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Help me plan my routine
I currently do a 30-minute workout routine every morning before work. There's a 5-minute warm-up, 20-minute "actual" workout, then a 5-minute cool down. I do strength on Monday/Wednesday/Friday and cardio on Tuesday/Thursday. I have been getting kind of bored with my routine lately and was wondering if I could get some suggestions to revamp it.
Currently, my strength workouts consist of crunches (set 1: 25, set 2: 50, set 3: 100+ until exhaustion) and weight lifting (some with squats). My cardio consists of stationary biking, stair climbing, and sometimes a bit of dancing.
Here are my resources:
- Stairs (I have a loft over my living room where I work out)
- A good bit of space in my loft (all that's up there is a desk)
- Spotify (unlimited motivational music, lol)
- A pedals-only stationary bike (much like this)
- A set of 5-pound ankle weights
- A set of 2-pound hand weights
- A set of 5-pound hand weights
- A set of 8-pound hand weights
- Able to do 100+ consecutive crunches (I'm a twohundredsitups graduate)
Here are my limitations:
Carpal tunnel syndrome - it's worse in my right wrist than in my left. I can't do very much bending of my wrists with weights or it hurts. Pushups are almost completely out of the question.
I am currently lifting with the 5-pound hand weights. I can't do much with the 8-pound ones, but I was thinking of trying to slowly incorporate them starting tomorrow morning.
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