I started my day off with another smoothie yesterday. I just can’t seem to wake myself up early enough to make anything much more elaborate than that. I did boil eggs on Sunday to have a fast breakfast the rest of the week. The good news is, this morning I was able to get up and eat two hard boiled eggs and two slices of turkey bacon. I also splurged slightly and got a triple grande skinny vanilla latte (oops)!
I got kettle bell exercise in and boy was it interesting. For starters, I recommend that if you have a cat named Skeeter who likes to be involved in everything you do, lock him up if you plan on being on the floor or using the kettle bell. As you can see, he wanted in on all the action!
Anyway, overall the work out was great and pretty tough. I need to go purchase a lighter weight kettle bell for some exercises due to my strength not being up to the 15 pound mark. The windmill in particular was too difficult for 15 pounds. I was able to get one set on each arm before I had to change to my 5 pound free weight. The 15 pounds was putting too much pressure on my shoulder and I was a little worried that it was going to just pop out (at least that’s what it felt like)! The great thing about kettle bell exercises is that most of them can be done with free weights as well. The grip might be a little different, but the same muscles are being used.
Today I am feeling a little soreness in my lower back muscles, which is awesome!! That is the love handle/muffin top area that I don’t necessarily have as a major concern at the moment, but it’s something I want to prevent!
By the end of the work out I was pretty sweaty which, again is a good thing. With only six exercises I felt that I could really focus on each one and make sure I am going them correctly and still get it all done in 30 minutes or less. Time is valuable, so the fact that you can get a great strength training work out in such a short time is nice.
I also went to hot yoga last night which just calms and relaxes me.
Overall, it was a great day and I felt really good with what I accomplished. By doing the exercises I ate healthy and actually enjoyed it. Hopefully I can keep this up!!
Tomorrow I will give the run down on lower body exercises using the kettle bell.
Have a great “healthy” day everyone!!
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