Backyard Workout

Remember that whole husband-is-a-PE-teacher thing?  It's pretty great.  I couldn't have imagined that at 39+ weeks pregnant I would be able to work out at all, let alone manage some of P90x3.  We're headed back out to the yard now for another round, in fact. Today is Wednesday: Yoga Day--my favorite!  This is a post about Monday, though, a fun and quick round of exercises that you just might want to steal for yourself.

39 weeks and counting

A big perk of summer so far has been working out as a family, and being able to do so outside.  We have an amazing back yard, which is the perfect place for laying out our yoga mats and weights and sweating it up.

Mickey put together an upper body muscular strength workout for us the other day.  Of course his was just a bit more challenging, but mine was perfectly manageable and even pleasant.  I promise it wasn't bad at all.  Give it a shot!

Warm-up = dancing, of course.

FYI:  I use 5lb. weights right now, but I'm hoping to get back up to 10 after pregnancy: I need baby carrying muscles!  Also, I had no idea what most of these things were before Mickey taught me.  Luckily he is a great teacher.

military press
I look just like this, too...right...

• 10 modified push-ups
• 10 rows with weight
• 10 military press with weight
• 10 deep swimmer press with weight
• 10 modified push-ups
• 10 plank shoulder touches (5 right, 5 left)
• 10 double popeye curls with weight
• 10 modified staggered push-ups (5 right, 5 left)
• 20 rocket launcher rows with weight (10 right, 10 left)
• 10 lateral-anterior raises (THESE ARE SO HARD!)
• 30 second plank
• 10 pterodactyl flys
• 10 flip flop combos
• 10 tricep skyfers (5 right, 5 left)
• 20 kneeling preacher curls (10 right, 10 left)
• 30 second plank

plank to keep that belly off the ground

flip flop combo

I am a firm believer that staying active has made my pregnancy go pretty smoothly.  Besides making it through the endo pain at the beginning and the crazy diabetes, I have been notably comfortable and functioning.  And I'm still hoping it helps with the labor.  I suppose we'll see. That doesn't mean that I don't get some of classic symptoms, though.  When Mickey works out, his muscles get all bulked up; for me, it's mostly my hands and ankles.

#swole