Workin' It

So I haven’t had a chance to exercise. 12 hour work days (leave at 5:50-6:00am, get home at 5:40-6:00pm) are really taking a toll on my energy level. Yes, energy builds energy, but I am afraid that I might hurt myself if I tried to do the 30 day shred. My body is tired and I’m mentally exhausted…

SIDE NOTE: Examples of my mental exhaustion…While trying to tell co-workers that the conference room we were in was hot, I said “Lou is hot”. Lou is our project manager. And while talking about how I laid something out for someone, I said “I laid out on him”. I also start saying things like “The thingy for the guy over there in that place.”
Yea.

Anyway, in order to make myself feel better and to avoid blood pooling in my legs while sitting at my desk for a million hours, I decided to start doing some leg exercises during the day. The whole thing takes me about 5-10 minutes. I usually do it twice.

My technique is one that I read about in a magazine back when I was 22. And oddly enough, I would do these exercises while sitting at my computer waiting for certain people to come online or respond to my messages, etc…It seems to work very well.

I’ve put on a few pounds these last few months…noticed some flapping in my thighs and my toosh was starting to square off again…

I measured myself yesterday—I’ve lost 1” in my hips, and .5” in each thigh!

Now I need an exercise like this for my STOMACH! And if only the cellulite would go away…ugh.

16 days til the cruise.

Oh…you want to know the workout—
One legged Squat
1. Lift left leg out in front you and bend the right leg while bring the hips back behind you. (I usually stand next to a chair and put my hand on it for balance)
2. Push into the heel to come up and repeat all reps on the same leg before switching sides.
3. Perform 1 to 3 sets of 10 to 16 reps

Then I stand with my hands on the back of my chair and do 12 hamstring curls, 3 reps on each leg.
I don’t just do this at work—sometimes while I’m microwaving veggies, waiting for chicken on the grill or just bored, I find something in my house to support myself with and I do my quick workout.
Enjoy!