Lower Kettle Bell Work Out Update

Day 18

HOLY HAMSTRINGS!!! Wow, was the kettle bell workout yesterday a tough one! My hamstrings are super sore and the culprit was the one legged dead lifts. Those were super tough and it was a total body workout. In fact, most of the exercises I did yesterday were a total body workout. I think that is my favorite thing about kettle bells. Even though you are targeting a specific muscle group, you are working your entire body.

I was going to go to hot yoga yesterday after my workout, but I just couldn’t make it happen. I worked up quite a sweat with the lower body workout and I could feel the weakness in my muscles, so I decided it probably wasn’t a good idea to overdo it.

Often times I find that my problem is, in fact, over doing it. I wear myself out to the point of exhaustion, and then lose all interest in working out. I need to start listening to my body. I am still at the point where I have to force my workouts, for the most part. I haven’t gotten to the place where I enjoy working out again. I know that it will come so patience is the key.

I know I mentioned this last time with the upper body update, but I love that I can get such a great workout in less than 30 minutes. I usually use lack of time as an excuse for my lack of workout. This can no longer be an excuse when you great options like this in your back pocket.

The great thing is, I can cut this down ever further if I only had 15 minutes to spare. I just need to get in the habit of doing some sort of physical activity every day. Even if that is sit ups during commercials. Working out doesn’t have to be hard, but I find that most people are afraid of working out, because they just don’t know the right way to do it. This will be a discussion for another week, but it’s a revelation that I have.

Other than hot yoga, I have been working out in my home of hitting the pavement for my runs. I mostly do this to avoid the gym. I have a complex that people are looking at me at the gym and judging me as a run on the treadmill or pick up the 5 pound weight for my bicep curls (I have a very week upper body). That is why I so enjoy yoga. They call it practice for a reason. Everyone in the studio is there for themselves. There is no competition and the poses can be modified for all levels of students. I typically try to push for a level above what I am due to my natural completive nature, but I push for myself, not because the person next to me is better. It is a no judgment environment and I love that!

Ok, enough on that. Again, that will be a whole week of blog posts, but I just wanted to get that out there!

Well, that is it for the day. Tomorrow I will give a full update on the previous goals and there is one in particular that I am a little disappointed with, just a little teaser. The good news is, I am back on track so no worries!!