9 years and 6 babies - it's a hard road to get back. The running happens only about 3 times a week and I still can't break a 10 minute mile. I am actually giving up my spot in the Wasatch Back relay to my 15 year old nephew. It's not that I can't face the challenge but I'm just choosing to be wise in how hard I push myself. But the idea of the relay was enough to get me back on the road to fitness.
To add to the fitness challenge I can't get through sit-ups, push-ups or stretching without at least 2 kids crawling all over me. Paul just laughs and says it adds resistance.
Even more amusing though is me trying to do yoga with the 3 littlest ones crawling around. My surroundings are far from the zen landscapes on the instruction videos, the instructors themselves look like robots perfectly sculpted, not a hair out of place smoothly moving from position to position without the slightest grimace. Meanwhile there is me kicking toys out the way as I stretch to downward dog and then attempt to hold tree pose with a 2 year old clinging to the one standing leg. I'm suppose to be slowly exhaling but instead I just start cracking up and ask myself why I even try.
I totally understand. I have done yoga and usually can't get through downward dog without one of the kids crawling under. The thing that the kids love the best lately is the excercise ball - I have a hard time using it when they are around because they always steal it and try tricks with it.
ReplyDeleteBut I guess its ok as long as you are still getting a workout - and if your kids see you doing this it will teach them the importance of staying strong and healthy!
Another obstacle at our house- every time I try to do push ups, one of our cats crawls under me. When I push her away, she comes right back. A little off the subject- remember Conference Cat Weekend? Wht ever happened to that cat?
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. Having to give orders to the kids while on the elliptical trainer can really make the workout harder, but it also makes me really mad. It totally kills the adrenaline high.
ReplyDeleteI really don't know how you do it all. You are the true super woman.
I feel this pain too! I've succumbed to a movie per day for the kids to watch (they're zombies that way) to get me through a workout. Otherwise, since I usually do kickboxing, I have a no-kid zone and they have to stay in the kitchen with a project or they'll potentially get hurt! It IS a great example. I catch my kids "exercising" in ways I wouldn't have thought of, but it is contagious...
ReplyDeleteGood luck! You'll find a way!
Great work Al! Yes, I can't exercize when Lily is awake. Phillip does o.k. and runs in circles while I run on the treadmill. (at least when I used to run). ha! Can you imagine doing an exercise family enrichment? We would be totally outnumbered by kids!
ReplyDeleteYou should never trade that happiness on your face from your kids crawling on you for a 9 minute mile.
ReplyDeleteoops...that last comment was from me (Carrie)
ReplyDeleteAl, This was just the post I needed to read this morning. I, too, have decided it is time to get back on the horse with exercise. I looked better 10 months after Ben was born than I do now...time to get serious. My problem, however, is the dog. She can't figure out what I'm doing, so she is constantly crawling under me licking my face as I do push-ups and sits thisclose to me as I do sit-ups. Can't help but laugh. I'm doing a 30-day shred and have committed to myself that I'll get it done. Let's motivate each other!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I think you look great. You are slender and everything is in place!
Caryn