I've been slightly stagnant in my work outs lately. I'm finding it hard to find motivation. I think the second you fall out of love with the journey is the second you start to give up. There are super discouraging moments where I feel impatient and annoyed. Last week was a rough week emotionally and I think it took a harder toll on me than I anticipated.
Trying to stay in the positive margin of hey, I hit 30 pounds lost yesterday. Instead of I skipped the gym 3 days in a row.
So I'm trying to jump back into a groove and thought I'd give one of these 30 day challenges a go.
It's not super intense - supported through buzzfeed - and it focuses on weight training 3 days a week and high intensity cardio 1 day a week. So it'll fit into my schedule for the most part.
I worked yesterday and went out after so today is really day 1. Even though it's not Monday.
I have a hard time grasping the validity of these challenges because they're often misleading and accompany some kind of cost. But this one is free. And I don't really have anything to lose other than more weight. So. Here goes.
On the agenda today - focus on arms
Circuit 1 -
8 weighted squats 20lb weight
8 bent rows 20lb weight (8 per side)
8 side lunge 20lb weight (8 per side)
10 laying bench presses 20lb weight
30 seconds elbow plank (I modified this to an elbow plank on my knees because I'm not good enough at regular planking yet to pull this off)
60 second rest
Repeat circuit 1 five times resting 60 seconds between each circuit.
Circuit 2
10 standing overhead presses 20lb weight
10 standing bicep curls 10lb weight (couldn't do 10 with a 20lb weight - YET)
10 laying tricep presses 10lb weight
60 second rest
Repeat circuit 2 three times resting 60 seconds between each circuit.
I completed this in about 40 minutes because I had to stop to look at the form on some of these a few times to make sure I was doing it right.
Surprised by how good of a work out it really is. Now off to catch up on chores and enjoy the sunshine.
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