Since I started my high protein diet, I've also added Cardio to my daily routine. This has helped with the RA a great deal. I even started working out today in my new FIT FLOPS, I ordered off Amazon.com. Let me tell ya, AMAZING! I love working out in my fit flops. They are so comfortable and I feel like my calves, butt and thighs are getting an extra boost in burning fat. I love sweating it out.
Anyway, back to what I was trying to get to that besides my new love for Zumba, I had to switch it up. I previously posted about how my daughter and I started to Shimmy (belly dance workout), well I found more workouts to mix in for the week. No more boring walking with my IPod. I started learning hip hop dance routines from Comcast On Demand's Hip Hip Dance section and YouTube.com. As I was browsing through Comcast On Demand menu, I came across "Sports & Fitness". I selected Exercise TV and then I use both Kickboxing and Dance. The Dance section has dance workouts from "So you think you can dance", "Dance your @$$ off" and "Dancing with the Stars" and my new favorite, "Billy Blanks Jr. Dance with me". Billy Blanks Jr. is the son of Tae Bo Legend Billy Blanks. He's fun and not as annoying as his father.
I started out with his Bollywood workout, then bumped it up with his Latin Burn workout. Today, I noticed that Comcast added Billy Blanks, Cardioke on their On Demand menu. I was excited to start. As I got into it, I heard Billy (the instructor) said, we'll be singing while we work out. The lyrics will be displayed on the screen so we can workout, breath and sing. He explained that it would help build our stamina. Now, I realized how Beyonce gets her workout done and why her stamina in the, "I am yours..." concert, just blew me away. She killed it on stage, never out of breathe while dancing and singing in her stilettos. Speaking of stilettos, my daughter loves to workout to the CRUNCH Eroticise Stiletto Strength workout (nothing inappropriate). That's right, this little one will put on my highest pumps and strut her stuff back and forth in my room. It's the funniest thing ever.
Okay, back to the Cardioke, the last section is a cool down section where we sing this song written by Billy's wife. I love what he says's, "Listen to the Lyrics, OWN these words", while we stretch it out.
Start from where you are
take a breath in
take a brave look in the mirror
at the soul inside your skin
so hard on yourself
perfection's overrated
life's so complicated
simply stated
it's gonna be alright
every flaw is magnified
underneath your hardened eyes
you pick yourself apart
and cut you down to size
it's a standard operation
for your self humiliation
it's become so much your normal
that you don't realize
you are enough
you are enough
you are exactly where you need to be
right now it's tough
but all that you need to get through
is already in you
you are enough
There's so much pain
all around you
from the nerdy plain jane
to pretty girl too
You just never know
so you think that you're alone
no one can relate to you
and you're the only one
it's gonna be alright
it's gonna be alright
it's gonna be alright
it's gonna be alright
it's gonna be alright
it's gonna be alright
it's gonna be alright
it's gonna be alright
Don't like your job
don't like you life
fighting with your husband
fighting with your wife
no one understands you
they've never been your age
each new generation
has the same old rage
you are enough
you are enough
you are exactly where you need to be
right now it's tough
but all that you need to get through
is already in you
you are enough
There's never been a you before
so how can someone tell you how to be
I wish that I can take away
your doubt and set you free
Start from where you are
and take it in stride
Call it all good
Call it a win
reach from inside
you are enough
you are enough
you are exactly where you need to be
right now it's tough
but all that you need to get through
is already in you
you are enough
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