I Can't Do It!

This morning was a bit of a challenge to get up and go to boot camp.  I was a little tired but mainly just didn't want to go.  I thought of 50 reasons why I should go and still couldn't motivate myself to get out of the bed.  4:40am and I am still not up and I know that if I am not out of this house in 5 minutes I will be late.  Finally the thought that motivated me clicked into place like a key unlocking a lock when I thought of the amazing results I have been seeing in my body.  Yesterday as I looked at my legs and shockingly realized that they are getting toned enough for that swim suit that I couldn't wear last year.. Yep I realized that I am ready for it and at that moment when this thought passed in my brain at 4:40am with about 21 more seconds to go before it became 4:41am I popped out of bed threw my clothes on and was off.

I was a little late but I made it! 5:08 am and I am sitting on my spin bike in BC vs. laying in my bed wishing I was at BC I immediately feel great.  I am spinning and spinning and I can see John (my instructor) setting up for our obstacle course.  He has planned something very fun and challenging no doubt, mean while all 10 of us spin spin spin until we are told to get off of our bikes and start our obstacle course.

Between our 5 min bike push we are to do the following:

Lunges on a with a bosu ball with weights 15x on each leg

Squats Jumps over steps 5 x

 

Sprints~ I found this picture of this girl with an amazing body... and thought I should run more!

Next we did step ups with a core ball 16lbs 15 each leg followed by curls and tri's.

When I got to the triceps I found it challenging to lift the weight (since we were laying on our backs)and allowed myself to get so frustrated that I wanted to quit.  I was the only one who couldn't lift the bar and felt so embarrassed. John my instructor had to help me until he eventually lighted the 40lbs weight down to 20lbs which was more feasible to lift.  I now have a new goal to work on so that next time I am faced with this challenging exercise I don't feel so lame!