I am a 44 year old wife, mom and athlete. I started running in high school and have loved it ever since. As I got older, I had to stop running every day so I added in weight training and all sorts of fun work-outs like Insanity, P90X and Turbo Fire. I'm a certified personal trainer and I love all aspects of fitness.
Sometimes I let the little things drag me down but I’m working on turning negatives into positives.
Negative: It’s supposed to be really cold tonight. Actually the whole day will be cold with a high in the 40s and down into the 20s.
Positive: Is there one?! Just kidding!! We have heat, I have a seat heater in my car and the football game will be a fun time to catch up with friends. (I’m really trying on this one because cold is not my favorite!!)
Negative: I can’t run or do much in the way of working out right now.
Positive: Instead of getting up at 5:00 I’ve been sleeping in till 6:30!!!
Negative: I had to spend over an hour and a half at our venue yesterday waiting on repair people.
Positive: Since I had already spent the morning cleaning for Saturday’s wedding, I took my laptop and it was bonus blogging time!!!
Negative: Lately I have been starving – not good to be so hungry when I’m not working out.
Positive: Hmmm…..still working on this one.
Negative: I ended the day with the boys (especially Hunter) on a poor note.
Positive: Every day is a new day and he knows that I love him!!
A couple weeks ago I mentioned that my leg wasn’t quite right.
I thought that a day or two of rest would be enough.
It wasn’t!!!
I took a really easy week in the hopes that would be the end of the issue.
Now, it has been over a couple weeks since I’ve been able to run and several weeks since my leg felt OK.
Every day it seems to get a bit worse instead of better.
Tomorrow I will go to the DR – and see what she has to say. Hopefully it is nothing major and I can start running and doing the other things I enjoy really soon!!
Do you go to the DR at the first sign of a problem or put it off as long as possible?
Like many Americans (especially locally!!!), we have been watching a lot of baseball lately.
(In case you didn’t know, the Kansas City Royals are playing!)
We really aren’t huge Royals fans but we are definitely supporting them right now.
The past couple of nights I’ve felt myself getting really wrapped up and bothered when the Royals aren’t playing well.
I started wondering how many of the baseball players feel like it’s just a game?!
For them it really is more than a game, it is their job!
I have seen people of all ages react very badly when their team ends up losing a game. Even an insignificant game with much less riding on it than the title of World Series Champions.
I’m very competitive and think that we should always
Even when I’m not the one playing and am just a fan, I always want my team to win.
Saturday my favorite college team got totally shutout by K-State. Of course, I wanted Texas to win but in the big picture –
Do you ever find yourself getting overly wrapped up while watching (or playing) a game?
Do you think that in some cases it is more than just a game?
This week was pretty light on the workout front. But I did get in some really fun 45s!!!
Sunday 10/19 – 45 side lunge (stay in wide position between).
readylunge left
I did all 45 to the left (just returning to the middle position in between. Then switched and did 45 to the right.
side viewlunge right
Monday 10/20 – 45 BOSU balances (start with hands on BOSU, feet on ground – raise right arm to side and left leg, hold then switch to left arm and right leg for 1 rep).
right arm, left legleft arm, right leg
This move was HARD!!! I like it because it worked everything – triceps, shoulders, core, butt, quads, hamstrings….
I tried to run – 3 miles in 25:40 and then realized that my leg is hurt more than I thought so I ended up walking 4.5 miles with an incline.
Tuesday 10/21 – 45 twisting elbow planks (twist right, then left = 1 rep).
starttwist to right (stack feet)
Return to middle then twist the other way –
twist left
This move was hard – 45 complete reps ended up being a long time to stay in a plank!!!!
I did a workout that I hadn’t done in a long time and it ended up being great – The Firm: Cardio Fusion. The workout uses these little balls –
start positionup – twist and punch right with left hand
Return to the ready position and then go the other way –
twist and punch left with right hand
I did another workout that I’ve always enjoyed – Cross Training for Fitness.
Thursday 10/23 – 45 back bow cross-over. This move is one I had never seen before until Nellie (Brooklyn Active Mama) showed it as her Weekly Wednesday workout. (another one where right-left = 1 rep)
easy partup and squeeze
While in the up position, move your arms to other side –
moving over (dropped the legs a little:)small break before coming up and moving back the other way
I might have adapted it a little (I used a wobble ball as my cross-over object instead of a yoga block) but this was a really good move!!!
Thanks to Hunter for doing the pictures for me on Friday morning since no one was around when I did the move Thursday!!!
Friday 10/24 – 45 leg abductions while balancing on upside down wobble ball.
ready to move the left leglift – squeeze
I managed all 45 with my left leg without tapping my toe down – I wobbled and looked like a goof but…..
ready to work the right sidelift left leg
On this leg, I ended up tapping my toe down 2 times during the reps – my left leg balance isn’t as strong!!!
Saturday 10/25 – 45 stability ball side crunches.
readyup
After completing the first set of 45, I flipped over and did 45 more.
readyup
I’m hoping that next week I can get back to working out the way I like to work out!!!
This week hasn’t been my favorite but today is Fun Friday!!! The boys are out of school so we had someone in tutoring math to make sure they didn’t fall behind. I’m alright at math but my husband finds it hard to understand and unfortunately, they take after him! Chris is also off work – plus it is supposed to be in the 80s!!! (late October in Kansas this is a big deal!) so I know that my Friday will be awesome and I hope yours is, too!!
Today is all about fun!!!
Like I don’t have enough eye issues!!!
Maybe – probably – most definitely!!!
This is a lesson I’m trying to teach my boys. Just kidding – sort of!!!
This might be me just a tiny bit. Or 100%!
HaHa – and from now on I will call myself a ninja!!!
HaHa – maybe!!!
Every single day!!!
This just makes me laugh because I would never do something so mean/funny!!! Not on purpose anyway.
I love bubble wrap and will always be the obnoxious person popping it until there is nothing left to pop!!!
I’m going to keep telling myself this every single day!!
HaHa – yep!!!
I get up early but that doesn’t mean I like the early morning!!!
HaHa – not sure why this made me laugh so much but it did!!!
I actually love math and tutor lots of kids who probably think this exact thing!!
And from now on I will use this reasoning – female = iron man.
I’m not saying yes or no to this but you have to admit it is funny!!
100% true!!!
Duh!!!
Yep!!!
And, I think that Maxine sums it up pretty well!
I hope that at least one thing made you smile here today!
