SUCCESS!
Even though it was T-O-U-G-H to get up and out of bed this morning (alarm initially went off at 5:30 . . . didn't actually get up until 6:00am!) I made it to the gym by 6:30! Yay! Win #1. I found parking nearby the gym. Win #2. Completed bike warmup (10 min), 2x10-15 reps of 6 leg/lower body exercises (~ 20min), yoga and stretching (~20 min), home to walk dog (~20 min). WIN! Ate breakfast, showered, took NAP. WIIINNNNNN for meeee!!
Tomorrow, I hope/plan for something similar. Goal is to get to gym by 6:30 again and do arms/upper body + yoga/stretch and a dog walk. I don't want to get tooooo crazy and tell you my goals for Wednesday and Thursday, yet . . . mostly because I know how I fare in the mornings AND my legs were very sore (and still kind of are but less so after the unfortunate but helpful medication ibuprofen).
Gator Volleyball got my motor turnin' on Saturday and I am busting outta this funky mood that I've been in since I came back from Minnesota! I really want to be able to feel less sore and tired and potentially enter some road race competitions again in the next couple of months. Additionally, I really need to be able to fit into that bridesmaid dress in October!!! Haha!
Hope that this morning stuff will hold on - want to try morning workouts Mon-Tues-Weds each week to get them done and outta the way for the day in hopes that I will perhaps focus a little bit on my stacks of reading for classes...
Until *tomorrow*, have a great day, and find some time to get up and move around!!! :)
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Time to be nice...
Okay, that last post wasn't real friendly. Oops. I'm human and get annoyed. Deal!
Flipping to the positive Polly personality of my apparently many-sided-brain, I was able to get some *fun movement* in both yesterday and today!
Last night, I went to watch Gator Volleyball CHOMP the North Carolina Tarheels!! SO MUCH FUN. I MISS VOLLEYBALL SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!! :( Anyway, afterward, I went with a couple of friends to 'midtown' and we danced for a couple of hours! So much fun! Today, I worked a shift at LivingWell and throughout my shift I was able to hop on some of the machines and push some weight around :) It was definitely not a "workout" in that I did not have a regimen and barely broke a sweat (yes, I am a sweaty beast, and for those of you who are able to move around and not perspire - well, I don't really have anything witty to say, but I 'perspire' just getting out of bed in the morning. Deal with it!) Back to what I was saaaaaaaaaaying, I didn't complete everything in one time frame or have a program to follow, but I had the time and the tools to put my body to the test, and I did it! In amongst the occasional gym walk-through to check on members and pick up left behind magazines and newspapers, and spurts of equipment and facility cleaning (*keeping a positive attitude, all of the cleaning means more physical activity!*), I would sit down on a weight machine and do 10-15 repetitions of a light-to-moderate weight. Not only did it feel good to move around and wake up a little (I was *yawn* reading a textbook and taking notes while posted at the front desk), I was also able to check the equipment more thoroughly for cleanliness and proper function while providing a role model to the patrons: Not only would I show them that I, too, use the equipment, but I could provide a model of proper form/technique.
All in a days work, my friends.
Happy times are those when we choose to see the positive aspects of a situation. Take advantage of a frozen computer screen--get up and walk around while you are on phone-hold with the tech person! Take advantage of the time that you need to spend studying for that exam: bring your notebook to a gym and sit on a stationary bike while you review notes!
What are your plans for more physical activity today?
Flipping to the positive Polly personality of my apparently many-sided-brain, I was able to get some *fun movement* in both yesterday and today!
Last night, I went to watch Gator Volleyball CHOMP the North Carolina Tarheels!! SO MUCH FUN. I MISS VOLLEYBALL SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!! :( Anyway, afterward, I went with a couple of friends to 'midtown' and we danced for a couple of hours! So much fun! Today, I worked a shift at LivingWell and throughout my shift I was able to hop on some of the machines and push some weight around :) It was definitely not a "workout" in that I did not have a regimen and barely broke a sweat (yes, I am a sweaty beast, and for those of you who are able to move around and not perspire - well, I don't really have anything witty to say, but I 'perspire' just getting out of bed in the morning. Deal with it!) Back to what I was saaaaaaaaaaying, I didn't complete everything in one time frame or have a program to follow, but I had the time and the tools to put my body to the test, and I did it! In amongst the occasional gym walk-through to check on members and pick up left behind magazines and newspapers, and spurts of equipment and facility cleaning (*keeping a positive attitude, all of the cleaning means more physical activity!*), I would sit down on a weight machine and do 10-15 repetitions of a light-to-moderate weight. Not only did it feel good to move around and wake up a little (I was *yawn* reading a textbook and taking notes while posted at the front desk), I was also able to check the equipment more thoroughly for cleanliness and proper function while providing a role model to the patrons: Not only would I show them that I, too, use the equipment, but I could provide a model of proper form/technique.
All in a days work, my friends.
Happy times are those when we choose to see the positive aspects of a situation. Take advantage of a frozen computer screen--get up and walk around while you are on phone-hold with the tech person! Take advantage of the time that you need to spend studying for that exam: bring your notebook to a gym and sit on a stationary bike while you review notes!
What are your plans for more physical activity today?
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