Sept 2021 workout

 The past month I have been using my willpower and pretty much just the fact that it has now become routine to get my workout and yoga in every day.

What my workout looks like:
Each week I 5 more reps to each exercise. I use upbeat playlists to keep my pace moving.

10 normal squats
10 pile squats
10 narrow squats
10 sumo squats
10 squat to knee up

 

10 per side alternating hip dips

10 in and outs

10 sit-ups

10 reverse crunches

10 per side Russian twists


Yoga! I use a different playlist each day and a different mantra depending on what I need at that moment. My yoga movements are harder to explain than my workout so I am just going to say use an easy one from Pinterest and take it slow.

Plus I get in 10,000 or more steps a day and do two walks with the kids and dogs!

Me

Somewhere at some point in the past year and a bit I have lost my whole heart. I have lost every inch of joy. I went from getting up early and walking 10km a day, going for lunch, loving life and everything in it, to "this". I am not even sure what "this" is. I have no desire to even get out of bed in the mornings.

Yes fibro is part of it, but I have struggled with that my whole life, even with the first brain injury I was still excited for life.

Now I can't get out of bed in the morning and even leaving the house is almost impossible. My body feels weird all the time kinda like its there but not really, shaky like I am having a hypoglycemic episode.

I had given up! I haven't found my mojo just yet but today I did something I have never ever done in my life, I took a yoga class and did it ALONE!!! no best friend by my side because she is really sick. Jess is my go to, she is the one that I feel safe with since my brain injury. She always goes with me when I need her to.

I had contacted two yoga places in Sarnia and decided to go with "My Yoga Sarnia" I was supposed to start before Christmas but didn't get a chance to. She knows about my brain injury and was happy to have me in class. I have never taken a yoga class before, I always taught stretch yoga at the end of a kickboxing class but thats about it.

I get to class today and I am unsure, normally this is where I would chicken out and not even go in the building but something in me today didn't even think about that. I get inside and there are women and even 1 man all on yoga mats the instructor introduces me they all smile and say high. Its people my age and older all different body types!!! Even the instructor doesn't have the "perfect" yoga body that everyone thinks of which is great! I love instructors who are real! Not what I had pictured in my mind lol.

I am on the floor the lights get turned off soft mediation music is playing, there are white Christmas lights offering a pale light in the room.We are in a circle on our mats and we start today we are focusing on our ankles and hips. oh wonderful is my thought process when we get to the left side because of the nerve damage I can't feel my left foot other than serve pain. Well I get it going and I am not doing to bad. We finish up with a sharka cleanse and that is it. No standing on my head with ankles behind my shoulders, gentle yoga!

I am dizzy after class and still dizzy a few hours later but I don't feel as heavy as I did, I can take a full breath in!!!

In class as I am learning to focus on my body and not allow my mind to wonder to other things (harder than one might think) I learned that I am always holding my body tense, I can't relax it, well thats because as soon as I do the fibro spasms are horrible and I always worry if others can see or even notice it. Well in class I did my best to allow the spasms to happen so I could relax enough to release all the horrible crap I have been hanging on to.

I feel better, not 100% yet but I will go back on Tuesday and Thursday next week. I know the full answer isn't yoga that I have to deal with the crap in my life that made me feel this way in the first place, but today I feel better about me, I feel lighter and I didn't feel judged at all in class!

The feel in that class room today was peace, acceptance and patience. It is a wonderful atmosphere and that is half the battle when teaching a group class.

Week 8 work out

Week 8 work out!!

What is your goal this week?

I have had a migraine all week so my goal is to work out everyday .

This weeks work out will be:

20 push ups

2 Burpees

20 normal squats

2 Burpees

20 Russian twists

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

20 push ups

2 Burpees

20 legs together squats

2 Burpees

20 Russian twists

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

20 push ups

2 Burpees

20 pilo squats

2 Burpees

20 Russian twists

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

20 push ups

2 Burpees

20 Sumo squats

2 Burpees

20 Russian twists

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

20 push ups

2 Burpees

20 on your toes squats

2 Burpees

20 Russian twists

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

Yoga!!

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Remember just because you can't do it all at once doesn't don't try. Do it in sets, take breaks as you need them and remember its not a race!!!

What is your favourite Exercise?

Week 7 work out.

Week 7 work out!!

OPPS!!! I forgot to posy a week 6 work out, busy weekend with Blaine Birthday left my brained fried.

This weeks goal to do 100 consecutive sit ups. What is your goal this week?

This weeks work out will be:

20 sit ups

2 Burpees

20 normal squats

2 Burpees

20 reverse crunches

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

20 sit ups

2 Burpees

20 legs together squats

2 Burpees

20 reverse crunches

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

20 sit ups

2 Burpees

20 pilo squats

2 Burpees

20 reverse crunches

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

20 sit ups

2 Burpees

20 sumo squats

2 Burpees

20 reverse crunches

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

20 sit ups

2 Burpees

20 on your toes squats

2 Burpees

20 reverse crunches

2 Burpees

20 jumping jacks

My back still hurts and I made the silly mistake this weekend of doing the monkey bars at the park after Blaine says hey mom can you do the monkey bars, of course I can do my monkey bars. I couldn't move my injured shoulder very well yesterday nor today but I did it.

Yoga!!

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Remember just because you can't do it all at once doesn't don't try. Do it in sets, take breaks as you need them and remember its not a race!!!

What time of day do you work out?

Work out week 5!

Week 5 work out!!

I wasn't a fan of last weeks workout.

I didn't meet my goal of eating lunch everyday but I did walk the dogs everyday, I ate breakfast most days and I jogged Lexi 3 times last week. So hey some improvement. My problem is lack of energy.

This weeks goal is to jog every morning. What is your goal this week?

This weeks work out will be:

20 Squat to boxer knee (Left side)

2 Burpees

20 in and outs

2 Burpees

20 sec plank

2 Burpees

20 Lunges (Left side)

20 Squat to boxer knee (Right side)

2 Burpees

20 in and outs

2 Burpees

20 sec plank

2 Burpees

20 Lunges (Right side)

20 Squat to boxer knee (Left side)

2 Burpees

20 in and out

2 Burpees

20sec plank

2 Burpees

20 Lunges (Left side)

20 Squat to boxer knee (Right side)

2 Burpees

20 in and outs

2 Burpees

20 sec plank

2 Burpees

20 Lunges (Right side)

20 Squat to boxer knee (Left side)

2 Burpees

20 in and outs

2 Burpees

20 sec plank

2 Burpees

20 Lunges (Left side)

The back pain is finally starting to ease up.

Yoga!!

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Remember just because you can't do it all at once doesn't don't try. Do it in sets, take breaks as you need them and remember its not a race!!!

What do you do for energy?

Week 4 work out!

Week 4 work out!!

This week I am going to shake things up a little bit, mainly to keep from getting bored.

I met my goal last week of walking the dogs everyday, I was pretty proud of myself.

This weeks goal is to eat lunch everyday.

This weeks work out will be:

20 Squat to boxer knee (Left side)

2 Burpees

20 Slow leg raises
2 Burpees
20 jumping jacks
2 Burpees
20 Lunges (Left side)

20 Squat to boxer knee (Right side)

2 Burpees

20 Slow leg raises
2 Burpees
20 jumping jacks
2 Burpees
20 Lunges (Right side)

20 Squat to boxer knee (Left side)

2 Burpees

20 Slow leg raises
2 Burpees
20 jumping jacks
2 Burpees
20 Lunges (Left side)

20 Squat to boxer knee (Right side)

2 Burpees

20 Slow leg raises
2 Burpees
20 jumping jacks
2 Burpees
20 Lunges (Right side)

20 Squat to boxer knee (Left side)

2 Burpees

20 Slow leg raises
2 Burpees
20 jumping jacks
2 Burpees
20 Lunges (Left side)

My back is injured still and in a lot of pain even though the ER doctor said it would be fine in a week, I will be seeing my sports doctor again and maybe need x-rays.

This weeks yoga is going to based on back pain again. 

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Remember just because you can't do it all at once doesn't don't try. Do it in sets, take breaks as you need them and remember its not a race!!!

Do you enjoy yoga?

Cardio Kickboxing: July's Challenge

Summer is here, it is hot and everyone already wanted to have their beach body. Well surprise even if you managed to get the body you wanted before summer started you have to maintain it. In spite of all that amazing summer food and drinks that you want to indulge in, you have to keep up with everything just the same as if you were trying to get the body of your dreams.

Congratulations if you got your body, I am almost there but not exactly where I want to be yet.

This months challenges are sit ups and drinking your water!!

Now if I had been posting like I should have been you would have known that each month we have a fitness challenge and a health challenge. You would also know that on the last day of the month you not only have to do the 100 sits up you have to do all the challenges from the months prior.

So far we have had 100 Squats, 100 crunches and now this month it will be 100 sit ups so on the 31st of July everyone will be doing 100 squats, 100 crunches and 100 sit ups as well as the rest of the days cardio kickboxing work out.

We used to do our work outs a tad different but as per the classes liking I changed them around.

What one of my cardio kickboxing classes look like

30 crunches, 20 jumping jacks, 20 bicycle crunches, 30 knee highs, 30 laying toe touches, 30 butt kickers, 20 reverse crunches, 5 jump squats, 30 bicycle crunches, 10 front kicks per side, 15 right side ups, 30 mountain climbers, 20 reverse crunches, 5 burpees, 15 left side ups, 20 jumping jacks, 10 laying leg lifts, :30 seconds jump rope, 15left side plank  knee to elbow, 5 jump squats, 30 crunches, 10 back kicks per side, 15 right side plank knee to elbow, 30 jumping jacks, 40 Russian twists, :40 jump rope.

Now we partner up or shadow box depending on the number of students

Combos 1-4 2 mins
30 Alternating hooks
Combos 1-4 with front kicks 2 mins
30 Alternating Jabs
Combos 1-4 with sit ups 2mins
30 Alternating Knees
Combos 1-4 with knees
30 Alternating upper cuts

30 round house kicks per side.

Switch partners or if you are shadow boxing and would like to run through it again.

Then we finish with yoga
Its new yoga every month and no 2 classes are ever the same!