My gym buddy and I have been hitting the gym pretty hard this semester. We've always gone, but this year we've been pushing ourselves quite a bit.
I'm going to give an overview of what a typically week looks like for me as far as activity.
Sunday
Most Sundays are a day of rest for me. I usually take a nap after church and stay pretty lazy for the rest of the day. But lately, we have been meeting up with friends of ours (who have 2 dogs) and taking the dogs on a walk. This past week we did some trail walking/hiking. There were a couple of different trails to choose from (i.e., 1.5M, 3M, 5M, 15M, etc). I told them I didn't want to do the 1.5M because that wasn't long enough. So we thought we would do the 3M. But, someone apparently did not look at the map because an hour later we are starting to lose sun and no where near the end of the trail. So Reub pops out his i.phone and directs us back. We ended up walking the dogs for like an 1 h and 40 mins. This wasn't too taxing for me because we were just walking, but I still was sweating and burning some calories. Great way to spend our Sunday afternoon/evening!
Monday
I've been taking a class on Monday nights at 6pm called "Body Tone." Basically, it is a toning class. We use free weights, a body bar, or the bands. We usually do a full workout of legs, arms/shoulders/chest, and some core. I used to HATE toning exercises (I, typically, prefer cardio), but I love the instructor and I'm really starting to enjoy feeling sore... weird, I know. I started the C-2-5K (couch to 5K) program up again. We are on week 6 this week. So on Monday, we ran before class. It was jog for 5 mins, walk 3 mins, jog for 8 mins, walk for 3 mins, jog for 5 mins. I typically like to run before we take a class because by the time the class is over... I'm EXHAUSTED and STARVING!!! That's me like everyday when I leave the gym.
Tuesday
This week my workout buddy had a meeting that ran late, so we weren't able to get to the gym early enough to run before our class called "Power Kick." Power kick is basically half kickboxing and half body tone. It's a new class at the gym and I am LOVIN' it! Anyways, typically we run BEFORE class, but last night we had to run afterwards. Wowowow, it was tough, but I am happy to say we did it. Last nights run was 10 min jog, 3 min walk, 10 min jog. We may have been passed by the speed walkers, but our goal was to jog (even if it was slow). We are going for endurance NOT speed.
Wednesday
Not much to say here. Wednesday nights I go to weight watchers, so I don't work out. Like almost EVER. Sometimes Rarely Reub and I will take Bells for a walk... Next week my gym buddy and I start boot camp though, which is 3 days a week, and one of those 3 days is Wed morning at 6 am. So my routine is about to change up....
Thursday
We run again BEFORE class. This week is a straight 25 min run... Then I leave the gym and head to church for "Faith N Fitness" with my church gals. And my gym buddy goes to hot yoga. Faith N Fitness is... awesome. no seriously, it is a-w-e-s-o-m-e. There are ~5 people that go. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Our instructor is a good friend of mine who is certified to teach a bunch of different classes. Lately, we mostly have been doing a kickboxing class. But sometimes we do circuits (which are really, REALLY challenging) or she has this other aerobic routine that kicks my butt (lots of high knee runs!). And sometimes we do hallelujah push ups. Those KILL. A whole song devoted to push ups. Thankfully, none of us can do "real" push ups, but even doing the girl push ups still hurt. Anyways, I always look forward to Thursdays because it's girl time.
Friday
Friday's we hit the gym hard. We start with a 25 min "Abs N Back" class at 5pm. Then we run for 30 mins (or do the C-2-5K for 30 mins, which has some walking :) ). Then we do a "Step" class at 6pm. We always joke on Fridays that we aren't messing around - we make every second of those 2 hours count! I don't usually get home till about 7:30 on Fridays, which sucks. Kind of messes with our social calendar a little bit. But whatever. Working out is something I do for me, so if we have an event that night either I'm going sweaty from the gym or with hair wet because I've just taking a shower or they will just have to wait till 8:30 so that I can primp. But, I always feel really good after I worked out, so it makes it all worth it. This week I'm headed out of town, so I'll be lucky if I can fit that run in. Let alone Step.
Saturday
Typically, this is like a Sunday for me. And actually, I am motivated even less to workout on Saturday than I am on Sunday. Probably because I'm still trying to recover from my 2 hour work out on Friday :). Or at least that is what I am going to keep telling myself. But again, boot camp starts up next week for me and one of the days is Saturday, so I will be working out every Sat at 10 am for the next 6 weeks. Oh joy.
I do have to admit that there is NO WAY in the WORLD that I would ever be able to do this without my support team. AKA my gym buddy (sometimes, buddies). Working out requires so much discipline and motivation. It is all worth it in the end, but sometimes you need a little accountability just to get to the gym.
I am no way perfect or completely disciplined alllll the time. So yes, we have those days that neither of us want to go and we'd rather get a mocha or go shopping. But when there is 2 of you (or 3), you have to all want that. And my gym buddy and I are both a little proud and a little stubborn, so neither one of us are going to be the one to pipe up and say something, so maybe once a month (maybe not even) we skip the gym. But if I was by myself, I would be skipping more like once a week.
So there it is ladies. What does everybody else like to do for activity?
