Okay so it seems like I am coming late to the BBG (Bikini Body Guide) game and apparently I've been missing out on A LOT. Okay, mostly just intensely sore muscles and a fit body (who doesn't want that??). I'm not sure how I found Kayal Itsines on Instagram, but the point is, I did. I was blown away by the transformation pictures she featured of real life women who actually looked like me. I got the "Sweat with Kayla" app but when I realized it was only a 7 day trial, I didn't click "begin" for a few weeks. Flash forward to Monday. I accepted the 7 day trial but didn't actually do anything until yesterday. You guys... my legs... probably haven't been this sore in like 10 years when I had to do lunges around the pool for being late to swim practice in high school. But I am feeling motivated (at the moment) annnd I discovered there are a few people I already know who do it! Bring it on.
I've decided that my BBG journey will be my main focus on here, with smatterings of other parts of my life BUT (I haven't searched for so I don't know if they exist) I would love to read a blog on someone else's BBG journey so I'm just going to do mine. Maybe one day I will get confident enough to post pictures, but that day might be far in the future.
Anyways, I think I'll use this as my accountability place and progress tracker, as well as the place where I share my struggles. I already know food is going to be a struggle. I am not 100% committed to the clean eating part (lover of desserts and dirty diet cokes over here, Sodalicious is my vice) so I know that's something I need to figure out. I am also currently breastfeeding my nearly 6 month old son. I've heard of people struggling with supply issues once they start working out so I will need to monitor that (how you monitor that, I honestly don't know) but since Wesley is getting older and will start eating more solids, it will probably be okay.
So, back to yesterday. Let me first explain how the app works, and how I misunderstood it. Kayla's workouts are high intensity circuits for 7 minutes at a time (15 reps squats > 24 lunges>50 jump ropes>High jumps). You do as many rounds of that sequence as you can in 7 minutes, then you move on to the next circuit (toe touches>burpees>knee pushups>etc. I haven't actually finished a workout and I'll tell you why so I can't even tell you what a real circuit is: insert crying laughing emoji) and do as many rounds of that sequence as you can in 7 minutes, then back to circuit one for 7 minutes, back to circuit two for 7 minutes and you're done!
Here's how I did it: Squats, 15 reps for SEVEN FREAKING MINUTES! I just did not understand the circuit thing and the app doesn't explain it very well so I just kept doing squats over and over again. When I finished the 7 minutes and moved onto the lunges, I literally couldn't do ONE, I even fell over. Side note: Wesley was sitting in his Bumbo watching me and the look on his face when I fell over... true concern from a 5 month old right there. So yeah, I knew I'd be sore today, but maybe if I'd done it right, I might have actually finished the workout and not been utterly completely burned out. Who knows, I will find out next week when I do legs again (if I can at that point!).
So here I am today, wincing in pain every time I get up, sit down (toilets are especially hard because they're so low to the ground!) and stairs... wow... I am supposed to go on a 40 minute walk for my LISS (low intensity steady state) workout today but it looks like it's going to rain - according to the clouds and my weather app. I don't have a gym membership either so treadmills are out... I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do. I just know that continuous movement helps soreness waaayy more than not moving so hopefully I can figure something out.
I'll keep you updated!!
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