Week 5 Update: Always Progress to be Had

These last 5 weeks have been amazing. I've pushed myself to limits I didn't think I could and have had results like I couldn't believe.

This last week was filled with moments, over and over again, of me amazing myself in a whole new way. PiYo has brought out the flexibility in me that I never knew I even could have. When I first started I would look up #piyo on Instagram just to see what people were posting. I saw so many pictures of people's before and afters but of their flexibility. I thought that I would never have results like that so I never took a before.

THIS IS A LESSON:
ALWAYS TAKE A BEFORE. Even if you get no after because you will regret when you do get that after.

So I don't have any befores but here is some awesome progress I have made.

This is the pose Warrior 3. You do this a lot in PiYo. Chalene suggests that you do it with a chair until you get stable enough to do it without one. I did it with a chair for a while. Then I did it without a chair and would fall often. Now I can stand like this for quite a while. Also, my calf muscles are looking nice.

This is me touching my toes with my legs straight. This was a never before done thing. Even when I was running a lot. Oh running how I miss you. The day that I did this I wasn't planning on it. My workout had just finished and it had ended with a cool down that included bending in half. I wanted to do it just one more time because the stretch felt good. So I bent over and grabbed my toes. I almost didn't believe that I could do it and did it several more times that day. I still do a check from time to time. This is a "trick" I don't ever want to lose. My new goal is to have my hands flat on the floor.

This move is called a PiYo Flip. It is advanced. It might look easy to you (maybe not) but it is not. I still don't have perfect form but I am working on it. This move literally requires almost every muscle in your body. I had to gain a strong core before I could even attempt it.

This is a side plank. This took me ages to master. A PiYo Flip is harder but for some reason this was hard for me. I actually had to force myself to do it when I hurt my knee. The modified version of it is resting on your knee. Since I can't do that right now I had to go into a full half plank. *silver lining*

It is hard to totally tell but I am rocking a Tricep Push-Up here. This one I can only do after a good workout because my arms are always the last to catch up to the rest of my body. However, I can do it.  I couldn't before!

So, that's my progress. My favorite part about all of it? My sweet Douglas in the background sleeping. Isn't he just so cute? You can't see his face too well. Just trust me, he's cute.

Ok, for reals now people....
I seriously see something new everyday that I couldn't see or do the day before. I'm sure my next week's update I will be more advanced in ways I didn't even think were possible.

Seeing progress is a great gift that gets you to where you want to be. Let's find your limits and exceed those...

Because there is NO better time than NOW!