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| Ready to work! |
Isabel is doing a Tortoise and the Hare skit at her
after-care where my speedy little girl is the Hare. She told me some of her
lines which involve calling the tortoise a slowpoke and saying "eat my
dust." I laughed and said that was what happens when she and I run
together. It's sad, but true. She's fast.
So I think she was feeling bad about
that, or about the fact that I didn't get a proper workout in, and she decided to
not only train me, but to participate in some of the exercises. I had written
out two different workouts, one that was from my friend Jodi and looks
impossible and one that I found on Facebook or Pinterest or something. Even my
seven-year-old was wisely able to spot the easier one and decided we'd do that
one.
It was basically a cardio-esque workout that involved
jumping rope for 30 seconds and then doing other exercises (lunges, squats,
high knees, jump squats, etc…) She hung in for a while, loved the jump roping
and the high knees and the squats but if we had to do 20 of something, around
15, she'd slow down and just start counting. By the time we got to the end with
the burpees (with a pushup in them), she did three, and just started counting
and clapping. I thought this was adorable. Until I realized she kept saying one more, like four times. I told her I'd done the required 10 and she's like,
"yeah, but just one more, come on." Hard to argue with that little
face! Around 20 I finally made her stop.
Unfortunately because she picked the easier workout, it only
took about 20 minutes or so (even with the added burpees), and I was hoping for
more exercise. So I hopped on my elliptical for 30 minutes while she laid on
the floor and watched Jessie and complained that Suri had a
cellphone and she didn't.
Then I told her we should end with some sit-ups, just
because its always good to do a little bit of core, so she rolled out the mats
and laid down next to me. We did regular crunches (which the little stinker is
really good at), then crossover crunches (with one leg crossed at the knee with
alternating elbows), then suitcase crunches, then bicycle crunches. We did 25
of each, and she tried all of them, but didn't really like the coordination
involved. But her rolling on to her face trying to do the bicycle ones really
made me laugh and distracted me from the soreness in my abs.
Then I added some old school sit-ups. Hands over the head
and all the way up to the floor. I love them so much, but she struggled, but
because she's stubborn like her mommy, she finally got it.
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| On the ground after our tough workout |
And we ended with a few planks, from the up-down ones (where
you go up to straight arms and down to your elbows), to some mountain climbers
(which they do at gym and she's amazing at and made me feel old), to just a
final plank hold for a minute. She wanted to drop so badly, but said she wanted
to hold it as long as I did. And she made it. I was so proud.
So we got in a great workout, with a wide variety of
exercises and then I let her have some ice cream… I've got to pay her somehow
and I'm not a total tyrant. Might I also add, she passed out before bedtime, so
I consider today a big win all around.
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