1. One thing that surprised me about myself this week was:
It surprised me this week that I had an easier time doing the workouts in week 5! (For anyone reading this that isn't familiar with the way BBG works you respect the same workout week 1 & 3, 2 & 4, etc. So this workout was the same as week 5 which I remember flying through it with a little more ease. I was talking to my neighbor who got me started on BBG this week and I mentioned when I do BBG 1.0 for the second round I want to track how many times I do each round each week so I can monitor my progressions. Immediately after I said that I backtracked and sad I wasn't sure though- because you need to give yourself some leeway in fitness for a bad nights sleep- an off day- etc. Some people can go super intense about their training and that's awesome! But I think I'm comfortable staying where I am for right now where some days are better than others and just making sure I'm bringing my all to every workout and giving my best day to day which will differ for sure.
2. The #1 thing that made me happy this week was:
I got my husband to do the BBG resistance workouts with me!! THRILLED! We've never really worked out together other than here or there causally before so this is awesome for us. We both get our own personal live in accountability partner- ha! We went for a run together last Saturday and he noticed a huge difference in my stamina since starting BBG. Normally he smokes me in runs and I have the hardest time keeping up with him. For the first time ever I was actually having to slow down for him! That was his "ah-ha" moment in seeing how amazing the BBG guides are so he agreed to give them a try with me and he's hooked! I have him do the second circuit and I do the first circuit so we're not competing with each other so much and lapping each other- more just going through it together.
3. Something that didn't go as planned this week was:
Ever since starting BBG I evaluate my workout at the end of each day to have an honest inner dialogue with myself on my performance. I find that this helps me push myself farther than I've been able to in the past. One could defiently say that I'm a very routine oriented OCD person. I look at each workout and get a gameplan for it before I start (how heavy weights I'm going to use- where I'll perform each exercise in my home gym, etc). For Monday's resistance session I started doing the weighted step ups with a 24lb weighted bar as I have been for a few weeks now. About halfway through the step ups I thought to myself- up it to 15lb Dumbbells in each hand- and I did! I struggled through the rest of the reps in proper form. This was so unplanned for me and such a huge step because it's so important to be able to step outside of your confront zone and push yourself. This has been something I've been working on since I've started BBG and hope to continue to make more strides in throughout my workouts not just as a reflection when they're over for my next workout.
4. My toughest hurdle this week was:
Since my husband joined me for the workouts most of my workouts were done with him after our son went to bed. We tried one in the am but it was just too hard keeping track of our son and workin out so its just easier if one of us isn't free to monitor our 9 month old for us both to do the workouts at night. I dragged through the night workouts compared to the am ones for sure. One night I spent 4 hours trying to get my son down and finished the workout after 10 pm (which is super late for me lol I'm normally in bed by 9)! Although I much prefer working out in the am it's a small price to pay for getting to share this experience with my husband. Knowing we're both putting our fitness and health first by taking time each day to workout together makes me so happy.
5. What I want to remember this week was:
This week was the week of the March Philly BBG meet up. I went to the meet up last month and had an awesome time! Came home so pumped to be a part of such an awesome community and told myself I would take time each month to participate In each meetup to keep my fire lit and keep my motivation high. This month it just seems like every second of our weekends are jam packed - as much as I wanted to go to the meetup I found myself making tons of excuses and telling myself I should really just sit this one out (it's about a 45 minute commute into the city each way so it's like 3 hours of my day away from my son). The night before the meeting at 9pm I started thinking about how the meetup was the next day- as easy as it would be to sit this one out I told myself what I tell moms all the time"you're a better mom and wife if you take time out for yourself every once in a while". So that's exactly what I did! I took the "me" time to go to the meetup and felt the same amazing energy and rejuvenation I felt from last month's. I'm so happy I pushed myself and attended the meetup- I truly feel the past two meet ups and the amazing BBG community I'm a part of on Instagram have been every bit of difference in my success with this program as opposed to things I've tried in the past.
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