Tomorrow it will be one week since I started with a personal trainer. I'm still sore from last Wednesday. Wowsa! I knew that I needed a swift kick in the ass and I sure got it! I have no doubt in my mind that this is exactly what I needed to get back on track. I'm feeling great!
We have been doing total body workouts and wow! My legs, my arms, my...everything! I just can't say enough. I just really needed this. After this week, I'm gonna go out on my own and hopefully be able to keep training. A few of the things he's having me do (things my body has missed so much) are:
squats, deadlifts, calf raises, triceps triceps triceps, chest and more triceps. Today I did the farmer's carry with, wait for it....35 lb dumbbells. I was shocked that I could do this. Britt knew I could and even though I bitched about it, still made me do the weight AND I DID IT! Sometimes you just get so into your routine or what you remember of past routines that you're afraid, or don't even think, to do something different. THIS is why I hired Britt. He had to get me out of my element. He had to make me uncomfortable. Shock my body. I'm so pleased already with my workouts with him.
Call me crazy, but I can already see a little difference in my core. My legs will come, my arms will tone soon enough, but I can already see it in my core. I can't believe it. Now I just have to stick to it.
Where it's gonna get really tough is now I want to run a half marathon here in October. I'm gonna really have to use my time wisely. I want to be able to keep my strength workouts going, but I'm also going to have to get the miles in. I think it will be hard, but I the last race I trained for was a marathon and the time it takes out of your life to do that it crazy. Luckily, the race is at the end of October, so I will be able to get most, if not all of my running done outside. This is huge because that means I can take my kids in the stroller, even though it will not be good for my time/pace, I will still be able to get the miles in. So let's just see how much more complicated I can make my life!
One thing I need to be more serious about is my nutrition and protein intake. If I'm not careful, my milk supply is going to decrease. I need to make sure I'm getting enough good, whole food in my body so my body can continue down the right track.
I hope to update soon on my progress with my strength training and half marathon training.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Personal Training
Hair stylists don't cut their own hair, wedding planners usually don't plan their own weddings, OBs don't deliver their own babies...
Even though I am a personal trainer, I find it hard to train myself really hard. So I'm thinking of hiring my own personal trainer for a few sessions to try to shock my body to get it back to shape. If I can just get a swift kick in the ass, I think I can find the motivation to continue my training.
I'm also about 95% sure I am going to run the Shawnee half marathon in Harrisburg this fall. Check out their Facebook page here to stay informed of happenings and group training information. I have gone back and forth on whether or not I want to do this. It's just a half and I know I can finish with even minimal training, but
1. I don't want to get hurt and
2. I don't want to run so bad that I felt like I wasted my time.
I have about 3 months to train if I get started next week. It's harder to make time for the runs now and to my surprise, it's not because of having two kids, but because of having a husband who works midnights. I never even thought how this would affect my workouts. I am an evening runner, always have been. But now, even if I wanted to go in the morning before work, I can't do that because he's not home. It's weird having to schedule around that.
Please know that I'm not complaining. My husband's career is very important to both of us. I just really thought "oh, this will be hard getting the girls to bed" or "it will be hard doing supper and bath time". It never dawned on me that I would have to find a new time to workout.
The only time I'm finding now is lunch time. Next week, I'm going to start utilizing my lunch hour to try to get a 45 minute or so workout or run in a few days a week. We'll see how it goes.
As far as my training, I'll keep you all informed of my progress. :)
Even though I am a personal trainer, I find it hard to train myself really hard. So I'm thinking of hiring my own personal trainer for a few sessions to try to shock my body to get it back to shape. If I can just get a swift kick in the ass, I think I can find the motivation to continue my training.
I'm also about 95% sure I am going to run the Shawnee half marathon in Harrisburg this fall. Check out their Facebook page here to stay informed of happenings and group training information. I have gone back and forth on whether or not I want to do this. It's just a half and I know I can finish with even minimal training, but
1. I don't want to get hurt and
2. I don't want to run so bad that I felt like I wasted my time.
I have about 3 months to train if I get started next week. It's harder to make time for the runs now and to my surprise, it's not because of having two kids, but because of having a husband who works midnights. I never even thought how this would affect my workouts. I am an evening runner, always have been. But now, even if I wanted to go in the morning before work, I can't do that because he's not home. It's weird having to schedule around that.
Please know that I'm not complaining. My husband's career is very important to both of us. I just really thought "oh, this will be hard getting the girls to bed" or "it will be hard doing supper and bath time". It never dawned on me that I would have to find a new time to workout.
The only time I'm finding now is lunch time. Next week, I'm going to start utilizing my lunch hour to try to get a 45 minute or so workout or run in a few days a week. We'll see how it goes.
As far as my training, I'll keep you all informed of my progress. :)
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Postpartum Running
I really wanted to blog sooner than this about running after pregnancy, but
1. I just really haven't had time
and
2. I haven't gotten to do exactly what I really wanted to do.
Most people who read my blogs know that I ran throughout my entire pregnancy, both times. This time I felt really really good exercising for the entire 9 months. I taught Pilates for the first 4 months and cycling for 36 weeks. Once again I ran up until the day I had her. I knew that this would help me in many ways especially being pregnant in the winter months this time, it would help not only physically, but emotionally. I'm so glad I was able to do this.
After I had Viv, I really felt great...like really great! We were out an about when she was 2 days old. When she was 10 days old, I felt good enough to go to the gym and get on the elliptical. I knew running probably wasn't the best idea. I was still bleeding, but not bad. At 14 days PP, I decided I could run. I went to the track to jog a bit. It started pelting rain. Must have been a sign. About a week later, I tried again at the track. I made it a few laps before I had to get home to V. Without going into too much detail, you shouldn't run until you have stopped bleeding, no matter how good you feel. Just wait. There is a reason they want you to rest some after birth. Your body can't handle that on top of the trauma it just went though.
At about 4 weeks PP I stopped bleeding and was able to run again (even though I hadn't been to my 6 week check up). Since then I have been running as much as time will allow with a newborn, a 2 1/2 year old and a husband that works nights. :) I'm feeling great. The only thing not going as planned (hahahaha) is the pregnancy weight falling off. After I had Lila, I literally dropped the weight and was back in my clothes by like 8-10 days. Not happening this time. V is 9 weeks old and it's still lingering. This time I am breastfeeding (successfully), so that makes a difference. Some weight tends to stick around for reserve while breastfeeding. I'm about 8 lbs off from where I was when I got pregnant this time. While I'd like to get back to that, I know it's probably not going to happen any time soon. Right now I'm concentrating on healthy eating and just getting in enough exercise to feel good.
I am trying to get more protein in my body to make myself leaner at this weight while still taking in enough calories to keep my milk supply up. From now on, I'll be posting strength workouts and running workouts that I'm trying to do to get my bod back into better shape! :)
1. I just really haven't had time
and
2. I haven't gotten to do exactly what I really wanted to do.
Most people who read my blogs know that I ran throughout my entire pregnancy, both times. This time I felt really really good exercising for the entire 9 months. I taught Pilates for the first 4 months and cycling for 36 weeks. Once again I ran up until the day I had her. I knew that this would help me in many ways especially being pregnant in the winter months this time, it would help not only physically, but emotionally. I'm so glad I was able to do this.
After I had Viv, I really felt great...like really great! We were out an about when she was 2 days old. When she was 10 days old, I felt good enough to go to the gym and get on the elliptical. I knew running probably wasn't the best idea. I was still bleeding, but not bad. At 14 days PP, I decided I could run. I went to the track to jog a bit. It started pelting rain. Must have been a sign. About a week later, I tried again at the track. I made it a few laps before I had to get home to V. Without going into too much detail, you shouldn't run until you have stopped bleeding, no matter how good you feel. Just wait. There is a reason they want you to rest some after birth. Your body can't handle that on top of the trauma it just went though.
At about 4 weeks PP I stopped bleeding and was able to run again (even though I hadn't been to my 6 week check up). Since then I have been running as much as time will allow with a newborn, a 2 1/2 year old and a husband that works nights. :) I'm feeling great. The only thing not going as planned (hahahaha) is the pregnancy weight falling off. After I had Lila, I literally dropped the weight and was back in my clothes by like 8-10 days. Not happening this time. V is 9 weeks old and it's still lingering. This time I am breastfeeding (successfully), so that makes a difference. Some weight tends to stick around for reserve while breastfeeding. I'm about 8 lbs off from where I was when I got pregnant this time. While I'd like to get back to that, I know it's probably not going to happen any time soon. Right now I'm concentrating on healthy eating and just getting in enough exercise to feel good.
I am trying to get more protein in my body to make myself leaner at this weight while still taking in enough calories to keep my milk supply up. From now on, I'll be posting strength workouts and running workouts that I'm trying to do to get my bod back into better shape! :)
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