Shoo and I had our weekly exercise class today. Most weeks, he runs around the room, while I'm able to get a workout in. Today he alternated between being clingy and trying to prevent me from doing what I was supposed to do. This made my workout amazingly harder. When he was clinging, it was just an extra 35 pounds while doing step and squats. It was a little more challenging when I was trying to do situps with him pushing my shoulders back down. The most difficult part, however, was pushing up to the plank position with him lying on my back. I may not be able to lift my arms tomorrow LOL. We've started looking at houses to rent in Rockland, ME for our vacation. We did that a few years ago in Ithaca, NY and it was awesome to have … [Read more...]
Baby Steps
This week's TIART topic at the Runner's Lounge is strength training, Pre-kids, I used to work out at the office gym 4 or 5 times a week. At least two of those days, I did strength training for about 45 minutes. I still preferred cardio, but I did my weights and saw some nice muscle definition. Fast forward 8 years and 2 kids and the abs ain't what they used to be. My legs are strong from all the running and my arms are strong from toting around a three year old, but muscle definition is seriously lacking. Add in age related metabolism slow down and it's not a pretty sight. One of my goals for the year was to start doing strength training. Since I always put it off when it involved even a 15 minute commitment, I decided I'd do 5 … [Read more...]
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