Recent Workouts

I did quite a bit better with workouts this week than I have in the past…

Monday, I did my regular pilates reformer small group with Ellie.  After spending the previous weekend at my first pilates reformer training (18 hours between actual reformer time and lecture), it was nice to participate in group with a deeper understanding of the exercises.  I also practiced and taught my regular Monday afternoon Bodystep class.

Tuesday – my only workout was teaching Bodystep but I plan to remedy that next week.

Wednesday was another rest day because by back was hurting after sleeping wrong.  I’ve been working on adjusting my posture for the last few weeks and now I can really tell when something is off and my postural muscles are overly tight.  I did get some relief by spending some time on the foam roller and tennis ball – I cannot let that priority slip!

Thursday – I was feeling so much better so I did and hour of cardio split between the stairmill and the spin bike as I reviewed choreography for Bodypump.  I finished the day teaching my weekly Bodypump class.

Friday – I miscalculated my time and didn’t have enough time to workout as I wanted to but I did get to swim for about 25 minutes.  My endurance still needs a lot of work but I can tell I’m sloooowly getting better.  My swim workout was to start a length every minute on the 30s mark.  I can still only swim 1 length before resting so that worked perfectly.  When I got too tired to keep going with freestyle, I’d switch to kickboard, backstroke, or breast stroke.  My goal has always been to swim for exercises, by which I meant swimming continuous laps, but honestly my swimming only one length at a time is definitly a workout for me at the moment so I’ll just keep plugging away.

My goals for the next 3 months are to really prioritize my own fitness instead of slacking and letting the classes I teach being the only exercise I get – I know I can do better.   I scheduled workout session and classes into my calendar that I intend to stick to and not schedule over.  I’m excited to get back to a fitness level I can be really proud of.

Additionally, I’ll be spending the next month practicing teaching reformer before I start offering personal and group reformer sessions as part of my personal training.  I offered free reformer sessions to my clients and gym staff and got a whole bunch of takers – this will be a very busy month – but I love reformer and I think pilates is sooo beneficial for everyone so I’m very excited to share it.

My planned workouts this week: fitness fusion or water ex, bodypump or strength challenge, small group with Adam, my own cardio/weight circuit (I’ll post after I’ve done it), and swimming – of course I’ll still be teaching step and pump and taking my regular pilates and exotic dance classes.  It might seem like a lot but my body has become too accustomed to my regular workouts (step and pump) so I need to mix it up.  We’ll see if this plan is too much and I will be flexible based on how my body is feeling.  I’m excited!!