5-a-Days

Before I get into the introduction of the 5-a-days, I wanted to start listing what I have done workout-wise daily. So, we'll begin with that:

This morning after shipping my kids off to school, having my cup of coffee in front of the computer screen and making sure Roman (my 5 month old) was snugly asleep I broke out my gear; two 5 lb dumbbells,  one 10 lb dumbbell, resistance bands, jump rope, stability ball and yoga mat, I threw on my P90 dvd (phase 3-4) and realized I didn't feel like following it so I left it on the screen and began doing some of the moves, but my own time, my number of reps. I also kept open my pinterest tab and got a few workouts from there and this is what came of it:

• 50 rope jumps
• 25 squats
• 20 push-ups
• 20 chest presses on the yoga ball
• 20 swimmer's presses
• 20 military presses
• 20 open bicep curls
• 20 overhead presses
• 15 lat pulls
• 10 butt blasters (5 on each leg)
• 15 backflys
• 15 lawnmowers (each arm)
• 5 cobras (5 second hold, down for 2 seconds...times 5)

I repeated the free weight movements x2. (NOT the cobra, rope jumps, squats or push ups)

A few or a lot of these may seems foreign to you and if that is the case, do what I do and "Google it"! :)

I finished this up in about 35 minutes time. I intend on doing some form of cardio tonight before bed to get that extra calorie burn in while I sleep! 

So, onto the 5-a-days! As a mother of 5, I like for things to be simplified as much as possible. So I had the thought that in order to better my life daily, I would take 5 things that need improvement and work on those things daily. The five things I could come up with were:

1. Exercises (in addition to my "regular"workout, maybe 5 target areas?)
2. Household chores
3. Positive affirmations
4. Positive words/favors/kindness towards others
5. Servings of fresh fruits/vegetables (a hard one for me!)

My intention is to do 5 of each, daily. Tomorrow will be my first day and I will be sure to let you know all about it! 

Tomorrow's subject: PUSH!