There is something to be said about trying something you know you can’t do. Every time I go to the gym I stare down the hanging leg raise. Have you seen it?
Basically you have to hold your body up while pulling your legs up to your chest. For those that can do it, they make it look easy. For the rest of us, well, it’s kind of sad (and kind of funny) to watch. I decided I was okay with making a fool of myself January 20th and get on.
I couldn’t even hold myself up to hang. It was truly painful, so I got off and decided that this would be a progress point for me.
Two weeks later, back at the gym I decided to get on again. I knew in my mind that holding my weight up with my arms would be hard, but I wanted to try again. This time, not only could I support my weight, I was able to lift my knees up to my chest not once, not twice, not three times…but four times.
I was so shocked that I stopped. Am I really doing this? I couldn’t even hold myself up two weeks ago! And sure enough I think I could have done a couple more had I not been so freakin’ excited.
So that is real progress that I can see. It’s not a lower number on the scale, or looser fitting jeans- it was proof that I’m getting in better shape.
Today begins week four of the Insanity workout training and I have to say that working out every day has gotten easier mentally. I know what to expect and I’ve accepted that 45 minutes of my day will be spent exercising. I’ve never worked out this hard in my life on a consistent basis. Not even during couch to 5k training. It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve exercised all but three (I take sundays off) days in the past three weeks.
We’ve got more plans. As the weather gets warmer and our stamina increases, we’re going to add running back to our schedule three days a week.
Right now the exercise schedule looks like this:
Monday-Wednesday : Insanity workout
Thursday: yoga and strength training
Friday- Saturday: Insanity workout
Sunday: Off
In about a month it will look like this:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Insanity workout + running
Tuesday, Saturday: Insanity workout
Thursday: yoga and strength
Sunday: Off day
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