I've Got The Power

immathinspire:

Here, I’m gonna challenge all of you to jumping jacks!

Approximately 1 calorie is burnt for every two jumping jacks you do.

It will take place over ten days, starting tomorrow! Record your results everyday, like whether you managed to finish it, and how you felt, and whether there were results! Hope to hear from you! <3

I think I can do this.

(via racheliciouss-fns-deactivated20)

I started with “Fit Pump” at 8:30 am today.

And it kicked my ass. Literally. It was an all-over body work out, but I feel it most in my legs, obliques, & tush! I actually busted a sweat.

It was the weirdest feeling. No matter how hard I work, my body has not been able to sweat. The doctor told me this was related to my heart. It pumps somewhat in-effectively at times.

I really feel that all the cardio work I’ve been putting in has had an effect on lowering my heart rate [not by much]. Seriously you’d have no idea I was in shape if I told you about my heart rate.

But I sweat. I sweat a lot. I have serious trouble holding planks for too long, and I’m getting much better at push-ups.

It was basically an all over calisthenics work out that was super intense, instructed by a tiny little woman who is muscle-on-bone, and who gives the best, most effective workouts.

Good news! She is the instructor for my spin class at 9:30!

So for another hour, I let this little mother-of-three torture my body. I’ve never had sore obliques before. But I dominated this spin class, even though I struggled in her earlier class at times.

I felt a deep burn in my inner thighs, obliques, and tush. It was amazing. I almost felt like I was actually sweating the pound-age off my body.

So even though these boot camp-esque, multi workout days are kicking my tush, I know they’re going to be the best thing for me. Especially while I have the time to do them!