Well- maybe that’s too dramatic. We’ll continue to see each other, but after I finish the Iron Series, we won’t be going steady anymore.
There are 30 workouts in the Iron Series, and I’m on #27. I CANNOT WAIT to be done! I’m going to finish out the series because that’s what I set out to do, but I won’t be starting over again as I originally planned.
Doing this series was a great way to get back into strength training. It pushed me in a way I wasn’t pushing myself on my own, and also got me to do a lot of exercises I was neglecting. But some of the workouts are just so tedious. I don’t WANT to do an entire workout focused on hamstrings, or biceps and triceps. At the end of each workout words flash across the screen, “Did you enjoy this workout!” and most of the time I want to shout “No! I obviously hated it!”
Having said that… there were several that I did like. #26 was a leg workout. There are seven exercises in a circuit that you repeat three times. It was hard, but moved along quickly, and there was enough variety that no one body part ended up debilitated by the end.
I did this one at the gym, which was also key to my success. It was nice having all the equipment I needed, including a bench for step ups (as opposed to stepping up precariously on a pile of books, which is what I was doing at home.)
Moving forward, I’ll go to the gym several times a week and do selected Iron Series workouts, but I won’t be doing them in order, and there will be some that I’ll never do again as long as I live (please remind me of this if I say I’m going to do this series again in a few years!)
In a future post I’ll list the workouts that I like the best. As I was going through the series, I made a note of ones that I liked, and those I especially disliked (I’m looking at you, #20). I’ll have to see if any of the last four make it onto either of those lists!
Link Up With Tuesday Topics
Welcome back to Tuesday Topics, as Jenny, from Runners Fly joins Jenn at Runs With Pugs to co-host this link-up! Please join us every week for a new topic! Write on our weekly prompt or choose your own topic! Make sure to add your post to the link up, link back to your hosts, and comment on the other shared posts!
This week was a free topic. Next week: What Does Global Running Day mean to you? (You are also welcome to write on any topic of your choice- the prompts are just there to generate ideas).
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Haha, Jenny, breaking up with CG!
Only doing the workouts you enjoy is a smart way to stay consistent, because if you like it, you’ll actually keep showing up.
BUT I feel I have to add this: the workouts we dislike most are often the ones we need the most. Even tedious hamstring curls! 😅
Maybe this is also a good opportunity to explore the internet and to check out other fitness instructors? You know, like a new flirt after a break-up?
I agree with Catrina, only choosing what you enjoy doing would be sustainable in long term. I did GC several times but never finished all and I was not looking forward to it. Now I look forward to my slim fit class. what a change. So keep looking until you find what you like, even for strength training.