I'm happy to report we've made it through the first week and we're still standing! (Granted, we're standing a bit like the old man from Up, but we're standing!)
The whole process reminds me a little bit of my first days of the 21 Day Fix a year and a half ago. Those feelings of I'll never be able to take another step and soreness in places you didn't even know you could feel soreness are familiar to me. I know it will be okay and I'll eventually get stronger. But my goodness! The beginning is no joke.
I knew before I went in that I can't do pushups (even modified ones) correctly, and now I'm learning I can't do Burpees correctly either. And being corrected in front of a group of people is not my favorite thing. In fact, it got to me so much once this week that I cried right in the middle of the workout. Newsflash! You can't work out hard and melt down at the same time. I heard the instructor ask Ryan if I was having an asthma attack. Nope! Just a meltdown. Those happen.
My one saving grace in all of this is that it's hard for Ryan too. As fit as he is, it's not an easy workout for him either.
We take many extra naps, we hobble a bit, and there's the unmistakable scent of BioFreeze wafting through the house. But we made it through week one!
Here's the thing: I don't love it, and I probably never will. I'm not one of those people who thrives on a hard workout and buckets of sweat. I don't love sitting on a towel all the way home to keep the car seat stink free. Some people find their passion in this sort of thing, but I'm not some people.
I'll still be the girl who thrives on pounding out thousands of words every day rather than pounding out thousands of steps on the pavement. But it's a good discipline for me, and I know it's good for me even when it doesn't feel good.
Meanwhile, if you need me, you'll find me guzzling water over here:
6 comments:
You got this!!!
Congrats on the first week!
Congrats on your first week! And big props to you for expanding your comfort zone. It sounds like your muscles aren't the only things being stretched and strengthened!
Mark Lowry's Neice said he looks like the old man on Up😀 . I would just die in class so you are doing great.
Tamar and Maria - Thank you! I'm trying!
Jenni - Boy now isn't THAT the truth. Much stretching of the heart and character!!!
Odie - Yes! I had never thought of that before he said that, but he DOES!!! And the jury is still out on whether or not I will die in class!
Way to go you for continuing to keep at it! You got this Bekah!
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