This pretty much illustrates how I felt when I got home today. I was running on empty. I was a starving, stark raving mad woman. As I peeled my pre-workout banana, my hands trembled.
I'd eaten breakfast at 6, consumed an egg white and 140 grams of pear around 1, and some coffee...then nothing until about 7 p.m. A nervous day at work left no time to nosh. I used to be able to pull off days like this, but no longer. I get dizzy, I lose motor skills. At school, I couldn't write the letter "b." I kept spelling "abrupt" ADRUPT. In class, I said "conventionable" instead of conventional about three times. It wasn't very funny, not with a senior faculty in the room, watching me fumble.
However, I feel super energized post workout. I think I've successfully failed the shoulders. My abs trembled through the v-sits, and I had to stop due to a bruise on my tailbone. So I threw in some pilates moves (in lieu of 8 minute abs). Here are some of my faves:
The corkscrew...
Scissors....
and this glute toning bad boy...
You are so close! And without me around this weekend, there will be no pad thai distractions! You gots it, Schevies.
ReplyDeletePop a blanket or folded yoga mat under the tailbone for V-sits. No sense in getting needlessly banged up!
ReplyDeleteYour body is a sports car now and you have to keep it filled with premium fuel!
Shivani, how often are you doing the 8min abs?
ReplyDeleteI don't do the 8 minute abs - though Patrick recommended that we add them on top of our regular abs to get that cut, defined 6 pack, I tried these exercises last night instead.
ReplyDeleteI'm planning on giving them another whirl though (I didn't love them the first time I did them, but maybe my palette has changed!)