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Mental and physical health go hand in hand, so YWCA is committed to helping you stay active while our co-ed gym is temporarily closed.

Join YWCA’s Director of Fitness, Starr Gargiullo, for exercises throughout the week. You can follow her virtual fitness instruction on Mondays and Fridays on the YWCA Fitness Facebook page or on our YouTube channel.

On Thursdays, Starr shares a weekly High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) exercise with YWCA Fitness Members. Make sure you’re receiving her exercises and our fitness center updates by subscribing to our Constant Contact email list!

This is a HIIT routine – MAKE SURE TO WARM UP
Do each exercise 4 times per block,
followed by a 1-minute recovery after each block.
(/ = rep per block)

(1^st Block) 

• 30 seconds Jumping Jacks ////
• 15-second break
• 30 seconds Push-Ups ////
• 15-second break

(2^nd Block)

• 30 second Backward or Walking Lunges ////
• 15-second break
• 30 seconds Inner Chest/Tricep Pushups ////
• 15-second break

 (3^rd Block)

• 30 seconds Plank ////
• 15-second break 
• 30 seconds Floor Jacks ////
• 15-second break 

(4^th Block) 

• 30 seconds Use a Band, Rope or Belt, Lay it on the Floor in Straight Line and Jump Sideways Back and Forth Over it ////
• 15-second break 
• 30 seconds Squats (with or without weights) ////
• 15-second break 

(5^th Block) 

• 30 seconds Wide Stance Plie Squats (can do a lat raise at the same time if you have a dumbbell) ////
• 15-second break 
• 30 seconds Alternating Plank Back Rows with Dumbbells (if you do not have weights just lift and squeeze your shoulders back) ////
• 15-second break

(6^th Block) 

• 30 seconds Squat Kick Leg Out to the Right 3 times then Repeat with Left Leg ////
• 15-second break 
• 30 Mountain Climbers ////
• 15-second break

**DON’T FORGET TO WORK THOSE ABS**

• 30 Pilates Rollups (upper abs) [you can use a stability ball if you have one]
• 30 Left Obliques (side abs)
• 30 Right Obliques (side abs) 
• 30 Flutter Kicks (lower abs)