First Trip Back to The Gym

Today I headed back to the gym for the first day in a long, long time. Today was actually a fairly active day for me from start to finish and included a few really awesome firsts.

I stared the day doing yoga with my eldest daughter. I asked what she wanted to work on and she said her core, so we did a bunch of stuff to work on that would help her strengthen her core. We did a lot of plank position, bow pose, boat pose and a few other ones as well. It wasn't quite as relaxing as doing it alone but I do like working out with people rather than doing it by myself.

After doing yoga, I decided that I wanted to try doing a handstand. I found some great tips for doing a  handstand and working up to being able to balance independently and decided to go for it. All my life, I have had arms that were too weak to support my body. I have tried to go upside down either on my hands or my head and have always crumpled and fallen over. Today, though, today I went for it:

I know I'm not very close to vertical and I am really relying on the wall a lot. But its a start. I was able to repeat it a few times and hold it for a half decent amount of time. I also was able to do a shoulder stand as well but I think I liked the handstand better. I'm planning on getting closer and closer to the wall and working on arm and core strength to make it easy to balance on my own.

Later, my husband and I decided to go to the gym. We started off by doing some cardio. I used the elliptical machine since I find it easiest on my joints. After that, we did some weights. I did leg work so I am wondering how I will be feeling in the morning.

Tonight, we took the dogs for a walk. We ended up going about 5.55 km and the weather was amazing. Its starting to get cooler now and the dogs really love that. Hopefully the weather stays like this for a while. Its a nice break from the super hot weather we have been having.