Day 36 - Oh...the shame

I never tried out for the basketball team, but always took pride in making baskets everywhere I would go. I would finish a piece of gum and earn two points for making a basket into the trashcan. I would pick up someone else's trash, ahem, and I earn another two points for making a basket into the trash bin. I would finish drinking a can of soda and earn another 2 points for making a basket into the recycling bin.

So on Friday, when I missed 2 points by trying to throw a pair of jeans into the laundry bin, I felt the shame. Well, the first time, I just didn't think about it..but the 2nd, 3rd and 4rth time I missed the laundry bin, I felt the shame. I had to literally stand right over the laundry basket to get my jeans in the bin. So, I slammed dunked it and that was pretty cool, but it did get me thinking about getting more sleep and performing basketball drills for today's 40 minutes.

I warmed up my muscles (10 minutes, nice long warm-up) and took a couple of cones out from hubby's soccer stash. I ran to one cone and then back to the start area, making sure my fingertips touched the cone. Then, I ran to the second cone which was further away than the first cone and then back to the starting area. I did this until I got to the last cone and realized, I'm not 20 anymore. I'm going to be a bit slow..and that is okay. Plus, I ate more gummy worms yesterday and really needed to work them out. Note to self: stop shopping for junk food at Costco, its like a never ending bag.

After that, I took out my jump rope and jumped for 5, took a break, jump for 10, took a break, jumped for 15 and took a break while my daughter jumped the entire time singing a song about having a boyfriend and whether the baby would be a boy or a girl. I quickly had to stop that, she's only 6 and where is she learning songs like that?....that's the real reason why I took all those breaks ;-) not because I was tired.

My daughter got bored so it was just me and my Reebok step. I did a lot of repeaters and basketball jumps on the step. And finished off with some squats and lunges until I saw all of the dirty laundry around me. Didn't I just do the laundry two days ago? What happened?

So, I wrapped up my 40 minute workout by making baskets with the socks, the underwear, the shirts, the gym shorts and every time I missed, I did 5 jumping jacks. I did a lot of jumping jacks on Friday, but I'm pretty sure I got my 40 minutes in for the day.

Until tomorrow, get your 40 minutes in and make each chore fun. Is that an oxymoron?

1 - Quote taken from the following website: http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/plyometrics.html