Family photo Oct 2010

Family photo Oct 2010

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Ab/Squat Challenge=DONE

At the beginning of the month a couple of friends decided that we would try the 30 day challenge... abs and squats.  My friend Amy was the one who originally brought it up to me, and we found something on Pinterest and said, 'Let's go!'

Well, I have to say that I benefited the most from the ab one.  The squat one wasn't to taxing but I can definitely tell that it helped toning :)  The ab one though... oof.  The first time I tried to do a sit-up I didn't make it all the way up... it was pretty shocking!  Dude was sitting next to me and laughed and said, "what are you doing Momma?"  I had to honestly tell him I didn't know haha.  At the beginning I had to do them in sets of 5... pretty lame.  But towards the end I was getting to were I could do 40 at a time.  The end was the hardest for me.  I was getting sick again and I was just not motivated to do it.  However, I would've felt really lame not finishing the last three days... And about half way through Gaetan and I started doing them together and he pushed me sit-up wise and I pushed him with the squats... It was nice to do them together and I was feeling pretty good about my progress.  :)

I will post before and after pictures... I'm not sure if there is a noticeable difference but during this time I was able fit back into my pre-pregnancy shorts!  I'm sure the ab thing helped.  I still have some to go as they are a little bit more snug than I had them before but I will get there eventually.  I have to find a scale... haha.

After and before.  The flash was on for the after... don't worry, I don't go out in two pieces anymore!



After is on top.  Before is on bottom.


I'm thinking that I may just try to do this ab maintenance thing.  Once school starts I won't be able to do capo as much as I am now so I will have to try and keep up on my own.  Here's what I'm thinking next for the abs!

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/abs/exercises/power-abs-workout/

JVG

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