Easy workout for lazy people

I’m in terrible shape.  I don’t really look like it because I’m on the lower end of what I normally weigh right now.  But I think that’s because I lack muscle completely.  I always used to work out on my lunch (pre- and during pregnancy), and I never understood what else people did on their lunches (besides eat, which I do later).  Well, now I know.  Nothing.  To be fair, I’ve done a lot of shorter days at work due to appointments and or wanted to leave work early, so on those days I flex out my lunch hour, which means skip it completely.  But the other days, I choose napping, surfing the web/zoning out, or occasionally doing work during my lunch hour.  I’ve been averaging going to the gym about once a week, flexing lunch twice, and napping or zoning the other two days.  Not cool.  I’m playing volleyball twice a week now, and they are very strong leagues, so I’m getting a good workout on those days, but still…
Some days I’ll pop out 25 squats before napping, and I’ll tell myself that I do some things later like that, but I never do.

I’m thinking about telling Lo to tell me to do random exercises when we are at home.  Like just 20-25 of one exercise…squats, pushups (ha, I can only do like 10 now– on my knees!), lunges, planks, etc.  The rule would be that if he tells me, I have to do it – unless it really, really poor timing (like getting ready to run out the door), or I’m legitimately not feeling well.  It’s not that I’m too lazy to do anything at home, I just don’t think of it because I’m always busy.  But it only takes about 30 seconds to do any of those exercises.  I can’t really say that I’m too busy for that.  I don’t know that he’ll be willing to do this – or that he’d remember to tell me, but maybe it’s worth a shot.

Also, I actually need to go to the gym. Jenson is occasionally sleeping pretty well, but he’s been waking earlier than normal.  I don’t have to get up as much with him now because he doesn’t nurse at night anymore, so Lo can settle him back down when he wakes half of the time.  So I’m getting slightly more sleep than before.  It would help if I would get my ass to bed before 12:45 a.m.  Also, I’m starting to taper off breastfeeding and pumping, so I’m going to lose the benefit that breastfeeding burns extra calories, so I need to do something about it.

Yesterday I had to flex out part of my lunch, so I didn’t have enough time to go over to the gym.  I didn’t “need” to nap, so I was determined to do a little workout in my office.  I just made it up as I went, but based it on the premise of a 100 workout….where I pick one exercise and do the coordinating amount of reps, counting down by tens.  I didn’t even change clothes –I just kicked off my shoes and did it barefoot since it was going to be no/low impact.  (my office has a door, obviously).

Quick and easy 100 workout for lazy people

• 100 calf raises (varying turning toes in/out/forwards)
• 90 crunches – I varied these slightly as I went
• 80 side-lying leg lifts, each side (these are from when I go to PT for my hip, so always a good thing to do)
• 70 bridges
• 60 squats
• 50 second wall sit
• 40 second plank
• 30 front/back lunges each leg (do a standing front lunge and immediately push into a back lunge, same leg; repeat
• 20 plie squats
• 10 single leg squats, each leg (back leg on chair)

This workout didn’t take long and I didn’t break a sweat (got a little warm, but my office is cold, so that kept the sweating away).  This doesn’t require any equipment, but my legs were feeling burny after doing it.  It wasn’t that difficult, and I can totally feel it today (since I have no muscle).

I’d also like to start doing yoga again – I was SO into it before/during pregnancy and was getting pretty advanced.  It’s hard to justify leaving Jenson in the evenings, but maybe while I’m in between volleyball leagues, I’ll try to take one evening class per week.  I can also try my gym yoga again, but I really didn’t enjoy the new instructor’s style the last time I went….like I hated it (the class, not her – she seemed very nice).  I should do a spinning class too…I haven’t gone since my belly started getting in the way when I was pregnant.

So I have options…I just got in a rut of not doing anything.  I suppose since my clothes fit (and some are too big), I haven’t had the motivation.  I’m not going to lie like a lot of people and say that I only workout because it makes me “feel good”.  While it DOES make me feel good (and I actually love the feeling of really sore muscles), I workout so I don’t get too fat.  And so that I can eat candy and lots of cheese.