{"id":405628,"date":"2026-04-30T21:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/405628\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:25:10","slug":"i-like-to-prove-to-myself-that-i-can-do-hard-things-a-yoga-instructor-shares-her-varied-weekly-workout-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/405628\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI like to prove to myself that I can do hard things\u201d\u2014a yoga instructor shares her varied weekly workout routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Workout Diaries<\/a>, a series where we ask expert trainers to talk us through what a week of exercise looks like for them, helping you figure out how to develop and maintain an effective workout routine.<\/p>\n

Puravi Joshi is a yoga teacher and reformer Pilates instructor based in London. Exercise is a big part of her life, but she doesn\u2019t just stick to the types of movement she\u2019s trained in.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI like to keep things quite varied and fun,\u201d she tells Fit&Well. \u201cI used to do HIIT four times a week, but I was exhausted and I ended up hating it, so I completely stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cVariety keeps things fun and it also keeps your body guessing, because otherwise progress can get stagnant,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

Below, Joshi shares what a week of exercise looks like for her.<\/p>\n

Puravi Joshi\u2019s weekly workout routine<\/p>\n

Monday 6.45pm
One-hour run club<\/p>\n

Tuesday 10am
75-minute slow yoga flow<\/p>\n

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Wednesday 1pm
One-hour strength session<\/p>\n

Thursday 11.30am
75-minute dynamic vinyasa flow with handstand practice<\/p>\n

Friday 10am
One-hour reformer Pilates workout<\/p>\n

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Saturday 8am
90-minute walk<\/p>\n

Sunday 5pm
90-minute yin yoga and meditation<\/p>\n

Puravi Joshi\u2019s tips for building an exercise routine you loveSet yourself non-negotiables<\/p>\n

When first starting out with exercise, most people try to stick to a strict routine. But rather than doing the same workouts at the same time each week, Joshi has three non-negotiables she always sticks to. Anything she can do on top of that is a bonus.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main non-negotiable is my strength session with my personal trainer. I do that every single week, without fail,\u201d she says. \u201cI do [a short] yoga practice every day, and I get out and get some fresh air.\u201d<\/p>\n

Challenge yourself<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve just joined a run club even though I hate running, but I like to do things to prove to myself that I can do hard things,\u201d Joshi says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe say in yoga that the things that come really natural, we don\u2019t really need\u2014we need the things we don\u2019t really want to do,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

Pushing herself out of her comfort zone is a central part of this. \u201cEven as a fitness instructor, I was nervous going into this run club. The emotions of \u2018I\u2019m going to be picked last\u2019 came flooding back to me,\u201d she says. However, pushing through that feeling has helped her develop mental resilience, as well as improve her physical health.<\/p>\n

Prioritise rest<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to recognize that when your body needs rest, it actually does need rest,\u201d Joshi says. \u201cOn the days when I don\u2019t want to do anything, all I aim to do is get out and get the sun on my face.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Workout Diaries, a series where we ask expert trainers to talk us through what a week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-405628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}