Hi guys! You know on Fridays I like to typically do Affordable Friday’s on my blog. Today I’m showcasing Molly’s super affordable desk aka her new writing area! She is SOO excited and I can’t wait for you to see how cute this desk space is for yourself or your kiddo hopefully you get inspired here today!
1. DESK | 2. BLUSH CHAIR | 3. RAINBOW DECALS | 4. FAUX FLOWERS | 5. NOTEBOOK | 6. CLOCK | 7. HEART SWEATER | 8. LAMP
Molly’s Desk
I’m going to start with Molly’s desk because it’s really the centerpiece of the space. I just showed it to her and set it all up for her last night for the first time and it was so cute to see her reaction when she went and saw it. She’s been wanting her own little writing space in her room ever since we moved in, so she is in love with her new space. The desk is only $89. For how beautiful it is and the statement that it is in the room with the gold hairpin legs, I feel like that is a steal of a price! The quality is really incredible. If someone told me the desk was $250 I wouldn’t question it for a second. Plus, it’s the perfect size for her.
This desk sold out a little while back and recently came back in stock so I would definitely snatch it up quickly so it doesn’t sell out again!
1. DESK | 2. BLUSH CHAIR | 3. RAINBOW DECALS | 4. FAUX FLOWERS | 5. NOTEBOOK | 6. CLOCK | 7. HEART SWEATER | 8. LAMP
Rainbows
The next big statement is definitely the rainbow design! As you guys know, Molly is obsessed with rainbows and so when I saw this one for only $30 dollars I had to snatch it up. These are normally so much more expensive so I love that Walmart has it it’s such a great price. It said it was one large rainbow, but came with all these little ones too. So yours might come with the smaller rainbows and they might not! But I seriously love the smaller ones, they are so cute! It’s just a peel and stick decal so it’s super easy to put up and it’s removable. Such an inexpensive way to add a statement to your child’s room. Or any space where you want a little rainbow magic! It just puts a smile on my face.
1. RAINBOW DECALS | 2. FAUX FLOWERS | 3. CLOCK | 4. LAMP
Gorgeous Blush Chair
This chair!!!! The blush color is DEVINE!!!!! I paid a little more for this chair just because it’s so so so so stunning. It’s the type of thing that I feel like she will want in her room for her desk for years and years to come. I feel like it’s really hard to find a desk chair that has a really pretty soft color blush like this one. They’re either too pink or too mauve. But this one is the perfect powder blush! I’m in love with it! I almost want to take it for my office. Ha!
1. DESK | 2. BLUSH CHAIR | 3. RAINBOW DECALS | 4. FAUX FLOWERS | 5. NOTEBOOK | 6. CLOCK | 7. HEART SWEATER | 8. LAMP
Dainty Decor Details
I want to touch on some of the details on her desk as well. How gorgeous is this white clock! I actually bought a second one for the built-ins in our office because it’s so beautiful. I could not believe the detail and the quality when I got it just because it was such a great price. It’s really really stunning and great for any built-in decor. People often asked me how I picked items for our built-ins in our living room. The truth is I found that symmetry works really well and sticking with the neutrals and whites to decorate works really well. So this clock would be great for any built-ins you have.
To stick with the gold theme with the desk legs, I did these gold pens and pencil holders. They’re really simple, but beautiful and go great with the desk.
1. CLOCK | 2. NOTEBOOK | 3. RAINBOW DECAL
Then also gave her this gold polkadot notebook. Molly loves her notebooks! She probably has 10 of them that she writes in every day. So she loved having this one that matches her desk!
I couldn’t surprise her with a new desk without some beautiful faux flowers on it! I was looking for something with a really soft color palette, beautiful, and not too expensive and I found this bouquet and I love it! Faux flowers can be pretty expensive especially when you get ones that are realistic looking, and these are such a great price! I would put these in a bathroom, a kitchen counter, or a desk just like this!
Blush Heart Sweater
You know I have a hard time doing any blog without adding in some affordable apparel items that I have found, and I am LOVING this heart sweater. It is perfect for Valentine’s Day! Technically, it is plus size, but I just got the 1x and it fits a little oversized, which looks super cute. I love that all different people and body sizes can get this beautiful sweater. For only $25, it is so cozy and cute! It also comes in a black color as well.
1. HEART SWEATER | 2. BLUSH CHAIR | 3. DESK | 4. RAINBOW DECAL
What do you think of Molly’s “office?”
Well that’s it for me! I hope you guys enjoyed this blog post. Let me know what you think of the space. I love hearing from you guys in the comments below and I will do my best to respond every comment on this post today!
And thank you Walmart for your AMAZING prices and for sponsoring my blog!
You did an amazing job as usual. I do love her desk, it is gorgeous and everything you paired with it is adorable. Molly truly is a lucky girl.
It is really cute. Molly is looking so grown up. Leaving the toddler age behind. Love the bangs!
Aw, I just love her desk and the rainbows. This would be perfect for my 6 year old granddaughter! Molly is sooo cute and so is Riley.
Nana Carol ( Bella’s grandmother)
I didn’t realize Walmart had such cute things until you started posting about them. She looks so cute in her glasses!!
Her space looks beautiful! Real girlie girl!! Enjoy it Molly xx
I have a sweet 5yo with the same spirit as Molly and just ordered the desk and decals. She will be so excited ♥️
Did you post the details of your new sixpenny couch? How is it with stains and spills ?
So cute. I know Molly will enjoy many hours at that desk. I love the bond that you share with her (and Riley) so wonderful to see it shine through. Family is everything .. thanks for sharing yours with us ❤️
I love you and your family and I had to ask… where do you get Molly’s glasses? My 6 year old has been in glasses since 13 months and I’m in need of a big girl upgrade for her and Molly is just adorable in hers!!
Beautiful. You did an amazing job and I love Molly’s reaction
Hi Allie,
It looks amazing! So pretty!
The song you were humming was.. if all the rain drops were lemon drops and gum drops, oh what a rain that would be.. standing outside with my mouth open wide, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
I take care of 2 year old twins and a 4 year old so we know that one quite well!! Sending love all way from Newfoundland, Canada!! Xo
You did such a great job with Molly’s desk space! I bought the rainbow decals for my 7yo daughter’s room and I love them so much! Please tell me where you got the rainbow bedspread for her bed that you showed in your recent stories? I’ve been searching online but can’t find it!
You probably won’t be succesful of carry as
heavy as you’ll in a barbell row, but you get the bonus of strengthening your
core. Renegade rows additionally help handle bilateral muscular imbalances and improve your grip
power and coordination. Renegade rows are handy, requiring solely a pair of dumbbells to offer your again, lats, rhomboids,
and obliques a fantastic exercise. This enables you to concentrate on training your lats and upper back muscle tissue with
out fatigue within the spinal erectors forcing you to cut the set short.
Let’s delve into the importance of resistance adjustment in seated
cable rows. For continual muscle progress, it’s crucial to progressively overload your muscular tissues, and managing the resistance is central to this
precept.
Renegade Rows are a good way to include some core coaching to go along with
your Dumbbell Row. So, whereas the chest isn’t
supported as with a Chest Supported Row,
the core could be very actively involved which might help improve low back health in most lifters.
TRX Rows, or Ring Rows if you have a set of health club rings, are very similar to Inverted Rows.
It’s primarily a body weight exercise the place you can enhance or decrease the problem of the exercise by changing the angle
at which you’re employed. Keep up to date with the latest insights, experts ideas, and confirmed methods to enhance your powerlifting efficiency
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This contains the muscles of the latissimus dorsi, trapezius,
rhomboids, the teres muscle tissue and different pull muscles usually
focused by variations of the row. Despite this difference in total stance and positioning, the banded row can rival
bent over rows in terms of difficulty and coaching stimulus if comparable levels
of relative resistance are used. Lifters who prefer a extra convenient and spine-friendly method to back training can attempt performing shut grip rows
with the usage of a resistance band. As far as free weight row
variations go, there aren’t any workouts
that function a larger vary of motion than the Pendlay row – and solely the seal row requires a extra horizontal orientation to the torso.
Using dumbbells versus a barbell can require extra steadiness, which
might help to improve total stability within the again, core, and shoulders.
If you are a bodybuilder, constructing muscle mass is
considered one of your high priorities, and
having alternate options that may isolate muscular tissues just a
bit more can help that. Maintaining the chest supported takes almost
all of the strain off the low again and permits the lifter to focus solely on the row.
This could be one of my first ideas for someone who needs a Barbell Row alternative
if low back strain is an issue.
That’s why we take the time to select our different exercises rigorously to
make sure they do the same factor as the original move. Comparable
to the inverted row, you can do a TRX row and make the exercise as easy or as
onerous as you need. Instead of performing a full rep, on the way
down you’ll pause at the half method mark, deliver the burden back up,
after which deliver the weight all the greatest way down. So, as well as working your
upper back, scapular wall slides additionally provide your chest
with a useful stretch. As its name implies, this muscle is situated on the back of your shoulder.
The rear delt is often underdeveloped and needs plenty of direct training to guarantee that it
doesn’t lag behind the other two deltoids. This also is determined by your fitness
targets however, as a general rule, sure you can.
You can do body weight rows anyplace yow will discover a stable horizontal bar, such as at a playground or outdoor gym.
Using the assist of a bench to anchor your body as
you row one arm at a time minimizes pressure on the lower again. If
you prefer a visual demonstration, this video tutorial is a great way
to be taught seated cable rows. They are a superb foundational back train for constructing muscle and strength.
If rowing exercises have a downside, it is that they place a lot
of stress on your decrease again. Utilizing one dumbbell means you
have an arm free to help your upper body.
Bent-over rows, carried out with a barbell, dumbbells, or a resistance band, are
all good on your lats, however you also wants to take care not to round your
back as doing so could cause harm. Rowing is a superb method to build muscle and burn energy, making rowing machines a particularly in style piece of kit.
However, if you don’t have access to 1, it may be difficult to know tips on how
to get the identical benefits from other workout routines.
Others, like the supported chest dumbbell row or seated cable row, are more fitted to beginners.
The eight seated cable row options that I’ve put together on this list produce an analogous
movement to the seated cable row using nothing however barbells, dumbbells, a bench and training bands.
Rack pulls are a helpful deadlift variation that’s an efficient alternative to barbell bent-over rows.
They target the mid and higher again muscular tissues and enhance your grip and
core strength. The reduced range of motion reduces leg involvement and
isolates your upper body. For maximum influence from your workout session, incorporating T-bar rows
close to the beginning of an higher physique
or again routine is advisable when energy levels are excessive and muscle fatigue hasn’t set in yet.
Research present that the inverted row works lots of the again muscle tissue simply in addition to the barbell
row, however with less load on the backbone. If you struggle to take care of a neutral
backbone during other rowing actions, the chest-supported T-bar row is an excellent various.
The obliques specifically are working isometrically to resist rotation, making the single-arm dumbbell row similar to the
Pallof Press within the sense that it’s an anti-rotational train. The barbell row, just like the barbell squat, deadlift and bench press, is usually
touted as a key compound movement, essential for building muscle.
Hence, incorporating the incline dumbbell row into your fitness regime might considerably
enhance your exercise effectiveness.
There are workouts that use quite so much of gear, from barbells to dumbbells and even a TRX Strap.
There are also exercises which may be beginner-friendly as well as actions that may problem even superior
lifters. The mounted bar path helps keep type, permitting you to concentrate on explosive lifts from the ground to target the back muscles successfully.
You can even add other back workout routines with a Smith
machine such as the inverted row, single arm row, shrug, RDL, deadlift, and sumo deadlift.
In a T-bar row, you use a close, neutral grip
along with your elbows tucked in close to your torso.
The T- bar row is virtually similar to the weightlifting barbell row, with the primary difference being it’s a
plate weighted machine version. Nevertheless, as the load follows a predetermined path, it minimizes
the usage of the stabilizing muscle tissue.
Suspension trainer rows are similar to inverted rows; however, you don’t need a barbell
or smith machine to carry out them. Suspension trainers are nice to have
readily available if you’re touring because you just need something
to secure them to, and you may nonetheless get in a
good exercise. While the bent over row is an efficient builder of back mass and density,
it is not for everyone. The bent over place of this exercise places
lots of strain in your lower again muscle tissue. When you’re pulling a substantial quantity of weight,
this may find yourself in ongoing again ache.
By adjusting the bench angle or grip width, you’ll have
the ability to shift the main target to the upper or decrease back muscular tissues, providing a well-rounded
workout. The chest-supported dumbbell row is a bent-over row alternative specializing in the lats, traps, rhomboids, and biceps for newbie and intermediate lifters and athletes.
Inverted rows are greatest performed on the smith machine,
as it permits you to change the peak of the barbell respective to your peak.
One can even use suspension trainers (TRX, gymnast rings)
for the inverted rows. It is probably one of the largest muscles in the body and runs through the mid-spine to the upper arm bone.
The lats are concerned in varied upper physique actions, together with shoulder extension, adduction, and scapular retraction, as nicely as trunk rotation and pulling actions.
Different exercises can goal totally different angles and provide
a special range of movement, which can further challenge the muscle
tissue and lead to higher total strength and growth.
To execute the barbell row accurately one should be maintaining a impartial backbone and squeezing the shoulder blades together
throughout the motion. This will ensure good posture and avoid accidents corresponding to chronic back ache.
Emma loves building her personal functional power and health outdoors of labor with various coaching styles, from weightlifting to calisthenics, yoga, and dancing.
She advocates for the powerful potential of train to enhance bodily, psychological, and emotional
well being and well-being. For extra element, take a glance at our
article on the muscular tissues worked by barbell
rows.
Combined with the greater loading capability of the Yates row, one
can see why it’s thought of to be a extra superior motion than the
conventional bent over row. To carry out a repetition of the T-bar row,
both affix a T-bar deal with and landmine equipment to opposite
ends of a barbell or simply load a T-bar machine.
In Any Other Case, the T-bar row and bent over row are a lot the identical in that they work the posterior deltoids,
trapezius, the various rotator cuff muscles and the
elbow flexors to an identical diploma.
While there are different benefits to this train, the three
above are the primary ones for my part and produce probably the most bang for your buck with this exercise.
There are nonetheless some that really feel this train carries some drawbacks, one, in particular, being
that bent over rows may be bad in your back. Especially for people who just
like the upper body training mixed with cardiovascular training from rowing, swimming may
be a fantastic different. The drawback of these free weight workout routines is that whereas they may help with cardiovascular health, they’re just as nice as a rowing machine for improving that fitness component.
Simply loop it over a roof joist or tree branch, or tie
a knot in your band and shut it in a door. To do single-arm lat
pulldowns, merely replace your usual bar with a D-shaped handle.
Not only can you work one side of your lats at a time, but you can even rotate your wrist
as you train, which might help take stress off your
elbow joint and may prevent elbow ache. The fundamental lat pulldown is a bilateral train, which suggests it works your left and proper arm
at the same time.
Nonetheless, there are a quantity of alternative workouts that may successfully
have interaction the again muscular tissues with out
the same amount of pressure. Unlike the bent-over row, Meadows rows are carried out with one arm at a time, permitting for a extra
managed and centered movement. The exercise can be accomplished using a barbell or a
dumbbell, relying in your choice and equipment availability.
To carry out Meadows rows, stand beside a bench with one hand
resting on it for assist. Hinge ahead at the hips, maintaining a impartial spine, and pull the load up
in path of your hip, squeezing your again muscle tissue at the prime of the motion.
It is designed for explosive power engagement and discourages ‘cheating’ through momentum
utilization. This makes it an exceptionally efficient movement for
enhancing muscle progress and boosting power levels.
When performing the T-bar row, position your feet at shoulder width and
slightly bend your knees. Guaranteeing that you’ve a straight again is essential for spinal protection whereas executing the raise.
Though a compound exercise, the seated cable row primarily focuses
on the latissimus dorsi muscles and can be helpful for building a wider back.
You also can enhance your pulling power to carry over to Olympic weightlifting or powerlifting.
To perform incline dumbbell rows, start by setting an incline bench at a 45-degree angle.
Core – this is the collective time period for the muscular tissues of your
midsection, together with your rectus abdominus, obliques, and transverse abdominis.
Appearing like a weightlifting belt, these muscles contract to create intra-abdominal pressure and
help your spine from within. Compound workouts involve a number
of joints and muscle tissue working collectively. So, whereas most people do bent-over rows for their again muscles,
there are a number of different muscles working too.
These alternatives are higher in the sense that you can push harder, to the point of failure in your back muscles, without having any threat of
shedding posture or technique. There are specialised benches in many gyms for doing this train but you presumably can simply improvize at home by placing some 45-pound weight
plates or pieces of timber underneath the bench to
raise it.
On the opposite hand, some folks prefer different horizontal row variations as a end result of they don’t join nicely with their
again muscular tissues throughout a bent-over row. When accomplished correctly, higher emphasis
on sure muscle tissue, corrections of sticking factors and
even a longer time beneath tension could be achieved via this quite unique facet of resistance
bands. Essentially, which means relying on the place the lifter is standing in relation to the band (and the band itself), sure ranges could have present greater
resistance. Most often, lifters will create higher depth near the
tip range of the motion so as to raised target the again muscles.
Nonetheless, in comparison to the bent over row, the erector spinae, core and different
lower again muscles aren’t focused simply because of the place of the lifter themselves.
Inverted rows primarily goal the latissimus dorsi, trapezius and other back muscular tissues in a similar method to the bent over row.
If you don’t endure from decrease again issues and don’t have impaired shoulder mobility,
I recommend doing the bent over row as your major exercise
for lat thickness.
Either way, you’ll start your again workout by
targeting the largest muscle in your back—the lats. Even if you do not have weights, you can still perform a rowing train. The resistance band row is a handy, effective exercise that can be
performed at the health club or at residence.
Inverted rows are a bodyweight exercise various that
targets the again muscle tissue and improves overall power with out the
need for tools. The renegade row is a bent-over row different focusing on the
core, higher again, and shoulders for novice or skilled bodybuilders, strength lifters, and weight trainers.
It’s crucial to deliver your arm again totally to get the most profit from this exercise.
It’s also a good suggestion to attempt each an overhand and reverse grip dumbbell row.
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