Power of Super Heroes

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March has been a crazy month.  I cannot believe that it is already ending.  It started with a week long working-from-home due to sickness, continued with my first business trip since Kaya was born and now quickly coming to a close with tough work schedule. 

Within all this craziness, I try to keep my energy at full force, so that no one in my family senses how tiring a day could be.  When I race home with my bike to pick Kaya up on time, I do feel like somehow I get that super hero power in my legs to push me up the hill while facing the 20 mph winds.  The other day, I made it to Kaya in 20 minutes when it usually takes close to 30 minutes.  While puffing up the hills with my single speed, I was thinking that we all get these super hero powers when needed.  The key thing is to recognize those moments and enjoy them. 

For me those moments happen usually when I focus on the beauty of the end result: Finishing a race, Kaya's happy face, Derek's surprise and excitement on what I can do, etc.  We all have that super hero in us, especially when we are trying to achieve something that we think we cannot do it.  The moment we push ourselves to do it, that's when the super hero comes out. 

Here is a very short super hero routine for you.  Can you do it with no rest when you think you absolutely do not have the energy?

  1. 100 Jumping Jacks
  2. 10 Pushups
  3. 10 Burpeese
  4. 10 sec Plank Hold
  5. 15 Burpeese
  6. 10 Pushups
  7. 20 Burpeese
  8. 50 Stationary High Knees
  9. 50 Stationary Kick Backs
  10. 100 Jumping Jacks

As most of my readers know, the key to complete the above set is to have the right form when you are performing the pushups.  Please feel free to be on your knees or perform the pushup on the wall.  On a perfect pushup, the back needs to be straight and the butt needs to be down.  Mirror will be your best friend to make sure that you are making the moves correctly.

Make sure to bring out that Super Hero whenever you need it.  You have it - all you need to do is to call it!

As a kid, I dreamed about having super hero powers.  Now my husband calls me "wonder woman".  My dream did come true but I also realize that everyone else around me has some super powers as well.

High Five to that Super Hero in you!