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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I’ve never tried barre…so maybe that or yoga. 🙂
I would love to get some quality barre workouts at home!
I would love to try the Barre workouts!,
I would love to try barre videos!
I would love to try the barre and hiit videos!
Intervals! I’m about to begin life as a flight attendant, and this gym rat is terrified of what my exercise life wll be like in hotel rooms. This is perfect!!
I would love to try out the yoga videos!! My son is almost 4 months and I can totally relate to not being able to get out of the house much to excercise. I would absolutely love to win this giveaway!
Would love to try the HIIT and Barre workouts
the hiit classes look amazing!
The time and trim classes with Jamie McFadden sound awesome! I am finishing my graduate studies, and this would be a great way to sneak my daily workouts in!
I’ve been wanting to try to get in to morning yoga for quite some time now … Boy would an entire series be a nice way to start!!
Honestly, the cooking videos/recipes sound the best to me, I am trying to make that a New Year’s Resolution this year!
I’d love to try the barre workouts! Those are so challenging but the classes are so expensive.
I’d love to try some barre workouts!
I have been wanting to try online videos. I have two little girls and have to work out at home before they wake up. I love yoga and would also try their strength and HITT videos. thank you!
Awesome giveaway! Would love to try the HIIT workouts.
After looking at the video options I thought, “Yeah!! The indoor cycling videos”… then I remembered I don’t have an indoor cycling bike haha. Realistically the cardio classes probably. I am having my 4th baby in May and am going to need all of the cardio (and at-home workouts) I can get.
i’ve done a few of their short HIIT workouts and a barre workout. love them!
I am getting married in 6 months and my favorite barre class was cancelled! 🙁 I would love to try the barre classes on Grokker!
I love cardio kickboxing and think I could really get into a video of it without the class environment. Toning and weight training are also areas of interest. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
We just relocated to a VERY small town for my husband’s job so I would love to have access to Barre and yoga classes online!!
The HIIT Club workouts look great, and I’ve never tried barre before, so that would be something I’d look into! Also, trying out some new yoga videos on their site would be awesome.
I would love to try the toning or yoga sessions! Love the convenience of at home workouts 🙂
Ahhh! I love this website! My boyfriend and I have quit our jobs and we plan on traveling for the next year. We are headed to Thailand in 11 days. This would be perfect for on-the-go travel, especially since we’re trying to limit our expenses. We both meditate and he was thinking about trying yoga in Koh Samui. We’ve been doing a Whole 30 program recently, so the healthy recipes are also very appealing to us. Thank you for sharing!
I would definitely try the HIIT and kickboxing workouts!
I would love to try their yoga videos. My schedule makes it very hard to find a yoga class, so this would be amazing to have available!
I love HIIT workouts! But I am most excited to try Barre, I haven’t experienced it yet!
I LOVE Grokker. I have done a free trial before and loved the ab toning videos and HIIT workouts. Anything that is high intensity is my go to workout…but I also love to yoga flows for my recovery days.
Definitely barre workouts!
I’d love some quick HIIT workouts for when my daughter is napping.
the HIIT, Yoga for stretching (which I’m horrible at) and maybe some cardio-style ones for something different in that area.
I would love to have access to the yoga and trim & tone videos! They would be a great mix for at home workouts.
I would love the yoga. I’m in my busy season as work, so having this available would be awesome and save me stress of making it to a class at the gym on time.
definitely the UFC workout! I’ve been wanting to try a boxing class!
I’d love some HIIT workouts for when my daughter is napping. I’d also really like some yoga to stretch out my back and hips.
Definitely the barre and HIIT workouts!
Yoga!
I’d love to try the yoga and HIIT videos.
I’ve been working out at home for two years since my son was born and love to mix it up! I would love to try the HIIT, power vinyasa yoga, yoga for athletes and strength training videos! I collect youtube videos and regularly print out your workouts on the blog so Grokker would be something I’d love to try!!
I would love to try the X5 Intensity workout!
Love me some HIT! PS- why is the Grokker crossed out?
Sweet of you to offer a giveaway with your own $$. I’d love their HIIT workouts. Always looking for ways to spice things up.
I’d love the yoga videos and would also like to try the barre workouts! Honestly, though, with an almost 3 month old at home, I’d go for any video I could fit into nap time!
I would love the strength and also tabata style workouts. I have been working out at home more due to my work schedule makes getting to the gym during the week difficult so this would be wonderful.
I would LOVE to try the barre workouts because they are not offered at any gyms where I live! I think I would also love to try the pilates.
I would love to try barre & HIIT videos!
Grokker looks awesome! I’d be interested in the HIIT workouts the most 🙂
Definitely interested in the HIIT workouts and also the yoga–trying to add in more stretching to my routine this year!
I would love to check out their Pilates videos!
The barre workouts look awesome!