100 days of body practice: what I’ll be doing

For those of you who are playing along with my 100 Days of new body practice experiment, or who are considering doing so, I thought I’d add a little fuel to the fire by telling you all what I’ll be doing myself during this experiment.

I’ve decided to do two things, both related to the body but one more traditionally “fitnessy” than the other.

For that one, I’m committing to 20 minutes of core-strength exercises every other day.  For me, this will probably involve working with a fitball, and possibly belly dance drills.  (I can’t dance worth a tinker’s cuss, but there’s nothing like practicing your shimmies and hip circles and drops and such to work all those torso muscles.)

For the other one, I’m committing to at least half an hour of pure technique practice, every other day, in classical bel canto singing.  I’m a former professional classical singer who’s been retired for a long time and have been undertaking the slow process of starting to sing again, which is not easy on any number of fronts.  Taking the time to work on technique will be good for me in lots of ways.

Both of these are physical things that take a sustained, consistent effort to really get you where you want to go, so the 100 days experiment is perfect for both these things.  I’m looking forward to giving this a try and seeing what happens.

Thinking about joining me and a whole bunch of other folks, but need a little more encouragement?  Try these eleven reasons to give it a whirl.

And for additional info, encouragement, emboldening, and incendiary juju, you might try a copy of The Unapologetic Fat Girl’s Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts!

 

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