I’ve always been more of a get-out-and-go exerciser. I love the group exercise environment and enjoy both taking and teaching fitness classes, but after Chase was born, I quickly realized that making it out of the house to work out five or six days a week might be a little unrealistic. Class times don’t always coordinate well with Chase’s nap schedule (or lack of a nap schedule…) and I’m not about to wake a sleeping baby to drag him off to the gym. And if Chase ever has a runny nose or a cough, I try to be cognizant of the other little ones at my gym’s childcare and keep him (and his potential germs) at home.
So workouts seem to happen at home more and more these days! I often look to my Fitness Pinterest Board and the At Home Workouts I’ve shared on the blog in the past for inspiration. I have a small handful of workout DVDs to choose from as well, but after I saw one of my blogging buddies, Janae, blog about Grokker, I signed up for a free two-week trial.
Grokker is a community and resource for busy people who want to make time for wellness. The site offers more than 1,500 full-length, expert led fitness and wellness-related videos, ranging from barre, cardio and strength training videos to meditation, sports conditioning, flexibility and healthy cooking videos. Videos range in length from 10 minutes to more than an hour which is perfect for someone like me who sometimes has only 20 minutes to work out but also occasionally wants to get in a quality 60-minute sweat session.
During my free two-week trial, Grokker caught wind of my love for one of their yoga flow videos that focused on my hips when I briefly mentioned it on the blog a couple of weeks ago. They reached out to offer to extend my membership to 90 days and give you guys a chance to try out the site, too! I was psyched since my two weeks was quickly ending and I was already beginning to count on Grokker videos as a go-to resource for me during my at home workouts.
So far, I’ve really enjoyed most of the videos I’ve tried, but since there are tons to choose from, if one isn’t really my speed/style, I can quickly browse around to find one that it a better fit. I REALLY like the 20-minute HIIT videos by Kelly Lee and find myself turning to them again and again.
Here’s an example of one of the Grokker HIIT arm workouts I found in the HIIT Club Arms Workout by Kelly Lee that I completed last week:
As a personal trainer, I really love the way the HIIT Club Arm Workout video offers modifications for beginners and also offers ways to make the workout harder for those who might be a little more advanced. (There were also two people physically doing the workout with Kelly Lee who were demonstrating these modifications the entire time.) You can also interact with the trainers in the videos by leaving them comments and participating in the Grokker community.
One thing I didn’t think I’d really use all that much that completely surprised me is the Cooking section of Grokker. There are tons of healthy recipe videos on the site, but if you don’t have time to watch the video, you can find all the details from the recipes mentioned in the videos right below the video on the site.
(If you’re looking for a place to start, I’ve made two of Stephanie O’Dea’s slow cooker recipes and we loved them. Her sweet potato chili is awesome.)
You can sort through the cooking videos by a myriad of topics ranging from specific cuisines and interests to specialty diets and specific meals. (FYI for my fellow parents out there, Grokker has an entire section of their cooking videos dedicated to baby and toddler-friendly food.)
And now it’s time for a Grokker G-I-V-E-A-W-A-Y!
Grokker PBF Reader Discount and Giveaway
One PBF reader will win a ONE YEAR free membership to Grokker! To enter this giveaway, simply visit the Grokker website and tell me what type of videos they offer sound the most appealing to you. Are you excited to check out yoga videos or barre workouts? Do the cooking videos or toning and interval training videos appeal to you most? Let me know! I will randomly select a winner next Friday.
Grokker is also offering the first 100 PBF readers who sign up for Grokker one year full access to Grokker for less than the cost of one hour personal training. That’s 40 percent off their annual plan! Just use the promo code NEWYEAR16 at registration to get a full year of Grokker for $71.93. Click here to get started!
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Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Grokker but I am personally sponsoring the giveaway portion of this post. I truly appreciate your support surrounding the sponsored posts that help support our family. Thank you!
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Would love the yoga videos!
I want to check out yoga and barre. classes are so expensive!
This would probably help to motivate me to work out in the morning! I’d be interested in the HIIT workouts!
I always work out at home so this would be a fun way to shake things up! I love HIIT workouts but also get tight hips so the yoga sounds amazing too!
I am all about the toning! Really intrigued by the recipes too!
This sounds awesome! I’d be all over those 20 minutes HIITs.
Totally with you that I dig through my own archives or through other blogs archives for workout inspiration all the time. I can’t wait to vary it up a bit. 🙂
I would love to try meditation and short yoga videos!
I would love to get more into yoga and meditation as I close in on my third trimester and traditional workouts become harder. It would also be so great to have more at-home workouts at my fingertips that I can do after baby arrives! My gym doesnt allow infants in daycare so my workouts will be mostly limited to at-home.
Oh this is awesome! I would love to try some of their yoga, specifically the weight loss yoga. And I see that they have healthy eating tips too! Love!
I am 14 weeks pregnant, and am starting to switch to primarily low impact workouts. I would love to use Grokker for yoga, barre, and pilates types of workouts.
I would definitely want to try out the HIIT, pilates, and barre workouts. Really almost anything. As I anticipate the arrival of kiddo #2, I think I’ll be back to home workouts soon and this looks awesome!
I’d love to check out the hiit workouts. I have a two yearr old and 10 month old so 20 minutes is usually tops for a workout for me.
I would love to try their healthy cooking videos, the HIIT videos, pilates which I did for some time but haven’t done in a while, and the morning yoga. I live in Boston so when the weather gets tough I find myself relying more and more on at-home workouts.
Barre and HIIT all the way for me!! Thanks for the introduction to this website. I love love love the fact they have recipes, too!
I would LOVE to check out the barre workouts. You talk about Barre a lot and it is not offered in my hometown!!
I just found out I’m pregnant, and this sounds like an awesome way to incorporate new/different types of activity into an uncertain exercise future!! Have been wanting to add yoga to my workout routine, and Grokker could definitely help with that!
im trying to get into barre workouts more so that’d be awesome!
Yoga, HIIT, Bare…basically all of them! I love doing workout videos.
I recently started working out at the gym at work during lunch and would love the HIIT, shorter videos to get maximum benefits out of my shorter workout time for these days.
I’m getting married and with planning a wedding and the added expenses of the wedding and a new home I just don’t have the funds to take classes like I used to. This seems like a great way to get in a variety of workouts for minimal cost! I would love to try and see what else is out there to offer, but from visiting their site I would start with yoga since it’s something I don’t currently partake in. Like you, I would definitely add in some great HIIT workouts too after trying yoga.
I’m pregnant so I’m sure my frequent gym sessions and classes I’ll change drastically in the near future! I love barre and strength training classes so I would be most interested in trying those videos.
I would love the fitness videos- mainly interested in flexibility and balance and abs and core. I had a csection back in June of 2015 and my balance is extremely off due to my weak core.
I would love to use the HIIT workout videos and the recipe videos. I’m always looking for new healthy dinner recipes!
This is great! Being almost six months pregnant I stopped running at my gym and have been focusing more on at-home strength work outs! I have always wanted to try Barre so that would probably be my first stop on Grokker!!
I love yoga, but would like to try barre as I have heard so many good things about it!
I’ve got an 11-week old and I’ve really been missing group classes at the gym. I’ve been all about the home workouts and would love to try the quick hiit workouts!
I love barre work outs. The studio close to me doesn’t have a schedule that works for me since having my baby!
My husband got laid off several months ago so we had to give up several things, my gym membership was one of them so any of these videos would be great but I’d love to try the hiit videos
I’m an at-home exerciser so I’d love to try this site! I am very interested in the HIIT workouts specifically.
HIIT would be awesome!!
I would love either the Tone/Trim or Yoga videos! Thank you for the giveaway!
I usually gravitate towards practising yoga at home but sometimes it can be difficult to sort through all the sources out there offering free yoga videos. Grokker seems like they have a tone of variety in that category which is really appealing! Plus I’ve been trying to get my boyfriend to give yoga a try (he isn’t into taking a class because he’s never done it before) so to have him practice at home in a comfortable environment would be a great way for him to build some confidence 🙂 Also, anything cooking related I’m always into and discovering new recipes is something I search for on the daily!
HITT and yoga look awesome!
This sounds AHHHH-mazing! I’m really into the slow cooker recipes! I just recently tried to use my slow cooker again and there was a bit of mishap where all the spices didn’t get added in… bland food is no bueno! I would be interested in trying the HIIT workouts. I love doing them, but I can never make them up myself.
I recently moved to a very snowy area (it’s literally snowed every day for the last two weeks!) and I’ve been needing to work out at home more and more. Grokker’s interval/HIIT videos would help ensure I still get a good workout!
I have #2 on the way in April and know my routine is about to be blown away! So would love to have Grokker as an at-home workout option, I would love new HIIT interval workouts and some good yoga sequences!
I would love to try Cardio, Dance and HIIT workouts. looks amazing. I have been doing workouts from home during the week lately due to working at home now. This would be perfect for me- I would love to try a year free! 🙂
Barre and interval workouts for sure!
I love barre workouts and have a few videos, but they get repetitive after a few times of using them. I would LOVE to have access for more barre videos 🙂
Barre! I love them but it’s hard for me to make it to the only studio near me that offers classes.
I have a 1 year old at home and work full time, so pretty much all of my workouts happen at home these days! I’d love to try the spin videos as I have a bike in my basement, and I also love barre!
I’d love to try the Barre workouts. With a new baby soon to be here, I don’t think a studio membership is in my future anytime soon!
I’ve always loved HIIT but I feel like I’ve done the same handful of HIIT workouts a million times… I’m excited to check out a brand new variety of this training style!
I love workout classes too, but sometimes I get stuck working late and miss them. This would be great! As an avid soccer player, I have had knee issues in the past and have been trying to incorporate more yoga and barre workouts. This sounds like a great way to have that available.
Such a great giveaway! I’d love to try barre workouts from the privacy of my home =)
And I’m always looking for new healthy recipes to try!
Beginner yoga for me! I’m so inflexible and this would be great to do in the comfort of my own home!
Strength, yoga, HIIT, barre….allll of it!! This would be so helpful as I am a new mom and trying to balance fitness with taking care of a little one!
I want to train for a marathon this year, so Grokker would be a perfect tool for my cross training days. I’d love to try HIIT!
As a mom-to-be, those at home HIIT videos would be absolutely perfect for me! Thanks, Julie!
I am most looking forward to trying the barre workouts because I recently moved and there isn’t a studio close to me and I miss it!