B A M Workouts

Types of Workouts

What are B.A.M. Workouts and why would you create a plan for them? B.A.M. stands for Bare A**e Minimum. For the times when your life is complicated and unpredictable (aka your menopause). When there is life stuff out with your control. Your regular workouts are either not appropriate or not manageable.
You may not be able to predict what the life stuff is but you can predict what is manageable and even what you may want to focus on. Building up a list of resources so it easy to choose on the day. You may be looking for workouts that are within:

    • a specific time – When you are time poor and not able get to the gym or your regular classes.
    • a particular energy level
    • an specific area of interest

    YouTube

    YouTube has a substantial and varied amount of free exercise videos for all sorts of workouts. There is a lot, so finding the workout videos appropriate for your may take a bit of time, so figuring out a list of resources in advance is useful.

    Membership Sites

    There are membership sites for everything. The difference between free YouTube videos and a Membership site, is that the membership site is with a particular person or company. It may be easier to find workouts as they may be organised into categories of time and/or intensity. It is often easier to get started with a membership because it is organised.

    Online Short Courses

    You may feel it’s a great time to work on a specific niggle or area that needs attention. Perhaps foot movement or wrist strength. With a short course. There is specificity in the videos delivered, you may feel that you are still working towards your goals, just in a different and foundational way.

    Do you have any B.A.M. Workouts in place. Or do you know you need to look for workouts to cover specific scenarios that regularly come up for you?

Samantha Valand is a Pilates teacher, Yoga Instructor and Personal Trainer turned online Coach. Who helps over fifties women fall in love with exercising again after the menopause. You can find some inspiration over on the blog.  Over on my YouTube channel, you can find my Intuitive Exercise Energy Readings. A tool I created to help build intuition and the mind-body connection when you start to exercise again after the menopause. Sign up for my free monthly newsletter to help you live healthy ever after