Today’s 43 was hard for me because it was all about the shoulders – Windmills.  I used my stability ball again 

and a pair of light (5 pound) dumbbells.  

Start off by laying your upper body on the ball (face down) with toes on the ground.  Alternately move your arms front & back (like a windmill!):

I counted a right arm front & a left arm front as 1 rep and this was hard!!!

The good news about this 43 – it was good for my shoulders, of course, but it also really worked my  upper back!!

I went to bed planning to run this morning but I woke up tired and sore so I just walked with a 12% incline – 5 miles.  And, I got caught up on Project Runway!!!

So, I don’t think it comes as any surprise when I say that I like (actually love) to workout!!!  The next couple of weeks I’m cutting back on my normal workouts a little in order to be as rested as possible for my birthday run!!!

But, don’t think I’ve turned into this –

Nope!!!

I’ve found plenty of other ways to keep moving and work up a solid sweat.

One day I spent most of the morning pulling weeds – some serious Lat work involved here!!Plus, lots of squatting – standing – squatting – balancing – etc.!!

And yesterday I spent 5 hours of solid hard-core cleaning!!!!Remember our new business venture?  Well, I scrubbed every inch of that place yesterday!!!  Baseboards, corners, windows – you name it and I cleaned it!  And today my body is sore and stiff from all of the kneeling and “crawling” involved!!!

Today I’m going to move 150+ chairs, schlep some tables around and steam about 25 table cloths – I think that I can count that as another “workout”  don’t you?!  

Happy Fun Friday, I’m off for another busy day ending in Friday Night Football – WooHoo!!!

Kim