Fit Fitter Fittest

What better way to tackle a fitness plateau than to try something new!?  I've been talking to Matt for awhile about going him at Team Quest for a fit class and it finally worked out for me to go today!  What a workout, as I sit here writing this I can feel the pain setting in to my shoulders, hips and abs.  Its a good pain, but will make my 6:00pm soccer game this evening a bit difficult!

I still love working out at the Elite Kettlebell/Spinach, but needed something to push me in a different direction.  I also love cycle classes, but that still wasn't cutting it.  So now the plan is to teach my two cycle classes a week (yeah, I'm an instructor now!), workout at the EKG 2-3 times a week and go to the Saturday fit classes at Team Quest.  If you haven't heard of them before think Randy Couture, meets local MMA fighters meets something for everyone.  You can check them out here, Team Quest, they have several locations in the area, with a possible new location in the works!

What I've learned in the past few weeks is that it is much easier for me to maintain healthy eating habits when I'm working out and pushing my body to the limits.  When I lose time to get to the gym, I start to make bad decisions that quickly add up to 5 lbs gained!  Yes I am crazy busy these days, but that just means I need to start going to the gym in the morning again, that way I can use the excuse, work was stressful and I'm tired, I didn't get off work in time, I have homework, I need to walk the dogs etc.  If I go in the morning, like I used to do religiously, then life doesn't seem to get in the way as much.

Today we did a tabata workout, which believe me, may sound easy but is T O U G H!  We did 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest.  This was done 10 times for each exercise.  We did Burpees, Mountain Climbers, Squats, Situps, Pushups and Squat Jumps.  GREAT WORKOUT!!

I feel my motivation coming back and it is such a good feeling.  Now if only the Blazers could get motivated to win like I am motivated to lose (weight that is!)  Go Blazers!