I completed the hard+soft challenge yesterday and I’m feeling so strong and proud of myself 🥳 not only did I complete the challenge, but I also made it my own taking additional rest and swapping classes when I needed/wanted to without guilt and this means just as much to me if not more than the fact that I completed it 🥹
I decided to treat my self to a bala beam for Black Friday because I’ve been wanting one for so long but have been holding off because realistically I couldn’t use weights that heavy - but for the first time I feel strong enough that I could actually use one which is blowing my mind 😭
As an additional anecdote - I was trying to decide which weight beam to buy and I mentioned it to my partner Ben. He’s super into weightlifting and has a whole home gym set up. We’ve worked out together before in the past, but with my hypermobility and other health issues RPS is just a better fit for me than the more rigid lifting programs he follows so we sort of do our own things now and it works for us. But he has a 15lb curl bar and brought it in fo me to try so I could see if the 15 or 25 lb bala beam would be better for me. He sort of tongue in cheek said “see how many curls you can do with this one, I’ll contribute $3 to your bala beam for every curl you get past ten” … yall I hit 20 which is insane (I used to not even be able to do one without elbow pain) and I got $30 off my bala beam plus the joy of realizing how much I’ve Improved from seeing the shock on his face 🤣🤣I believe his exact words were “holy sh*t you’ve gotten strong that’s amazing” and I almost cried on the spot I was so proud of myself 😅 I’ve decided to get the 25lb bar to grow into, because I have a bunch of lighter weights already and I really believe I can get there 🦋💜
