if we got a pug, I’d be laughing all the time.
Active Wear – Matt showed me this recently, and I felt embarrassed just watching it…because even though it’s a ridiculous video, it’s so accurate. Plus, since I shared my favorite places to buy affordable workout clothes last week, I felt like this was appropriate. “Doing literally nothing in my active wear.”
Exchange a Day of Your Life – Boom.
Hammock at Work – Ya, so I may or may not have a hammock that I’ve never been able to use. Oh, what a coincidence! I have a desk at work that could totally support it. Mwahahahah. I need this so badly to happen.
Thai Cucumber Salad with Peanut Chili Vinaigrette – I’m all about cold dishes packed with fresh ingredients like this one. Even though it seems more summery, this sounds quite tasty to me.
ooh I love a thai cucumber salad and that activewear video was so funny!
Haha right?! It’s so perfect.
Really need to get on board with a booty challenge! I am so terribly bad at challenges though… I would also be doing it like right before bed lol!
Ha! Glad I’m not the only one who puts things/workouts off.
Definitely go for the hammock! I’m actually starting a new job in two weeks and they seem pretty laid-back so who knows…maybe they’ll allow it?
Question about the booty challenge. Do you find that you get better results that way than you would if you did more at once every other day? I generally prefer to rest my muscles between workouts but I’m always open to trying new things!
Yay new job! Fingers crossed they’re open to hammocks. Haha.
And I usually prefer doing a bigger workout at different points throughout the week (like a full workout), rather than a little bit every day (quick challenges). But I’ve found month-long challenges like this one help me be more consistent with working a certain area of the body, so I often end up seeing more results. I’m sure if I was more strategic about the areas of the body I focus on in full workouts, I might see more results. (I tend to just do a little bit of everything, focusing on upper body, core, or lower body on different days.) That’s just me though!