My Current Routine: Focusing on Balance
If there’s one thing I’ve learned this year, it’s that fitness isn’t about doing more, it’s about doing what feels right for your body and sometimes less truly is more. My current routine is combination of:
lifting
spinning
walking
structured cardio
Together, they work to keep me strong and consistent.
Lifting: My Non-Negotiable
Lifting is the main foundation of my week, the part of my routine I build everything else around. I lift five to six days a week with a split that works each muscle group, my structure looks like this:
- Monday: Back and biceps
- Tuesday: Hamstring focused leg day
- Wednesday: Chest & triceps
- Thursday: Shoulders
- Friday: Quad focused leg day
My favorite part of strength training is seeing how it carries into daily life, walking with better posture, feeling powerful during spin, and knowing that the effort I put in the gym builds confidence everywhere else.
Spinning: My fun
Spin is where I let go. It’s the one workout that feels like therapy with music. I usually go once or twice a week depending on how my legs are recovering from lifts. It’s not just cardio it has been so much fun.
It truly is a reset for me and just movement where I can just have a lot of fun with my spin community. My favorite part is that post-ride glow: sweaty, endorphin-filled, and clear-headed.
Spin also helps keep my endurance high for longer lifting sessions and faster recovery between sets. It’s a different type of strength, one that’s less about muscle and more about mindset.
Walking: The Underrated Game-Changer
If lifting is my structure and spin is my release, walking is my anchor. I aim for around 12,000-15,000 steps a day, it’s most definitely is not a magic number but because it makes me feel grounded.
It’s movement without pressure, and I always make time to walk on rest days.
It’s active recovery, mental clarity, and daily consistency wrapped into one. Whether it’s an easy stroll with coffee or a longer route after the gym, it’s the simplest way I stay in tune with my body while keeping my energy up all day.
Cardio: Stairs and Incline Walks
Cardio has always had a place in my routine not because I feel like I have to do it, but because I love the challenge. My go-tos are the stair stepper and incline treadmill walks. They both hit differently, but together they give me the endurance without burning me out. After playing soccer my whole life, it is very important to me to continue to work towards my endurance.
On the stairs, I focus on short, intense intervals usually around 20 minutes I try keeping my heart rate up but controlled. I always incorporate it on upper body days. I do one 45 minute session on a weekend day to maintain endurance because I do not run often anymore.
Incline walking, on the other hand, is slower and more intentional. It’s my time to zone out, listen to a podcast, and still get a solid sweat. I usually do this at a 12–15 incline, 3.2-3.7 mph, for about 20 minutes. It’s the perfect middle ground between recovery and intensity low-impact but effective.
What I love most about both is that they’re predictable yet adjustable. Some days I go all out; other days I just move. Either way, it’s progress.
The Balance for YOU
lifting for strength, spinning for joy, walking for balance, and cardio for endurance this has been my sweet spot lately. It’s structure with flexibility, discipline with freedom.
I’ve learned that the best routine isn’t the one that looks perfect on paper, it’s the one you actually enjoy enough to stick with.
Every workout serves its purpose and is different for everyone!