Today was another 6:30am wake-up call to ensure I did my exercises in the morning - and at all. Because frankly, if I wait until after a long day at work, it ain't happenin'! So, today's session lasted 10 mins and consisted of:
- 20 situps
- 25 crunches
- 8 leg raises
- 20-sec plank
- 10 mountain climbers
- 20-sec wall-sit.
The situps are hard - torturous even - but doable. The wonderful thing about these challenges is, according to the website, you don't have to do everything at once. You can break it up over the course of the day and still reap the same benefits. So I don't mind that I take breaks every 5 or 6 situps. It's been a long time and I have a lot of work to do! The crunches were pretty easy, though I'm sure that will rapidly change. Already my leg raises today were better than yesterday's, so I think there's hope for them.
The plank is rough. I don't know how I'm going to survive this next round of 30-secs. And it's not even really the ab part that's difficult, it's the arms! Having to support my weight. Looks like I'll be breaking those up too. The burpees had to go. I was all kinds of uncomfortable doing those day one. And the great thing about mountain climbers in you have to do both legs for it to count as 1 rep, so I feel like I'm definitely getting the same benefit, if not more. But I was already looking for excuses not to do them, so when mom said they were bad for your back...that was enough for me. Wall-sits might kill me. Which I find so strange, considering I walk around, carrying my body weight all day. But I guess that works different muscles.
Day 2 and I'm feeling good. Even treated myself to a piece of toast with a little Nutella. The breakfast of champions. That's it for now, but my goals are still in sight, and if I stick with this I think I'll see some awesome results. So come on, join me! #fancyfabulousfierce #fasttracktofitness
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