First of all - sorry for being MIA and not posting much. My kids started school this week and I am working more hours so I've been CRAZED.
But honestly, not much has inspired me to post these days. BOR-RING! I am bored with workouts these days, with Zuzka, over BR.TV and I subscribe to a half a dozen other blogs and FB pages, but nothing has caught my eyes these days. Notta.
I'm still doing the Strong By Bret program - and that's all I need to motivate myself, but I just like to read and watch and learn from other places online, and nothing is appealing to me.
You can follow Bret on Instagram and see some of the workouts we do. They are tough.
I was considering CrossFit, but many of their workouts are just WAY too metabolic or me. I much, much prefer strength, especially being an ectomorph. My gym's Crossfit is going to be starting an Olympic Lifting class soon, and that I will definitely try.
I don't really know what keeps me motivated in these RUT times to keep working out.
I like the way the exercise may me feel - it is my medicine in life! I get a 'runner's high' from working out, so I definitely need it. I'm just not getting the same 'brain high' these days from anything I'm seeing.
I also like the results I am getting from working out, and I've come too far to let it go. I'm not afraid to be in a bathing suit or shorts, and I appreciate what my body can do.
Besides, no one wants to be around me when I'm not working out. It helps me manage stress and not be such a cranky old woman! LOL.
I'm going to be working on pull-ups, deadlifts, lunges and handstands this morning. You?
Gosh, you sound like me. i have to workout even if i am not motivated as i do not feel the same throughout the day if i don't. it is that high that i love and it sets my mood. Even if it is very short such as at my son's apartment on his porch one day, at least it was something for my mood. Where i am different though, is i am not an ecodomorph. i need the metabolic stuff. i crave that feeling plus i put on weight easily. i wish i was naturally thin, but i am not. i am a newbie at taking and posting pictures at 48 years old! ha ha, but since i began that 20x20 challenge with Jillfit, i have posted on instagram. it is my full name. maybe you can tell what body type i am. i went ahead and signed up for the TotalTrainingExperience as i also needed something to keep me motivated and not bored anymore. I also love the workouts. i am alterating between them and Zgym right now. Just not sure what the best is for me right now. Also, i am loving flexibility and have been practicing Easyflexibility.com stuff. just love it! Btw, i am enjoying the upperbody Abs inferno and the handstand practice. I am going to take pictures and see if i progress. i like accountability like that and one specific program to focus on. i almost quit the zgym but i will not as of now until, at least until that program is over. i will check out Bret's instagram
ReplyDeleteI'm 46 and still working on my body. Never ending!
DeleteI like following a program too. It helps not to have to think on your own what to do each time.
I used to crave the metabolic sweaty workouts, but now they leave me wanting more for my muscles. I like the heavier weight lifting stuff right now.
Too much metabolic stuff makes me look like a 12 yr old boy. LOL.
Here is a body type calculator for you:
http://www.superskinnyme.com/body_type_calculator.html
I understand what you are saying. Metabolic effect has these metcon workouts now that i access thru wodify.com. they are written with video section on form. Before there actual metabolic workout , they are having you do heavy lifting on a body part such as either deadlift or squats or presses etc. I am thinking about trying this. I have 2 barbell plus smith machine at home but no squat rack. I know some frown on smith machines but it is what I have. If I get the hang of changing weights and figuring out the best weight, i might really enjoy it.
Deletefocus on one or couple of things if you lost motivation to do full workout or if don't know what to do. just run on treatdmill all out.sweat it out without thinking that you suppose to train shoulders instead or this or it doesn't build muscle. if you want to deadlifts right now don't push yourself to do squats and other leg focused but boring things. just load up the bar and lift. don't think. then move on. put on music(not popular pop songs) but a good music, then just move without thinking. losing motivation won't be an issue for me if my feet gets better and I don't have to sit on my butt put on fat and melt 3/4 of my leg muscles. I feel like chicken. my legs so tiny but same time they are jiggly(?)and big. pancake butt. pff. I'm getting depressed I think. I'm running and jumping in my dreams but when I wake up I just lie down more because I cant.. walk. A broken bone is no joke and if you still got 2 feet, then just go and be active. motivation makes you start, habit keeps you going
ReplyDeleteI love to work out so I´m pretty much always motivated. However, there was a time when I lost all the interest completely. I cut down my work outs, I exercised maybe three times/week and I was only trying to keep my strength. At some point I got my motivation back, and eventually I began to increase my work outs again. Yeah, sure sometimes, even these days, I don´t always want to work out, but I try to be very creative with my work outs and scheduling, which helps a lot. I don´t think I could be a regular Z-Gym member - I need much more variety that that. But luckily, like I already said, I do love to work out, so I don´t have motivation problems that often. =D
ReplyDeleteYou are not old!! And you look really good.
Irene, what are the variety of workouts you do
DeleteTo me variety means playing around the structure of the workout. I mean it can be ANYTHING. I use different kind of intervals, reps, pyramids, super sets, adding up style, spontanious, you name it, and it also can be a combination of these things. And I prefer split routines, but now and then I do full body routines. I mostly like longer workouts than Z´s - most of the time her workouts are too much cardio (for me) and not enough strength. And yes, of course, sometimes I do Z´s workout, or someone else´s ready workout. (Loving Fit <3 <3 <3!!!) =D But I do like to plan my own workouts most of the time. =D
DeleteThanks for replying. Lovingfit is good and i like jade teta;s stuff. The MEtcon on wodify he has has some good stuff that i like to modify for myself. Sometimes i do alot of Z's stuff and sometimes not.
DeleteKris Gethin launched a brandnew app these days for free. 12 week daily trainer Kris Gethin Hardcore. In January 2017 starts a new challenge on youtube.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not motivated I visit bodybuilding.com or vk.com: Two very interesting communities HiitDirty + NoExcuses with thousends of videos all still for free.
Please have a look at Ernestine Shepherd on youtube. Great lady.
At least I'm still waiting the first person will take zuzka to court. I would get pain from all the wrong exercises.
BR is now daily presented. I can't see the vest propaganda anymore. I take a rucksack and fill it with several rice packages. But Lisa is marvelous. She doesn't make any mistakes and got a lot of variations.
Oh, I forgot the Buff Dudes on youtube. They are very funny.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Germany
I'm sorry, my English is so cruel.
Dana Linn Baily is lifting heavy weights. She motivates me mostly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the comments! I will check them all out. :)
DeleteDana Linn Baily? Really??
ReplyDeleteOf course. She trains minimium six days a week. I am slim-skinny like Lisa. I "pray" for bulking muscles.
DeleteI guess whatever motivates you. But I bet she has a dick by now.
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DeleteJen Heward has a fitness-oriented channel on YouTube, and she did the following workout in one of recent videos, if not most recent video:
ReplyDelete45/15 (intermediate/advanced) or 30/45 (beginners), 4x through
1. bicep curl + deadlift
2. touch down jack w/ single arm upright row (5 reps each side, switch, repeat)
3. mountain climbers with resistance band
4. one armed burpee with single arm front raise
5. wide legged single arm cross kettlebell swing/raise (5 reps each side, switch, repeat)
6. hammer curl, bicep curl, bent over lateral raise (repeat)
7. step up w/ stationary squat w/ resistance band (10 reps each side, switch, repeat)
Description by me, but watch her video for demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-eXzJ7v1vA
She doesn't always upload workouts but when she does, I write them down to do later. :)
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ReplyDeletekaisa keranen is one of my all time fav. Renee leito is great.I also follow Hanh Tiny Get Fit, Pauline Nodine, Antoniette Pacheco, Ashley horner
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