Okay new blog to keep me committed.
In an unfortunate turn of events, I have come to hate working out. I don't know exactly when this happened, but I can equate the change in my work schedule with the lack of motivation to workout. I used to get so much joy out of the burn, sweat, pain and payout. Now I'm lucky if I can make it through a simple 20 minute workout. So hopefully those of you who are reading this can help me stay on point. I know how to back away from the table, but know it's time to learn to love the burn again.
So I have decided to post my different workouts on this blog to keep me motivated. It will be tough, I'm not going to lie. This is the time in track season when we begin to travel and it's hard to get a workout in while staying in a hotel and having to get to a track meet at the butt crack of dawn. But I have to try. Physically I am in great shape. No high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or high blood sugar. But I don't want to give my body a chance to even try to get to that point. So......here's today's workout:
Power ups and downs- a combination of plyometrics, abs and push ups (this crap hurt)
Each exercise took 50 secs without a break in between. The exercises were as followed (2 rounds of each) squat jacks, squats with raised arms, side lunges, supermans, jumping lunges, v-sit crunches, squat jumps, dolphin pushups (from hell) single leg squats, squat thrust (another evil thing), flutter kicks, jog on spot, then a yoga type cool down.
Reaction: I made it through both rounds but only did about 40 seconds of each exercise (I am so out of shape) I'm hoping when I do this again next week I can actually do all 50 seconds of each exercise. It was hard and I'm not happy with my cardio level at the moment. SO...next week I'll be punishing myself with some good old running to get this heavy breathing under control. I'm hoping 2 weeks from now my body gets used to moving again. If not I'm in for a long hard summer :o(
Please feel free to join in my challenge, and don't be afraid to comment. I need all the encouragement I can get right now.
Janae, I know exactly how you feel! I lost all motivation that I used to have in college and many times cringe at the thought of going into the weightroom. I lost 46 lbs from 2009-2011 just with diet, but have gained about half of that back and know it is because I refuse to put in the physical effort. I hope you keep up with it and maybe I can feed off of your motivation! Good Luck!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeni!!!I'm going to try my hardest to stay focused. The thing I do plan to do different is measure my results on how I feel and not on weight loss. You know how some times when we hit a plateau we get discouraged so I hope this helps the process go a lot smoother than looking at the pounds or inches. Good luck to you as well :o)
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