{"id":6437,"date":"2011-03-09T01:34:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T07:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=6437"},"modified":"2011-03-09T01:36:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T07:36:56","slug":"cycling-and-exercise-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/cycling-and-exercise-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling and Exercise Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just thought I’d give y’all an update after my misery-filled post from Sunday.<\/p>\n

After my not-so-stunning ride<\/a> on Sunday, I have jumped back into gear. For real.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0 Monday I rode around the neighborhood for about 45 minutes, just to get a bit of saddle time. I will admit that it took a good five minutes for me to put any weight on my bottom on that bicycle seat. YOWZA. It hurt. It still hurts a bit. But I had to do it. I think most of training is just getting your bottom used to sitting on that seat for so long!<\/p>\n

Also, back when I jumped into the hot yoga thing<\/a> in January, my dear friend who told me all about express hot yoga but never took a class with me although she was supposed to be my accountability partner, started singing the praises of KettleWorx<\/a> and the kettleball workout. Last week, when we returned from Dubai<\/a>, I asked her if she was still going strong with the kettlebell thing and she said she was. So I jumped in and ordered the workout set and vowed to do it three times a week. (Each workout is only 20 minutes!)<\/p>\n

My Kettleworx package arrived Monday evening.<\/p>\n

I gave the first workout a try this morning. And yes, it was really only 20 minutes and yes, it was a tough workout that left me challenged and energized.<\/p>\n

At first I was thinking “Oh, this is fantastic! I love this! I am going to pack my kettlebell for our spring break trip and for the Disney Social Media Moms trip. I\u00a0 can do this!”<\/p>\n

Then I started to get tired and my thoughts turned more toward this: “Push-ups? What?! I don’t know if I like this.” And, “Oh my gosh, I can’t hold my arms out any longer.”<\/p>\n

But then I started thinking that I can<\/em> workout hard for 20 minutes knowing that it will yield results if I stick it out<\/em>. And I just kept going, listening to the instructions, watching and going, going, going. And I am so glad I did. I want to see results. And I am only going to see results if I put in the effort.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Hmmm…\u00a0 Does any of this sound like my Bible in 90 Days pep talks? If you want to finish, you have to stick to it!)<\/p>\n

So I am going to stick to it.<\/p>\n

Sure, I could put it off in the name of just getting my cycling self ready. But why wait?<\/p>\n

Here’s the plan for now until the week before the MS 150:<\/p>\n