Lindsay’s Fit Journal Day 10

Wow, today was one crazy work out! I got there a little early to warm up and stretch because it’s important to get your heart rate up before you start your work out and stretching all those muscles will help you become a lot more flexible, which decreases your chance of injuring yourself while working out. Shep started me off with the same core work out and then moved on to different squat exercises. Shep had me do this one where I had one foot on a bosu ball and the other on a step stool. It was really hard, but it was working my inner and outer thigh and not just my quads and hamstrings like regular squats do. Shep said squats and lunges are probably the most popular exercises because you’re working out almost your entire body, but mostly your legs, glut’s and core (which I know for a lot of women, is probably the most important area). After the squat exercises we did some upper body resistance training. A lot of women think that it’s only important to do resistance training if you’re trying to gain muscle, but that’s not true. The more you feel the burn when lifting weights, the more fat you’re burning. You just need to know how much weight to lift and how many reps to do, that’s definitely where having a personal trainer will really help. Shep had me work out my chest, biceps and triceps; and next week we’re going to do shoulders and more legs, ugh. It’s tough working out my legs so much because they get so sore, but I know it will be so worth it in the end (keep thinking summer is almost here!).

Now about that bodybugg…it is so cool!!! I wore it all day yesterday and it’s just amazing what this thing can do. After I downloaded the info into the website, it told me how many calories I burned and when my peak times were. It also counted my steps. Did you know that it’s recommended that each person step 10,000 times a day? I never knew that until my bodybugg coaching session yesterday. Christine, my bodybugg coach, said that the 2 most important things with trying to lose weight are portion control and burning more calories that you’re consuming (calorie deficit). So far I have burned more than my calorie deficit goal (1000 calories) and I am incredibly proud of myself. It definitely helps having a personal trainer to tell me exactly what exercises to do and keep me in line. For anyone really committed to reaching their goal, I would definitely recommend getting a trainer!