I LOVE my group fitness classes because they are always changing, the music keeps me going, and I am able to go on auto-pilot and do what the instructor tells me to do. I started my normal treadmill warm-up and though,
"Why can't I do my own little class all by myself
instead of doing the usual stairs and elliptical"
After a 2.5 minute warm-up I decided to job over to the empty boxing studio. I had NO IDEA what I was doing, but here's what ended up happening:
- Jumping jacks for 1 minute
- Front kicks for 1 minute
I repeated this 3 times....
Then I did...
- Football drills for 1 minute
- Lunges for 1 minute
I repeated this 3 times...
Holy cow! I was already 6 minutes into my 30 minutes of cardio!!!
Feel all cocky at this point I headed over to the free weight area of the gym. The boys over there were HUGE! I think that any of them could have squished my in their biceps. Guess what I did???
- Mountain climbers for 1 minute
- Biceps curl for 1 minute
Then I repeated the mountain climbers and did tricep kickbacks for the second minute.
The big boys were staring at me. I am pretty sure they were thinking, "I wish I could do cardio like her!". :)
After doing a little bit of weights I went back to the boxing studio and did some plank work (I hate plank!), some more jumping jacks, some wall squats, and side kicks. Finally, I ran upstairs and did some work on the Step mixed in with some ab work (another yuck!). I ended my workout with some great stretching in the sauna!
After doing a little bit of weights I went back to the boxing studio and did some plank work (I hate plank!), some more jumping jacks, some wall squats, and side kicks. Finally, I ran upstairs and did some work on the Step mixed in with some ab work (another yuck!). I ended my workout with some great stretching in the sauna!
The entire time I was working out I could hear my amazing fitness instructors calling out the next moves! I love my group fitness classes, but I love even more that I have learned the skills necessary to get in a good workout even though there isn't someone there telling me what to do. I burned 418 calories in 40 minutes. In a normal group fitness class I burn between 500-600 calories in an hour.
If I would have continued my workout I totally would have met that goal. My success today was not only in the calories that I burned, but in the fact that I was able to push myself in a way that until now I thought was only possible when someone else was telling me what to do.
Great job!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, more than losing weight I've been learning a lot about how my habits in my spiritual walk with God are very similar to my eating habits - what needs work spiritually seems to also need work physically. My mouth is my problem - eating, speaking words of negativity, etc. etc. Hope that makes sense.
Thanks for commenting today. It is good to meet with someone who also wants to focus on loving God. :)
Great job!
ReplyDeleteIt is always such a good feeling when you accomplish something that you didn't think you could do.
Keep it up!