The end of my maternity leave, that is. I am taking advantage of my gym membership in Seattle. Come the return of work, I’m not sure how I will fit lifting into my schedule, since I’ll no longer be a 10-minute walk from the gym at work, nor will I have tons o’ time during the weekends (I imagine I’ll want to spend that time with the little peanut, and I’m pretty sure my stay-at-home dad of a husband will not appreciate me taking off on Saturday and Sunday after he’s taken care of said peanut all week). Not like I’ve got the time right now. Taking care of a baby is hard work. A little bit nervous about it, but we’ll see how it goes.

Today was a basic supersets scenario:

• DB Step Ups (8 reps each side @ 20#) / Prone Jackknife (12, 12, 15)
• DB Chest Press (10 reps @ 20, 22.5, 22.5) / Ball Leg Curl (12, 12, 12)
• DB One-arm Row (10 reps @ 22.5) / i for the life of me can’t remember what I did and my training log is in the baby room and i don’t want to go in there for fear of waking the babe but i’m pretty sure it was a ball exercise and when i finally remember or tomorrow when the babe wakes up i’ll update this with the right exercise. man, my mind is mushy if i don’t get enough sleep.
• BW Lunge (15 each side) / Plank (30 sec)

Did three sets no rest, then rested for one minute in between exercise switches. Kept the weights light, as I attempted to keep this more circuit workouty. This workout courtesy of Women’s Health Magazine, which has gotten a little more about fashion and beauty, and less about exercise and fitness, if you ask me. They do, however, offer mini workout slideshows that you can download onto your iPod, which is kinda gimmicky and neat at the same time.

In addition to this official workout, I’ve started doing random stuff at home. While the babe is in her bouncer and I play with her, I also sneak in 60-second planks and 45-second side planks (btw it takes 40 seconds to sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”), then throw in some push ups for good measure. While I’m holding her in front of a mirror (one of her favorite activites), I do body weight squats (my weight and another 13.5 lbs!). I use my fitness ball to bounce the babe around on, but also do some crunches as well. While it’s not perfect nor ideal, in the end that is more plank, pushups and squats that you’ll do during the day than if you didn’t do any at all.