KJ Eastwick
Slightly crazy writer and passionate educator for those who struggle
47. Plank Hell day
This regular exercise (with no work to distract me) is pretty good. My mindset has changed quite markedly. Today, I decided that I would do some treadmill walking/jogging so I could walk at a decent incline, then I would do some weights and include tricep dips. It’s important to be well rounded with exercise and I am noticing some changes. I have no idea why as it is the food that impacts your weight the most and I haven’t been watching what I eat other than trying to avoid snacking through boredom. But I want to be well rounded and weight-bearing exercises are just as important as cardio. Some say you lose more with doing weights because your metabolism keeps working for you after you have completed the exercise. I don’t care – I just want to be a 90-year-old kayaker.
I got up later today – but I also got to bed later so it all evens out – and headed up to the gym. My keycard didn’t work. It didn’t work on any of the locks which is odd because it worked the other day. I headed back to the apartment disgruntled. My child is cooking me breakfast and I know it won’t be good for my physical health (mental health maybe – we all need a treat occasionally). When I was stressed from work I would have to take this as an indication not to exercise. Today I did not. I did this killer full body weight and fat burning YouTube clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fK0VnI3DLg
This program was a definite challenge for me and to surprise myself there was jumping involved and I did do the jumping. The difference to yesterday is that that there was only one jumping exercise – squat jumps. No star jumps – thank goodness. I liked it. There were roughly 5 minutes of exercises, repeated on the legs, the same on the arms and then the core – damn planks! Still, no warm-up or cool down and no explanation of the exercises however I had a better attitude because I could handle the jumping at the start.
Also, some of the activities I had done before so it wasn’t completely new and there were exercises that I liked (before I started). Supermans used to be one of my favourites – I didn’t realise how many variations you can do. I am going to be sore tomorrow 😊.
I finished off the program (sweat pouring off me) with 20 minutes of yoga. I felt very relaxed afterwards as I normally do from yoga. It is a stretch for me during yoga (pun intended 😊). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5DdpC1gNs This was a very good program because it was all standing (I was a bit sick of the carpet). Everything seemed gentle enough however I felt like I had worked out at the end of it.
Pretty happy with my effort today – tomorrow I will surely feel it.
2 Comments on “47. Plank Hell day”
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I have a standard yoga/pilates workout I do every other day (alternating with weight training); cardio is the one thing I’m really weak on. I need to change things up, I think (I’m not pushing myself as hard as I probably should). I’m going to check out those video. Thanks! (And keep up the good work!)
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No problems. I need to keep the variety up as well.
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