...sucks
I finally seem to have gotten on a decent sleep schedule, and I woke up at 6:45 by myself this morning and lay in bed listening to the birds for a while. Then George attempted to punch me through the window (and failed) and that kind of acted as the impetus to get me up.
He convinced me to exercise, and we agreed to go to the abandoned church across the field so no one would see us and laugh at us. (I'll write about that church soon-its incredible)
We wandered over, me in my leggings and Keens, and spent a while exploring the church and the surrounding buildings before deciding to get started.
We began with lunges. This was a bad choice. The lunges affirmed what we already knew: that we were incredibly incredibly out of shape. But they also expended pretty much every bit of energy I had. I never really understood the concept of lunges until this morning. They hurt like a bitch. After that we did squats and jumping jacks (neither of which I was remotely able to complete because my thighs were on fire) and then calf exercises and of course, during this time, all the small school children were walking to school, right past the church which has no doors, and they found the sight of the sweaty and wobbly khawajas hilarious.
Unfortunately when we got back, I was so exhausted that I skipped the upper body work and went straight for breakfast (peanut butter on a roll) and sweated and felt gross for about two hours. And then I got stomach cramps. All in all, a bit pathetic but hopefully I will improve.
Tomorrow we are visiting Isohe Hospital. I'll let you know how that goes.
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re: excercise. NEVER start with something like lunges. thats an awesome way to pull all your leg muscles in one go. seriously.
start with something that warms you up, like jumping jacks. do at least 30 before you do anything involving deep stretches. and before you do anything else, you stretch slowly, doing things like toe touches and simple arm stretches. only after youve done all that can you proceed to lunge.
my suggestions for things that work you out well?
-jumping jacks
-star jumps
-mountain climbers (if you dont know what they are ill try to find a good diagram or something since they are weird to explain)
-situps and crunches (the ones that work your abs best? look up at the ceiling/sky and with hands behind your head lift your shoulders. dont sit all the way up. get your entire shoulder blade off the ground).
-pushups (i know they suck)
-wall sits
-yes, lunges. good call.
-make a jump rope! its fu and amazing for you. and if you dont want to be embarassed get everyone involved and learn jump rope games!
ok thats it from the resident random-advice lady.
xox
Wise in the ways of work outs she is. The force is strong in this one. Hmmmm.
/yoda
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