Size DOES matter

Resistance band size, that is :)  In doing some of these extreme workouts we use a resistance band.  I bought about 7 different bands before returning them all and purchasing the Beach Body bands, because they are about 4 inches longer than the standard band.  I was attempting the exercises with the standard band and almost folded myself into a pretzel!!!   We were aiming for a flying goose....  Any who, band size DOES matter for so many reasons and if you're going to be doing the 21 day fix extreme, go ahead and invest in the Beach Body bands.  You'll thank yourself for doing so. 

There are some pretty crazy band workouts and since I have never used a band in my life I felt pretty darn awkward.  I was all tied up, upside down and backward and still couldn't figure out which leg goes back and which arm goes forward.  Finally, with my sweet younger sister "coaching" me (more like yelling and laughing at me) I got my act together and figured it all out.  On the move called the Flying Goose,  I just kept telling myself, "I'm a beautiful goose."  "I'm going to be a beautiful goose."  Hey, you do whatever it takes to get yourself through those 60 seconds!  And maybe one day, I will be a beautiful goose!...I mean HUMAN!!!

The day after leg day, ie. band day, I am really feeling my buns and thighs and that's so great!  It takes a lot for me to get the burn in these thighs because they've always been the strongest part of my body, but these workouts are finally challenging them in ways they've never felt and I'm so excited to be seeing dips and grooves that mean muscle.  Not cellulite. :P

I'm sweating a lot more during workouts now.  Not like you really needed to know, but this extreme program, yeah, it's pretty darn extreme.  My clothes aren't fitting a whole lot different as of yet.  The pants are lose around the waist and saggy in the bum, which is fabulous!  But I'm still waiting for big change.  It's easy to get caught up in the immediate gratification and expectation of a perfect body in just 21 days, but I have to keep reminding myself that I've only been at this 2.5 rounds.  That's a total of about 7 weeks!!!  Not that long.  But then, I think about the changes my body has made in just 7 weeks and holy cow it's awesome!  I'm gaining amazing toned arms, my thighs are coming along quite nicely, in fact someone said the other day that my thighs are smaller than hers now.  BIG SMILE :D  Let's not forget that I'm Puerto Rican and we come by large thighs naturally, so this is huge news and something to celebrate!!!

So, until next time,
Happy sweating!!!