My Incredible Awesomeness

At the beginning of the year I made a resolution to exercise daily (or every other day). I am very tiny, actually I am underweight and I have very little muscle. That's why I am working out, not to lose weight, but to gain weight, in muscle( and become healthier as a person). At first I kept my promise to myself to run every day. Then I started really getting into it, I never realized how awesome it was till I started doing it. I now run daily (or at least I try to) along with some other various exercises. I look forward to running every day- its the best time when I can just push myself as hard as I can and find my true strength. 

My Goals 

Running: 

At first my new years resolution was to just run or get exercise. Now I have read up on (on blogs like NerdFitness) cross country running and I have come up with some new goals for running. I want to be able to run a 5k (about 3 miles)! I don't care about being in a 5k, I just want to be prepared for when the zombies come after me *wink*. I started with just walking. walking. That's all you need to do, just make a habit of getting outside daily. I then started to speed walk for several minutes at a time and then I would rest and repeat(even this was hard for me because I was such a couch potato). Now, after several weeks of speed walking I have gone onto switching off between speed walking and light jogging. Jogging is so fun and I love the burn it gives my legs. I always walk/jog for about 20 mins (1 mile). 

Yoga:

I haven't started doing this yet because of the rainy weather we have been having but I hope to start soon. Yoga. Yoga is great for the mind, body and soul(quoted). Yoga is lots of fun for all ages. You can twist yourself up into crazy knots or take an hour to just make long slow movements and poses. Yoga can also build strength, flexibility, and peace of mind. 

Tie Chi:

Tie Chi is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its deference training and its health benefits(wiki).  I am in it for both. I have found several lessons online and I am still trying to decide which ones I want to do. So, yes, I haven't stared this ether yet, but I will. 

Other Stuff I'm Doin':  

Pull ups- My goal is to be able to do 5 pull ups in a row by the end of the year

Push ups- after I am able to do at least one pull up I want to work on push ups and sit ups

Jump Rope- This is good to do before a workout for a warm up- my goal, 20 in a row

Jumping Jacks- Also a good warm up before running- goal, 15 each warm up

I am also doing these before I run:

Lunges

Squats

(I have not done anything accept for the pulls ups yet[cus of the rain]) 

So... ya! bye! :D