Doing Well

I'm doing well.

I'm knocking back some cool ones. Water, that is.

Love rice, pasta, broccoli, whatevah.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, there is Body Blast with Tracy, at noon.

FREE to Hammerfit Members through the month of January.

Keeping work in mind, Imma try and make that class. (I don't even know what it is, but I'm going!)

Ya comin?

Got Some Fit.

Hammerfit.

Seven am.

Treadmill.

One hour.

Done.

Next?

It's a Wrap!

I enjoy Zumba but am not a regular attendee.

Anyone and anything that forms positive community, however, gets my vote.

My own personal family spent Thanksgiving collecting bucks for a family. I'd told my mother and aunt about Allison and Darcy heading up the Zumba's Neighbors Helping Neighbors.

They were really excited and had ideas for what to get. At the Thanksgiving dinner table we collected money. My kids and I went shopping when we got back to Vermont.

We bought coats and shirts and socks and toys for one family and had a really nice time deciding what people might like to receive for the holidays.

Today we wrapped everything with the Zumba folks at Essex Outlets.

The things we'd purchased were nothing compared to the pile of gifts that were added to it all.

Women kept on walking in the door, carrying food, presents, gift wrap, tape, more food, more presents, more gift wrap, more tape.


My son spent the afternoon with us. Seemingly against his will but taking photos, nonetheless.

Allison's daughter organized the groceries and got food packed up. Jessica's daughter packed food for families. My daughter packed food for families. Jessica's sister wrapped presents. Hannah's daughters made pictures. Darcy's daughters made pictures. 

The sense of community was rich and full and thriving.


What we did for other families may not be as powerful as what we did for our own.



Today I worked out at Hammerfit.

I did Zumba.

I did Zumba because it was so fitting to top the day off with more of that same community.

Store front wrapping space provided by Essex Outlets. Flatbread Pizza provided by Rustico's. Community provided by Zumba.

Sumpin' for a Saturday!

Whew.

Got my tail in gear this morning.

Hit the treadmill.

Fifty minutes at a good clip.

I know it's not exciting. I know it's not fantastic.

But I got there. I worked out.

Done!

Saw my fit friend duo....Heather and.....Oh, man...forgot this guy's name. Nice folks.

They are consistent.

And they are strong.

How bout you?

You consistent?

You strong?

Friday Hits While Annie Sits

I haven't exactly been sitting but it rhymed really well!

I last set foot inside of Hammerfit on Sunday. This is not the pace I was looking to set.

So. New plans on the horizon.

Lisa White Harrison (amazing photographer of newborns,  www.lisaharrisonphotography.com) says she'll come work out with me.....

Tracey Medeiros (amazing author of Dishing Up Vermont, Click here for Tracey's Amazon.com book link) says she'll join me.....

Add to the fact that Sue has already worked out with and off we go!  This is a great plan!

I'm known for being on time for appointments. If I meet up with people at Hammerfit (and I'm sure I need to add Tracy the Trainer to my Google Calendar), I'd absolutely show up.

I get it now, how people always say they don't have time. It's not truly that they don't have time. It's that they haven't been creating time for working out and it's hard to find your way into it.

Creating time for Hammerfit.

So Hammerfit can get Annie fit.

Sunday with Backup

Friday and Saturday didn't see me hit Hammerfit but my friend, Sue, got me in there on Sunday.

With some guidance, I worked harder than I had the time before because she was moving faster than I was and I wanted to keep up.

Along with the workout I'd done on Thursday, I added a few things like a ball wall sit (thanks, Sue!) and some interesting ab work.

While I was doing leg extensions, I saw a man and a woman working out in unison/harmony.

They were, at that time, doing pushups up and over a step bench.

It was really amazing, fluid and inspiring.

As the morning progressed, these two fit friends were a pleasure to watch in action. They were focused, enjoying themselves and pushing one another to do more. In a kind and generous way. Fantastic.

After an hour of machines and weights (and some abs and step work), I joined Tory's Zumba for ten minutes before I had to go.

Tory's class was, as usual, full.

Not just full but full of people getting their sweat on. Such hard workers and no one backing off.

Unbelievable.

Tory herself is just a ball of energy and watching her makes you want to join in.

Janet is, simply, Sunday Morning Sunshine. 

Here,  Janet shows off the Hammerfit Specials!

After our workout, Sue and I went to coffee at Sweet Clover Market.

Where, by the way, you can probably get every teacher present you'd possibly need. Such nice, inexpensive gifts all over the store.

Loved our coffee, too!

Thanks!  When are YOU working out with me at Hammerfit?

(Jack Lemmon's Mom is FIT!)

Get Your Workout On!

Leg Press. Check!

Leg Extensions. Check!

Bosu Ball Balance Squats. Check!

On it went. I did every single thing on my list, today. Tracy-less. Solo.  I spent one solid hour working out.

I can't believe that I LOVED it.

I don't know. I actually thought I'd just walk in and get on a treadmill and kind of skip the rest.

Not the case.

I think that Tracy's approach was so devoid of pressure that I enjoyed CHOOSING this workout.

I never, once, felt like it was about how Tracy felt or that her desire for me to do the workout was greater than my own desire might have been.

You know how people will put so much pressure on you to do something that it loses its integrity? The very thing itself?

When someone (Tracy) allows you the space to choose for yourself, you're more likely to want to choose it and to choose it with enthusiasm.

LOVED it.

Special shout outs to:

Chrystal for her help in printing up my workout for me so I didn't have to carry the Mac book from station to station.

June for the perfect words during my lunges...."Don't let momentum take over."

Thanks, all!

Have a fantastic night.

Get your workout on, people!