Matthew, my brother-in-law and founder of Gurus, was a long-time fitness fanatic and an Independent coach for Beachbody. Not to mention I was frustrated about how I was going to stay in shape while trying to heal. Lots of training and work down the drain and I had to skip my very first race. No more running until I had a clean bill of health.
This led to a severe hamstring tendon injury that took months to heal. Had I known better, I would have stopped immediately and walked back home, nursing my leg back to health. At that point in my running “career,” I was inexperienced. As I was out for a run, I felt a twinge in my inner left thigh. Unfortunately, about a month before the race, “tragedy” struck. A completely new challenge and one I was excited to experience. Not because I didn’t like walking anymore, but because I was really starting to LOVE running! I kept at it and soon signed up for my very first 5K race. I ran for a bit and to my shock, I didn’t hate it! In fact, after a brief walk break, I did it for ANOTHER few minutes! It wasn’t so bad! As the days and weeks went on, I gradually started increasing my running minutes and decreasing my walking minutes. A thought snuck in my brain, “I’ll try running for a few minutes to get my heart rate up a little and then go back to walking”. However, shortly after that conversation I was walking on the treadmill as my 1-year-old daughter napped. Then one day, my sister-in-law Kim, an avid runner, said to me, “You should try running! I think you’d really love it!” I immediately said, “I will NEVER run. Around the neighborhood, to the grocery, around the mall, at the park, to the lake, you name it. I walked all four of my babies in their strollers everywhere. No, first, it was something I didn’t see coming… ChaLEAN Extreme Review: Before ChaLEAN ExtremeĪbout 5 years ago I caught the running bug. Certainly strength training wasn’t something that got me excited. I took care of myself, but it wasn’t the priority it is today. I'm REALLY SUPER-EXCITED to start the Lean phase of this program, because I think I've really gotten alot stronger this month (the excess food probably helped ), and I think I will be able to see the definition that I've added after I lose this little layer mush that I've put on.In this ChaLEAN Extreme review, you’ll see that I wasn’t always so fitness-minded. We'll see if I can make up for it with super-healthy eating for the next few days ). dumbbells!, and my 50 lb suitcase was much easier to maneuver than usual on my work trips!). Chalean did say that I'd be really hungry this month because of the heavier weights (I'm using my 20 and 25 lb. I'm a little nervous since my diet has been bad for the past couple of weeks. I will finish up the Push phase (the heavy weight phase) this week and will post my results Sunday night. A lot of it was due to alcohol consumption. My diet was a complete bust during the 8 days I was out of town.
I got back into town from an 8 day trip on Monday, and as of Tuesday, I'm back on track with workouts and diet.
My cardio, on the other hand, had fallen off quite a bit. I have tried to keep up with my workouts as best I can, and I've only actually skipped one of the strength workouts in the Push phase. I was out of town for 12 fo the last 25 days. Sooooo, I haven't written in quite awhile, because I've been completely swamped with work and traveling.