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Last night the little devils that speak in your ear were trying to talk me into taking a break.  They were yelling loud and clear.  They worked hard all the way through to this morning to get me to not hit my goal this morning.  

As I walked up the hill that headed toward the steep mountain I heard in broad day light the howling of a coyote.  For those of you who do not know the coyote is a symbol for being a trickster.  As I stopped and stood by the big evergreen tree I enjoyed the howl of this lonely coyote, understanding the message.  

It was a morning of tiredness, not wanting to work out and wanting to give in to those evil brats that were trying to take my dedication away.  Plus, my legs were burning way to early in my walk up.  

I was still going to get up that mountain and work on my forms.  The two little devils did talk me into just doing the 3 forms just 3 times and I would stop.  So they thought... 

As I was walking up I started to feel more awake, I moved slow enough to get the burning in my legs to stop.  At that point I pulled my dog Rocky and sped up. 

I found a shady spot to workout in, it had a bit of a hill, some gravel and some slippery wet grass.  I started with some rotations a few kicks and I was ready to do my forms.  

After I made it through my forms, the little devils were in for a disappointment because I found my energy and my positive angels.  I not only did I do my forms, I worked on my kicks, added a new kick to work on ( whirlwind)  and I worked on one of the forms 3 more times.  

The morning sun was beautiful and hot.  The smell of honey-suckle was filling the air with a combinations of evergreen, the mountain was showing her beauty, she gave me strength, through her beauty, fresh air and wonderful stereo sound of song birds.  

After my workout I drank my tea and  had a great conversation.  

When the little devils tell you to quit, tell them about the little train that could.  This is one person with MCS that is not stopping her life.  I am feeling very proud of myself.    

Now. I just need to catch up on my farm chores, it seems time is moving faster and I can not work hard and fast enough.  

Workout: 

10 front kicks right and left

10 straight leg kicks right and left

15 standing oblique crunches both sides

Pow Chow 3 x

Yet Sum 6 x 

Wah Lum Little First Form 3 x 

10 outside crescent kicks right and left

10 inside crescent kicks right and left

12 spinning inside crescent kicks right and left

7 whirl winds right and left.  

10 narrow push ups

10 wide push ups

Stretch

Hit the mountain at 6:30 am.  The sun had not come over the rise yet.  The birds were singing oh so beautiful.  The air was magnificent and the temperature was perfect for working out. 

My workout:

Short hill walk, then forms. 

Pow Choi 3 times

Yet Sum 3 times

Wah Lum Little First Form 3 times 

10 front kicks right and left

10 straight leg kicks right and left

15 standing obliques

10 outside crescent kicks right and left

10 inside crescent kicks right and left

Standing stretches

20 push-ups

Back exercise

Stretch

I sat in a straddle stretch while drinking tea and watching the sun come up over the mountain.

I laughed at myself this morning.  I was weak, my legs were burning, my right side of my body is off due to MCS,  my stances were yuk, I was not remembering to breath through my forms, because I was thinking to much, my every things were off, so I laugh.......

I will have good days and bad days but,I will have more strong days.  Look out world this MCS woman is on track and nothing is going to stop her

This morning was a tough one.   The goal was to get up the mountain before the sun rise.   One very big reason is I am having a tough time getting to bed early.  The spring/summer days leaves me working outside till sun down.  For those of you who are paying attention, you know that the sun does not come down early.  We are heading towards the longest day of the year.  My life work on the farm is moving at a fast pace. 

Starting up that steep hill I noticed right away that my legs were tired and it was cold.  It was 39 degrees!  I had to put on two pairs of pants and 4 shirts.    Coldness like that makes you want to stay cuddled up in a warm blanket. 

During my forms and natural body workout the gravel seemed more slippery than usual and I felt like my eyes would not open all the way.  My eyes eventually opened up and my body moved a little better. I am incredibly thankful I have the mountain as my gym.  I am a nature woman and my mountain gym is a perfect match for me! 

I have set new goals for this week and I am on my path..  I will be stepping it up each week.  

Side note:  It is vitally important that we all exercise.   I would love to here what are your kung fu goals, fitness goals and eating health goals are ? 

Workout

All 9 forms 2 times through

10 front kicks

10 side kicks

15 standing obliques

10 straight leg kicks

10 outside crescent kicks

10 inside creasecent kicks

10 spinning inside crescent kicks

Different yoga moves

ab exercises

back exercises

20 push-ups, narrow and wide

Inner thigh workout

Stretch 

The sunrise this  morning, so beautiful.  Love my mountain gym! 

Most of you know that I have MCS, I have good days and bad.  Because of my MCS, I was having nerve issues in my right leg last night  and this morning I was frustrated with how tired my legs were. 

I decided that I needed to go on our longer route up the mountain.  I have a tendency to make myself do more exercise when I am having MCS issues.  It pushes the circulation in my body  and I sweat, therefore I am pushing out the toxins.  

I was not happy with my stances today.  My legs were just not going to give.  I thought it was best to let them have their moments and concentrate on my upper body movements.  Trying to remember the order when you are mentally exhausted is a bit frustrating,  Because of who I am, I make sure I just laugh at it and I know that it is only temporary.  

After I made it through my forms I was complaining about the tiredness in my legs, thanks to Joseph he reminded my that I had doubled my forms workout.  I went from doing 9 forms a day to doing 18 forms a day.  

Wow!  This was exciting and no wonder my legs were so fatigued.  

After my workout, I sat and listened to the mountain sounds and breathed in the fresh air while I was drinking tea.    

Workout today: 

Each form 2 times equals 18 forms 

10 straight leg kicks, right and left

10 front kicks, right and left

10 side kicks, right and left 

10 inside crescent kicks, right and left

10 outside crescent kicks, right and left

10 spinning inside crescent kicks, right and left

10 narrow push-ups

10 wide push-ups

10 spinning heel kicks

back exercises

ab exercises

stretch

We have a no spray sign and because of that we are the ones who have to do the up keep along the road in front of our property.  So, after my workout, I did roadside maintenance.  This gave me two hours of squatting up and down, and I used a pair of scissors.  

After that I needed to warm up, drinking a cup of tea was good for that.   The rest of my day I pulled weeds (more squatting) and carried 2 five gallon buckets of compost more times than I can count. 

Looking forward to adjusting to my new workout.  I feel I will be adjusted to it in about one more week then I will increase my forms up to 3 or 4 each.  

I am sticking to my goals.    There is no way I am going to slow down.  Looking forward to catching the tail end of Matt.  If I keep working hard enough I can do this.  

Roadside maintenance, took it in about 2 feet.  As much as I keep using my scissors, I am going to have one strong grip. 

Training hard like this (of course even when you are not training hard) it is important to make sure you eat organic green food  with a balance of clean protein.    If you do not you WILL wear your body down 

Some organic red food, like organic strawberries, is also very healthy for you.  Make sure that you never eat NON-organic strawberries.  Always eat only organic strawberries.  Non-organic strawberries have a ton of toxic chemicals in them.  

Healthy fuel, to keep the body lubed up and ready to go.