Happy New Year fitfam!
Welcome to 2018!
2017 was a bit of a mud-run for me. Dirty, hard, sweaty but rewarding. It kept me on my toes with multiple injuries and weight gain, and it taught me a lot. It taught me important things like:
When to let go (both figuratively and literally). Our choices don't only shape who we are, but they shape our environment and our relationships with people - labels, such as sister, best friend, mother, friend, mean nothing if you are incapable of making the choices that support that "label". In the words of the great Albus Dumbledore "it is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
It also taught me to moderate my activity and listen to the needs of my body (or else there's HELL TO PAY FOR IT). For so many years I pushed on old injuries, I pushed past pain, trying desperately to prove that I'm not a "quitter", that I'm not "lazy" - but those labels are self-prescribed and totally in my own head. I finally learnt to work with them.
And so I greet 2018 feeling like a wise old woman (I feel extremely old today after legs day!).
Welcome to 2018!
2017 was a bit of a mud-run for me. Dirty, hard, sweaty but rewarding. It kept me on my toes with multiple injuries and weight gain, and it taught me a lot. It taught me important things like:
When to let go (both figuratively and literally). Our choices don't only shape who we are, but they shape our environment and our relationships with people - labels, such as sister, best friend, mother, friend, mean nothing if you are incapable of making the choices that support that "label". In the words of the great Albus Dumbledore "it is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
It also taught me to moderate my activity and listen to the needs of my body (or else there's HELL TO PAY FOR IT). For so many years I pushed on old injuries, I pushed past pain, trying desperately to prove that I'm not a "quitter", that I'm not "lazy" - but those labels are self-prescribed and totally in my own head. I finally learnt to work with them.
And so I greet 2018 feeling like a wise old woman (I feel extremely old today after legs day!).
I did the #bestnine thing: NO REGRETS
My best nine kind of reflects the year I've had - lots of weight training, not so much pole but as of about three weeks ago, that's changing and BOY am I ready for it!!
I went along to a pole class (which you can find my vivid descriptions of here and here) and I've made a "resolution" (I don't really believe in resolutions : more "goal adjustment") to get more time on the pole, with more warm ups and more shoulder-rotator cuff work.
This is the result so far...
I went along to a pole class (which you can find my vivid descriptions of here and here) and I've made a "resolution" (I don't really believe in resolutions : more "goal adjustment") to get more time on the pole, with more warm ups and more shoulder-rotator cuff work.
This is the result so far...
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The first training session was on New Year's Day and I just wanted to have some fun, so I did a little bit of freestyle dance (which is effectively me bopping around the pole to whichever cheesy music I can find.... there may have been Spice Girls on the playlist) and then some basic spins, calisthenic work and the inevitable work on my invert. Of course most of the session was taken up with trying to position the camera and find a decent photo whilst slowly sliding down the pole making very unattractive squeaking noises (which yes, did leave bruises!)....
 Nope. |  Uhhhh... |  Really Michelle... |  Almost there! |
Then after a day of rest, since I was SUPER sore from my renewed activity, came my session based on sits. I became a bit obsessed with getting my remi sit back, and my feet may never forgive me for that.... especially not after the beautiful Winnie in her 30kg glory trod on the bruise itself....owie!
It was worth it to make this peaceful statue happen xD
Regardless, when I was finishing up, I noticed that leg raises were a little easier than the last time I'd poled in August and pull ups didn't hurt so much - THE GYM IS PAYING OFF, WHOO!
I also couldn't resist a cheeky side-by side to check on progress.....
I also couldn't resist a cheeky side-by side to check on progress.....
That's a 10kg difference in weight between the two photos, and I'm pretty pleased with the result!
2018, we're coming for you!
What are your goals for this coming year?
2018, we're coming for you!
What are your goals for this coming year?
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