When I begrudgingly decided to download TikTok in 2020 in fear of missing out on the latest social media app, I didn’t think I’d still be religiously scrolling my FYP every night before bed five years later. It’s safe to say I’ve seen my fair share of workout trends – the 12-3-30 workout, the 3-2-1 method, the 25-7-2 StairMaster workout, I could keep going.
The latest fitness fad? The 3-2-8 workout, which involves three days of strength training per week, two days of Pilates or barre sessions per week, and 8,000 steps per day. As a fan of lifting, Pilates, and walking, I just had to find out more about the trend and give it a try.
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Or Artzi is a certified personal trainer, lead group fitness instructor at Equinox and creator of the fitness platform Orriors.
What Is the 3-2-8 Workout?
“Rather than calling it a workout, I would think of it as a weekly training framework,” says certified personal trainer Or Artzi, CPT, lead group fitness instructor at Equinox and creator of the fitness platform Orriors. Here’s the breakdown:
