Life Lyn Style

Today’s spinning class was particularly good.  Beth was back and I was totally in the groove.

Before class, I did 3 sets of abs (125#, 30 reps each) along with the back extension (2 sets of 10, holding a 10# disk).

I’ve been spending a lot of my “extra” time thinking the past couple of weeks.  Balance seems to be the theme.  People in the exercise world talk about strength, cardio and flexibility as the three components of exercising.  If you leave one out you are asking for problems in the long term.  I think there could be many more parts, but definitely I need to consider mental health/balance.  When I get too stressed out and my mental health is off kilter, everything is out of balance.  Like many, I have a never ending task list.  Lately, the list and my normal routines (self inflicted for the most part) have been stressing me out.  So, I’m starting to develop a plan or set of action items to help me find more balance.  Today was a great day with a mix of spinning, shopping, playing with the kids and now some quiet time for myself.

Today, was day off from the gym.  I plan to do a solo strength training workout in the morning.  I’m going to plan out my workout before I go and see how much I’ve learned from the trainers.

I got lots of finger exercise typing at the computer today.  We like to keep our finances in Quicken and I had many receipts to enter and statements to balance.  Hubby took care of the kids much of the day and I took care of the paper. 

Usually on Friday, I have a trainer appt with Emily.  Today, the kids and I needed to be in Akron for the coupon swap at 11am, followed by some other errands.  I needed to workout, but I needed to be very time flexible so not to be too rushed or stressed with the timing of things.

So, I opted to cancel my training.  Instead of trying to figure out a strength training workout on my own, I hopped on the elliptical for 30 minutes.  I enjoyed a nice shower and we were on our way.  It was nice to be flexible with the arrival/departure time (not tied to the trainer schedule).

We still haven’t heard about the other winners for the Biggest Loser contest.  So far we only have a facebook post with the following:

Congratulations to the Mandel JCC’s Biggest Loser: Rachael Boyd, with an 18.18% percent change in body weight. While the contest may be over, you can still be a big loser. Contact Rich Zatta: (216) 831-0700, ext 1398

So, hopefully I’ll find out the other 4 winners soon.  I’m pretty sure that I didn’t win, but I suspect I will know a couple of the winners and it would be nice to congratulate them.

Next up: solo strength training Sat or Sun