Monday Workout: TRX

We’re playing with the TRX this week, which means that we get core work with every single exercise!  Woot!  Do two or three rounds, depending on your time and energy!

1 min cardio
atomic oblique pushup	20	mid calf
side plank with rotation	20	mid calf
sprinter start with hop	20	long
chest press deep angle	20	long
1 leg squat with hop	20	mid length
kneeling roll out	20	mid calf
TY deltoid fly	20	mid length
back row, deep angle	20	short
hamstring curl	20	mid calf

Yep. I really hate Valentine's Day. But I love exercise.

Tomorrow is the official Hallmark Holiday For Capitalist Celebration of Smug Romance and Conspicuous Candle Consumption (can you tell I love V-Day a lot???).  Being countercultural like I am, I’m in the mood to write a list of ten exercises and/or pieces of equipment I love more than roses, chocolate, and bad verse.

1.     Squats.  They’re my favorite because they work everything.

2.     Spin bikes.  Also known as mood-enhancers.

3.     Regular bikes.  Like spin bikes, but bonus points for OUTSIDE!

4.     Mermaid on the Pilates reformer.  It unsquishes everything that gets squished when I have to sit for a long time.

5.     Swimming.  Cardio AND chlorine aromatherapy together!

6.     Pushups.  Arms, chest, and core, working together.

7.     Stability balls.  Everything is more fun with a giant ball.

8.     Foam rollers and yoga tune-up balls.  Unless I manage to acquire the kind of life where I get a massage every day, I will remain addicted to these.

9.     Downward dog.  It’s calming, lengthening, and strengthening, all at once!

10.  Supine arm twist.  It facilitates breathing and only takes 30 seconds.

Hug your sweetie or your sweet self and have a lovely day!

Captain Obvious to the Rescue!

I’m going to be Captain Obvious today.  I’m not sorry.  Sometimes we get so caught up in all the minutiae of our workouts that we forget a basic principle:  we get better at what we practice.

That means we have to do the stuff we are not yet good at.  Say, for example, that we want to improve our balance.  First we have to wobble around standing on one foot.  Then there’s the other (harder) foot.  We finally master that and… oh no!... now we need to try with our eyes closed, or we need to play catch on one foot.

I’m not saying we don’t get to stop and appreciate that we have achieved something.  Hooray for us!  And now, let’s tackle the next step on our journey because we’re not going to get there without working on it.