Summer Challenge Day 2

Today has been a good day, but a bit more chaotic! I got up this morning and enjoyed a bowl of rice cereal with almonds in almond milk. Packed the cooler for the YMCA...it seems like we have to pack half of the house now to go to the gym, between my workouts and pool time we are there for 4-6 hours! It takes a lot to get ready to go!

We made it out the door by 9am and I did my first kick boxing class! I enjoyed this class. I used to kick box so this was more in my comfort zone. It was challenging, but fun. Definitely a good workout that I can feel tonight.

After class, I grabbed a greek yogurt with pomegranite and headed to the weight room. Today was a lower body workout.
Squats
Set 1: 40lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 50lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 60lbs 12 reps
Leg Press
Set 1: 190lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 190lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 190lbs 12 reps
Walking Lunges
Set 1: 20lbs 24 reps
Set 2: 20lbs 24 reps
Set 3: 20lbs 24 reps
Calve Press
Set 1: 190lbs 20 reps
Set 2: 190lbs 20 reps
Set 3: 190lbs 20 reps
Leg Curls
Set 1: 30lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 35lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 40lbs 12 reps
Leg Extensions
Set 1: 35lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 35lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 35lbs 12 reps

After weights, I picked up my 5 year old and headed to the pool. I got about 30 minutes of swimming and 2 hours of playing in the pool. I would get her to swimm after me, then she would sit on my lap as I hopped in the water all the way back to the other side or end...it was like weighted squates in the water.

Food at the pool included lunch...a roast beef sandwich with swiss on all natural wheat berry bread, oh topped with tomatoe and avacado. On the side was freeze dried veggies, grapes, and green tea.

We headed home in time for mommy to go cycling this evening. I rode 8 miles in 35 minutes...I really enjoyed this, a good workout, but it was relaxing to me...the breeze in my face and the sun on my back...

I came back home and made angus hotdogs for the kids, served on whole wheat buns. I took a turkey breast I grilled yesterday and cut it in half and ate it like a hotdog on a whole wheat bun and we had all natural veggie straws with this....hey it is summer and hotdogs are an American fav...trying to keep my kiddos on board without totally throwin clean eating out the window..

After dinner, my 5 year old, my 14 year old and tow of the youth from my youth group and I did 30 minutes of yoga! Now I amr eady for a warm bath, a good book...make that a school book and my bed!

Tomorrow my best friend is going to join me for her first Zumba class!

What I am learning, there are many ways to enjoy fitness. While I love running, my body enjoys moving in many ways and I feel like it needed this change up in activity and I needed it mentally to feel refreshed in what I am doing. I look forward to my next class, my next workout and that includes my next run...but instead of running be my all in fitness, it is just a part of my fitness routine!