Water Day

Yesterday I was in the pool for 4-5 hours. I usually run on Mondays, however I had a lot I needed to do in between work so I skipped it. Instead I hauled more wood, taught swim lessons, swam with my daughter, and had 2 hours of training. Our pool is going to add aqua zumba to the mix in December, so part of our fitness portion of training was to try it out. I have done zumba at home on the kinect and taken a class one time. I am not the most coordinated person, which is why I teach bootcamp and not an aerobic type class where I have to stay on the beat. I love zumba on the kinect, I really got into it and had a great core workout. I didn't feel like the class was as hard, although I'm sure I didn't go all out like at home. I was wearing my normal shorts and t-shirt while everyone else rocked their zumba clothes. I do think more dance style clothes would help get in the mood. Back to aqua zumba, it was a decent workout, but I didn't love it. I prefer zumba out of the water, I found it hard to do some of the moves and just felt like I was flailing around. I would prefer to swim laps if I am going to work out in the water. I do think I need to don some dance clothes and try out zumba again.

After aqua zumba it was on to treading while passing a 10# brick and answering lifeguard and CPR questions. We treaded water for about 30 minutes. Overall it was a great fitness day, just enough to stretch out my sore back (from all the wood) and help my muscles recover.

Today I am teaching bootcamp and will probably join in depending on how many new people I have. What are you doing today?

Halloween Weekend

We had a great weekend, starting with Halloween. My kids had a blast and have more candy then they will eat in a year. Saturday started out with sunny skies and temps in the 30's which is perfect for a run. I took the dogs out and had a nice 4 mile run, this was still not long enough for the puppy! Later that afternoon we went to the neighbor's for pumpkin chunckin. Someone had an old trebuchet he had sitting in his yard he had never used so we tested it out. After a few misses it finally launched a pumpkin....about 20 ft, not quite what we had in mind. The guys kept working on it, but at this time it was windy and COLD so all the girls went inside with the little ones. They ended up getting it to work and had lots of fun launching pumpkins and then the kids played baseball with the pieces. Afterwards we went home for a few hours then went to town to the library where they had their fall festival. I had a nice chat with my friend while tons of kids ran around playing games and eating more candy.

The time change was a wonderful thing this morning, I was up early, having my quiet time and still being able to work out before church. I decided to try out a kickboxing workout I found on youtube. It was just the right intensity and reminded me of how much I enjoy kickboxing and other types of workouts. After church it was time to get some work done. My kids and I hauled wood all day, and my back feels it! Squating, carrying, throwing, and stacking wood is a great workout, I think I will feel it tomorrow.

Overall it was a great weekend. How was your weekend?