Marlo posted a challenge for December that involved daily squats on top of whatever other workout is happening each day. I've been saying for a while now that I need to add some strength training to my running. I've had strength training as part of my workouts for as long as I can remember - high school, college, on my own after - but since having kids I have had limited time for working out and I have to pick and choose what I do. I typically either just run or just do yoga. Rarely do I have the time to run AND do strength or run AND do yoga. I know the importance of strength training and have been talking about finding a way to add it back in to my routine. While this squat challenge was very very simple, and not even intense, it was the good kick in the ass that I think I needed to get started back on strength training. It is amazing how quickly I noticed the effects of even a few body-weight squats each day. Kinsley and Dagny even got in on it with me - Kinsley did as many as 80 squats! Dagny's were more of a smiley bounce, but it was fun to watch her get into it.
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