I don't enjoy writing about my weaknesses, but I feel that I must in order to get myself moving again. I know that the best way to make that happen is to do activities that are fun and not 'work', but even aquatics and Red Rocks don't seem appealing these last couple of days. I am excited for the Cherry Creek Arts Festival that is happening this weekend and have decided to go tomorrow when it will hopefully not be too crowded. I am even thinking about walking there to avoid parking. I would walk 1.5 miles there, walk throughout the whole fair, and then 1.5 miles back. Is that too ambitious? Maybe I should cap off my lazy weekend with a slow moving 5k + art browsing.
So what, do you ask, will I do today? Especially since I am making a big deal about it in my blog? Well...I still have an hour and ten minutes left in this Prohibition documentary, so I am going to drag out my mat and hand weights and do my strength training while I watch. I don't know why it bores me so much, but it is definitely one of the big things in my healthy life that I generally never want to do. But I think about it so often that my guilt for not doing it is probably worse than me just taking 15-30 minutes out of my day to do it! LynnAnn from GM keeps repeating in my head, "Do NOT stop strength training! Do NOT stop strength training!" It was her big piece of advice to me when I left. It was her number one way for me to keep fit and healthy.
I think now after my four month check in, I really do see how beneficial it is for me. I gained inches in my middle and to combat those, I can do my ab work that is built in to my strength training routine. Motivation, right? Right.
If anyone wants to join me in my strength training, here is my set routine:
- Upper Body
- Concentration Curls
- Bicep Curls
- Forearm/Bicep Raises
- Tricep Lifts
- Tricep Kickbacks
- Lateral Arm Raises
- Front Arm Raises
- Hammer Raises
- Chest Fly
- Chest Press
- Overhead Pec Raises
- Tricep Skull Crushers
- Lower Body
- Calf Raises
- Toe Raises
- Outer Leg Double Lifts
- Outer Leg Box Lifts
- Outer Leg Single Lifts
- Inner Thigh Single Lifts
- Inner Thigh Box Outs
- Inner Thigh Heel In Lifts
- Oblique Curl to One Side
- Oblique Lift and Curl to One Side
- Pelvis Tilt (Tilt and Hold)
- Pelvis Tilt Singles
- Butt Raises Singles
- Butt Raises Doubles
- Leg Extensions and Lifts
I do 15 reps of each twice, alternating sides of the body. If I do the whole body it takes about 30-45 minutes. If I just do lower body or upper body, I can finish is 15-30 minutes. I often find myself doing the whole body workout because I failed to do the other the day before or I feel like I will fail to do the other the next day. Hmm...maybe this is a reason I am not liking it. Maybe I should really focus on doing either the upper or lower each day and not expect that I will fail. If I get it done quicker and make it a habit, maybe I won't dread it as much. And I can't really do the full body each day because a body needs to rest. The rest day may be working against me though and it gets me off track quickly so I don't want to get back on.
In conclusion, I now plan to do my upper body workout RIGHT NOW and I will get up tomorrow and I promise to do my lower body workout. I will even put an alarm on my phone reminding me to do it tomorrow. I can make this a new habit and it will make me feel great inside and out. So there...take that slothful weekend!
Okay! Upper Body Strength done. I am sweating and my arms are shaking. Feels liberating to stop now and know I WILL do the lower body strength tomorrow.
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