Vittoria Barreto
2 min readJan 20, 2021

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I have been working out inconsistently for about four years. I tend to go to the gym for a few weeks or months consistently and then as soon as I get busy for a day, I lose my routine and wait months to continue exercising. The table above is the schedule I plan to follow this semester and it continues exercises that I regularly do and exercises that I need to start doing. I chose these exercises because they are simple enough to begin with and will affect the two main parts of my body which I care about keeping toned. I figured continuing with what I am comfortable with would allow me to get a good base before I explore more options once I see what the GW gym has to offer. The exercises I listed above are mostly endurance exercises because I do not want to gain too much visible muscle-mass. However, I do have bench stepping, barbell squats, leg extensions, and bent rowing with weights to help with muscle strength and stay healthy. I will most likely not do barbell squats as often as I listed above because sometimes it bothers my neck, so I am hoping to find an alternative but I still plan on doing it during at least one of the three days it is checked under. My main goal for this exercise routine is to be consistent since that has proven to be my biggest struggle. My physical goal is to maintain or improve the figure I have now because I have heard about the freshman fifteen and I do not want to participate in that tradition. I also hope to find destress while exercising and I am sure that I will discover what workouts help me destress the best. I did not include running in my plan because I will not be running outside in the winter, but I sometimes like to run when I am stressed so maybe I will use a treadmill. My workouts are pretty much total body because I do not want one part of my body to be more toned than another. I want to be evenly lean and toned throughout but I am not interested in extreme abs or jutting leg muscles personally. I chose to structure my workouts in the way I did because Monday, Thursday, and Wednesday I have enough time between classes to go to the gym, which is why I put all the muscular strength exercises on those days. I hope to fit in at least half a workout or a less intense workout on Friday or Saturday so I put easy endurance exercises that can be done anywhere.

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