My, my, it feels like forever since I’ve blogged. It’s definitely not that I haven’t had a million things to talk about; it’s the time it takes to actually do it. Whew.
Things are going really great lately. I’m so happy being Monkey’s mom & we have really fallen into a great groove. Today we started Stroller Fit and while it’s not totally what I thought it would be, it’s fun!
What did I think it would be?
Well, for one thing, I didn’t think it would be very hard. I’m not in the best shape, but I thought that we’d be singing nursery rhymes to our babies while throwing in some jumping jacks. Let’s just say that I was completely wrong.
I guess I should have figured it out while I watched very fit moms getting out of their cars with their babies & strollers in tact… That should have been my first clue. I’m currently a solid size 10 & I was the biggest person there. Everyone else, and I’m not exaggerating, was a size 4 at the most.
(You know that I just wanted to drive away immediately, but I did not.) It’s just not too exciting to be the biggest person in a new exercise group, but I made it just fine.
So Stroller Fit…
We started marching in place. Easy, right? Then we did lunges & push ups while singing our babies the “ABC’s”. Then we ran across the park two times, back & forth, back & forth. (I was starting to fade here. I don’t run & I hate trying to pretend that I’m good at running.)
After running & being completely out of breath while everyone else seemed just fine, we lined up in the middle of the field & did side kicks & squats to the end of the field (it was far away). We did that four times & oh.my.gosh was it hard.
Then we did some arm stuff with resistance bands while singing to our little ones in the strollers. Next it was time for our long run. Ugh. We started running & had to cross the parking lot. I really wanted to take a tiny detour to my car that was parked, but I didn’t want to be that girl. As that thought was running through my head, the instructor said something like, “Y’all are moms. Y’all can do this.”
Oh damn, here I come running away.
After running, doing lunges, squats, side lunges, and more running, it was time for wall squats. Then we did some partner stuff with resistance bands, ran some more, and then did abs.
Stroller Fit was the kind of workout that I will definitely be doing every day that I can, but it’s also the kind of thing that I’ll sort of be dreading because it is hard. I know it will pay off & I love that Monkey will be around me (& other moms) exercising because I like what it teaches him. But, oy, I know I’m going to be sore.
You might also want to read:
- Exercise is my prescription for having a good day
- Mommy instinct – I have it!
- “All moms lie about their children”… Really?!
- Another father-to-be realization: Learning the sex of our baby makes things REAL.
- The Nine Months of Pregnancy Song. Believe it or not, we actually created this. (not sure if we should admit to that!)
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