fresh start

2011-11-27T07:00:00.000-08:00

Off to a fresh start, wanted to blog in a different direction. So many great fitness blogs and in general, I think women are coming around. Well, at least in my bubble of the world, which is all that matters to me.

I'm pregnant. 28 weeks right now. Boy #4 and couldn't be happier. (!!) What I'm not happy about is not working out. There is SO MUCH I want to do but don't have it in me to do right now. Pregnancy does not agree with me, that's just the way it is and I accept it. But that doesn't make it easy! I'd love to be one of those women who totally trains hard and stays fit and tiny throughout their pregnancy but I am not one of them.

May have something to do with the fact that without my added muscle, my natural weight is 105 lbs at 5'5, and I get up to 150+. Not cool, but awesome, when you think of the end result. This time was different. I started much heavier (thank god for deadlifts) at 126 and much much stronger than I ever imagined.

It took a year and a half as a brand new newbie at training at all, and I was deadlifting 185 for reps the week I found out I was pregnant.

My fave body part, that I was most proud of was my back. My kids and I had contests to see who could hold the q-tip between our rhomboids for longest. My oldest is very naturally muscular, even at 8. I squatted with them on my shoulders and we worked out together in the back yard a lot. I was never big on conditioning and for a long time, my "warm up" consisted of 10 min. on the treadmill/stepmill, but I never enjoyed that shit. I like strength.

Muscles are hot.

fresh start