Now that I'm retired...

It's been a while since I posted last... in fact a long while. I better catch y'all up on what I've done since the last post.

• Retired from my High Jumping career on the Track and Field team.
• Got a research paper accepted into the Academy of Marketing Science journal and hopefully published.
• Graduated college w/ a Bachelor's in Accounting and Marketing and a Master's in Accounting.
• Moved from Illinois to Georgia to start my job.
• Met some really cool pool and miss a lot of really cool people from home too.
• Learned how to play Bocce ball and was recruited for a Co-ed Softball team (Lord help our team..)
• Began volunteering at a great Golden Retriever Rescue organization which you can read more about here!
• Started my job in Georgia for one month and one week at the time of this post.

Now we're all caught up.. There are other things that will come up as they come to mind.. but that's not what this post is about.

This post is about me being retired from being an athlete for the last 20 years of my life. I know there are thousands of athletes out there who know exactly how I am feeling right now. What am I supposed to do with myself now?? I was on the track team, but I really dislike running. I am (or.. was) built for power, not endurance. I like doing just about any other activity except running, but unfortunately have been reduced to it since I am a grown up now and Atlanta has God-awful traffic I really don't want to put myself through if it's not necessary. That being said, I love the trails around my apartment and have a decent amount of long, open space to do things in and I have a pretty great workout facility in my apartment complex.

I have been noticing the loss of muscle, and it sucks. I was proud of my strength, I am just terrible at making myself go do boring workouts in the gym by myself without anyone there expecting me to. I do better with classes and teamwork, but don't know where to go around here. So I decided to start the 7 Day Ab Challenge as well as the 7 Day Summer Butt Challenge to kick start myself getting motivated again. I started on Sunday and will update you on how it is going throughout the week. So far, so good!

Anyone have any good workouts they like that are unique and fun? I would love to hear from you!