Fit with Ruthie

I stumbled upon this website last night...   And I think I have found my next challenge. I will be using some of these moves during my kickboxing class next semester and want/need to get a head start on getting prepared for teaching that class. I have about 6 or 8 weeks before I begin teaching it so hopefully by then I will be in shape enough that teaching wont exhaust me :)  In the video and on the site they suggest doing the following, in order and you can take breaks or modify as needed. My goal is to be able to do this whole list by New Years Day and it will be how I ring in my new year (after a 13 min warm up :) Backward Lunge Kick Up 25 reps on each leg Walk Over Push Up 50 reps Mountain Climber 50 reps Sumo Squats Knee Up 50 reps One Leg Bridge Leg Lift 25 reps on each leg Side to Side Squat & Leg Lift 50 reps One Arm Tricep Push Up 25 reps on each arm Star Crunch 50 reps Diagonal Touch Down 25 reps on each side Side Plank Lift 25 reps on each side O...

I know I know . The New Year is over a month away, but I have already started to think about what goals I have planned for 2013. This past year wasnt at all what I expected. I expected to run atleast 13 half marathons, I expected to run atleast 1 full marathon, I expected to do lots of things... but 2012 had its own plans and sad to say 10 months of the 12 were filled with very limited running. The worst thing that can happen to a runner is to force them NOT TO RUN. How can someone who is a RUNNER.. NOT RUN? You see... being a running isnt just about the calories burned or the inches lost .. its not about time and its not about a tshirt... A TRUE running runs for what it teaches them about life and how it changes them on the inside. . A True runner runs to clear the mind and soul. How can a runner, not run. Well, a runner who is unable to run still looks at life thru the eyes of a runner. Every HARD workout I do, Every sweat drop that hits the floor in zumba or while do...

I am sick. I never get sick. but here i am sick. coughing and coughing and coughing. Since changing my diet to gluten free and eating healthy i hardly ever get sick. Its something I dont take for granted becuase I use to get sick allllll the time. But Saturday the wind blew here nonstop and with it all the dust and things from west texas began to bother me. I taught class yesterday, although I didnt feel well and was happy that I actually felt GREAT until about halfway thru the workout. Then I crashed and wondered if I would make it thru class. .......I did. today I have done nothing but take hot showers take meds and sleep. hoping tomorrow I wake up feeling normal.