It’s been a long time since I’ve done any form of exercise. Since my gym membership has disappeared, I began to walk obscene amounts for hours at a time. That was well and good until winter came around and froze my motivation. Walking for a few hours in ungodly cold just isn’t my idea of a fun time!

I’ve been trying to find something I can do in the meantime that was inexpensive (read: free) and didn’t require anything fancy. Finding a set of bodyweight exercises over at Nerd Fitness, it was just a matter of time before I kicked my ass into doing things.

Earlier today I tweeted about getting something quick to eat before doing up my first set. What REALLY happened was a power nap that lasted a lot longer than I had anticipated. Knowing that I was going to report back tonight that I did something productive, I had to get myself motivated to do this.

It took a few hours of distraction but I finally did it.

  • 20 body weight squats
  • 10 push ups
  • 20 walking lunges
  • 10 dumbbell rows (using a gallon milk jug)
  • 15 second plank
  • 30 Jumping Jacks

    Of all of this, the hardest for me was the push-ups. My upper body strength isn’t what it used to be so I found this to be a bit of a struggle. I opted to do them on my knees instead which made them somewhat easier to do. Apparently I didn’t know how many I was supposed to do and assumed it was 20 push ups. I managed to get to about 13-14 before my arms decided to give up. I just didn’t have the strength to push myself up anymore! Having just copy/pasted the workout from Nerd Fitness, it turns out that I did MORE than I was supposed to. Score!

    As for the dumbbell rows, I don’t have a gallon milk jug. Being in Canada, our milk comes in a bag! I had to improvise. I opted for an old computer I had lying around. I weighed it beforehand to see how much it weighed. After putting it on my scale, it came in at 19 lbs. That will do! I managed to get through that alright.

    Now one thing that the workout suggests is going through the routine twice. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done any working out so I think I’m going to skip that second set for now. When I decide to give it another go on Wednesday, I’ll try and bust out another set.

    What will I do in the meantime? According to The Weather Network, tomorrow will have a high of -4C but will feel like -9C. Hrm. I could possibly go for a walk. We’ll see how I feel tomorrow.

    So far so good?