Crowing
Two views of local Extension leaders drilling in physical exercise in middies and bloomers, … (Photo credit: Cornell University Library)
Today was a boot camp day. Once a week I go to the local mall with my girl in her stroller and do baby boot camp.
I’m old and fat and out of shape, but several months ago I started doing Couch to 5K. When it got too hot to do that baby boot camp came along and I jumped on it.
It is hard.
I mean REALLY hard.
I sweat and turn red and sometimes I can’t complete all of the reps of a given exercise. But I try, damnit. And I am there every week with a smile on my face. I love getting some exercise, interacting with other moms and setting an example for my darling baby girl.
So today was extra fun in a bit of a snarky way.
I am by far the oldest, most overweight and out of shape of any woman there. But again, I work my butt off and I do keep up. No one has to wait on me to get back with the group. Ever.
There were a few new ladies today including this one beautiful, petite blonde. About 20 minutes into our workout she suddenly started walking away from the group to leave. The instructor told us to keep doing what we were doing and went to catch up to her. It seems she was feeling sick and lightheaded and decided it was too much for her. The instructor convinced her to stay, told her to just sit and drink water and catch her breath while we finished the outside portion of the workout.
The blonde stayed for the rest of the workout but said in the end it was way harder than she expected.
It made ME feel good because I’ve been there since day one and I haven’t given up. Today we even did some jogging at the end of a lunge series and I was able to lunge walk and then jog to the beginning to start over.
I wouldn’t have believed it 6 or 9 months ago.
That said, I’m ready for fall so I can start running again!
Work Out, Mama!
English: Postage stamp illustrating baby stretching exercise (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A couple of months ago, bored with our usual walks around the neighborhood, I decided to try Couch to 5K. I loved the program, but it got too hot to do it when you factor in the humidity and my level of fitness (which is somewhat nil). I stopped and decided I would do DVDs and Wii at home. I have, but not often.
Back in the winter a local mall advertised a Baby Boot Camp class for free once a week. I was excited about it and signed up as soon as they announced it. Then it got cancelled the day before it was supposed to start. I figured we’d never hear about it again.
I am so glad I was wrong. I happened to check the mall event calendar last week and saw that it was scheduled to start today, July 2. I signed up and packed my trunk with yoga mat, weights and jogging stroller.
It was So. Much. Fun. A workout for sure – my abs are letting me know about it right now, and I’m sure my arms will be complaining tomorrow. There was fast walking, high knee skipping and lunges, as well as work with weights that involved singing songs to baby, and it wrapped up with a yoga cooldown (and some treats provided by mall merchants).
I’m so glad I went. It will be free through the end of September. Then I might sign up or start on Couch to 5K again, assuming it is cooler then.
If you’re looking for a fun workout that involves your baby, check out Baby Boot Camp. The first class is free and the monthly classes look pretty inexpensive.
This is NOT a sponsored post. I just really enjoyed myself.
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Mommy Disappointment
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This week was shaping up to be a busy one:
Monday – doctor appointment for 6 month check up and shots (not excited about it, but it has to be done)
Tuesday – Mommy and baby exercise class kick-off at the local mall (A chance to get in shape, meet other mommies and socialize my baby – for free? Yes, please!)
Thursday – Baby story time at the library.
I’m not much of a social butterfly and often spend time by myself at home. This has been ok until the weather got bad and I realized I was talking to an infant, with no other human contact, for 10+ hours a day. Also, I might make a wonderful hermit but my daughter needs to be around other people.
This schedule was looking rather nice! We have gone to the library a couple of times before and enjoyed it, the exercise class looked like fun and I was excited to see how big my little munchkin has gotten at her pediatrician visit.
And then things started to go wrong.
First – the library advised that story time was cancelled this week due to a staff meeting.
Then – I asked my husband where our new insurance cards were, since we had not received them in the mail from what I could tell. He contacted his HR person who told him that there was coverage but cards needed to be “re-sent” so I should just go to the doctor as scheduled, have them contact Blue Cross and look up the coverage by my husband’s social security number. If there was a problem I should have them call HR (this is a new job for him and coverage for us was to start January 1). I felt uncomfortable with this, and on Friday after his office had closed he called Blue Cross who told him they had no record of coverage for him. I called the pediatrician and moved the appointment to the next available date, which is at the end of the month.
And finally, the local mall posted on Facebook on Monday afternoon that due to unforeseen events they would have to postpone the kick-off of the exercise classes until an undetermined later date. Bummer.
So I’m open to suggestions. What does one do with a 6 month old, for free, that helps socialize him or her and allows mom to be with other adults? Story time continues next week but we need more than that!
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