In case you were wondering what the "ness" in fitness is in parentheses, you can blame my lovely boyfriend about that one...apparently it is cooler to say getting our fit on versus getting our fitness on.
Any who, the two of us have had a pretty busy year. I've been working on getting better grades which meant that I spent more time on school work and less time working out and less time to relax. When I did have extra time it was generally to relax, because let's be honest, neither of us wanted to go workout during our free time (since I didn't happen often). Not only that but I've had just some personal issues that have happened of the past year which made me not want to attend Capoeira, and I wasn't really about staying late at school to go to the gym alone. Furao has been busy with school as well, he's graduating from college in August, but the past year he has been really busy with big projects each semester.
So, with all our time going to work, school, and doing homework. Staying fit hasn't been one of our main priorities...until lately. It's basically gotten to a point, that if we keep living the way we are, we are going to be even more dissatisfied with our images then we already are. It has really sucked we go to put on a pair of jeans and they fit just a little bit tighter than yo remember, or putting on a t-shirt, and had some pudgy-ness peeping through. We started talking about what we wanted to start doing about this back in April, but we decided we were going to wait to jump back into working out until the summer semester (we wanted to finished off the winter semester, and not add additional things to take up more time).
We started this week. Tuesday night we botch did a little over 30 minutes on the Wii fit. It's pretty fun, and it's nice to have a place to weigh in. I don't think it's complete accurate, I would say it might give or take a few pounds but I like the consistency of it. I know that measurements will be more consistence versus using a different scale at the gym each time, or it being calibrated differently than the last time. It's also an easy way to keep track weight and the activities you have done for the day. I started out with some yoga poses and stretches, then worked into some strength training (doing push-ups, v-ups, planks, etc) then I ended with some aerobics (hula-hopping, boxing, and jogging).
Wednesday afternoon we went for a run/jog on the treadmills at school. We were starting a 12 week program with Nike+ to train for a 5K. but we kind of decided we were not huge fans of the things we set up, plus we are trying to get back into capoeira too, so we also don't want to wear ourselves out. I ran for a 1.5 miles and walked another 0.5 miles. At around 1 mile, my knee was really hurting (I've had knee issues since highschool because of running. Capoeira made them worse). I really didn't want to stop because our goal was to get through 2 miles. I probably shouldn't have, but I pushed myself another half mile, I sped up the pace. Then a gradually slowed down to mediocre walk to finish.
Thursday my legs were fairly sore, but not as bad as I expected. That night we did Wii fit again. I took it a little easy because of some of soreness, but I still started with yoga, then did strength training, and ended with aerobics.
Friday night and Saturday afternoon we went to Capoeira. I forgot how tiring it is, but I also forgot how bad it has been on all of my joints. Sometimes I feel liked I'm 50 years old, and my bones and muscles are just getting to weak to perform. But I have been able to do most things, I definitely have lost a lot to my game and movements, but I think after a month or two I'll be able to get back into the swing of things, and be close to where I was when I stopped going to class.
As far as my joints go...my right ankle was hurting Friday so I wore an ankle to capoeira and then wore it again on Saturday. both of my knees hurt (the left more than right...it was the initially injured knee), to prevent further injuries, I wear a knee sleeve on both legs and have been icing them when I get home. Lastly...my hips. some kicks have been irritating them a lot, but they have also just been in bad shape for at least a year. the tendons and ligaments pop often. I thick I have a lot of muscle imbalances going on. I just need to find which specific muscles need to be stretched and which need to be strengthened.
Well, this will be an interesting journey to become fit once again. It's going to be a long process and some days we just aren't going to want to workout, but that's why we have each other to keep ourselves motivated! :)
