I enjoy celebrating the little wins, letting go of fear and tackling what I didn't think was possible.
This afternoon, at the invitation of a friend, I tackled an awesome stair workout at a park near my house. ... Now to back it up a bit and give you some context. For some of you fit mommies, a stair workout may not seem like a big deal. However, I hadn't done stairs since before my university days and my friend is in super great shape! So, admittedly, I was nervous.. "what if I can't keep up with her? what if I suck? what if..." Of course that little voice that helps make excuses for me was now telling me I wasn't good/fit/strong enough to do stairs with her. But this journey has helped me strengthen not just my body, but my mind. I ignored that little voice and instead told myself, it'll be a blast doing something new, great weather, just DO IT!... and so we did!
It was a great burn with great company. I thoroughly enjoyed pushing myself, feeling my leg muscles burn and shake, sweat down my brow, breathing in the fresh air. There was a family nearby BBQing, and the smell just kept us pushing even harder lol.
I shared with her, my goal of connecting with REAL moms... tired, busy moms, just trying to get in shape to gain energy, confidence, and strength to keep up with their little ones. She had an amazing idea, "have you tried interviewing moms? have them share how they fit in their fitness!".. BRILLIANT!
So, not only did I get in an awesome workout in the beautiful sunshine with great company, I'm pleased to share my FIRST FitMommy Interview with the beautiful and talented, Dr. Aurora Melnyk (Ongaro)!
She's a proud mama to Nikita and accomplished owner a few businesses in Edmonton that help people with their health and well being! Check out her chiropractic centre, Symmetry Spinal Care: http://www.myedmontonchiropractor.com/about-dr-ongaro/ and get moving your hips at her belly dance studio, Move Studios: http://www.movestudios.ca/about-us
I promised I'd post the workout that we did, inspired from Oxygen Magazine, we modified it here and there. 50 minutes in total, 135 stairs
1) walk up (skip every other stair), weight in your heels
2) run up (skip every other stair), press into the balls/toes
3) incline push up with alternating oblique knee crunch
4) jump (with both feet) up each step.. this killed me!
5) side step lunge
6) tricep dips
7) grape vine
8) side step up w/lateral raise (awesome glute burn)
9) decline pushups
10) skaters
11) hop up with 1 leg (I did calf raises up the stairs instead)
12 Bulgarian split lunges
13) burpees
Repeat until you can't :)
I'll try and find the original workout from the magazine, but just wanted to post this to inspire you. Stairs don't have to just be about running up and down, I loved how this workout was challenging, manageable, and interesting!
Hope you enjoy the workout and the first interview!!
