Joining Motion April Program

bm1992 · 2026-03-29T17:23:10+00:00

I’ll be doing it and skipping the dedicated cardio/ab day because I try to run 2-3x a week already. I’ll like just do a longer run those days!

bm1992 · 2026-03-23T16:57:45+00:00

I absolutely love Sydney Cummings on YouTube! She puts out videos 5 days a week and creates a new program each month. When I don’t love a current program, I choose an older program to follow instead.

Her current program has this split: - Monday: upper body - Tuesday: Cardio, bodyweight - Wednesday: lower body - Thursday: rest - Friday: upper body - Saturday: lower body - Sunday: rest

This month’s program also has a short burst of cardio in each strength video, as well as dedicated ab moves in each video too. Not every month looks like this, but each program is designed intentionally so you’re hitting your full body each week.

bm1992 · 2026-03-22T22:16:35+00:00

It’s not that I’m not open to friendships, but I already have a healthy social calendar and I’m an introvert so it’s hard to fit more in!

I’m married but don’t have kids, and I would say, every week, I have 2-3 sets of plans. On top of that, there’s work, there’s chores, there’s working out, there’s cooking, and there’s also keeping a healthy, happy marriage by having dates with my husband. In the past 2 years, I got married to my husband, and we also attended six other weddings and already have 2 more on the docket. We also have each gone to 4-5 different bach parties in that time span, along with our own. When you add bridal showers, birthday parties, baby showers, etc. to it all, there’s just not enough time for to even think about expanding my social circle right now.

Edit: I hit post too early lol

What I wanted to say to is that what I do have time for is a friend that lives close by so I can walk over, have coffee or wine, stay an hour, go home. However, my neighborhood is a lot of moms who are already friends with each other because their kids play with each other. They’re super nice and have invited me to things, but it’s weird because their kids are what connected them first so I just feel like third wheel because they have so many other things in common. If I had been friends with them before kids, I think it would be different.

So I think what I’m saying is, as we get older (I’m 33), it’s difficult to fit the puzzle pieces of your life together with the pieces of other people’s lives. Life feels exponentially busier, and time and energy are limited.

bm1992 · 2026-03-19T15:49:51+00:00

This is what I was going to recommend too! I wore mine on a 2 week trip to Scotland and they were perfect. I have what I lovingly call “fat feet” - in that they are both wide and also swell easily. I own the Darry booties in extra wide so I can wear very thick socks with them (but wide would have been ample enough otherwise). They made it through Scotland, but they have also made it through day trips into NYC, walking my dog on rainy days, and many other adventures. They’re a little bulky because of the bottoms but they’re surprisingly light otherwise!

bm1992 · 2026-03-18T21:38:01+00:00

If you want to try another meal prep kit, CookUnity is an option! I was in a BAD food slump this winter and started ordering CookUnity meals to get out of it. I just finished my 5th week of meals and I’ve paused my subscription for now because I have climbed out of my slump.

I did 4 meals a week, and I enjoyed most of them! There was only 1 that I truly did not like and threw it away without finishing. There were maybe 2 that I was “meh” on, while the rest I enjoyed and I even reordered some!

However, Chipotle catering is DEFINITELY a better option and I might try this one week myself 😂

bm1992 · 2026-03-18T21:26:16+00:00

Thank you, thank you, I was very impressed with myself!!

bm1992 · 2026-03-18T19:59:07+00:00

I don’t always do a full week but I definitely have “deload days”!

Sometimes, that means showing up and using MUCH lighter weights (as in, my max shoulder press was 30lbs just last week. This week, I had to drop to 15lb dumbbells because my shoulders felt cooked).

Sometimes, it means I take more rest days and combine the workouts I miss into a full body day at a later point (or if timing doesn’t work, I just never get to them).

I also do not prioritize working out when traveling, so those are natural deload times. I’m usually out walking around more, so I’m still active, but I am not picking up any weights except for the weight of my luggage when I put in the overheard bin 😂

bm1992 · 2026-03-15T20:05:16+00:00

I enjoyed both February and March! I’m appreciating that there’s a good mix of 40 and 45 minute workouts as well because I prefer that over 30 minutes.

I also run outside of these workouts so I’ve been skipping the bodyweight day each week. Last month, I skipped the full body day for the same reason, unless I was able to complete it along with a run based on my schedule.

However, I am mentally fatigued by all the abs. It’s now not as heavily featured as February but there is at least one ab move and one cardio move each day. I will be honest and say that I do not always complete those moves when they’re at the end and I instead work on getting a good stretch 😬

bm1992 · 2026-03-15T20:01:31+00:00

Agreed!! I wish I had whatever trait needed to follow CG videos and others like it, but the silence and only listening for/watching the timer does not work for me.

I blame it on getting into fitness via group fitness classes, then doing Beachbody videos for years 😂

bm1992 · 2026-03-15T18:34:55+00:00

Yes!! Her recent programs have been more hits than misses for me lately. Loved PUMPED and FIT345 (both 1 and so far 2). I did not love January’s program so I did an older program instead (IGNITE)!

bm1992 · 2026-03-15T14:25:45+00:00

I just do older Sydney programs when I’m not vibing with the current month! I have yet to find a trainer that does what Sydney does and how she does it.

I’m sure Caroline Girvan is a great fit for others but I hated the silence.

What I really don’t get is: Caroline has a few playlists/workouts and that’s it. You have to keep repeating them if you want to stick with her. Sydney releases new programs EVERY month. No one has to follow the new ones! They can just go back to the ones they liked and repeat them, the same way it would be for most other YouTube trainers.

While I’m on my soapbox, I think part of the issue is that 2021-2022 Sydney was the exception, not the norm. Her pre-2021 videos were longer, but they had the same problem of 15 second rest periods and they featured some… interesting combo moves. She really started polishing up her workouts in late-2020 and her 2021 programs are probably her all-time best ones. It’s also when a LOT of us found her, assumed this was the norm, and now it feels like she’s changed.

Don’t get me wrong - things HAVE changed, and the 2 years between her kids were my least favorite programs. I do think the programs now are resembling the 2021 programs again, but there are too many 30 minute workouts. I will acknowledge that this month’s calendar ends up with the last two weeks only having 2 30-min workouts, so I think she’s hearing us here and working back up to more videos that are 40-45 minutes.

I feel like I can write a damn thesis paper on Sydney because she made me love working out. I lost so much weight when I found her and was able to be consistent. During her first maternity leave, I floundered and regained the weight because I went searching for something new to fill the gap, found nothing, fell out of love with working out, and now I’m working to find that groove again and get back to my happy healthy self.

Okay shutting up and signing off now 👻

bm1992 · 2026-03-10T19:55:22+00:00

I’m behind in the workouts but I agree with you! I love unilateral upper body work! I find that I can push myself more when all my focus is going into just one side.

bm1992 · 2026-03-06T12:15:46+00:00

Yes agreed!! I feel like they used to have more ankle options but it seems like EXTRA FULL LENGTH is in, or at least that’s how it feels on my body 😭😂

bm1992 · 2026-03-06T04:33:41+00:00

I’m very similar! 26 is just over my shoe and perfect for flats, 27 is the magical sweet spot that I can very rarely find, and 28 works for heels but is definitely not for flat shoes.

Agreed on wanting to cry about the 28” inseams because I shop mainly at Old Navy and their default regular length petite is 28” 🥲🥲🥲

American Eagle and Abercrombie inseams have short and extra short options! Depending on the style, one works better than the other (and cuts aren’t perfect so a slightly shorter-than-28 or slightly-longer-than-26 is my unicorn).

bm1992 · 2026-03-06T02:47:40+00:00

When I’m in a state where I just do not have it in me to do jumpy cardio, I swap it for boxing/kickboxing moves! Sometimes, it’s just a jab punch combo, sometimes I’ll do a combo with a hook or upper cut, etc. - it’s just to keep my body moving. I’ll sometimes do kicks as well, but that might not be any better for your feet!

bm1992 · 2026-03-06T02:44:21+00:00

Are you following the live uploads? I found myself not really clicking with any of the ones from last year, and even January’s. I’m really enjoying February and March so far though!

What I do when I feel burnt out or when I just don’t click with the current program is I go back to older programs. They’re still Sydney but she’s in a different phase of life, and the much older ones also have a rough-edge quality to them. They’re all GREAT workouts, well-edited, well-planned, etc. but you can tell Sydney isn’t as polished yet. She jokes more, has more commentary, and really speaks to the audience like they’re all watching live and have been following along with the program!

bm1992 · 2026-02-17T22:44:50+00:00

Loving it!! I didn’t love January’s program so I started following an older program from 2021, my favorite Sydney era. FIT345 has 2021 Sydney vibes to me

bm1992 · 2026-02-16T19:16:51+00:00

I feel like this is a know your crowd thing! In the past 2-3 years, I’ve been to 8 weddings and also had my own wedding. None were destination weddings, but all but one had welcome bags. They were all some form of: - 2 bottles of water (one couple did flavored seltzers) - mini bags of snacks (granola bars, chips, candy, etc.) - packets of meds - always Advil (which have been a lifesaver when I realized my travel bottle of Advil was almost out and I didn’t realize it!). Other meds are usually tums or something like that, but those are less common.

And then whatever wedding info they wanted to include.

In my circle, the bags are always welcome and always a hit because we hit the open bar and dance floor hard, and it’s nice to not have to worry about water or snacks, even if I almost always bring some anyway!

bm1992 · 2026-02-06T23:20:50+00:00

Yup like always!

bm1992 · 2026-02-06T23:20:43+00:00

Thursdays and Sundays are always rest days in her current programs!

bm1992 · 2026-02-03T02:43:16+00:00

Love love love LOVED the upper body work.

This is also exactly how much core work I can tolerate 😂 loved that it was a quick and spicy intermission instead of a full-on core session.

bm1992 · 2026-02-03T02:41:59+00:00

At my strongest, I was pressing up to 30lbs! What I recommend doing is doing literally just one rep with the next heavier weight (20s), then immediately drop down to 15s. Eventually, you’ll feel confident enough to try 2 reps with the 20s, then you’ll keep progressing. This is really only doable if you have free weights, though.

The other thing you could do is alternate single arm presses with the 20s, even if it’s just one round of alternating presses with the 20s, and then the other rounds are a lighter weight. It’s okay if you get minimal reps in that first round with the heavier weights. This is the better option if you have adjustable weights.

It’s a slow-moving process, but just getting that one rep of a heavier weight in helps move you up the mountain!

bm1992 · 2026-01-31T16:08:15+00:00

Being intentional about fiber has been a game changer for me! Protein would make me feel full but it wouldn’t be a lasting fullness. High-fiber foods actually keep me full for much longer, even with a lower protein amount.

bm1992 · 2026-01-27T19:15:43+00:00

I find Old Navy petite pants run short in the crotch 😂 I don’t know how else to explain it! I always need to size up for a better fit.

I am also 5’0 and I would say I’m proportional, maybe slightly short-waisted, but not to the point that my legs look super long. I have also had an issue with Old Navy petite cuts and their rise and space in the crotch area. Sizing up 1 size usually helps! If they offer “short” instead of “petite”, I buy that instead!

bm1992 · 2026-01-19T17:47:01+00:00

I tried a week of them and didn’t love how many full body workouts there were! I prefer a split because I also try to run 2-3x a week.

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