Happy Earth Day!

Be kind to your mother.

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I think I can I think I can...

Well. Unfortunately, I missed my workout yesterday.

I was all set to start a new boot camp in the park at noon. Well, I drove to the plaza (annoying), found a place to park (annoying) and walked to the meeting site only to find out that it was cancelled for the day (ANNOYING!).

So I lost all motivation for the day, went to Sutherlands and bought supplies for the yard and did some yard work for a couple hours. I am not saying the whole day was a waste. It wasn't at all. I was active and even took a 30 minute walk with a client in the morning.

However, I wanted to get a good ass kicking and I was sad that it was cancelled.

I am not much of a fan of unreliability.

Translation: I might not go back to the boot camp a second time.

So today I feel unmotivated to workout, but I will attempt a challenge.

My first challenge: a 3 mile run, which I hope will turn into a 5 mile run.

:)

Then, a weight lifting class at the YMCA tonight.

I am in class tonight for 4 hours. ugh.

Which means the rest of my day will be spent nose in book.

Exercise for the day

Alright. I'll begin by saying that I didn't make this up. I stole it from a boot camp class I attended at the YMCA this morning.

Add this move to any workout you do tomorrow. It could be an interval during your strength workout or cardio routine. Try to do it at least 2 times.

We ran the length of a gym, but you can run up and down your street or across the workout class floor at SF 2.0, 3.0 or 4.0 (provided there is no class happening).

So start on one end, run to the other end, drop down for 1 push up, run back, and drop for 2 push ups, run back and drop for 3 push ups. Continue in this way until you reach 8 push ups and then start back at 1 again. Do this for 3 minutes.

Whew!

Happy Birthday Peanut!

My littlest lady turns 3 today!

I love her for being so sweet and cuddling me at night and for forcing me to take her on afternoon walks every single day.

She makes me laugh a lot and she helps me stay active.

She loves to sun bathe when the days get warm and lately she's been helping me do yard work too.

:)

These days she's on the hunt for a bunny that lives under the shed and every time we open the back door she sprints out and follows the same path to the side of the house in hopes of catching that bunny. It doesn't matter if it's been one minute since she's been out or an hour, she sprints the same worn down path to catch that bunny each and every time! She's determined!

Yes it is!

It's a great day for a bike ride!

A little Advice...

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Well....let me say that I love group exercise, especially strength training classes. I also love Pilates and boot camps. I love them all, right? I like when people tell me what to do, much the same reason someone would hire a personal trainer...you don't have to make up the routine, you just go through the motions. I will say I have been to some less than challenging group exercises classes so it's definitely something you have to do you homework on and then return to the ones you really like....the ones that kick your ass!

okay.

So, this little technique will work in all those classes, to help get you through the challenging parts of the class when you feel like giving up and your muscles are burning and you don't want to continue on and you're tired and thirsty and want to leave ASAP. We've all been there, exercise is hard and should be uncomfortable. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it. It's supposed to challenge your mind and body. That's the point and that's where the benefit comes in.

Here's what I do:

I count reps in groups of 5.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Let's say, as per yesterday when I was at Project Poolside at Scott Fitness, (scottfitness.com) the instructor is having you do upwards of 30 plie squats. Yikes!

Just keep it going, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 because you can always do 5 of something right? 5 of something is....nothing....No need to give up if there are just 5 squats left. Anyone can do 5 squats.

It helped me all day yesterday in class.

I hope this helps you too.

Today is the Day!

It's Sunday.

That means it's time to plan a successful week for yourself.

What days will you be working out?

What will you be eating?