I had a friend recommend a youtube/website called Bikini Body Mommy (link at end) and I spent the weekend checking out her videos and website to get a feel for her. Today was my first workout and I sweated as much in 8 minutes as I did in a 30 minute Beach Body work out.
I honestly can say I already really like the woman running the videos. It was encouraging to be working out along side someone who was huffing and puffing and vocalising how she felt and had to modify as needed, rather than some perfect body wandering around to their helpers and faking their way through the "workout". To quote my friend that recommended it, "she's real".
The exercises may only have been 50 seconds each, but as a fat person they were challenging. Here's my thoughts on each portion.
The chair squats: I did 30 before my knee really started bugging me, even at modified. They weren't horrible, the hardest was remembering to lock my core.
High Knees: I did the modified/slower version of them but still managed to do 62 reps. Again not horrible, looking forward to being able to speed those up.
Pushups: still.fucking.hate.them! I've never been good at pushups and I'm pretty sure I was doing them wrong, though I definitely felt the burn in my arms and shoulders. Still I managed to do 15, not bad for someone with the upper body strength of a 2 year old.
Squat jumps: okay there wasn't any jumping involved. I had flashes to that scene in What's Eating Gilbert Grape where she sits on the couch and all the beams shift, yeah except remove the couch and picture my ass falling through the floor. 21 of those.
Tricep Curls: so that's the one where you do kind of a combination squat and pushup using a chair. Yeah that one didn't happen. One I didn't trust the sturdiness of the chair I was using and I also knew my knee wouldn't take it so I fully admit I chickened out. Luckily I now know a modification for that.
Burpees: You cross fit people that do these all the time? Y'all are crazy. I did 5 and could barely do those. There was definitely no jumping and my pushups were pitiful. Definitely not going to be on that warrior ninja show anytime soon!
Alternating Lunges: by this point I was pushing myself. My knee was killing me and my legs were shaking. It surprised me that I was that tired after only 7 minutes but I also realized that the most working out I've done is ambulating and moving patients at work. I managed 16 though.
Elbow Plank: this one surprised me as I was able to hold the plank for a minute and 7.75 seconds. I thought I would give in sooner than that. My arms and legs were shaking hard by the end of it though.
Overall it wasn't a horrible experience. Unlike previous videos I've tried I didn't feel discouraged by the end of it. The only other one that has left me feeling like that was DDP yoga, but that will have to wait until I have a laptop again.
I can definitely see a good sleep in my future.
P.s. does running away from a giant spider count as a work out? Cause I moved fast and it definitely had my heart pumping.
Bikini Body Mommy site: http://bikinibodymommy.com
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