Since the break-in at our home last week, I have begun looking for a martial arts course to try and help keep myself safe - plus, it's a wicked good workout. Doing Body Combat has shown me that I like boxing and other forms of martial arts, and it has sculpted my shoulders, stomach, and whittled my waistline. After spending an hour or so at the gym with Lauren a few weeks back, I found I also wanted to look more into weight lifting. My dad has also mentioned wanting to get back into working out, and I decided to kill two birds with one stone - he has a ton of equipment in his basement that I could use for free, and by working out with him, it keeps us both accountable. Genius! He works out twice a week - Mondays are upper body, Thursdays are lower body. Once I find a karate class, I can fit that in as well, and use the off days for yoga or pilates - a working stretch of sorts to keep the soreness to a minimum. We start tonight, and our first session together is this evening. I also plan to start getting my lunch break walks in again, especially while the weather is nice. I'm so excited!
For those that read this and think "Oh goodness, she's going to be all muscle-y and bulk up!" Think again. If I went hardcore with drugs to help, then maybe. But this is to gain strength and slim down. I'm already slim, I can already rock 90% of the outfits in my closet, but this is to rock my bare skin. Plus, this should help me get back into shape after baby in a few years. Lauren gave me a taste of weight training a few weeks ago, and now I'm hooked. The fact that I have a free gym and an awesome workout buddy available to me also helps, and I know when dad can't workout for some reason, I can always count on Lauren to let me tag along and help spot.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled Thursday. I gotta go refill my water cup.
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