So September is here and it is often a time of newness and transition for a lot of us and it can be a time many of us can be inspired to try new things. Is this happening to any of you?
Some people at my gym have been trying to get me to try CrossFit. I used to do it years ago and fell in love with it, but it also had its drawbacks. Often times it is TOO metabolic for me and TOO intense. I like to taper down my workouts to keep my appetite at bay and to keep my muscle mass. It is hard for me to maintain the muscle I have. I don't want to burn it off! But I do miss the comradery of the group of people working out together like that and routing each other on. I'm not sure if I am ready for CrossFit in my life again though!
My girls are off to school again next week. My little one is starting Kindergarten. I can hardly believe it! Where does the time go? She seems so little. I will miss her being home with me.
And where did the summer go? I am SO sad to see it end. I love the hot summer nights, the longer days - in New England it gets damn cold and it starts getting dark so damn early.
I feel like I am looking for inspiration right now. I am pretty bored with the fitness world these days.
I just starting following a new page on Facebook called BESTGIRL. Have any of you heard of it? It is filled with a lot of DIY tips and tricks for skin care, nail care, hair care, tooth care, recipes, etc, etc, etc. I am loving it. Check it out and let me know what you think. I am new to this page and could spend all day on here!
Zuzka posted her latest Upper Body & Abs workout and it must be tough because she kept having to take breaks! I need to try some of those exercises on the stability ball that she does. They do look killer. She ends the workout with a ton of stretching as well.
Tomorrow she repeats a high intensity workout, plus has her typical 5 minute workout.
Did any of you watch her VLOG? She goes into when her mom used to beat her? I feel horrible, but I found it also very strange? Didn't she just do a post where she visited her mom? I don't get it. Not sure why she got into all of this with us. It seemed to come out of nowhere?
Zuzka's chat seemed very unprovoked and yeah, odd. Perhaps her visits with her mother were attempts at reconciliation? Wasn't her father an Alcoholic? I think I remember her mentioning that at one time... Maybe...
ReplyDeleteI briefly did crossfit. Hated it. Maybe it was the coach, but I just kept asking myself during the workouts, "why am I doing this?". It wasn't congruent with my goals, but I can certainly see the appeal for others. Coworkers do it and love it.
I wish I had more time for working out. Really struggling lately with working full time and doing a Masters degree. I'm lucky I can walk the dog! Short workouts like Zuzka's could and would work for how strapped for time I am... But I'm not terribly interested! Sigh... Feeling like a blob
Also, I can relate about New England. I'm from the east coast of Canada and I used to get Soooo depressed at the thought of shorter days, bitter cold nights, and all that friggin' snow!
DeleteI live in Australia now.. Lol
I am starting to get depressed thinking of the colder weather. I am wondering if this is why nothing is motivating me too. I just bought a barbell to workout from home (my old one broke) because I know once the bitter coold hits, the dark mornings, and the frigging snow, I won't schlep my ass to the gym. It will be me and my basement!
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ReplyDeleteYes, the fall is coming around here too, but fortunately it´s still pretty warm. And I do like the beginning of fall, however, when it gets colder and colder and darker and darker... well then not so much. =D I always get very sad at the end of summer - I just love the 24/7 daylight. It´s hard to let it go. But, I actually love the spring the most, and that is closer than the next summer! Keeping it positive! =D How early it gets dark there at the moment? Here the twilight comes around nine p.m.
ReplyDeleteI was really sad to hear all of those things from Z, I do wonder why see wanted to share that stuff right now. But maybe it´s a part of her therapy or something. I also do remembet that she has mentioned about his alcoholic father. I´m glad she has climbed over all those obstacles.
I get SO SAD at the end of summer! :(
DeleteI don't get why Z brought all the stuff up. I mean calling your post - "who beat you growing up?" Too much for me.
Thankfully NO ONE beat me. I can't imagine. Poor woman, but again it seems odd and disingenuous the way she went about it? Tying in her new jump rope to the belt her mom used to use? I don't know. It's seems off.
But yes, she has overcome some huge obstacles and made something great out of herself - she is a major role model for women everywhere.
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ReplyDeleteI hate the fact that people can't even do a proper pushup gets nice definition on muscles, lift 1/2as I do and get muscles but I cant. I mean I look better than someone who doesn't workout, But I dont see big round shoulders or vein poppin on my bicep. Well I am vegan so maybe you think I'm protein deficit (D:) but I do get around 60-80 grams if not more. And also people I see building huge muscles and workout light are vegan too. I'm frustrated:( And also tired of not be able to work my legs! this cast makes me so warm on hot summer days too (I don't even know why I am writing this theres no one cares about building muscle so can't talk to them They don't understand!(a typical teenager word)
ReplyDeleteI hoep you get your cast off SOON!!!!! It is harder to get enough protein being vegan, but not impossible. John Berardi from Precision Nutrition did it! http://www.precisionnutrition.com/jb-goes-vegetarian
DeleteI thought Zuzka's comments about her mom were weird too. I mean, sad obviously. I got the impression that what happened was that she made an offhand comment about that jump rope looking like the belt she was beat with, then realized it was blogging gold, and came back to talk more about it. Not trying to sound unsympathetic to her childhood issues, but at this point I also doubt the sincerity of many of Zuzka's posts.
ReplyDeleteI can understand your sentiment about being bored with the fitness world. I like to follow this weight lifter-turned-contortionist called Sofia Venanzetti: http://www.sofivena.com/home. Aside from giving really great fitness advice, she has amazing photos of her contortionism. She started training fairly late (late 20s) but has incredibly flexibility (and is the first to admit it taken incredible dedication and work). There's one post where she talks about how doing too much weight training is actually counterproductive to flexibility progression: http://www.sofivena.com/blog/2013/07/10/training-for-flexibility-while-maintaining-muscle?rq=muscle%20flexibility
Wow! I am going to have to check out more from Sofia! Even if she did start late - she obviously has the genetic propensity for this stuff. Very cool.
DeleteI will check her out also
ReplyDeleteI will check her out also
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