Strength Training

Strength training has been something I’ve avoided for a few weeks, which is probably one of the main reasons why I’m stuck at 64kg.

There’s no real reason I avoid it I just find it a bit boring and somehow hoped my muscle’s would develop with my cardio work. However I have now realized that strength training and weight’s should be and are an important part of fitness and weight loss.So I’ve dug out the 2kg hand weights and with the help of exercisetv.tv  workouts today I did a 40minute strength session.

Exercisetv.tv has great free length full workouts I love trying before buying it’s great, today’s workout was ” Make me over 40min workout” with Steve Maresca.   Steve also used a medicine ball but I didn’t have one so used 1 of my weights instead. I enjoyed this workout, a mix of arms’s and legs at once which meant my heart rate stayed up there.  Lot’s of squats and lunges combined with row’s and lifts and then some floor work for abs and the three girls he had doing the workout with him were from some weight loss tv show and were real women, not the stick thin fit lean toned girls usually on these workouts.  Not that I mind them they give me inspiration but it was great to see real women doing the workout.

So thanks to Steve and his 40minute strength workout I’m now feeling exhausted and my muscles have that nice “I’ve worked hard burn” which is good.

So the daily goal’s of  exercising, getting something productive around the house and updating the blog are progressing well (I am only two days in but so far so good)  and I may even go to yoga this afternoon to top the day off.  I really enjoy Bikram and while it burns 700cal’s a class I find it more of a relaxation/time out than a workout.

I’ve decided strength training needs to be a part of my weekly routine and to do at least 2 sessions a week to start with.  Now I just have to keep to the plan and work myself up to enjoying strength training, I think I’ll keep looking for at home weight training idea’s to make sure boredom does not set in.  Anyone have any idea’s?

xox

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