Day 7
Timer on…
Well, I’ve been at this for a whole week, officially…I started earlier, as I said in my first post, but I wasn’t working out with a “workout diary”, as they are called, so…it’s been a week, since I stopped being a hypocrite and I was requiring myself to reflect on the work that I am doing and the purpose of it. I guess the process of learning needs to have the same discipline: purpose/grit, work, consistency, and then reflection. Without all three, you will lose inspiration and, thus, you won’t learn…
Today I did a brief search of wedding workouts and saw one that one should start 6 months out…I thought, “Oh goodness, I was supposed to start this six months ago, well, that would have been impossible because I was very much in the heat of rehearsals for RAGTIME and teaching an overload, so…it wasn’t going to happen. However, I felt a little better when I looked at the workouts and realized they are written for people who don’t normally work out, and are not “freakishly strong”, as I have been told that I am. They don’t even expect you to be able to do a push-up. Most boys that I used to teach P.E. to couldn’t do push-ups as well as I can, so…I thought…I’ve just lacked the discipline to have a “consistent” workout to see results in the body that I do have. I (also) felt better because I launched a 38 Day Yoga series 8 months before the wedding and that preceded my intense rehearsals of RAGTIME, so…essentially, I went into rehearsals disciplined and “in shape”; I just lost three months of consistent workouts. I can (also) be alleviated of my “six month guilt” by the fact that I would meet with my NACL buddy, Tannis, and workout, at least once a week in a physical theater workout, and sometimes three times a week (the others including stilt walking and singing), so…not a complete loss… Lastly, my musical theater class typically had a dance day on Wednesdays, and I was teaching them for an hour and twenty minutes in some aerobic dance. Like I said, I wasn’t a sloth for the past three months….just not consistent, and if you want results, you have to be consistent…
I skipped ahead to the 2 months out section because as of today, I am two months away from the wedding. The workout is broken down into 2 week increments and it asks you to do it (at least) three times a week. The funny thing is that it doesn’t change for the next two months, but, I guess, it can based on what “target area” you decide to do. The workout is not hard. It asks you to do 40 minutes of cardio, 3 sets of (only) 15 crunches, 3 sets of 15 push-ups (and they only expect you to do girl versions), 3 sets of 15 squats, 3 sets of 15 bicep curls, 3 sets of 15 tricep curls, 3 sets of 15 chest presses, and then 3 sets of 15 of whatever target area you want. I did more than 15 for all of these except the push-ups and squats, but I did “boy” push-ups and I don’t think I should really do more than 15 squats because my butt is already too big…and muscular, so…I should limit it to what the workout says to do. I (also) added a yoga pose in between each set because I hate just “resting”; I get bored, so…I “rested” in a yoga pose. I decided to focus on my abs. I don’t have bad “abs”, but I want them more toned. I did a series I have had for 4 years and I did the whole thing; not just 3 sets of 15.
For the aerobic exercise at the beginning I did a samba workout that was on my Amazon Prime. It was fun. I have learned the samba moves in dance, but I’ve never done them for a workout…
The timer is out, so…until tomorrow…
Timer on…
Well, I’ve been at this for a whole week, officially…I started earlier, as I said in my first post, but I wasn’t working out with a “workout diary”, as they are called, so…it’s been a week, since I stopped being a hypocrite and I was requiring myself to reflect on the work that I am doing and the purpose of it. I guess the process of learning needs to have the same discipline: purpose/grit, work, consistency, and then reflection. Without all three, you will lose inspiration and, thus, you won’t learn…
Today I did a brief search of wedding workouts and saw one that one should start 6 months out…I thought, “Oh goodness, I was supposed to start this six months ago, well, that would have been impossible because I was very much in the heat of rehearsals for RAGTIME and teaching an overload, so…it wasn’t going to happen. However, I felt a little better when I looked at the workouts and realized they are written for people who don’t normally work out, and are not “freakishly strong”, as I have been told that I am. They don’t even expect you to be able to do a push-up. Most boys that I used to teach P.E. to couldn’t do push-ups as well as I can, so…I thought…I’ve just lacked the discipline to have a “consistent” workout to see results in the body that I do have. I (also) felt better because I launched a 38 Day Yoga series 8 months before the wedding and that preceded my intense rehearsals of RAGTIME, so…essentially, I went into rehearsals disciplined and “in shape”; I just lost three months of consistent workouts. I can (also) be alleviated of my “six month guilt” by the fact that I would meet with my NACL buddy, Tannis, and workout, at least once a week in a physical theater workout, and sometimes three times a week (the others including stilt walking and singing), so…not a complete loss… Lastly, my musical theater class typically had a dance day on Wednesdays, and I was teaching them for an hour and twenty minutes in some aerobic dance. Like I said, I wasn’t a sloth for the past three months….just not consistent, and if you want results, you have to be consistent…
I skipped ahead to the 2 months out section because as of today, I am two months away from the wedding. The workout is broken down into 2 week increments and it asks you to do it (at least) three times a week. The funny thing is that it doesn’t change for the next two months, but, I guess, it can based on what “target area” you decide to do. The workout is not hard. It asks you to do 40 minutes of cardio, 3 sets of (only) 15 crunches, 3 sets of 15 push-ups (and they only expect you to do girl versions), 3 sets of 15 squats, 3 sets of 15 bicep curls, 3 sets of 15 tricep curls, 3 sets of 15 chest presses, and then 3 sets of 15 of whatever target area you want. I did more than 15 for all of these except the push-ups and squats, but I did “boy” push-ups and I don’t think I should really do more than 15 squats because my butt is already too big…and muscular, so…I should limit it to what the workout says to do. I (also) added a yoga pose in between each set because I hate just “resting”; I get bored, so…I “rested” in a yoga pose. I decided to focus on my abs. I don’t have bad “abs”, but I want them more toned. I did a series I have had for 4 years and I did the whole thing; not just 3 sets of 15.
For the aerobic exercise at the beginning I did a samba workout that was on my Amazon Prime. It was fun. I have learned the samba moves in dance, but I’ve never done them for a workout…
The timer is out, so…until tomorrow…
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