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Monday 1 Jul 2019: Lower body workout

Slept late last night and it’s the first day of school after the June holidays. Decided to change things up and do a random Popsugar workout. This was great as there were cardio, strength and pilates sections (in that order). It was short but I really felt good and sweaty.

#popsugar #lower body workout #exercise

Motivation

I’ve been looking for ways to keep myself motivated to work out since injuring my ankle. I like working out with weights for lower body workouts and I really missed the sense of satisfaction that comes from lifting heavier weights as I get stronger. (I’ll have to start with body weight again when my ankle heals.)

I decided to set myself the goal of doing the 30 days butt lift challenge by Blogilates from February 2015. It’s a sort of daily reminder to move and to at least get some movement in, even if I don’t have a proper workout that day.

I started with Day 13: 10 squats 10 pointed butt lifts 10 fire hydrants 10 heel kicks 5 bridges

#blogilates #butt challenge #motivation #sprained ankle

Recovering from sprained ankle

I’m taking the time to discover the universe of pilates since it has the most ankle-friendly workouts. However, with pilates, I find that I have to up the frequency of workouts to keep fit. It helped that I had an extra half hour, since I did not have to send the kids to school. That’s ending tomorrow though and I hope I persist in exercising daily despite that.

I created an injury-friendly exercise board on Pinterest to take the guesswork out of having to find suitable workouts for the lower body.

#fitness motivation #sprained ankle

Upper body workout and some dancing!

Upper body workout here:

https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/functional-upper-body-workout-for-strength-and-coordination

Dancing aftter (woo-hoo!):

Had to get some cardio in since I can’t clock my daily steps in. Hope I didn’t injure my sprain more with vigorous shaking even while sitting on a chair (modified dancing). Haha!

#dancing awkwardly with sprain #dance workout #upper body workout

Sprained ankle workout

I sprained my ankle walking the boys to school last Wednesday so this is my 5th day with it. It hasn’t been fun but it revealed to me the kindness of the people around me and taught me to slow down and be grateful.

To keep myself motivated and moving, I decided to try out this workout. I think it’s harder than some of my usual workouts and I couldn’t keep up. Obviously my core and some parts of my legs are way too weak!

After working out, I felt my confident about the abilities of my sprained ankle. I had been frightened, to some extent, of even making small twitches to it. Obviously, I should be careful and listen to my body. However, sometimes we limit ourselves without noticing it. I felt better and my ankle felt better too after moving around a bit. I was cautious so I’m confident that I didn’t worsen my injury.

(30 Minute No Impact Total Body Floor Barre For Healing, Strength, and Fitness)

#sprained ankle workout #low impact workout #total body low impact workout #healing slowly #workout to heal

I wanted to choose a light lower body workout so that I won’t die at Ritual Gym tomorrow and on Wednesday. I have no idea why I thought this was light.

#popsugar #popsugar fitness #workout #lower body

Take 30 minutes to build stronger legs while toning your core. The first 20 minutes of this workout are about standing moves, like lunges and squats with

Did this today for a 30-minute lower body workout. It is quite fast paced and can be made more challenging by increasing your own pace or using heavier weights. I liked that the person on the left (behind) showed modifications to make the moves easier if needed.

#popsugar fitness #popsugar #lower body workout

“👊🏼”

While I refer to my fitness goals, I think this applies to goals for anything.

#goals #set some goals and smash them

That’s me!!

Just finished an upper body workout and am now savouring my sugared donut (my fav powder sugar type) and coffee. Heaven!

#food and exercise #fitness #it's okay to eat happy food if you don't overindulge #even if you overindulge #don't hate yourself #just work out harder tomorrow #never give up

Go go go!

#Monday #Beast mode #Monday beast mode

Leg day 45 s HITT - I’m dead!

#monday workout #expectation vs reality #fitness

Work vs. Workout

#it's a struggle #working vs workout

Coffee after workout

I had the weirdest question floating in my head after working out this morning. Is having coffee after working out good for you? Hmm...I considered as I sipped my morning latte and did a quick Google to find out.

Like all important health questions, people can’t quite agree. Some sites claim that it’s terrible for you while others say that it’s not bad for you but if you are looking to maximise the benefits of caffeine then a pre-workout coffee would be better.

I say that a cup after working out probably wouldn’t hurt, but again, as in all things, listen to your body.

Source: https://juleskfitness.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/why-i-drink-coffee-pre-workout/

#coffee after workout

Making time for fitness

There are always so many things to do and I do find myself putting off workout sessions. Sometimes it’s easier, sometimes it’s harder but I try to keep going.

#fitness #fitness motivation #make time for fitness

Core work

Look to the left for what I feel like about my core:

#core work #fitness #fitness humour

It’s Monday, a fresh start

Let’s maintain my record 4 workouts this week!

#work for it #fitness #fitness motivation

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