BodyBack Transformation Results

Today was our final day of Fit4Mom Body Back Transformation class. We had a quick 4 week session, and let me tell you. We packed a LOT of hard work into those 4 weeks! 💪🏻

Heading in to the assessments today I felt a little more nervous about them than I have felt before. I’ll be honest, my “before” assessments went pretty well. I was happy with my numbers, I felt strong, and the numbers were stronger than I had been in any of the previous body back sessions that I did before. So my thoughts going in to today almost felt like. “Oh shoot. I set the bar too high. There’s no way I am going to beat my mile time. I’m not going to be able to pass the 4 minute plank, I barely made it through it the first time…” 😬
All of those thoughts flooded my head this morning. Even when I took off running for our mile time, I was feeling shaky. Mentally, I was in a place I hadn’t been before. What was this?
About halfway into the mile I was waiting for my pace cue from my FitBit app. It didn’t show up. What the heck? How am I going to know if I am going to beat my time if she doesn’t give me the halfway mark and current pace?! Come on FitBit! It wasn’t until a little while later that I realized I had switched the units to kilometers for my last sprint exercise. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Perfect. Now I need to try to convert 1 KM to miles in my head while I’m running here. Not happening.
It was at that point that I just decided to let things go. It didn’t matter what the number was, it didn’t matter if I beat my previous time by 1 second or 30 seconds. I needed to run at my own pace, pushing myself of course, but focus on the NOW. Focus on what my body can do RIGHT NOW.
I ended up beating all of assessments today.
I decreased my mile time from 8:27 to 8:10.
I increased bicep curls from 30 to 36.
I increased squats from 34 to 44.
I increased push ups from 30 to 38.
And my plank time went from 4 minutes to 5:05.

After I completed my run I was in a completely different state of mind. As I went through the assessments, I pushed hard but didn’t feel defeated. 4:30 minutes into the plank was the first point I started shaking. It felt EASIER this time around. Even with all of my self doubts, and worries, my body showed up and surprised me yet again. We are STRONGER than we think we are. It does not get easier, we JUST GET STRONGER. In my head, what I had to accomplish today did not seem easy. But my body responded to the training and work that I’ve put into it the last 4 weeks, and benchmarks are an excellent way to see how far you’ve come.

You’ll notice that I don’t talk about my scale a lot. Most of my body measurements have stayed the same. Except for the fact that I lost 1.5 lbs, and I’ve gained an inch in my thighs. Which I can tell has been pure muscle. Haha, #legandbootygains … 🤣

The victories rest in what you don’t see on the scale.
Faster running.
More endurance.
Working out feels “easier”.
Feel stronger.
More muscle definition.
You crave being active.
Feel happier. 😍

The list could go on and on…When you shift your mindset from can’t to CAN, amazing things happen.
What are your recent non scale victories?
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