Need To Get Stronger!

So my last blog post was my June challenge. Well I am officially admitting I have to amend my goal date lol. I am very much lacking the upper body strength to hold myself up with my arms. However I plan to correct that. I have been trying to get myself to hold the L-handstand facing the wall. And this is how I learned I need to get a lot stronger. I found this great tutorial on how to do handstands and am trying to follow what he says.

I have been doing some really great challenges through tribesports.com and I am already noticing the benefits. I am going to push a little harder and hopefully this summer in July or August I will be doing hand stands. What I really want to be able to do is lift my own weight. The infamous handstand push up that you see these amazing athletes do.

Some of the challenges I have really enjoyed from tribesports are:

The Sexy Leg workout is a lot more challenging than I expected. And the core workout was not has hard for me as I thought it would be. I always thought my legs were strong but obviously not nearly as strong as I wanted them to be lol. I was also surprised at how strong my core was after having my baby 13 months ago and feeling like I had fallen short on my core work outs. I have also decided to take on the 30 Squat challenge to strengthen my legs. I happy to say today is a rest day for me. ;)

Taking these challenges is not only worth it but a great way for me to see where my strengths and weaknesses are. I think until these two workouts become easy for me I will continue to do them. Maybe the leg workout twice a week and the core at least once. I still find both work outs challenging at the moment so it only makes sense to master them.

But now I also need to find a great workout that I can do at home to increase upper body strength. I do have a small home gym but it is limited. 

In order for me to reach my goal of the handstand push up I really need to get stronger. I have started by increases my push ups for each day. I actually was able to do 65 push ups yesterday. I broke them up into reps of 15 or 20. I am very happy with this. As of April all I could do was 5 of the modified push ups (commonly called the "girl push up"). 

So if you have any recommendations for a good upper body work out I can do at home let me know. I am a newbie so be kind ;)

June 2013 Challenge

So it's been a while since I wrote anything. Once again I got caught up in some awesome spring weather. And with spring comes gardening, hiking, running and for some reason more visiting.

A while back I joined a website called TribeSports.com. I have to say I am enjoying it. There are mini challenges and others encourage your activity. There are a ton of different groups, called Tribes lol, that you can join based on your interests and discussions. You can create your own challenges to challenge others, you can create discussions and tribes too. It really is a great social tool for people looking for like minded fitness seekers and doers.

However as much as I am enjoying it I have recently decided to challenge myself for June with a goal that I have not found on TribeSports (not saying it isn't there though). I found this pic on Pinterest.com and decided I want to be able to do this.

So my goal is to be able to at least hold a free standing handstand by the end of the month. OK, actually my goal is to be able to do this but I will be happy with a regular hand stand too. Now that does not mean I will stop trying to achieve this at the end of June if I have not yet mastered it. I will do this. It's just a matter of time. 

What are your goals for this month?