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FULL BODY BARRE WORKOUT

BODY WEIGHT CIRCUIT (total train wreck)

KETTLEBELL FULL BODY ROUTINE:

All lifts done with 20lb KB; The circuit was done twice.

Goblet Squatx10

One-Arm Row x10 (lunge position)

One-Arm Press x10 

Chest Swing x15

Shoulder Halo x10 (each direction)

Hip Halo x10

Leg Halo x10

Chest Swing x15

Single-Arm Thrusters x10

Chest Swing x15

I started today out thinking I would pull up a video from Workout Hotel and do some body work with the mini exercise ball. I found this video here for a full body workout Full Body Barre Workout. I got through it. I'm not gonna lie, it was tough on my legs. But it was only about 18 minutes and I wasn't really enjoying it. I was getting frustrated because she was moving quickly and my ball kept slipping and I just didn't feel coordinated. So then I clicked on this video from the same source Body Weight Workout. I figured a bodyweight workout would be great. Mmhm. Nope. It was a 55 second video that contained about 10 exercises. I had to keep stopping it, writing down whatever the hell it was that she did and then I tried to do it. There was way too much jumping around for my taste. Again, I felt the movements in my legs, but at the same time, I didn't feel like I was getting anything accomplished. 

Awash in frustration and aggravation, I contemplated quitting. I contemplated giving myself the day off, after all, I earned it. I'm sore and my knees are louder than ever. I friggin deserve it. Then I realized that I'm desperately needing to lose at least 20lbs and my heart desperately needs conditioning. So I kept moving. I went back to my tried and true kettlebells. They have never let me down. 

I can't exactly put my finger on it, but "normal" cardio and conditioning, while challenging, always leaves me feeling somewhat disappointed. It leaves me feeling like I didn't truly accomplish anything. Kettlebells, however, leave me with no such feelings. After two rounds of my kettlebell circuit, I know I accomplished something. The sweat is rolling off of me, my heart is pounding and my muscles are jelly. I feel accomplishment in every fiber of my body.