A routine to strengthen your legs and improve your balance in 30ish minutes

Hi friends!

Happy end of August. Let’s round out the month with a challenging lower-body workout.

(If you prefer a full-body workout today, you can find lots of them here.)

This week, you’ll want a set of medium to heavy weights. If you don’t already own weights, I highly recommend the dumbbells from Power Systems: I use them; they’re good; feel free to use that link as another way to support my work here, because I’ll get a tiny kickback from your purchase. (But truly, no pressure!)

This one is on the spicy end, and the circuits are a bit long because there are two unilateral exercises (so we have to do one minute on the right and one minute on the left). So, evergreen reminder that this is YOUR workout: If you don’t have time or energy for the whole thing, skip the warmup, cooldown, or one or two rounds of the circuit. You can also take longer breaks if needed. Make it work for you.

If you do round three, you’ll hear a few more details about my upcoming 30-day fall strength challenge which starts on Sunday, Sept. 21! Lots more information here, and if you’re a paid subscriber, you can find a discount code (for $50 off!) in the Substack chat, or after the paywall on this post (so right ahead, if you’re already paying! You’ll unlock the discount, and the rest of this post, if you upgrade your subscription now).

Finally, a reminder that I’m planning a fun mini-series for the fall with YOUR brilliant advice on starting a new healthy habit. If you’d like to contribute, you can use this form.

Okay, let’s go!