Gentle Mood Boosting Workout For Beginners

Workouts do not always have to be seriously intense. This mood boosting workout for beginners is the perfect gentle introduction to moving your body more.

The entire time I was pregnant with Hazel, I was extremely nervous about how life with three kids under the age of four was going to be.

I was gearing up for complete chaos. Chaos like:

• Everyone crying at once and not being able to tend to everyone’s needs immediately.
• Jealousy issues with having a newborn.
• Losing any semblance of personal time.
• Continued waking up at random times throughout the night after we just got William to consistently sleep through the night.
• Giving everyone the attention and mom time they crave.
• Finding time to do the things I love like workout, read, or cook.

To be completely honest, every single one of those things happened with our little Hazel’s arrival. It has taken me a full 9 months to just take it all in stride and roll with this job of Mom that I have felt so called to do.

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Throughout those initial 9 months (minus the first two for postpartum healing), the main way that I have stayed calm and feeling somewhat like myself is by working out.

Aiming to get in some focused movement at least 3-4 times a week is a sanity saver. It makes me a much more patient mom, caring wife, and focused business owner.

Even though I know how much a workout can change my mood for the entire day, getting myself back in gear as a beginner again was extremely hard this time around.

Having grown and birthed three children in 3.5. years was a feat between HELLP Syndrome, a 9 pound baby, and Gestational Diabetes (all three births respectively), I felt like I had been through the ringer.

Using short workouts, lower weights (I started with 7.5 pounds), a focus on my core and pelvic floor, and the serious determination to feel fit and strong, I kept at it.

At 10 months postpartum, I still have a ways to go, but my weights are up to 12.5-15 pounds, my pelvic floor is much happier, I can do more complex compound exercises, and that feeling of fit and strong is here.

Gentle Mood Boosting Workout For Beginners

This workout is designed to be gentle on your body while helping you move your muscles again. It is a wonderful introduction to workout form as you strength train while slightly elevating your heart rate

Especially as you are returning to workouts, or just starting a consistent routine for the first time, you need to warm up and cool down. Get your free Warm Up and Cool Down Guide here. Your muscles will thank you!

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Watch the workout video here.

Complete 8 reps of each move in the set for a total of 3 rounds. Complete the cardio set between each lift set. Repeat the whole workout twice through.

Set 1

Bicep curl
Back flys

Set 2

Squats
Front lunges

Set 3

Glute bridges
Pulses
Deadbug

Cardio Set

Jumping jacks
Squat jacks

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