Right now I happen to be following Cathe's August rotation, but I don't generally follow a specific rotation.
I try to workout 5-7 days a week, with a combination of harder and easier days. I count a stretch and/or core day as a workout day, whereas some would call that a rest day. My workouts tend to be 30-60 minutes and I do them early in the morning.
I generally try to do some strength training 2-3 times per week. This might be 2 or 3 total body workouts, or 3 circuits, or 1 total body and 2 circuits, etc.... There are also phases where I do one body part per day, or 3-4 day splits.
At least one of my lower body workouts is usually floor work or barre-type stuff (but Cathe barre, not 'real' barre
).
I work my core 3 times a week, sometimes as part of another workout, or sometimes I do a pure core workout.
I try to do cardio 3 times per week, but if I'm going heavy on the circuits, I might actually get 5-7 cardio sessions in per week. My cardio is generally step, kickbox, or hi-lo. I usually do my step workouts with no step.
I use Cathe, KCM, Christi, Seasun and a spattering of Tracie Long and Amy Bento.
I try to set up my informal, generic rotation on Sunday nights, and then fill in whichever specific workouts fit the generic label as I go. For instance, as week might look like this:
M: upper body and core
T: cardio
W: lower body and core
Th: cardio
F: core and stretch
S: circuit
S: rest or stretch
...and each morning I chose a workout from the category of the day.
Another generic rotation I might do:
M: kickbox cardio + core
T: cardio + stretch
W: lower body floorwork
Th: upper body + core
F: cardio
S: rest or stretch
S: total body + core