Blue Crush

Need inspiration to be in shape?

Opening scene in Blue Crush - Kate Bosworth working it out on the beach in the wee hours of the morning (pre anorexia... prime uber fit/hotness).  RIDICULOUS.  She makes me want to get up at a stupid hour (stupider than opening shift for Starbucks) and run on the beach and do chin-ups on the trees and ALMOST jump in Lake Ontario and do laps and paddle outs on my non-existant surfboard.

That's pretty big inspiration.  Yeesh.

Anyway.  I went to Mexico.

Did I surf?  No - so my Blue Crush fantasies stick with the movie and on Kate Bosworth rocking her itty beeny surfing bod bikini.

Trip was great though! Relaxing, suntastic.  Burnt my body, soothed it by drinking copious amounts of wine and lived to tell the tale.  All in all a good trip.

Did I run?

Why yes! Yes I did, and let me tell you - running in Mexico, even in an 'air conditioned' gym is TOUGH.  I could only go 45 minutes, and even that was pushing it.  I sweated like a construction worker and wanted to die doing it, but as usual the payoff was feeling pretty fantastic.  Another minor self victory was running on the ghetto treadmill in booty shorts.  Yes.  I jiggled like Beyonce and Shakira's love child - but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do.   I hit the gym twice and CN and I took on a rather epic walk to another resort (i know he doesn't consider this exercise.. but anything that wasn't lounging on the beach in my mind counted).   Since being home I have hit the treadmill twice (an hour each time) AND taken on the great outdoors for a 'real' run.  Today - I even helped a friend out who wanted gym advice... our workout today clocked in at the two hour mark.  Therefore... I feel good.

Yes.  I want more results.   Who doesn't?  As I said the Beyonce/Shakira love child jiggle does bother me a little bit.   My legs are getting leaner - but I want to work on them more.  As well as my arms.  Since you don't really give your arms a killer workout running (unless you do the Pheobe run...)  I want to lift more weights and add some more strength training into the picture.

My new goals to achieve these jiggle woes:

-Throw in an extra run OR cardio session (alo spinning class let's reacquaint ourselves shall we?)

-Stay after running at the gym and work with the machines rather than hitting the stretch area and doing just abs and light resistance training.  Key moves = lunges and squats baby with some tricep dips on the side

-Hit up a class to partner with the pilates once a week.   Bootcamp? Gym Stick? Body Sculpt?  Thumbs UP.

Small, doable changes.  Add this to a healthy diet and I will not just be the love child of my RnB ladies - but their hot (younger) ... (white)... sister!

Hellllooooooooo beach runs here I come.


Ahem... well.. maybe in the summer :)