Winter Shape Up 2015: Week 1
Hi friends! I am SO excited about this year’s Winter Shape Up! Here is the week 1 schedule. Please feel free to modify or adjust as you see *fit* 🙂
Workouts for this week:
Workout #1 (Follow along video option)
Steady state: for this workout, you are going to complete 30 minutes of steady state cardio with a mode of your choice. Go for a run, a brisk walk, hop on the StairMaster, try a mix of your favorite cardio modes, or take a class you enjoy. If you take a class, make sure it’s not interval-based, and go for more steady state, like dance, kickboxing or Zumba.
Workout #2 (Follow along video option)
Ideas to shuffle the workouts around:
-Make sure that you are not doing strength on consecutive days. Try to do workout #1 1-3 times total. Three is just a maximum amount; if you do the workout just one time though, that’s great!
-Alternate cardio intensities. For example, I would not do workout #1 and workout #2 on consecutive days since they include intense intervals! Sandwich an easy steady state or off day in there.
-As always, check with a doctor before making any fitness changes. Honor your body and modify as needed.
For all of the weekly workouts and meal plans, be sure to check out the intro page!
Special thanks to this year’s Winter Shape Up sponsors:
Wild Blueberries / Cabot / Sabra / Sizzlefish / About Time / Fitfluential
This week’s featuring sponsor is About Time.
They have a variety of protein-packed products, sweetened with Stevia, and in a variety of delicious flavors. I’ve had their birthday cake protein powder before and thought it was delicious! Some of their other whey protein powder flavors include: cinnamon swirl, mocha mint, peanut butter (!), chocolate, strawberry and banana. They kindly offered a jump start pack for a lucky Shape Up participant, which includes a 2-lb. container of whey protein powder, and Cleanse (which has green coffee bean). The prize is valued at $85. 
To enter, leave a comment below (on this week 1 workout page) each time you complete one of the workouts above. (So Sunday, you get a freebie: it’s a rest day!) The lucky winner will be announced in the Week 2 workout schedule post.
Let’s get this Shape Up party started!!
xoxo
Gina
Quick question – I typically do hot/not hot vinyasa yoga and another hot blend type of class at least two times a week. What should I sub those for? I work at the yoga studio (not teaching yet) so skipping them isn’t really an option 🙂
Is the meal plan also launching early? I’m hoping to do my shop sometime this weekend.
Thank you!!!!
I was wondering that too!
I asked Gina and Anne over Twitter and Anne said she would post them on Friday (today) for those that meal prep 🙂 Hopefully she still will, although I did see she was sick this week on her blog post today!
Got posted on Anne’s site!
http://www.fannetasticfood.com/winter-shape-up-2015/
yep, anne just posted it!
So excited for this! But one question–where can I find links to the workouts?
they’re going to be on this page by sunday night!
I’m with Lauren – would love to mela prep this weekend 🙂 Thanks, Gina! 🙂
Sooooooo excited. 🙂
Can’t wait for WSU 2015! For those of us that are snowed in to get in a run or have a small Boston apartment “home gym”, would SoliBeat be a good alternative for a “steady state”? What do you recommend?
Im so excited! I’ve been looking forward to this WSU for weeks!
I LOVE spicy and the Cabot Hot Habanero is soooo good!
I’m excited to do WSU this year!
Yay! Love the shape-ups! It’s Sunday where I am already, and I am definitely taking a very much needed rest day today.
Thanks again for doing another Shape Up! Excited to try the workouts and modify them to suit my needs. Your programs always give me fresh and new ideas!
Doing some solid resting today, back at it tomorrow!
I had to switch your schedule around to accommodate mine but I did Workout #2 and the total body endurance today (sunday)! 🙂
Super excited to start tomorrow! WO#1 looks like a good one. I love tabatas! 🙂
Loving the rest day today and super excited for the great week ahead! 🙂
I am so excited to get started with this winter shape up tomorrow! It’s time for this mommy to finally spend some time on herself!
Where can we find workout #3?? I don’t see it above! Looking forward to Winter Shape Up!!
Workout 3 isn’t on the schedule until next week 🙂
Thanks for putting this together, Gina! I know today’s supposed to be a rest day, but I did 40 min easy on the bike.
I did workout #1 x’s 3 today. It was so awesome!! Defiantly pumped for the rest of the workouts!
yesss! so happy you liked it!
So excited to join in this year!!
so glad you’re joining in!
I’m thrilled for this! I’m really needing to build up muscle…
Also,
Sunday rest day achieved! 😉
I can’t wait! I’m really looking forward to this! I love this site!!
Love rest days!
Gina! This is so organized and professional and carefully thought it! Prob the best WSU yet! You rock girlfriend! I’m so excited to shake things up! Woot woot!! 🙂
thank you, yaara!
I know it’s a rest day, but I jogged 3 miles and walked the dog for 1. It was too beautiful of a day not to be outside. I’m excited to participate in my first WSU!!
Snuck in 3 chilly miles running outside today! Shuffling my workouts around a bit.
For my rest day I did a relaxing yoga routine to prepare me for the week!
Had a light day at the gym today… 3 mi steady state + some abs and one of your old arm burners! Ready for this week!
so excited to start workout #1 tmr!!
Active rest day = walking all day at Disneyland!
so excited to do this tomorrow! up at 8 before my first class 😉
yay ive been waiting for shape up! love the format!
I did workout #1 x 3 today. I skipped the tabata due to some knee pain, but I did some steady state cardio instead.
Skied all weekend, so a rest day today was very much needed!
That protein powder sounds delish! Can’t wait to start the WSU!
Rested today! 🙂
Going for 10,000 steps today!
I ran yesterday since it was actually sunny out and I need to change my rest day to Thursday. The workouts look like fun! Can’t wait to try them!
Workout 1 done three times through! My legs were burning. Thanks for the great workouts!
Just finished two rounds of Workout 1! I didn’t wake up early enough to have time for three rounds, whoops. Next time! Awesome workout!
Ready to HIIT it this evening! 😉
Workout #1×3…DONE! Yea!
Loved Workout 1 this morning! I started with lower weights, but by the second round I thought I could handle more and I went up to 7.5s! I’m so excited for this, my goal is consistency!
I switched up the workouts and did a steady state yesterday (spin) and a rest day today. Thanks Gina for the workouts!!!
So happy to being doing my 2 WSU with you!
Knocked out day #1! Ready for some much needed winter motivation 🙂
This looks great! Thanks so much for doing this!
Yay! This is my second WSU and I’m super excited! Yesterday was yoga, dog walks and meal prep for my ‘off’ day. It was lovely.
Thanks to you and Anne for the WSU!
Workout #1 x 3 complete! It’s been awhile since I’ve done jumping lunges and they killed me. Great way to start off my week!
Just finished workout 1, great way to start off Monday!
On Sunday, I took a walk outside for rest day