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Monday mornings.
I work out at 6am. Every. Single. Monday.Morning. Without. Fail.
The winter air is freezing, literally, at 5am, when I wake up and sip my coffee.
It is so tempting to curl back into my husbands back and snooze for another two hours.
But the coffee and the blogging before I creep out of the house at 6am is just enough of an incentive.
And at the other end of my workout - the incentive is the stretch at the end.
At 6.55am, when, over the last beats of loud music, someone calls "And......stretch..."
That is my bliss point.
It's during a stretch, when pleasure and pain combine, that I exhale, relived to be done, relived to have stirred at 5am, relived to have worked hard for nearly an hour, relieved to release those hormones. Relieved to have created a good start to the week.
The weekend sins absolved, a week of promise ahead.
"And......stretch..."
Tell me, how you start your week?
Working out is ALWAYS better than not. I just force myself to move my legs. GOTTA BE TOUGH.
ReplyDeleteliking the sound of how you start the day.... getting those endorphins kicking has got to be a good thing. and its inspiring... cause I really need to start moving this old body a whole lot more then i do....
ReplyDeleteYou make it sound wonderful! I started this morning by over-sleeping, gulping down my coffee and then rushing around like a headless chicken trying to get the kids off to school...to top it off I then had a flat battery! Eeek!
ReplyDeletehmmm, nice idea! =)
ReplyDeleteI love the feeling of an early morning work out. It's the best way to start the day.
ReplyDeleteMy Monday's have been a little all over the place lately because of teaching prac, then a couple of exams, but whenever I've had a free Monday morning, I always go for a run outside. There's something really nice and relaxing about starting a week with a run.
Starting next week, I'll have plenty of free Monday mornings - looking forward to some great morning workouts. xx
Great words!!! And .... stretch.
ReplyDeleteI now start my Monday's with a virtual cuppa with my Monday Guest Star. Looking forward to your visit Lucy ...
Sometimes I forget the streeeeetch bit at the end of a run. And BOY do I regret it!
ReplyDeleteI'm a floppy kind of person who stretches really easily. Sometimes it's a bit too easy for me to overstretch. Like most things! x
the gym for me this morning....gym circuit class. I love the stretching too xx
ReplyDeletewith a workout of course! one for me and also all my clients. I start my week on sunday, that's my prep day. I get myself, business and food in order for the week - i love it, makes me feel soooo organised!
ReplyDeleteMonday mornings used to start with a swim training class and a coffee, but that took up so much of the day... and the preschool days are so short... so Monday is usually an at-home day for me now. Computer for the first part of the morning and then food, cooking, washing, house until 3pm pickup.
ReplyDeleteI do miss starting the week with physical activity though.