I find it the most difficult to motivate myself to do this workout. I know that the long relaxation and meditation session are going to feel oh so good, but to get there, I have to do a 30 minute hard as balls, sweat dripping off my body, muscles shaking workout.
The hardest part of the whole thing? The first 10 minutes. I know that it would seem like it would be the last few intervals, but those are easy peasy piece of pie!
Those first 10 minutes are the longest of my life!!!
I do my intervals on the treadmill, because 1) it's colder than Hoth outside, 2) I can't quit my sprint without physically pushing the slow down button, and 3) I can control the speed and incline, therefore increasing it as I progress and tracking my progress easier.
While doing the first ten interval sets, I am battling my muscles that are still trying to accept that the workout is going to happen, and my mental self. I have to tell myself, over and over again, that it will be ok. That I am tougher than I think I am. That I have done this before and survived.
Then, I pass the tenth interval, and I'm all like, "woohoo!!! I just completed a third of this bad boy!!!"
After that, it's all a matter of pacing in 5 minute paces. I mean, I finished ten minutes, why not do five more. 5 minutes later, I've finished half the workout, why stop there. What, I finished 20 minutes and two-thirds of the workout, why on earth would I even think about quitting now. 25 minutes completed? Sweet 5 more minutes to go, 4 more, 3 more, 2 more, last minute.
Hell yeah!!! I am officially a bad ass!!!
Once I have completed my 30 minute HiiT workout, I feel like I could actually complete the feats that I do when I play video games. I feel like I can take on the world,
It's just getting off my couch to get there,
The hardest part of any workout is getting past yourself and starting it.
Now, get out there and get it!!!
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