My Weekly Workout Routine with Melissa Wood Health.
February 23, 2018
One of the topics I get the most DMs on through Instagram is how many times a week I do the Melissa Wood Health (MWH) workouts, how I combine them and if I do other workouts. So today I thought I would break down my typical weekly workout “schedule” to provide insight on exactly what I do. Â Let me just prewarn you this is a lazy girls’ guide to workout out as I barely go to the gym, don’t do any intense workouts, am not into weight lifting and could give two shits about macros or whatever the hell those are. I work a full time 9 – 5 job, have a husband and two dogs and don’t want a workout that takes up more time than it needs to when I get home after a long day. Real facts.
For anyone who might not know, Melissa Wood Health is a #plantbased health coach and fitness instructor who creates workouts on an App called Fitner (now called Playbook). The App costs $9.99 a month and you can follow workouts from a variety of trainers, I just only follow Melissa on it which basically makes her my “trainer”. I am pretty obsessed with Melissa and everything she does, so I love the idea that I get to train with her in the comfort of my own home. I personally also love her workout technique which is a combination of yoga and pilates, mostly using your body weight (sometimes ankle weights and bands) to sculpt lean lines. Her method really speaks to me and works for my body. I find that when I go to bootcamp classes with weights I tend to get more muscular so I gave that up.
I originally found out about Melissa on a podcast with Skinny Confidential, afterwards I totally stalked her website and immediately started her workouts around that same time, so I’ve been doing them weekly for about three months now. Of all the different workout programs I have tried (Kayla Itsines, Alexa Jean, Way of Gray, Tone It Up) I have stayed interested in this one the longest and seen the best results BUT what makes it the best is I see the same results with much less time invested. I did see results from Kayla’s but they were hard on your knees, you had to do them every single day and I grew really bored of them – they weren’t realistic for long term interest in MY opinion. I am not doing that workout forever, no thank you.
What I love about MWH is that you get new workouts all the time and they are low impact, which keeps me always engaged and coming back for more. I feel more like I am sculpting my body than putting it under pressure doing a million lunge jumps.
So, here is the breakdown of what I do on a weekly basis:
MONDAY
MWH Full Body (20 – 45 mins)
TUESDAY
MWH Booty (20 mins, with ankle weights)
WEDNESDAY
MWH Full Body (20 – 45 mins)
THURSDAY
MWH Arms (25 mins)
FRIDAY
Walk a few miles (1 hour)
SATURDAY
Maybe go to the gym with my husband if he is going. I figure I should get some cardio in, so I do the elliptical for 45 minutes and than do ab exercises of my choosing. I pretty much just do ab moves that MWH has in her videos. Like I said, I am lazy ok?
SUNDAY
Rest Day
I don’t always do the workouts in this exact order as Melissa posts new workouts each week and old ones expire on the App so every week you get new workouts, but generally they are along these lines as far as segments. You can do all of them with just your body weight or add ankle weights in to take them to the next level. For Booty workouts I add the ankle weights and you definitely feel it.
If you are trying to lose weight this workout schedule might be too relaxed for you, but if you are generally maintaining and toning like I am I couldn’t say more positive things about it. If you are looking to lose weight I would still recommend following Melissa’s workouts as they do work, but my biggest suggestion would be to switch to a plantbased clean diet first and combine it with her workouts to see your greatest results. I truly believe your diet is 80% of the equation and your workouts are 20%. I eat plantbased clean meals so I don’t have to go to crazy workout classes and burn 800 calories, but that’s just me.
If you are interested in transitioning to a plantbased diet make sure to check out How to Start a Plantbased Diet, My Plantbased Grocery List & Plantbased Meal Ideas.
Let me know any questions you have on my weekly workout schedule, I love to hear from you!
