4 Week Exercise Program Review:Mama's Muscles

The Mama’s Muscles 4 week exercise program is perfect for those busy moms of young kids who need to bounce back into a fitness routine.

I had my 4th baby five months ago, and I finally started feeling up to exercising to get in shape. . . 2 months ago. But I didn’t do anything about it.

Mama’s Muscles reached out to me and invited me to try her 4 week program, to see if it could help me regain some of those muscles that I used to have.

I was ecstatic to try it out!

I did something that I have never done before, and that was to record on video my experience! Aaagh! I’m not one of those ‘influencers’ who are always in the spotlight, so this was a big deal for me.

I currently just finished WEEK 1. Of the program, and plan on sharing the video when I’ve gone through the whole program, so be sure to come back then.

Till that time, let me share with you my initial thoughts of the program, and what how I felt after the first week.

What You Get With Mama’s Muscles 4 Week Exercise Program.

Mama’s Muscles is a downloadable book in PDF format. It has 22 pages of information on how to workout for the next 4 weeks.

Although you technically can print off all of the pages, I just had to print off 6 pages:

The measurements page
The overview 4-week Exercise Calendar
And the individual week lists (so 4 pages)

The thing I love most about this program is that everything about it is designed to be done in a short amount of time. Because she knows that we moms have so very little extra time out there! (If you do find you have time, and want to do more, check out my favorite full-body workouts I found on Youtube)

For that reason, 22 pages might sound short, but it is pretty straight forward, you can read it through fairly quickly, print off those pages, and be ready to implement them right away.

She asks that we start on a Sunday, where we just spend a little time preparing mentally for the workout program.

I can testify that fitness programs NEED a prep day (or even a week) or else you are more likely to fail. I make sure I prep before just jumping into a diet or exercise regime. (prep week)

So make sure that when you buy Mama’s Muscles, that you don’t skip that prep day. It doesn’t take very long to do, so just do it.

The Workouts Start Monday

You can do all the workouts she assigns you in less than 20 minutes each, and it’s only 4 times a week, SO AWESOME.

Monday – Day 1.

Full Body. This workout kicked me trash! My workouts for the past 16 months have only consisted of walking, nothing else, and her workout was simple, but left me a little grumpy and out of breath at the end. Which is a good thing, No Pain, No Gain, right?

Tuesday – Day 2.

Leg Day. Yet again, the workout left me tired. But not so weak I couldn’t take care of my kids. The workout really is short enough that I can do it with little ones around. I actually had a semi-grumpy baby, that I picked up for a few of the exercises, and for the other ones, I had her on the floor and played peek-a-boo while exercising around her. So working out with babies is possible!eg

Wednesday – Day 3.

Break. yay!

Thursday – Day 4.

Arms. This was a breeze, I’ve always liked arm day, so I was happy. The only problem is that I have 2 sets of dumbells. 3 pounders and 10 pounders. I used the 3#, so it was REALLY EASY. . . But I can’t use 10#, i’m too weak still. So it’s my own fault that it was easy. I need to get myself some good 5 pound weights. (like these)

Friday – Day 5.

HIIT. So this was a rough day for me because life happens. All of the other days I exercised right before breakfast, but I had to wait till the end of the day, and I put my baby down for a nap, started working out, she woke up, I had to stop, she fell back asleep, I started again, she woke up again, I put her back to sleep, then I finally finished. So yeah, even though I was dealing with life and babies, I still was able to squeeze in this workout. So I’m pretty proud of that.