Friday, June 28, 2013

Summer Bodies are made in winter! - 28 June 2013


It’s been a very tough last couple of weeks, hectic deadlines and sleepless nights spent working. Naturally with the cold weather I’ve been avoiding the gym like the plague and opting to head straight home and catch up with work into the late night. The juggling act from career woman to Wifey and being the best Mother is always tough. Because of the hectic hours I prioritised spending more time with my son in the evening so he could have his fair share of Mommy time, and this meant cutting out gym, which I easily did.

Just as I had given up on my gym routine I was reminded that summer bodies are made in winter! This meant I had to get back on track and get into my gym routine if I wanted to be in shape by the time summer came. I managed to pack up my gym bag on Monday and put this in my car unfortunately I went the whole week without going to the gym until today! I had decided today was D day as the week had been hectic plus I had indulged in a bit of Phuza Thursday drinks at a corporate dinner and I knew I had packed on the calories and had to do something about it!

I decided to up the ante and do some cardio with some leg and arm weights, these had been gathering dust for some time now so I was quite happy to bring them out. I managed to do a 60 minute cardio work out which included 3 sets of 10 minute jogs on the treadmill alternating the speed at every minute between 5.5 and 9.5 speed levels, managed to burn off an odd 200 kilo-caloriesJ. I then proceeded to do the stepper for 10 minutes and ended the workout with some rowing and it was awesome! My energy levels were back up, finally! I’m determined to keep at it and hopefully by the time summer arrives I’ll be looking the part!!!
 

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