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| On the building at work. |
I'm ready for bikini weather!!
Well, sort of.
I'm not totally there yet, (you know, that whole "having a baby" crap) but I'm finally, seriously, ready to be. Like I said before, I needed the motivational kick in the butt to get me jump started on running again. I think I can safely say that the training team has once again done this for me.
Thank you Sports Backers, you ROCK!!
Knowing that I have to crawl out of my warm bed on Saturdays to go run is getting me motivated during the week, and the gym has helped too.
A few weeks ago my husband found this website called Nerd Fitness and sent me a link to a post on there about this chick who can dead lift over 300lbs. Since I had some downtime yesterday I finally read the article and it was such an inspiration! You can check it out here. I'm not really into weight lifting but I do enjoy Body Pump which involves dead lifts and other weight training exercises so I thought I might add this into my Thursday routine which according to my training plan is supposed to be a non-running day anyways.
From there I went on to discover a website with a bunch of smoothie recipes so I wrote a bunch of them down since I want to start having those in the morning again.
At this point, something just clicked.
Down in my gut I knew it's time to get on track and start eating right and exercising again. Just because you have a child doesn't mean you should totally sacrifice the things you love and the things that make you you. It's time to get back to fit Tori. It makes me feel better and mentally stronger. I'm tried of getting my morning energy from coffee. I want to feel better through and through.
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| As much as I wish laying in bed with my kid made me skinny, it doesn't. |
I also really need to utilize the gym more since I love going and it feels like a spa visit to me. So I sat down and by using what I learned through my research yesterday and the work I did with a personal trainer, I came up with 2 new routines for myself that I can do right after work in about 45 minutes. Just enough time to get my workout in, get the kid from daycare and get home before rush hour begins.
On Thursdays I'm going to do strength training:
Machines:
-10 mins warm up -elliptical
-Lat Pull Down-15 reps x 3
-Inner/Outer Thigh Machine-12
reps x 3 each
Weight
Room:
-Deadlifts-12 reps x 3
Upstairs:
-Plank 20 secs x 2
-Push Ups-12 reps x 2
-Ropes-15 secs x 2
I went yesterday and tried this out. It went pretty well, although the weight room is a pretty intimidating place. There were bulky dudes in there spaced out just enough for me to feel annoyed and like I was invading their space. I saw them give me the sideways eye as I tried to find the lightest weights I could since I know how weak I am in the upper body. Unfortunately I did not find the 5 pound weights until after I used the 20 pound barbell...needless to say the dead lifts did not go quite as planned but now I know exactly what muscles they work and they are soooooore today!! Glad I know where the 5 pounders are for next week so I can work my way up without injuring myself.
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| The ACAC motto :-) |
The rest is pretty self explanatory. Have you ever tried the ropes? Those things always scared the hell out of me till I did them with my trainer. They are actually a lot of fun! If you don't know what I am talking about they are those big heavy ropes attached to the wall or floor that you pick up at the ends and fling around. Trying to just do 20 seconds is a LOT harder than it looks! The trainer made me do 20 but I'm pretty weak so my goal for the next few weeks is just 15 seconds.
I also jumped into cleaning up my eating habits yesterday but I think I will save that for the next post. :-)
What is your favorite thing to do at the gym or your favorite strength training exercise?
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