Tag: energy

The dirty floor of my shabby heart

How to be happy about your achievements instead of being anxious about what they entail.

Today was incredibly terrifying. It’s funny how the things you should be celebrating sometimes make you feel anxious instead of content.

You are anxious because you have learnt not to trust happiness; it is expensive.

But you should be content and realize that the path to somewhere better is always difficult. If you are facing hurdles, you should know that you will be rewarded for getting through them with grace.

Instead of getting stuck in the unknown and stressful, clear your head and start with the smallest possible step. One small step will rescue you from the dirty floor of your shabby heart and take you to a safer place.

Day 8: 30 Day Exercise Challenge

I completed the challenge today with high knees feeling like a breeze. Proud of myself.

Day 8:

50 HIGH KNEES

20 JUMPING JACKS

5 SQUATS

3 ELBOW PLANKS 10sec each

I also tried to do someone else’s routine around evening. It was definitely advanced because I couldn’t even bring myself to complete it. Here are the exercises I did complete:

10 split squats

10 reverse burpees

10 box jumps

Day 7: 30Day Exercise Challenge!

I completed week 1! Seven whole days of commitment and discipline! Wohoo!

Day 7:

50 HIGH KNEES

20 JUMPING JACKS

5 SQUATS

3 ELBOW PLANKS of 10 seconds each

I have to say though, time is passing so quickly, I can’t believe its been 7 days! Feels like the third or fourth day only.

Day 6 of 30-Day Exercise Challenge

Today’s routine was slightly different. Partially because I was tired and stiff and partially because I wanted to evolve it so that it keeps being interesting.

I started off by doing a 10min stretching. It helped me ease into the exercising mind frame. Although the high-knees were exceptionally tough today. Maybe because I did them the right way by trying to make right angles with the knees/ making the thigh parallel to the ground.

At the end of the routine, I did three, 10sec elbow planks (since I’ve been talking about them for so long, I decided to finally add them to the routine). It was a great effort for me to do a plank for more than 5 seconds but I managed to touch the 10sec mark each time anyway.

Day 6:

10min STRETCHING

50x HIGH KNEES

20x JUMPING JACKS

5x SQUATS

3x ELBOW PLANKS (10sec each)

Day 5

Day 4

Day 3

Day 2

Day 1

You can give your suggestions on how I can improve my exercise routine or share your experiences by commenting below! (:

Day 5: 30day Exercise Challenge

Nothing new in the routine from the previous days. However, today I didn’t feel like it was hard, in fact today exercising almost felt like second nature to me.

I have realized that I feel better when I have washed my face first and then had a few gulps of luke warm water before starting the routine.

Day 5 Routine:

20x JUMPING JACKS

50x HIGH KNEES

5x SQUATS

I think I can manage to increase my squats but squats build your quadriceps and I don’t want any bulk near my knees. So I am going to keep it at a lower number. Five is too low so I will increase them to ten and then keep em there. I know I need planks but I fear them because they are just so difficult in the start. Going to have to power through those planks though!

Day 4: 30Day Exercise Challenge

Today’s challenge was difficult to start because I was tired and exhausted when I woke up. But the only thing that kept me going was this blog. I had been going so good for the past three days that I didn’t want to disrupt the tempo. In this way the blog gives me a sense of accountability.

Today I did:

50x HIGH KNEES

20x JUMPING JACKS

5x SQUATS

I started off the challenge by 10x jumping jacks and 50x high knees.

Day 3: 30day Exercise Challenge

Day 3 has been completed with the same exercise routine as day 2. Here are the details:

Day 3:

20x JUMPING JACKS

50x HIGH KNEES

5x SQUATS

Day 2

Day 1

If I can get through the first week, I will add/delete some exercises to make my routine directed towards increasing strength and agility.

Day 2: Exercise #30Day Challenge

Heya! (:

I just completed my day 2 of the morning exercise challenge. I increased my jumping jacks to 20 (yesterday I did 10) and added squats to the mix.

I learned a while ago that the right way to do squats is to make sure your knees don’t go farther from your toes when you’re near the ground, (How to do squats) so I tried to make sure they didn’t but it’s difficult because your center of balance is such that your knees would normally cross the toes. Anyway I managed to keep my knees on the toe level, I didn’t cross it.

Day 1

Day 2:

50x HIGH KNEES

20x JUMPING JACKS

5x SQUATS

Thinking of adding planks to the routine so I can start working towards a flat tummy. Let me know what else I should add to get an overall toned body.

I’m not doing this challenge to increase or decrease my weight. I think everyone should first develop a basic habit of exercising and eating right. Usually this will normalize all small issues automatically but if after 6 months it doesn’t, then you can think about adopting a specific exercise regime based on your weight goals.

Cheers!