Monday, March 31, 2008

This is only the first day!?!

My alarm went off at 4:45 this morning and I wanted to hit snooze, but I climbed out of bed, changed and left for my workout. I tried not to think about it too much or I think I would have turned the car around and head back home to bed! I got there and we started the workout....It was more intense and I was pushed more than anything I have ever done! Even the warm up was tough! Brent asked me when I got home if they went easy on us for the first day, yeah right, I wish. You just jump right into it and give it a 10, is what they say. I was already sore from saturday, but now...my arms hurt, my stomach hurts and the worst is my calves from acting like I am jump roping and doing the "boxer jump". And it will only get worse before it gets better, What am I doing?!?!
I knew I was out of shape, but I thought "I am a mother of 3, I am moving most of the day and picking up a 20lb baby all day, really how difficult is this"! They showed me. I know a lot of parents are the type that like to say, "Go get that for me" just because we don't want to or we are busy, well I have really tried to stop that the last couple of weeks, thinking I am staying up on my feet more and moving, but after all this, I think this weekend they will need to wait on the hand and foot!
No, after it is all said and done, I know I will feel better and it will be worth it. Right now I still feel that calm, relaxed, but weak feeling after you have a good workout. Which is not so bad.
I will let you know how the rest of the week goes. (If I am able to lift my body up off the couch!)

Orientation

So saturday was the orientation for the kickboxing. I got there a little before 8:00am and checked in, had my picture taken, met my coach and some team members. Then I had myself weighed and body fat determined and measured around the arms, legs, waist and bust and a stretch test. Then I did a step test, this was for 4 minutes, we just stepped up onto a step stool, one foot up then the other foot up, then down and down. Not to bad. Then they pep talked us, showed us a few moves and talked a little about what to expect. We then did sit-ups and push-ups, each for a minute. I was surprised how sore I was after just a minute of each! Then we went outside and ran mile. My time was 12:42. I was thinking it would take me around 20min! I will inprove by the end, I am determined. I did actually jog the last half of the mile, so I am proud of myself for at least jogging that much. I am still debating whether or not to post my weight, measuremens and all. Maybe I will post it at the 5 week mark and hopefully see some improvement!