If you've read my previous post about Balance Festival, you'll know I'm a bit of a fan girl of The Girl Gains which consists of three bloggers/influencers - Tally, Zanna and Vic. So I was super excited to see that Tally Rye was releasing a month long motivation/ workout guide for free, along with a Facebook group to post in to help encourage everyone.
The purpose of this month was not to lose weight, change shape or anything - it was to get some motivation in the exercise department! Due to my dodge ankle over the last few months the amount of exercise has slowly dwindled to zero - not necessarily through a lack of wanting to exercise, but being "prevented" by this injury!
Of course what this actually means is that I can't run, do circuits or parkour (i.e. all my normal stuff) and apparently cycling is out too, but of course these are not the only types of exercise! What I haven't been doing is actively looking for things I can do, rather than focusing on what I can't. So this "guide" (not quite sure how to refer to it as it's more than just a workout guide), has giving me the kick up the rear end I needed!
Each week of the guide consists of a cardio workout, a sculpt and sweat workout and a "challenge" - so I will be doing a weekly blog post of how I got on during the week!
I assumed the cardio workout would be high impact, jumping, running type exercises (and so not suitable for me) but it wasn't at all and so was perfect! Yes I had to opt for a couple of lower options to remove the impact, but the YouTube video Tally had posted gave alternatives, which was brilliant. And even doing to lower options, I worked my butt off which saw me lying on the floor at the end in a sweaty mess - much to my dogs entertainment!
Challenge
The "challenge" was to try a new class. I decided to opt for swimming - not technically a class but wanted to try it to see if my ankle didn't dislike it as much as I dislike swimming! This was something I've been considering doing but just haven't got round to going, so this challenge was perfect! Verdict was that I still find swimming boring as hell BUT the achey feeling the next day was quite a novelty!
Resistance
The other workout was "sculpt and sweat" and boy did I sweat! I did have to modify a couple of exercises but on the whole I could stick to it (oh and I also didn't have a kettle bell so had to make do with a dumbbell!) The weights I used were probably slightly too light but a) they were the only ones I had; and b) I'm in that whole "I haven't worked out in ages and so must have lost all my strength" mode! But actually I think I'm stronger than I think but definitely weaker than I use (pretty sure that makes no sense!)
I'm really enjoying getting a bit of exercise back in my life! I also appreciate the structure of the guide as although I'm sure I know a hundred different exercises, I am rubbish at working out at home as I have a mental block on a session plan!
And the other good news is that my ankle is feeling ok despite the exercise! It's defintely not 100% so I need to be careful not to push it, but hopefully this is the start of getting back to normal!
Looking forward to week 2!
The purpose of this month was not to lose weight, change shape or anything - it was to get some motivation in the exercise department! Due to my dodge ankle over the last few months the amount of exercise has slowly dwindled to zero - not necessarily through a lack of wanting to exercise, but being "prevented" by this injury!
Of course what this actually means is that I can't run, do circuits or parkour (i.e. all my normal stuff) and apparently cycling is out too, but of course these are not the only types of exercise! What I haven't been doing is actively looking for things I can do, rather than focusing on what I can't. So this "guide" (not quite sure how to refer to it as it's more than just a workout guide), has giving me the kick up the rear end I needed!
Each week of the guide consists of a cardio workout, a sculpt and sweat workout and a "challenge" - so I will be doing a weekly blog post of how I got on during the week!
WEEK 1
CardioI assumed the cardio workout would be high impact, jumping, running type exercises (and so not suitable for me) but it wasn't at all and so was perfect! Yes I had to opt for a couple of lower options to remove the impact, but the YouTube video Tally had posted gave alternatives, which was brilliant. And even doing to lower options, I worked my butt off which saw me lying on the floor at the end in a sweaty mess - much to my dogs entertainment!
Challenge
The "challenge" was to try a new class. I decided to opt for swimming - not technically a class but wanted to try it to see if my ankle didn't dislike it as much as I dislike swimming! This was something I've been considering doing but just haven't got round to going, so this challenge was perfect! Verdict was that I still find swimming boring as hell BUT the achey feeling the next day was quite a novelty!
Resistance
The other workout was "sculpt and sweat" and boy did I sweat! I did have to modify a couple of exercises but on the whole I could stick to it (oh and I also didn't have a kettle bell so had to make do with a dumbbell!) The weights I used were probably slightly too light but a) they were the only ones I had; and b) I'm in that whole "I haven't worked out in ages and so must have lost all my strength" mode! But actually I think I'm stronger than I think but definitely weaker than I use (pretty sure that makes no sense!)
I'm really enjoying getting a bit of exercise back in my life! I also appreciate the structure of the guide as although I'm sure I know a hundred different exercises, I am rubbish at working out at home as I have a mental block on a session plan!
And the other good news is that my ankle is feeling ok despite the exercise! It's defintely not 100% so I need to be careful not to push it, but hopefully this is the start of getting back to normal!
Looking forward to week 2!
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