Journey to a Push Up

Monday 1 Jul 2019: Lower body workout

I’ve been looking for ways to keep myself motivated to work out since injuring my ankle. I like working out with weights for lower body workouts and I really missed the sense of satisfaction that comes from lifting heavier weights as I get stronger. (I’ll have to start with body weight again when my ankle heals.)

I decided to set myself the goal of doing the 30 days butt lift challenge by Blogilates from February 2015. It’s a sort of daily reminder to move and to at least get some movement in, even if I don’t have a proper workout that day. 

I’m taking the time to discover the universe of pilates since it has the most ankle-friendly workouts. However, with pilates, I find that I have to up the frequency of workouts to keep fit. It helped that I had an extra half hour, since I did not have to send the kids to school. That’s ending tomorrow though and I hope I persist in exercising daily despite that. 

I created an injury-friendly exercise board on Pinterest to take the guesswork out of having to find suitable workouts for the lower body. 

Upper body workout here:

https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/functional-upper-body-workout-for-strength-and-coordination

Dancing aftter (woo-hoo!):

I sprained my ankle walking the boys to school last Wednesday so this is my 5th day with it. It hasn’t been fun but it revealed to me the kindness of the people around me and taught me to slow down and be grateful. 

To keep myself motivated and moving, I decided to try out this workout. I think it’s harder than some of my usual workouts and I couldn’t keep up. Obviously my core and some parts of my legs are way too weak!

After working out, I felt my confident about the abilities of my sprained ankle. I had been frightened, to some extent, of even making small twitches to it. Obviously, I should be careful and listen to my body. However, sometimes we limit ourselves without noticing it. I felt better and my ankle felt better too after moving around a bit. I was cautious so I’m confident that I didn’t worsen my injury. 

That’s me!! 

I had the weirdest question floating in my head after working out this morning. Is having coffee after working out good for you? Hmm...I considered as I sipped my morning latte and did a quick Google to find out. 

Like all important health questions, people can’t quite agree. Some sites claim that it’s terrible for you while others say that it’s not bad for you but if you are looking to maximise the benefits of caffeine then a pre-workout coffee would be better. 

I say that a cup after working out probably wouldn’t hurt, but again, as in all things, listen to your body. 

There are always so many things to do and I do find myself putting off workout sessions. Sometimes it’s easier, sometimes it’s harder but I try to keep going. 

Look to the left for what I feel like about my core:

Let’s maintain my record 4 workouts this week!