I suppose it could be the running I did yesterday. But I suspect it was the ice skating. While I don't have actual visible bruises on my lower shins, when I press the area that the skates hit at the top of the laces - wow. Pain. Plus I'm sore along the top of my foot all the way up to my shins, my hamstrings are t-i-g-h-t and my core?! Well, who knew that you need core stabilizers to hold yourself upright while balancing on ice skates! I feel it deep in my abs and obliques. Almost like after CX-Worx! All told, my body is hurting and that made for a tough BodyPump class today. I went a bit lighter on squats, but man oh man! Again, I had muscle failure at the end! And it really irks me that on Sunday's it seems to be that the air flow is non existent. Jason came in during class to open the back door and let a cross breeze in. Proud that I finished lunges, bottom halves and all, without falling over and in shoulders I did the entire first set of push ups on my toes again and the last set, almost half. I'm getting there.
Alexander had a soccer game at DeAnza college today and Cassie didn't want to go, so I took this chance to get some studying done in the hour before the game and at half time. This is what I got accomplished - read the entire study guide, and the first two chapters, which is merely the intro- the real meat begins in chapter 3. I also tabbed out the sections in the text that the study guide recommends in order to pace the lessons and it also gives an assignment to do at the end of each study session. Surprisingly, although it sucks to be reading any kind of text book again, I found the information so far really interesting.
One point that stuck out for me: in the past the recommendation was to perform moderate exercise for 30 minutes a day. Studies now show that in order to lose and maintain weight, closer to 2 hours is recommended. Wow. I suppose if you are totally sedentary, 30 minutes is a great start to get up and get moving, but to hear that in order to really lose and maintain your weight you need much more than that? It can be ovewhelming to hear that if you are obese and struggle with real life responsibilities, families, work, etc. But the reality is if you don't put yourself at the top of the priority list, nothing will change. You have to be committed to the benefits that exercise and a healthy lifestyle will give you, how it will improve your quality of life and your overall wellness. It's not easy to plan, to figure out how to make it all work. But I did it. It can be done. You have to want it, to commit to it, to realize you are worth it.
When I began on my journey, and I was doing BodyPump three times a week for an hour, it wasn't until I added Body Combat for that additional hour of cardio that things sped up and started to change. How much exercise was I doing? 2 hours, three times a week. There you go. It was not daily, but it was three days coupled with changes in my diet that made the weight loss dramatic.
Although I'm nervous about studying for the next two months, I'm a bit excited at taking my knowledge base to another level. Maybe I can use what I learn to really help someone on an individual level. This exam prepares and qualifies me to teach in a group fitness setting but the information I will learn will hopefully be beneficial to individual participants as well.
Tomorrow is my last subbing job in Daly City for Madds. It was a great run with a fun group, but I'm ready to have my Monday's back. Amanda and I will start running again this Wednesday and hopefully do Monday's and Wednesday's. My heels were bugging me a bit today but not bad. I still need to deal with them.
Monday. Sigh. I'm not ready.
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