Thoughts on Fitness: Part 4

I actually intended to post this blog yesterday, but my server crashed unexpectedly (doesn’t it always happen like that?). So, today it is! I’ve been thinking long and hard about why I want to continue with my fitness journey (other than the obvious reason of vanity)…. And I’ve come up with a sort-of list. I must say that I was inspired by Carrie Rezabek (she is the genius behind Pure Barre), who makes lists each year for her birthday. The lists are things that she wants to accomplish in the next year, which I thought was genius. Since my birthday is in January (and EVERYONE makes lists in January), I decided to make an anniversary list. Ish and my anniversary was yesterday, so I am celebrating by making my own list of goals for the upcoming year. The first thing on my list is to add more flexibility training to my routine. I used to spend hours (yup, hours) stretching, and it felt SO good. I miss that. And yes, my barre workouts do include a nice stretch after each exercise, but it’s not the same. SO, I’ve decided to add Essentrics Sports: Flexibility Workout For Athletes intermidiate-advanced level and Essentrics Workout: Arms, Abs&Waist Toner / Legs, Butt&Thigh Thinner intermidiate-advanced level to my routine. The workouts were created by Esmonde, who also created Classical Stretch. I cannot wait to get started. I am going to start out 3x a week, but am hoping to be able to do Essentrics after work every day to help the transition between work and home. My second goal is to TRAIN and RUN a 1/2 marathon. Yeah, I’m already signed up, but DOING IT is the problem lately. My runs have got cut short by dry lightening, thunder and my body just not cooperating. Time to change that. The third objective is to relax a little bit more. I’ve noticed that as I get older, my biological clock gets louder. I can’t change that, so it’s time to just chill out for a bit. My fourth goal is to finally get my Group Instructor AND Personal Training Certifications. Just have to make the time. The fifth and final goal (so far) is to eat 100% raw at least 3 days each week. I feel better, look better and have SO much more energy when I do this. So there it is! I cannot wait to start checking things off my list…

1. Essentrics stretching (as often as I can)
2. TRAIN for the 1/2…RUN the 1/2
3. RELAX!
4. a) Group Instructor
b) Personal Trainer
5. Eat RAW 3x a week

Who knows…maybe I’ll knock out my list in six months and have to make another one!!

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