{"id":917,"date":"2008-03-23T09:07:05","date_gmt":"2008-03-23T15:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?p=982"},"modified":"2008-03-23T09:07:05","modified_gmt":"2008-03-23T15:07:05","slug":"happy-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=917","title":{"rendered":"Happy Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This has got to be my favorite Easter photo. Brian looked so cute in his pastel green suit. Simply adorable!<\/p>\n

Anyway, today will be spent at the Brubakers. Grandma and Grandpa went to church with Dave and Donna this morning and then we are meeting up at Dave and Donna’s for a late Easter lunch. I would have gone to church, too. Brian didn’t want to, though.<\/p>\n

In hindsight, I’m glad we didn’t commit to going because I’m achey all over. Brian and I decided to renew our gym membership last week. My first workout back was Pam’s step class on Wednesday. Rightfully so, because she is my favorite instructor. Several years ago, when I got addicted to working out, I went to her fitness classes religiously. Religious is appropriate here because she had a step class on Sundays that I attended every week, rain or shine whether or not I was feeling well.<\/p>\n

I decided since I am completely out of shape, I better take it easy. I did a step with no risers. So I was pretty much just doing floor exercise because a step with no risers is not that much higher off the floor. Step was pretty energizing. It was great.<\/p>\n

I stayed for core express too. Core express is 30 minutes of sit ups and other exercises for your core muscles. We used a ball (or a bosu, depending on your preference) and a mat. Golly! That kicked my butt. While step made me feel good, core class made me realize how very out of shape I really am. <\/p>\n

Thursday, I was feeling somewhat sore but alright overall. It wasn’t until Friday I really felt beat up all over. I felt like I had been put through a meat tenderizer. My stomach area hurt and my calves hurt. Just not a very good feeling.<\/p>\n

You know what they say, though… The best way to cure a hangover is to drink some more. I applied the same philosophy. I figured the quickest way to get my body used to the after workout feeling is to work out even more. So Saturday Brian dropped me off a little before 8 AM and then he took Bebot to Eddy’s for regular maintenance. I have prepaid maintenance so all of it (oil change, tire rotation, etc.) was free. It’s nice not to have to worry about that stuff specially when you are broke. Next week is Crighton’s turn and this time it is going to cost probably $200 because Crighton needs some work done. We will get paid next week, though, so it should be okay. So long as the cost doesn’t exceed that amount because that’s all we have budgeted for. But I digress… Back to the gym.<\/p>\n

0_200803220757_614.jpgI did pump class which is an hour of squats, lunges, bicep, tricep, shoulder, back, etc. The equipment we use is shown the picture. You can also use dumbells for some of the bicep and tricep work. As you can see, I decided to take it easy. The idea is to get back into shape, not kill myself.<\/p>\n

Speaking of killing myself, I about did when I decided to stay for step\/floor class after pump class. Step\/floor is an hour of high impact aerobic workout. It is a lot like step class, but with more floor exercises. At my peak fitness level, I used to be able to complete three workout classes back to back and not even flinch. As you know, I am in the worst shape of my life right now. Needless to say, I gave up halfway through the second class.<\/p>\n

It was a relief to know that Bebot was also finished at that time (Brian said he had just gotten home when I called) so I didn’t have to wait long for him to come and pick me up. I’m going to give it a try again next week and see how far I can get before my body cries “uncle” and I’ll keep trying until I get back into being able to do three classes back to back. It’ll take a while, I know, but I will get there.<\/p>\n

Anyway, today I feel worse than I did on Friday. Now I’m achey everywhere. There is not a muscle in me that isn’t aching right now. I can barely move. The plan next week is to stretch more. I bet that’s what it is. I’m really bad about stretching before and after workouts. I suspect that will solve the problem.<\/p>\n

Brian and I are thinking of doing yoga together on Tuesday and Thursday next week. So that should help, too. I’m not very flexible so yoga should be good for me. Besides that, I get stressed out a lot because of work. So hopefully, yoga will help with that too. Brian says it is very relaxing.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are some pictures from bowling last week. Mom, Dave, Donna, Brian and I all met at Derby Bowl for a few games. Not to gloat or anything, but my total score was the highest!<\/p>\n

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This has got to be my favorite Easter photo. Brian looked so cute in his pastel green suit. Simply adorable! Anyway, today will be spent at the Brubakers. Grandma and Grandpa went to church with Dave and Donna this morning and then we are meeting up at Dave and Donna’s for a late Easter lunch. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}