Day 112 – Week 16 – 16 mins
Ah – back to reality.
We flew in to London to be greeted by rain and a ’short-staffing’ of baggage handlers, which meant a more than two hour wait for our luggage. And I think we were the lucky ones, there were several planes which came in after us who would have had a much longer wait. Welcome to the UK!
Did my usual strength and stretching routine this morning, and it was quite comforting to have all my usual bits and bobs at my disposal – resistance strap, medicine ball etc. Really felt it though, given I have had a week off from these particular exercises.
And then I set to the unpacking, washing and cleaning that needs to be done before my next lot of visitors arrive this afternoon for a week….at least this time we don’t have to sleep in the cellar!
Suzi
Day 105 – Week 15 – 15 mins (13)
I have noticed a niggling in my knee which is worrying me, so I have decided to take the opportunity of being on holiday and staying in an apartment right next to a pool, to adjust my routine somewhat. For the week that I am here, I am going to do my minutes in the pool. It should give me a much needed change in routine and hopefully give whatever is going on with my knee, a bit of a break.
It is roasting hot, here in Spain – around 40 degrees every day. And although, as an Australian, I know it is crazy to go out in the middle of the day, come about 1.00pm, I was desperate to go for a swim. So I did my minutes by doing breastroke for my usual warm up time, and freestyle for the bits when my heart rate should be higher. It was harder than I thought, especially as I had to work around several children in the pool, some of them learning to dive from the sidelines, and cutting across my path unexpectedly.
But – I forgot my stretching. I was so keen to get out of the sun, I raced inside after the swim, and so I can really only claim my 13 minutes for the day. Bugger!
Suzi
Day 95 – Week 14 – 14 mins
So I seem to be sneaking up on the magic 100 day mark – a milestone, most often mentioned 100 days into someone’s political term. Well - I may not be making my way round the world solving people’s political problems as I go like Barack Obama did in his first 100 days – but you know, I’m doing my own thing, in my own way. I’m sure Mr Obama has no problem motivating himself to get up and do his minutes – but I find it a damn hard challenge – and I’m pretty proud of getting this far.
A strength day today – always my favourite – as I get to lie on the floor for some of it. Lunges are still the worst of it, but what girl can give up an exercise which promises such a pert bottom. Bosu tomorrow…you guys must know this routine better than me by now…
Suzi
Day 83 – Week 12 – 12 mins
It was a good morning this morning, and I managed to get my strength minutes out of the way in far better style than the pitiful attempt the other day. Those lunges are still hard work though – can’t imagine ever getting used to them.
I really go through cycles in terms of feeling good and then rubbish about doing this exercise. But I guess the thing is, if you can just make sure you don’t go backwards during the rubbish part of the cycle, then you will hopefully move a few steps forward during the good times. But that is the tough part. You really do need to make yourself do the bare minimum, even when you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, and you don’t feel you are going to achieve anything – because in the end, the cycle will carry on, and in a day or two you will feel better and be able to carry on properly.
Suzi
Day 80 – Week 12 – 12 mins
Am feeling those lunges this morning. I only did a minute’s worth yesterday, but it’s enough to feel them today in those buttock muscles. This is a good thing. I like to feel a little bit of an ache – makes me feel like I’ve done something.
Today, as expected, jumping onto the bosu with both feet really did the job in raising my heart rate. It made me think about jumping. As adults, I don’t think we really ever do it – proper both feet jumping is perhaps something that remains in the realms of kids’ play. Have you tried skipping lately? I used to use a skipping rope all the time as a child – every recess and lunch time at school spent in complicated skipping games with groups of girls – but skipping with both feet together now I’m an adult is really hard! And tiring…
All the more reason to do it I guess – got to stop those kids showing us up….
Suzi
