This week I took several days off because my legs were tired and I’m trying to rest some before next Saturday!
Sunday 3/8 – 45 sit-ups with my feet propped on the door.
readyup – reach
Monday 3/9 – 45 rear leg lifts with band.
ready to lift rightlift with slight pull on band
After one side has been worked over, it’s time to switch and hit the other side.
left leg readylift & squeeze butt
I did Turbo Jam – Lower Body Jam & Ab Jam – both fun workouts!!
Tuesday 3/10 – 45 reverse lunge to warrior 3.
lunge back with left legpush off right foot and lean forward
I love how many muscles are involved in these 2 moves. And the balance challenge always makes me happy!!!
lunge back rightpush off with left and lean forward
I did a 9 mile run in 68:35 followed by 1.2 easy miles.
Wednesday 3/11 – 45 crunches with a medicine ball toss (8 pound).
This was the start of taking a few days off since my legs felt tired. I still ended up with almost 20,000 steps after a day of cleaning and setting up at the venue.
Thursday 3/12 – 45 bent over tricep pulses.
readylift
An easy move on another day off (other than 8 hours on my feet while ironing table cloths).
My boys started spring break today (tomorrow is a teacher work day since it is the end of the quarter) and it is much needed!!!
Actually, Hunter hasn’t been to school since Tuesday because he has the flu – poor guy has been pretty miserable for a couple of days.
We don’t have any big vacation plans for the week (good thing since Hunter is sick) but it will be a great week of relaxing and recharging for all of us!!!
Chris is going to work Monday & Tuesday but then he will take the rest of the week off so we will have several days with no alarms and very few obligations!!!
The weather looks like it will be fairly nice most of the week (never know with spring in Kansas) so we should be able to be outside some even if it’s not beach weather!!!
We are looking forward to a simple week with no big plans except to enjoy ourselves and let go of our schedule for a few days – perfect!!!
Do you like spring break (or vacation weeks) when you can relax at home or do you prefer taking a big trip?
I think that between Facebook, Instagram, blogs and other forms of social media it is so easy to get the impression that some people have perfect lives. The natural tendency is to show just the “good” stuff which gives the illusion that life is always great.
However…..the reality is that some days completely suck!!!
Sometimes we all feel like Alexander!!!
I don’t always share the negative things because I want my blog to be positive overall. But then there are days that just get me down!!
I love my boys and they are great kids. But they aren’t perfect. Sometimes they make me cry and yell and cuss!!!! Those aren’t the stories that I want to share on my blog though because they aren’t just my stories to share.
And as much as I love Chris, there are times that we don’t get along and I yell and scream because it’s what I do when I get angry. Again, these aren’t the stories that I want to share on my blog.
Sometimes I get mad and leave the dinner table in the middle of the meal and go eat alone in our bedroom because I can’t deal with everything but that isn’t the norm and we always move past those horrible times!!!
Most of the time I love everything about my life. However, there are times that it all makes me cry. Those aren’t the stories I share on the blog because it is one thing to share my faults but I never want to write anything negative about the 3 boys that fill my life with joy and love.
my boys
I might not share the negatives but it isn’t because my life is perfect. It is just one way that I show Chris, Jordan and Hunter how much I love them!!!
Do you ever feel like everyone in the blog world or on Facebook has a perfect life? Do you share negative things on social media?
Saturday morning I had a video conference as part of the workshop that I’m taking with Tara (Family Sport Life). One of my main focuses during this 6 week workshop has been our business.
From previous discussions, Tara already knew that I wanted to grow our business but not at the expense of giving up any family time. Saturday Tara asked me if my plan was to do as much as possible with the business now and then really put all of my time and energy into it in a few years when both boys are out of high school and no longer living at home.
Her eyes almost popped out of her head when I said “NO!!” After the boys are done with school and Chris is retired (less than 6 years for all of this!!) we will move – TO A BEACH!!!
I need this view all day every day!
I think this was one of those lightbulb moments! The whole reason that I’m struggling so much to do the things on my list every day/week is because it is NOT my passion.
We own a business –
the day we closed
so I feel like I need to make it the best event venue possible.
However, it is pretty obvious that I’m not living my passion and that is the reason I’m struggling so much with everything from being motivated to being positive and enjoying all parts of my life.
The real problem is I don’t even know what my passion is anymore.
16 years ago I quit working (teaching and coaching) to stay home with my first baby. I spent 9 years as a stay-home mom and feel fortunate that I had the opportunity but somewhere along the way I lost part of me.
sweaty – sign of a good run
I’ve always had my running and working out but I don’t know if that counts as living my passion.
The number one thing we have always told our boys when they start talking about what they want to do with their lives is that they should do something they love and be happy!!!
Chris knew when he was in high school that he wanted to be a pilot. He figured out a way to make that happen and has always loved what he does!!!I hope that one day my boys feel the exact same way about whatever they end up doing!!!
Do you know what your passion is? Are you living it every day?
I need to figure out what my passion is make sure I live it every day!!!
Miracle might be one of my all-time favorite movies!! When the head coach has the team skating lots of suicide type drills he tells the players, “The legs feed the wolf.” When it came time for the big games (Olympics), they were better conditioned than any other team on the ice!!!
So, I tell myself the same thing when I’m running high mileage and also when I back off a little to rest my legs for a couple weeks!!! This week I had much lower mileage but I did a number of workouts and exercises to strengthen my legs, especially my hips.
Sunday 3/1 – 45 standing crunches – lift one leg straight out and bring hands to foot while holding a medicine ball – crunch on the forward bend.
start positionlift right leg and crunchlift left leg and crunch
I like that this move works your core and also your hip flexors!
I ran 8 miles in 59:58 followed by 0.6 easy miles.
Monday 3/2 – 45 push-ups while kneeling on a stability ball (shins rest on the ball and your butt stays down on your heels).
set-updown
These look a bit awkward but it was a really good move. You can tell that it was hard for me to keep my butt on my heels during the down part – need to work on that!
I did Cathe – Turbo Barre. Talk about a workout for your hips and legs – this one is great!!!
Tuesday 3/3 – 45 side leg abduction while in a semi-squat.
Partial squat with left leg – right leg ready to liftstay low and lift right leg – squeeze butt
There is a bit of balance involved with this move too!!
ready to squat right and left leftlift the leg while staying low
Running day – 10 miles in 75:44 followed by 1 easy mile.
Wednesday 3/4 – 45 single leg step-up on BOSU then circle opposite leg back-front-back before stepping down.
step up with left leg and start with right leg pushing backsweep leg around to front
From the above position, sweep the right leg back so that it is behind you and then step off the BOSU.
I did all 45 reps stepping up with my left leg and then switched and did another set.
step on with left right leg, left leg squeezes backsweep leg to front, then back behind you before stepping off.
The hardest part of this move was staying balanced while sweeping your leg around!!!
I did TaeBo Amped – Rockin’ Buns. There isn’t a lot of cardio involved in this workout but it is great for strengthening your hips, legs and even your core.
Place a band under your BOSU with enough slack that you can lift it but still have a challenge. I decided to add an extra challenge and stay in a partial squat while completing my arm lifts.
readylift your arms above your head
After about 25 reps I had to give myself a little more band to work with because this was hard!!!
This was another running day – 8 miles in 60:20 followed by 1.05 miles easy.
Friday 3/6 – 45 quad/knee raises while pushing foot down with bar.
ready to startlift knee up and push down on the bar at the same time
By pushing the bar down it makes the resistance so much harder than just lifting your body weight.
ready to work the other sidelift knee and push down on bar
This day was the closest to a rest day that I took this week. I did Caribbean Workout – Core Pilates for an hour.
Saturday 3/7 – 45 “first position” monkey squats. (I had to google what the position was called!!!)
stand in first position (heels touching – toes turned out) and touch toesgo down into a squat while holding on to your toes
By holding your toes for the entire move this feels different than just doing normal squats!!! Turning my toes out made the move different from a standard monkey squat.
And, I did one more run for the week.
6 miles – 45:17 followed by 1.75 easy miles.
I think overall it was a good workout week even cutting back on my running.
32 miles of hard running
4.4 easy miles
