Today. Oh today... I did NOT want to move. My smallest didn't sleep much and I was bent over his crib singing song after song for an hour at 3 AM. Nights like those are hard but the day after nights like those are even harder for me! I felt like I was in a daze all day long. Therefore I was not feelin my workout today. I got up and said "Heck NO" to working out. I even got in the shower and everything thinking "Yeah right!" When in the shower a little voice said to me "Erica, if you work out you will feel so much better and have so much more energy!" Usually I am ok with ignoring the voices in my head but I actually listened to the voice today. I got out of the shower, threw up my hair, and put on my workout clothes! My workout may not have been long or super effective, but its more than just burning calories. It is building a habit. When the body is tired and the brain says no, that is when you need to work out the most! It is so hard to overcome those thoughts in your head. "Ill do it tonight", "I am so tired", "I will just eat extra healthy today", or simply "I don't want to move". I overcame all of those thoughts today! And when I was done I felt energized and ready to go! It was such an empowering feeling.
My Workout:
5 Burpees
10 Lunge pulses on each leg - in lunge position, go down like you are doing a normal lunge but stay down and just pulse a little up and down
5 Burpees
15 tricep dips
10 V Push-ups - push up with your butt up in the air so your body is making a V
5 Burpees
20 Belt kicks - squat then kick the right leg up, squat then kick the left leg up
20 Switch kicks - kicking one leg at a time with a little hop in between
5 Burpees
15 Sumo Squats - point your toes outward and then do a normal squats
10 push-ups
Repeat
Abs: 1 minute each
Plank twists - in high plank twist your knees side to side
C-sit plank - sitting on your butt, lean back, and tilt your pelvic bone up
Oblique burners - laying on your back, lift up your head and bend your knees, rotate and try to touch your ankle with your finger tips
Plank shoulder touches - in high plank, lift your right arm and touch your shoulder, then do the left arm
You can youtube all of these exercises if my explanations do not make sense :)
Work out and feel good!
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