Baby Steps, Baby Steps

24Jan10

Week 3 went much better than the week before, thank goodness.  I’m still not getting it together as much as I would like, but I guess we can’t go from crawling to running a marathon in a couple of weeks!  I have done some sort of physical activity every day this week, though, even if it was only for a few minutes, which is a good start.

I’ve started a little mini-project within this whole fitness thing: every day I have been doing a certain number of push-ups and squats.  I started on Tuesday with ten of each and have been increasing a little each day.  These are two of my favorite exercises, not in terms of “wow! I LOVE doing push-ups!” or anything, but in the fact that they are so effective.  Push-ups, obviously, are amazing for your upper body but they are fantastic all-over body exercises too.  Trust me, even my abs and back are feeling the work happening there.  And then, of course, squats do wonders for your legs and butt, and who can say no to that?

So if you’re looking for a little extra oomph in your fitness regime I recommend you try a few push-ups and squats each day.  Just see how many you can do (although really watch out with those squats, they can be deceiving.  I once actually forgot how to walk, they made me so sore).  I have added on one push-up each day and 2-5 squats depending on how I’m feeling.

The best thing about these push-ups and squats is that I’ve even been able to get my boyfriend off the couch to bust out a few.  Now, this is a man who firmly believes that he gets enough physical activity at work (which, yes, I’m sure he gets quite a bit of movement going since he works on golf courses), so I’m feeling pretty proud of that small success.  A little fitness peer pressure never did anyone any harm, right?

What do you do when you want to boost your activity a little during the week?  Even better, what do you do when it’s been rainy and cold and you just want to snuggle up on the couch?!

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