"A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can't." Jack Dempsey
"7 Knee Repeaters" Don't mind my little outburst there. That phrase keeps popping in my head after the step aerobics class this evening. This is my third advanced step class and let me just describe my legs during this one hour in three words:
burning, screaming, numb.
That means it's working! I feel like my legs started where they were when I first started running. For the first couple of months this is what they felt like. I spent more time walking than running, but I refused to give up. Now I can run as much as 4 1/2 miles.
My goal for every new class is to give it 10 tries before I decide if I hate it or not. Step and Kick boxing are both painful and don't have my vote yet. HOWEVER, I kind of felt the same about running and now I enjoy it and choose to do it for- fun! These new classes are using new muscles that aren't used to being worked, so I also know I'll see progress in body re-shaping. {grin}
I read something in my email this morning, I think it was either Denise Austin or Jillian Michaels that talked about how motivating it is to go to an exercise class. Everyone in there is sweating and going through pain just like you. It makes you feel like you're not alone. There is such truth to that!
After step this evening, we also went to spin class, followed by forty minutes of weight lifting. We worked on shoulders and back. Now to ice the legs so I can walk tomorrow. {smile}
Stats:
Step Aerobics: Calories-630 Minutes-60 (included 10 minutes of abs)
Spin Class: Miles-20 Calories-600 Minutes-60
Weight lifting: Calories-227 Minutes-40
Total:
Miles-20
Calories-1457
Minutes-160
That means it's working! I feel like my legs started where they were when I first started running. For the first couple of months this is what they felt like. I spent more time walking than running, but I refused to give up. Now I can run as much as 4 1/2 miles.
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. " ~ Confucius
My goal for every new class is to give it 10 tries before I decide if I hate it or not. Step and Kick boxing are both painful and don't have my vote yet. HOWEVER, I kind of felt the same about running and now I enjoy it and choose to do it for- fun! These new classes are using new muscles that aren't used to being worked, so I also know I'll see progress in body re-shaping. {grin}
I read something in my email this morning, I think it was either Denise Austin or Jillian Michaels that talked about how motivating it is to go to an exercise class. Everyone in there is sweating and going through pain just like you. It makes you feel like you're not alone. There is such truth to that!
After step this evening, we also went to spin class, followed by forty minutes of weight lifting. We worked on shoulders and back. Now to ice the legs so I can walk tomorrow. {smile}
Stats:
Step Aerobics: Calories-630 Minutes-60 (included 10 minutes of abs)
Spin Class: Miles-20 Calories-600 Minutes-60
Weight lifting: Calories-227 Minutes-40
Total:
Miles-20
Calories-1457
Minutes-160
2 comments:
I used to love step-aerobics but then our gym got rid of all the step classes and replaced them with things like kick boxing :(
I remember the first time I did a step class I had to go lie down because I almost passed out... lol
great job Hot Mamas! :) i'll never forget the time i took hubby to a step class with me...comical!
a side note, please be careful talking about weight loss, dieting, and using the word "fat" to describe yourself, or cutting yourself down in the presence of little ears. i developed a serious body image disorder and i learned a lot of it from my mom. growing up she was always saying she was fat, had chunky thighs, arms, etc., always on the latest diet, skipping meals, counting calories. the summer before 6th grade i was counting fat grams and having Slim Fast twice a day instead of eating meals.
you might be teaching your children to hate their bodies and you don't even know it.
just be careful, that's all i'm saying.
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