How to keep your summer workout routine: Simple tips and exercises for summer
Summer brings longer days, warmer weather, and sometimes more activity on the calendar. Whether you’re spending time outdoors, hosting visitors, or caring for children and grandchildren while school is out, it’s natural for your routine to shift.
The important thing to remember is that your summer workout routine can shift with you. By adapting to the season, you can maintain energy, build consistency, and support your health with habits that fit your life.
This guide will help you stay confident and active this summer with realistic tips and exercises for summer.
Summer routines look different and that’s okay
As the seasons change, your daily rhythms can change too. Summer often brings new responsibilities, altered routines, and added distractions. These changes are normal, and the solution isn’t to power through and hope for the best, it’s to adapt with purpose.
Practical ways to adjust your routine:
- Shorten your workouts to match your schedule
- Try lower-intensity movement when energy is low
- Give yourself grace when plans shift unexpectedly
Suggested class: 8 min Pilates: Healthy Spine
How to adjust without losing momentum
Consistency doesn’t mean repeating the exact same routine year-round. It means finding ways to stay active when life changes.
Adapt your timing
If mornings are full of caregiving responsibilities or hosting visitors, shift your exercise time to the afternoon or evening. The best summer workout is one that feels sustainable, not stressful.
Keep your goals simple
Commit to SMART goals: goals which are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Adjust them as needed to match your lifestyle. For example, aim for 2-3 classes a week, or 10 minutes of movement daily. When you keep goals realistic, you’re more likely to follow through, and you can always build intensity later.
Add relaxation sessions
Mindful classes such as stretching, meditation, or breathing work can help you stay connected to your health goals. These short practices provide an energy reset during full days.
Suggested class: 7 min Flexibility: Gentle Stretch
Tips if you’re in caregiving mode
If summer means more caregiving or time with children or grandchildren, your days may feel especially full. Movement can become your personal reset, or a moment to recharge.
Choose no-equipment classes you can start anytime.
Release the need for perfection, small steps still matter.
Remember that your health supports your ability to care for others.
Even 5 minutes of movement can make an impact.
Suggested class: 10 min Balance: Coordination & Agility
Mix indoor and outdoor activity
Warm weather can be a wonderful opportunity for movement, as long as you stay mindful of your limits and safety.
- Stay hydrated, wear sunscreen, and aim for activity during cooler hours of the day
- Walking, gardening, and other outdoor activities count as physical activity
- Use short Bold classes indoors to build strength, support flexibility, and aid recovery from outdoor activity
Suggested class: 13 min Mobility: Ankles
Keep things simple, repeatable, and flexible
Momentum comes from small habits, not rigid routines. To stay consistent throughout the summer:
Pick a regular time for your Bold classes and protect it a few times each week.
Save favorite classes for quick access with Bold’s “save class” feature.
Replace “all or nothing” thinking with “something is better than nothing.”
Simple summer habits will help you stay on track now and make it easier to return to your usual routine later.
Suggested class: 13 min Dance: World Rhythms
Build a routine that works for you
You don’t have to choose between caregiving and movement, structure and flexibility, or summer fun and wellness. With a little creativity, you can move in ways that feel right for this season of life. You’re not starting over, you’re adapting. And that’s a powerful step toward lasting health. Bold is here to support your journey, all summer long.