I recently switched up the structure of my workouts-- I WAS doing just "whatever I felt that day." This resulted in my working out only about half the days of the month, because sometimes I couldn't decide what I felt.
I am currently doing Classical Stretch/Essentrics. I used to be a die-hard Firmie. When I did the Firm, this workout structure worked out best for me:
Day1: Full body Firm workout of my choosing (45-60 minute workout)
Day 2: 20 min run + 5 Day Abs or More 5 Day abs + stretch (might sub a Firm Cardio for this combination if it was raining)
Day 3: Full body Firm workout of my choosing (45-60 minute workout)
Day 4: 20 min run + 5 Day Abs or More 5 Day abs + stretch
Day 5: Full body Firm workout of my choosing (45-60 minute workout)
Day 6: 20 min run + 5 Day Abs or More 5 Day abs + stretch
Day 7: rest
I think this combination was very successful for me because it gave me a set structure with A LOT of flexibility to choose what to do on any particular day. Keeping this in mind, I recently designed a rotation with my current favorites (CS and Essentrics) that would provide a similar structure with lots of choice. What I have been following recently that has been working GREAT for me is the following:
Day 1: One hour CS or Essentrics workout (could be 2 30 min workouts or 3 23 min workouts tacked together or a workout that is made to be 55-60 min-- whatever I feel like)
Day 2: 20 min rebounding on the bellicon, 23 min CS workout
Day 3: One hour CS or Essentrics workout
Day 4: 20 min rebounding on the bellicon, 23 min CS workout
Day 5: One hour CS or Essentrics workout (+ optional 20 min rebounding)
Day 6: 20 min rebounding on the bellicon, 23 min CS workout
Day 7: Rest or yoga
This way, I get everything in and I am not so overwhelmed with choices. This has kept me focused and given me good results I had not been getting when I just did a complete free-for-all "whatever workout I feel like" that day workout, as I had been doing before. Plus, I like how I have a combination of a longer workout and a slightly shorter workout, so I don't feel committed to an entire hour every single day.