A Case of the Mondays

So many Monday mornings people trying to get healthier, or thinner, or stronger, look back on their weekends and shudder.

Cue regret.  Cue self hate.  Cue a slew of things that wont help you at all.

Monday is THE day of the week most people PROMISE THEMSELVES they will...do better, restart, rebuild, make a change....just do something.

I am here to tell you, YOU CAN.  You just need a coupe of things to be successful...

1. A plan ( if you need help putting one together, message me, I am happy to help)
2. A goal NOT related to size or weight.
3. Support and accountability on the way.

I don't like the phrase "it is never too late" because honestly, if you don't take your health seriously there WILL come a point where it IS too late.  Not death, just being so badly damaged that you are trapped in a body that cant move and is a prison, and will drag you painfully to your demise.  ( so cheerful this morning...NOT!! )  Sometimes, some things happen with no warning and your body cant recover from them.  If you are NOT in that position as you read this, then you CAN start doing something.  Stop waiting, stop hoping you will slip through unscathed, and do something to help your body.  There are no guarantees, you could do all the right things and still have something in your body fail.  You will still die at some point.  We aren't avoiding death, we are just hoping to change the quality of the ride before we get there.  :)

YOU CONTROL NOW.  :)  So grab a friend or two who need to get working on this, and use this MONDAY!!

If you need help, message me here https://www.facebook.com/fighththefluff

I had that dream again last night....

no, no, no - not THAT dream about being under clothed and unprepared...I actually haven't ever had that dream!



I have a few recurring dreams, the flying like superman one - can't ever have that one enough!  I also have the dreams where something is out of place and I realize I am dreaming - at which point I then try to fly like superman!  But the one I am talking about today is the dream where I can do something physically that is virtually impossible to me in real life, and it is EASY.

The dream usually involves doing a pull up of some kind and not only can I do it, it is TOTALLY EFFORTLESS!!!  It is the best thing ever, just fantastic, and I get so happy about it.  ( I know I am strange!!)   This is VERY far from my real life, I can do about HALF of a single pull up.  I am constantly in awe of upper body strength, and working really hard at getting some, so I can do more fun things.  So when i can suddenly do it in my dreams it is like Christmas morning times 10!

So in last night's dream, I was near a ledge going down stairs in a house, and I grabbed the ledge and hung on it and it was easy, and I thought,

"wow this is really GREAT, I wonder if I can pull up".

So I tried it, and I did and it was SOOO easy.  I was actually able to pull up, and then keep going until I was actually pushing down on the ledge and was above it.  It is called a "muscle up" and it was magical - even if I could only do it in my dream!   THEN the funniest part was I looked around for something in the dream to be weird, or off, so that I knew I was dreaming....and I when I saw nothing out of place, I decided it was real and it was fantastic!!

Wish this was me!!




Of course, as with all good dreams, then next thing that happened could be typed like this....



...feeling REALLY happy and excited for a moment....but then the reality of my half pull up set back in!!  LOL

What is interesting to me is how my whole life is SOO different from 5 years ago.  I would never have had dreams of doing pull-ups back then.  I have always loved and admired physical skills and strength, but always thought it was too hard to achieve.

What changed?  I realized that all that time it would take to try to learn something - that would take TOO LONG was going to pass anyway.  It isnt like the clock stops when you think "well that would be nice but it would take to long".    I had NOTHING to lose by working a little on some things.  I either get there or not, but I am stronger, better and healthier for trying, not to mention the things I have picked seem REALLY fun to me.  So it all seems like fun!

FIND SOMETHING YOU LOVE, something physical, and chase after it!!  If you need ideas or help coming up with this - message me!  #fighttheflufffitness will get you to me, and FB, Google, Google+ Pinterest, and IG  :)  Just click the hashtag to get to FB and message me :)

Clearly my quest to learn and master those six moves from my last post,  is REALLY embedded in me!!  I have some progress reports to share later in the week, so stay tuned!!


:)

46 is coming....

So I am going to be 46 in November 2014.

Since reclaiming my health I get to do so many fantastic physical things that make me so happy.

Paddle boarding is my new found passion....love it!!!

Then, recently I started doing Silks 

And I also get to teach gymnastics to adults 3 times a week.  Gymnastics has always been something I LOOOOOOVED.   I was a gymnast for most of my childhood until college.  ( If you are local to Baltimore and want to take my class it is Monday nights from 6pm - 7:30pm  at  Urban Evolution )  It is for anyone who used to do gymnastics and wants to relive the fun - and for those who always wanted to give it a try and never had the chance.  

Soooo to that end - the point of my post, I am almost 46.  No matter how much I love gymnastics, there is only so much that is smart to do with my body.  As I retrain, I am getting stronger, so I will be able to reclaim much of what I used to do, but the super bendy spine stuff is not a good idea to do tons of when getting back into it.  

I decided in the realm of things I can still do easily....handstands, cartwheels, basic rolls, balances and a couple of flips I am going to work on control and strength, and as such, part of my blog is going to be to track my progress with things I want to learn....some are short term easier goals, and some are long term - at least a year away :)

Here is my list...

Hold a handstand for a minute or longer

Sloooooow controlled handstands and cartwheels

Floor straddle to handstand

Crow to handstand

Planche stand

What I am curious about is this....

Can a 46 year old woman learn to do these things?

Stay tuned!!  I am going to document my progress right here weekly.  :)