I belong to a gym. Many people say---be thrifty and work out at home! Play the Wii Fit! Talk a walk! Go for a run! Well, after you hear my story about my at-home work out, you will completely agree with me that my $19.99 a month is money well spent.
Last week was a rough week. I had a hard time getting to the gym (this means I did not go at all), which is sad considering I go at 7:30 in the morning. I was determined to get in some type of physical activity because I was starting to feel like crap. So, I used the work out my friend gave me from Pinterest (yeah Pinterest! If you aren't already addicted, check it out and you soon will be. You can thank me later for showing you another way to suck away hours of your day). This was the best at-home routine! No weights (because I don't have any). No running (because I can't really run down the street while my kids are at home....alone). No sweaty guy next to me stinking up the treadmill! It was perfect.
Well, perfect if you don't have two kids under 4 years old trying to "work out" with you.
First I started with 30 jumping jacks. It's bad enough that I have to do the modified version where you scissor your legs front to back instead of the regular opening your legs and jumping to close your legs. Once you've had three kids, you will be doing the modified version too. Unless you like peeing yourself.
Back to jumping jacks. Thirty of them. Middle Child decided to work out with me. I thought this would be a fun opportunity to show him the importance of physical activity! So, we did jumping jacks....and counted out loud....together. Which is ok, except when he hits 14 it's a free for all of numbers...13, 14, 16, 18, 17, 22, 29, 30! In case you are wondering, it's hard to count with all that jazz going on. Also, it's not very motivating.
Ok, done with my thirty jumping jacks! On to push ups. Not so bad....until Baby Girl decided that was a great opportunity to try to climb on my back and ride the horsey. Oy yoy yoy I'm never going to finish this! I must go faster! Next up, crunches. How can this go wrong? I'm on it. Half way through the crunches I see Baby Girl and Middle Child working as a team, each on one side of a couch pillow carrying it across the room. What are they doing?? Huh. Oh well, crunches. I crunch up and as I go down my head lands on the pillow. Thanks guys. They thought I was resting and needed a pillow. Geez!
After this they get bored and sit on the couch and watch. So much for learning the importance of exercise. Now I'm on to burpees. If you are not familiar with these, you start standing, bend at the waist and put your hands on the ground, jump your feet out into kind of a plank position, jump your feet back in and pop back up to standing. So, burpees. I should have looked behind before I jumped out. I kicked the dog. Don't worry. She is fine. Poor thing never saw me coming.
At least I'm out of breath and working up a sweat. I go through the whole routine almost three times and the Second Grader comes running down the steps screaming "Someone's at the door!!" My workout just wasn't meant to be. So, I just went upstairs and ate some pie. I'm kidding, I didn't eat pie. But, I went upstairs and my neighbor was at the door. She came downstairs to witness me doing the one minute wall sit. I thought I was doing pretty good until the Second Grader jumped in and said, "Hey, I can do that!" He did it for nearly two minutes.....we counted. Show off.
Lesson learned. This week I am going to the gym.
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