#ifonlybritish

I’ve been preparing a dance piece with 3 of my colleagues, one who is working with some really cool technologies that the rest of us have incorporated into a dance piece. I’m very pleased with the choreography, and it gets performed today!

I’m nervous though…it’s been a long time since I’ve performed. And the last time I performed I performed with a torn meniscus. Now I’m performing with hives. Today is pretty bad too, because I’ve got hives on my face and all over my arms which are bare. I know if I let it this could really bring me down. But I won’t let it. What’s happening to me isn’t my fault. And if people think it’s gross or ugly then they need to rethink their own thoughts about others and the circumstances they face.

We walked more than 8.5km today and when we got home my BFF needed a nap. So I guess this makes up for not working out today!

Back on the exercise train today! My arms/chest felt much better this morning and since I actually had dry clothes to wear to the gym I was set. I definitely find that making sure I have my gym gear with me so I have to pass by the gym on my way home is the best way to ensure that I go to the gym, unless I’m feeling terrible.

I’m loving CRUSH 60 so far! It’s intense, but modifiable to wherever your currently at in your fitness level. This is something that I can definitely see myself repeating, as the workouts are different each day so I won’t get bored and as I get stronger I can definitely increase the difficulty.

I learned that I love back extensions on the back extension stand thing. I feel so strong as I get to engage all of my posterior muscles and it feels as though I’m flying like a superhero!

And I even managed to PR my deadlifts today! I finally made it to 95lbs!!! I’m sooooo close to 100 - I know I’ll make it there eventually, I just have to keep pushing!

Now it’s post shower academia time. I need to finish my powerpoint/presentation for the conference this Saturday and I need to get working on SPSS for my research methods class. At least I’ve collected all the data for both tasks, it’s just about getting them into some sort of presentable format.

This was the class I decided to complete this morning! It was fairly short but rather intense - I certainly got my sweat on! It’s nice to be able to work on yoga while I’m figuring out what’s up with my body. I often forget that working out doesn’t have to mean lifting heavy weights or HIIT, sometimes bodyweight movements and stretching work just was well!