ACE | Day With KT

Today I decided it was time for another push-up move for the 43. I alternated moving one hand in front to do a push-up.

Because I wasn’t thinking clearly (or something!) I decided to count a right hand in front and left hand in front

as 1 rep. Crikey!!! Instead of 43 push-ups, I ended up doing 86!!!

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Hunter is turning into a push-up machine!! He did the number of push-ups to correspond with the day of the month every day for the month of March (31 last night!!).

Today I decided to get in a good run! I ran on my treadmill (1.5% incline) – 8 miles 52:39 + 1.75 miles easier for a total of 77:15 minutes. Hopefully later this week I will be outside running in shorts!!!

Do you ever feel like you are just going through the motions? It could be with anything – working out, shopping, spending time with your family – whatever. Just that feeling inside that says you should be doing more!!

We used to have a little dwarf hamster, Emma,

who looked similar to the picture above. She would get on her hamster wheel and just go and go (speedy little thing!) – but she wasn’t really making any progress.

Sometimes I feel like Emma the hamster – I just go and go, but what am I accomplishing? If you’ve read my blog for awhile, you know that I just recently passed my ACE Personal Training test. But I haven’t done anything with it and I’m not sure if I’m going to. I’m still trying to decide what I want to do with my life.

I love the time I get to spend with Chris and my boys and try to treasure every second of it. But I feel like I should be doing more with my life! The problem is, I don’t know what it is that I should be doing!!

I’m pretty sure that my newest addiction (thanks Keri and Vickie!!)isn’t enough to satisfy my need to feel like I’m accomplishing something every day! It is a fun thing to do on a short car trip, though!

I guess I will just keep trying to figure it out!!

On a completely different note – did anyone see the Louisville vs. Duke basketball game yesterday evening? When Kevin Ware snapped his leg, my first thought was for his parents – I can’t even begin to imagine watching that happen to my child!!! I just read an article saying he had emergency surgery and a rod was inserted into his leg. I hope he is able to make a full recovery and return to the court next season!!!

Spring flowers from friends who came over yesterday!!!

Anyone else ever feel like you are just going through the motions until you figure out what your true purpose is? Maybe you could just tell me you are so I won’t feel like the only grown-up who is still unsure what to be!!

Happy Monday – April Fool’s Day!!

Kim

A couple weeks ago I did calf raises for my 43 and because I had neglected training my calves for a long time (other than running and jumping), I was sore for a couple of days. So I decided that I need to start making a more purposeful effort to strengthen my calves (which will hopefully help my sore Achilles!).

Today’s 43 was another move to target my calves. It was just a rocking move – rock up onto your toes and hold then rock back onto your heels and hold (or try to hold – my balance was a little off today!).

You can hold dumbbells or not – I held 15 pound DB for this.

The hold up on my toes wasn’t too hard.

The hold back on my heels – a bit of a struggle. (Jordan seemed to enjoy watching me attempt this.)

This was a simple (other than the not toppling over part) 43 that is great for both strengthening and stretching your calves. (Plus it can also help strengthen your shins.)

And, because I’m trying to listen to my body, today was a day off!! (Sundays seem to be my day off more often than not!)

Training is the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. (from Wikipedia)

Training is a word that we hear and use all the time. Runners talk about training for their next race. Chris (and all the people in the Guard) do regular training as part of their monthly drill. Kids at school are being trained in lots of ways.

I think that training should be an ongoing process for all of us. According to the definition it is not just perfecting old skills but gaining new skills and knowledge. At times I feel like I’m a little stagnant in different areas of my life and those are the times that I should pick something new to learn.

I don’t consider myself a gourmet cook, but I do enjoy cooking. This past week, each of my boys took a night to pick a recipe and prepare it for us (with a bit help). I love that they are willing to learn a new skill and that I get to be the one to help them with it.

I already shared Jordan’s meal but here are a few pictures from Hunter’s.

Final stir before serving. (Asian Shrimp Soup)

Currently I’m training for:

a 50-mile race in October
my ACE Personal Trainer Certification (test on Thursday) – renewing my certification but because I let it completely lapse several years ago, I have to retest
???? This is my dilemma! I need something new to focus on!

So, what are you training for? Do you like to learn new skills or just work on perfecting the ones you already have?

Happy Sunday!

Kim

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