Working out at home

I've been finding it very hard to get motivated to go to the gym. It's a 25 minute drive each way and most days I have no other reason to go to town (I work from home). I decided to buy a pull-up bar and some bands and I'll do body-weight and band workouts for a while to see how that goes. We bought a treadmill a couple of months ago and that's been good.

The hardest part will be keeping things interesting, but that's a challenge at the gym too. I've got three routines worked out for now. Day 1 is underhand pullups (biceps), push ups (chest), seated rows (lats), and hanging leg-ups (abs), with a short 15min run. Day 2 is 50 min run/walk. Day 3 is wide-grip pullups (upper back), triceps extensions, shoulder press, band squats, and good mornings (low back), 15 min run. Day 4 is a run/walk day. Day 5 a total body circuit with 15 min run. I'll take a day or two off with maybe a light walk, and then start over again.

Day one and three use an intense pyramid circuit format. For example, I do 1 rep pullups, 2 reps push ups, 2 reps rows, 3 reps leg ups. I do all those right in succession with no break. Rest 1 minute. Round two I do 2, 4, 4, 6. Round 3 is 3, 6, 6, 9 etc. So at round 6 it would be 6 pull-ups, 12 pushups and rows, 18 leg-ups. I'll work up the "scale" 5-7 rounds, then work back down again, for a total of 9-11 rounds. The day 5 circuit is more traditional full-body round where I go through a whole series of 10 exercises with as little rest between exercises as possible. Then I rest about 2-3 minutes and do it again for 2-3 rounds.

 The workouts including the runs should take no longer than 40-50 minutes. I like to get up and do my workouts first thing in the morning before work. That way I have the evenings to mow and do other yard work or just hang out if possible.