Workout #34
38:100
I had the idea to write about this for almost two weeks. And here I am finally doing it.
In my journey to accomplishing 100 workouts I knew that there would be a few mountains and a lot of molehills. For example, as I write this, I am potentially going to be dealing with a knee injury thanks to an accident I had with my boyfriend on the couch, lol. (I feel like most athlete-type fitness fans ALWAYS hurt themselves; doing nothing, at any given moment.) On this day in particular, the day of workout #34, it was an interesting day. Read on for more...
It was a normal day. Like any other day. And I originally planned on doing my workout that morning before heading in to work. Alarm goes off and as I began to rise, my inner voice says: "OR...Or...you could sleep IN. Huh? Huh?" *nudge nudge* I say to myself.. "Girl! You right!" and pull the covers back over my body and close my eyes to enjoy an extra hour of sleep. I go to work and am complaining in my mind all day about how much I don't want to do this workout when I get home. (I'm actually working on my inner voice through meditation over the past week and a half. More details soon.) So I get home from work and chill, eat dinner, watch t.v. (I never watch t.v.--I was desperate for a distraction.), and I lie there. Just staring at my ceiling. Knowing that my laptop was calling.
I am kinda doing the Barre 3 #ALLin challenge. Barre 3, to me, is the most amazing barre method in the whole entire universe. *Vera from Harlem Nights voice* To kick off the year they are doing a five-week fitness challenge. Since I am doing Soul Cycle and Studio Lagree, I am not doing five classes a week as planned and I'm not eating every meal in the cookbook either because cost. Because I live with another human. Because I don't want to cook every day of the week since we split the cooking responsibilities. (I like a snatched waist. I also like living life.) Unfortunately, Chicago does not host a Barre 3 barre studio within its city limits. Very unfortunate. The great thing is that the studio does online classes that you can subscribe to and do in your own living room. They're SO good.
So I'm chilling on my couch. T.V. blaring in the background. Scrolling on Instagram. And I finally shout in my head: Get up! Get it done! You guys. 15 minutes in to the workout I was feeling so strong and the sweat was really starting to build. 45 minutes into it, I was verbally exclaiming that I was glad I got up and did it. By the hour mark I'd decided to add the triumph to my Insta Stories and not until then did I realize that it was 10:30PM. I cleaned up and scurried to bed, but I learned a few valuable lessons on this day.
1. Some of that negative self-talk at work was that "I was going to fail horribly at my goal of 100 workouts." That "I had missed so many by now and I knew that it would come to this"... Wrong! I was actually coming off of the appropriate amount of rest days and was/am still on track to reach my goal.
2. Just do it. (Self explanatory. Thanks Nike.)
3. Keeping perspective when the odds seem stacked against you is vital.
4. Calm TF down.
5. Self-scanning will help break through the wall more quickly. Seriously. Understanding where the "stop" is and why it's happening. Taking a few moments to think about it will save you a few hours or days.
So here's to the next 59 workouts (Lord willing) and here's to you and whatever journey that you are on for yourself. Woo!
Melissa
