I Really Suck - Part Two

And we're back! I'm really excited for today's post because I'm writing the first InMotion class spotlight on Kyser Blakely's Body Blast class. I realize I have a lot to write, so unfortunately I'm extending the "I Really Suck" posts to three instead of two. This post will include the WOW, my embarrassing moment, and fact that I learned. Next post has two interviews!!

Workout of the Week

I love this workout!! Definitely breaks a sweat.

Most embarrassing moment of my weak (pun intended) in fitness

I seriously encourage you to go take Kyser's class. I have never worked out so intensively in my life as I do in that forty-five minutes. That being said, his class makes me feel like a weakling. I sweat, huffed, and puffed my way through the workout quite successfully until I had to stop suddenly. My head was pounding, my chest had tightened, and my vision was so bright that I had to squint in order to see clearly. It only took me a second to realize I was about to faint, luckily I sat down in time to avoid too much humiliation. Even as his most puny student, Kyser reacted like a rockstar to my embarrassing incident and had me join back in as soon as I felt better.

Something I learned this week:

Although a lot of people who do Yoga have AMAZING bodies, yoga alone is not a sufficient workout. It's a great warm-up or cool-down and a fantastic way to stretch, but you gotta do some cardio to get the heart rate up.


See you soon!!
-Kc

I Really Suck - Part One

I've got a lot to say, and today it's not entirely fitness related, so this is going to be a two-part segment continued in my next post. I'm just gonna start by saying: I suck. I really suck at posting consistently, I suck at doing the right kind of exercise, I also suck at making it to the InMotion class I said I'd attend. But hey, I guess that's the goal here right? To improve my fitness motivation and consistency through trial and error and by sticking to a schedule. The problem is that I've never been good at schedules. Sometimes I'll get organized and write out a plan for my week, or even my day, but somehow I never do things in the right order and I often find myself breaking my own rules. So screw my rules. As long as my focus remains the same, I say rules shmools. If I want to take a different InMotion class I'll do it. Which is exactly what I did on Saturday.

You see, college students quickly learn the importance of prioritizing, here's a positive example of a student prioritizing: 

It's "Thirsty Thursday", it's also the day before Bob's bio chemistry midterm. Even though Bob would love to go out and get his drank on, he decides to stay home and study. Bob aces his test.Yay!

For most students, that scenario might play out something more like this:

Listens to thirty minute podcast of bio chem lecture while getting ready and feels good about it. Proceeds to go out and party until forgets own name, wakes up the next morning on a couch. Gets to class, forgot scantron, misses thirty minutes of test time and fails midterm.

When it comes to prioritizing, sometimes the "right choice" isn't so clear. Last week I had to choose between writing an essay and going to the Rec for yoga and a workout. Writing a paper is stressful and yoga would definitely help me focus, however, the paper has a definite due date while I can do yoga anytime. I chose the paper, which I later realized made me break my word to my readers. So instead, I went to Saturday morning "Body Blast" taught by my friend Kyser Blakely. I have two words to sum up this class: ass kicking. In the spirit of my non-existant Yoga class, here's a great video I used as a substitute:

Workout of the Week

Click here :)

Side-note: In my post last week I closed with the clue "What does a dyslexic cow say?" about the class I planned to attend. Well that didn't work out so well but here's the answer anyway:

The embarrassing moment and something I learned segment will be in Part 2 of this post. Since I don't have anymore restrictive rules to force me into motivation, I'm kicking off my new screw the rules mentality with a section called motivate me. Every time you see the word "motivate" as a link, click for a motivational picture or phrase. That's all for now,  Body Blast is Tuesday night at 6:15, maybe I'll see you there!!

-KC