So, yesterday during my lunch break I decided to throw decorum to the wind and bust out some Pilates right there on the breakroom floor. The not-so-clean, rather crummy breakroom floor. I managed to put aside my squeamishness and promptly tossed off my work shirt, unloaded my pockets of my keys and wallet, kicked off my shoes and went into a Pilates position.
I decided not to do a video this time around since I didn't have a lot of time to sit there and watch one. I could have, my phone is more than capable, but I didn't. I wanted to do this from memory and see if I could get the same feeling.
I started off with a couple of roll-ups (the one that is equal to six crunches) and then progressed to some 100s. It was different doing it on the break floor and I was surprised to find myself limber. I suppose working a few hours on my feet and lugging stuff around made me easier to pull it off, but things came easy.
It still felt good, though. After the 100s I did some cobras and then went into leg work with some triangles. I finished up with a few more roll-ups and then did some stretching afterwards to keep me loose. Overall, the workout took about fifteen minutes and I came away feeling quite good.
I was concerned that someone would walk in on me, but I suppose this is risk that I'm going to have to endure. I love the lunch break Pilates ... it's fast, it's quick, it gives me a chance to refocus for the rest of my shift, and it leaves me feeling good. I had wanted to work my way up to actually being brave enough to pull this off in the gym, so starting in my breakroom is just a way of getting there I guess.
I awoke this morning pleased with the results (a bit of soreness, favorable numbers on the scale) and that's adding in the five hours of baking cookies (that includes clean-up). That baking also includes a few cookies sneaked in (I'm bad). But the way the day went and everything, I was majorly pleased.
So, I'm going to standardize lunch break Pilates during my work-days and file a blog post after the fact.
I'll catch you folks later for Day Twenty-Six. Thanks for reading.
