I had planned to write this post last Friday but time got away from me. Being that I just finished my workout (and my little angel is still sleeping peacefully), I want to share how my first week back doing CrossFit (and working out in general) went after having Mirella.
Well, to be honest, last week was tough in both working out again and making/finding time to workout in between feedings. Even though I did CrossFit throughout my entire pregnancy, I felt like I was literally starting all over again. My “usual” weights felt VERY heavy and I had to take breaks often, but it felt good to workout and do a wod again! I didn’t realize how much I missed CrossFit until I worked out for the first time in six weeks last Monday. I know I have A LOT of work to do in order to get myself back to where I was before I got pregnant with Mirella (body and fitness level), but I’m excited and ready for the challenge. I wish I could bounce back overnight, but I’ve accepted the fact that it’s going to take time and I need to be patient. After all, it took nine months to gain the weight, so it’s going to take a while to lose the weight. I definitely lost strength and certainly some of my endurance, but it feels good to be active again (taking daily walks the past six weeks just didn’t cut it!)!
I managed to workout four days last week (not consecutively like I would have liked, but at least I got them in!). Fitting in a workout while juggling two kids now is quite the challenge! With Keenan, I could just workout before he got up in the morning or while he napped in the afternoon, but with Mirella in the mix, things are so unpredictable, so I have to squeeze it in when I can. I’m hoping that once she gives us more sleep at night, I will feel rested enough to get my workout done before she and Keenan wake up in the morning (fingers crossed it will happen soon!).
Here are the wods (workout of the day) that I did last week:
Monday:
3 rounds:
row 500 m
25 push ups
25 abmat sit ups
25 squats
Tuesday:
5 rounds:
15 walking lunges with a 25 lb. plate overhead
15 kettlebell swings (35 lbs)
Thursday:
15 min. AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)
30 double unders
20 ring dips
10 med ball cleans (14 lb)
Saturday:
3 rounds:
20 box jumps
20 kettlebell snatch (25 lb)
20 plank slaps
With every workout, I warmed up with a mini-wod for 7-10 minutes, stretched and started out with a skill (which I used for reviewing/breaking down some of the olympic lifts: cleans, snatch and presses that I’ll continue to work on in the next few weeks).
All in all, last week went really well. It only whet my appetite for more CrossFit and staying as active as possible to get back into my pre-pregnancy shape!
Mirella is waking up, so I gotta run. Look for more to come!
Questions:
If you have been pregnant before, how was your first week back working out?
Have you ever taken a long hiatus from working out? If so, how was your first week back?
Awesome job, mama!! I’m impressed you got 4 workouts in last week.
Getting back to my regular workouts after having a baby was both humbling and fantastic. Humbling because, as you mentioned, the weights you’re used to seem heavier than they were; fantastic because I think I started pushing myself a little harder, knowing if my body could get through childbirth, I could get through a hard workout.
Thanks! I love what you said about pushing yourself harder knowing that if your body could handle childbirth, it could push through a hard workout! That is so true!!
Hooray for being able to workout again!!
It was hard after both of my boys to get back into top shape but….
The hardest ever for me was when my youngest was not quite 1 and I ended up with a stress fracture in my hip – 6 months of ZERO activity (I was supposed to be on crutches but that was impossible with a baby!). Starting back after that was brutal!!!
Ooh, I can’t even imagine not being active due to a stress fracture and with a baby! That must have been so hard!
You are such an inspiration! Back at it already?! Go mama!
Thanks! You are so sweet!
Awesome job! Yes, I definitely remember how it felt like starting all over again after L was born. But you’ll build back endurance and strength quickly!
Thank you!
I am so glad that your back to working out! After about week 15 of my pregnancy I didn’t workout at all and this week (5 weeks since I had Mia) I did my first jog down the road and it was ROUGH! But like you said, it just whet my appetite for more!!
It felt so good to be active again! I just can’t wait to get back to where I was before…slowly but surely!
You are amazing. I am so glad it went well for you. I know exactly what you mean about getting a little taste of it!!
Thank you, and likewise, as I can’t even imagine fitting in workouts with four kids in tow!!
You are one fantastic & amazing Momma! Great to hear your starting to feel good again. Your strength & endurance will all come back.. just give it a little time 🙂
Thanks, Jessie! You are always so sweet!
Currently 38 +1 weeks pregnant, can’t wait to get back to hardcore, kick your butt workouts! You did a fabulous job for your first week back, congrats 🙂
Oh, you are almost there!! I hope your little one arrives soon!
I had my daughter 5 weeks ago I started training 2 weeks ago. Nothing crazy just some gentile rowing.
I dint feel the same as I was but really looking toward to competing again. Do you have an area where we could share times of wods your doing and how long post baby? To try keep on track.
I’m going to try your wod this week.
Thanks
Hi Angie, congrats on your baby girl! I don’t have an area set up on my blog to share wod times or have any discussion currently. It’s actually something I want to set up as I update my blog. You can always email me and we can compare that way. I’d love to share wod times and talk CrossFit, especially since I workout alone most of the time, unless my husband workouts out with me. Let me know.
Also, how did the wod go?
Great job getting back at it! I just started back to CrossFit following six weeks of postpartum. I thoroughly enjoyed being able to continue my CrossFit regiment up until the day I delivered. It is challenging going back, but as one of the other posters said I feel like I can push myself even harder knowing what my body is capable of.
Thanks, Anna, and thanks for visiting my blog! Great job to you for getting back to CrossFit, too! It’s definitely a lot harder getting back into my pre-pregnancy shape this time around, but it feels good to be back it!