After my workout I started looking through their current post and saw that they had a 30 day real time challenge starting October 7th. I read the instructions and thought to myself why not, this sounds like it would be really intense but I can do it!
This morning after I drank a small glass of freshly pressed carrot, kale, orange, cucumber juice; set the boys up to be distracted (toys, puzzles, and some learning tv) and begun my workout. 43 minutes later I was exhilarated and pushed harder than I have been in awhile. Towards the end of my workout Lex had gotten restless so I picked him up and used him as a weight. He had fun and I continued my workout. He is nearly 25lbs now at 8 months!!!
As the day progressed, my shoulders, glutes, abs, quads began getting sore and I thought maybe I would do the 30 day challenge every other day. Finally it hit me that being pushed each day for 4 weeks WILL only get me STRONGER. Lisa the creator of the BodyRockTv 30 day challenge pointed out that their will be active rest days, yoga days so I am confident that although I will be pushed to my limits somedays, I will not injure myself.
Likewise I remember that in basic training I was constantly being pushed beyond my limits sometimes and I was fine. The only injury I sustained was spraining my ankle which was because of rucking on uneven terrain. That will not be the case this time as my workouts will be done in my home or the gym.
Running is still a priority for me. This months goal is to slowly get up to running 5 miles for my long run. Currently I am at 3.25. No need to rush increasing my mileage as the half marathon is not until March. Walking is completely permitted as my time on the road increases.
This week I am looking forward to doing a long walk/jog for an hour.
Tomorrow will be an intense 50 minute HIIT workout.
I last ran on Sunday for 25 minutes so Wednesday no matter what the challenge workout is I am running. I can already anticipate the sore body I will have. Sore muscles means stronger body.
If there are any days that I have to miss because those things happen, I know it will be okay.
Ready! Set! Success!
(Adding links and pictures tomorrow)
That sounds awesome. I think the reason i like crossfit is because it didn't take too much of my time and i could feel results everyday. Have fun in your challenge. I can see how it would be even more of a challenge when you have two little ones to chase around.
ReplyDeleteI hope one day to be able regular do crossfit at a box. I love lifting weights so I feel that I would be all about it. I am going to stick with my HIIT challenge right now because I am loving the workouts far more than I thought I would. It really is challenging and athletically empowering.
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