Top tips from week 2!
- · DO NOT workout last thing at night. It is tough on your body and mind.
- · This is a tip from a very respected friend. An apple and some peanut butter is a great pre-workout snack to boost your energy.
Monday
After an exercise free weekend I was mentally prepared to
get back into it and to start week 2. I don’t know if I’ve made a real
difference yet but I choose to believe so for motivation. ‘Legs and booty’ today,
and I think the workout was a little easier. Still tough, but the variety of
exercises was nicer and it felt like less of an impossible task, and realistically
I don’t think I’m any fitter than I was last week. But I didn’t ache
afterwards, so that’s a bonus.
Tuesday
Normally a ‘recovery’ day, week 2’s Tuesday is the
assessment. 24 reps of 6 exercises that you time yourself doing, then in week
12 you do them again and see how much faster you are. My worst exercise fears
are burpees, press-ups and, after last week, V situps. This assessment involved
all three. I was dreading it. What makes it worse was that I’d worked both jobs
again, so the only time I had was at 11pm when I got home. It took me an embarrassingly
long time. Pressups are awful. I took rests between sets of 10 to get up to 24
and I was conscious of that adding to the time. I was so tired after my day
that there came a point when muscles didn’t do what I was asking of them and instead
of a burpee I ended up on my knees. I hate burpees so much. They actually
terrify me. But I completed it, and wrote down my time.
Then I had a meltdown. I sat on my yoga mat for maybe 20
minutes and cried my eyes out and felt so pathetic. My boyfriend was very good
about it and gave lots of cuddles which did help, but he’s also quite a hard
trainer and when I was weeping about maybe doing press-ups on my knees next
time he said that was cheating. Then I had another meltdown because on
Wednesday my working day is the same and I could not face putting myself through
this again the following night. He suggested I did it before work instead of
after. So I set my alarm for 6am and cried myself to sleep.
Wednesday
6am is not appealing when you’re not used to it. It was
dark, which didn’t help, but I had the fear of working out at the end of my day
which got me through. All my circuits took longer than 7 minutes but I just
kept going and somehow I got to the end. It was a long day but the relief when
I finished my second job that I didn’t have to workout was immense. The aches
started that day too, probably because it was so early in the morning.
Thursday
Today felt like someone had shoved two bricks under my
shoulder blades. I blame the press-ups, I could feel the muscles screaming when
I did the workout. I was really looking forward to our run that evening, I had
a night off so we went together again. I never thought I’d look forward to a
run, but it feels good and it’s the first time since starting bodyboss that I
feel like I’ve achieved something. We did two miles again. It felt easier and I
enjoyed it.
Friday
‘Power-up’ day. I was on the double again so I copied
Wednesday and got up a bit earlier. The power-up is only about 20 minutes in
total so it was more doable. It did power me up and the aches from Wednesday have
subsided which is great.
I don’t see any change as yet. I know this is a long process
and requires patience but still. I’m trying to eat healthier but with long days
hunger sometimes makes me make bad decisions like getting a box of pringles or
a hot chocolate from work. It’s another thing to work on.
It’s also time consuming! I have a lot of hobbies that are
taking a backseat now because I have dedicate time to my workouts. I hope this
brings me balance J
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