Guess it’s time for me to get my act together and get serious about this! I was forced to take a break in my Forming Days routine due to sick kids over the past two weeks (hence the lack of blog updates) however school is back in session (yea!). I’m having trouble getting back on track though. It is so easy to slide back into the old habits of watching TV at night instead of working out. Of eating Wendy’s (seriously? Gross) instead of packing something from home. I have a new app from Nike Training Club on my phone that I’m dying to use. I just need to GET OFF MY ASS!
I did get to a class I really like taking at my gym last Monday even though it’s a complete kick in the ass every time. Strike: “...powered by Everlast. Strike Zone is the latest signature format to be offered at Life Time Fitness. It is an intense, kickboxing-inspired workout, sponsored by Everlast. Challenge yourself with this full-body interval workout that incorporates traditional kickboxing combinations done with optional weighted gloves, controlled weight-bearing movements and athletic drills. This is NOT your typical kickboxing class!” And this isn’t just any Strike Class, its Strike with Holly. Double, triple, quadruple the pain. As I left her class the other day I thought to myself ‘I will not feel like I have accomplished anything fitness-wise until I can get through just ONE of her classes without stopping in the middle’. I may need to talk to her about that though. She may make it so challenging on purpose, so we constantly feel like we have more to work towards. On a positive note, I rarely feel sore the next day so that tells me one of two things: 1) I’m already in awesome shape (HA!) 2) I’m not trying hard enough to be sore the next day. I’m going with #1 J
Anyway, so back to my Training Days schedule. Today my goal is to find a training plan I can work with and physically make a Half Marathon Training board to hang up in my house. Nothing like ‘in your face’ accountability. I’ll have to look at that board everyday and know either ‘Yes I got my miles in for the day’ or’ No I still need to do that!’. I grew up Catholic, nothing like a little guilt motivation to get me going. Haha! I’m thinking that I’ll have to skip running on the weekends, since those are always so screwed up. Stick to training to weekdays where my schedule is more predictable. My kids are almost at an age where if I wanted to go for a run on Saturday morning before they got up I think they would be fine. Especially if my husband were home (sleeping no doubt). Of course this means I can’t be drinking and hanging out at the ball field all night on Fridays….. J
