Day 1 Week 1 of the 30 day challenge

Eager to get off work, but reluctant to take those hideous pictures of myself I mustered up the courage I had set myself up all day to have and went for it. I am taking the 30 day BodyRock.tv Challenge and I wanted to blog my daily progress to show that just because the girl in the tutorial video has a rocking hot body, doesn't mean that normal everyday people can't also achieve those smoking hot abs with a little effort! 

So, I will give you a day by day tutorial of my own with before and after photos to show my progress. The program consists of 4 weeks with one workout each day Monday through Friday with the weekends off. Each workout is only 7 to 15 minutes long, so it is perfect for the average "real" person like me. I have a full time job, I am working on my thesis for my Master's degree, and I have a child that I take care of 28 days by myself and 28 days with my mate because of the nature of his job. I would love to workout after work, or wake up early to get a good hour workout in...unfortunately my normal wake up time is early for people that do not have children. While I only have one child, she is just enough to take up all of my "me" time and I would never change that...but it still doesn't give me the time I need to workout regularly. So here goes. I titled this blog Commit to your goals because it is so easy to say you want to do something, but to actually commit to your goal is the hardest thing anyone can do! My hope is that if I can do it, then maybe I can inspire someone else to do it to!

Day 1: Fit Test
Total workout time: 7 minutes with 50 seconds for each segment and 10 seconds between segments
The goal for day one's fit test is to do as many of each segment in 50 seconds as you can and that number is your score.

Workout breakdown:
#1 Squat jumps - 25
#2 Push up - I did the girl version - 20
#3 Burpees - 13
#4 High Knees - each knee lift equals one 123
#5 Switch lunges - 22
#6 Tuck jumps - 21
#7 Straight Abs - I did crunches 40 Now for the hard part...here are my before pictures...


Well there you have it! These pictures were taken before the first minute of my workout and I will continue to blog and give pointers and advice through this next month. I must say for a 7 minute workout, it sure did kick my butt!! It was great though...it is amazing how tired one can get in just 50 seconds! Here's to tomorrow :) 


April **My word for today is Commit**