Checking in...

I don't think I worked out this week. I haven't had any free time. We are moved into the new house - only need to pick up a few things from the apartment (including the cats!) and clean it up. The move took about two hours. Six friends came and everyone had an SUV or truck, so it went really fast. One of our friends brought some awesome homemade breakfast tacos - they were amazing! Yum!!!

I'll be posting pictures soon. I am so sleep-deprived, but I knew this week would be insane. My boss was out of town, so I was on my own at work. We closed on the house on Wednesday, and had to finish packing before everyone came to help us move today.

We have a spiny orb weaver spider in our front bushes. Its a fascinating spider, and apparently eats lots of mosquitoes. I'm going to try and get some good pictures of that thing too.

Hopefully this week I will get a lot more sleep and be able to start training again. :)

A little down time...

So, no workout yesterday, took it very easy and ate light. Have company coming into town today, so I'll probably not have any workout for the next few days. Maybe I'll go to the noon workout tomorrow, if it seems reasonable... I'm already missing it! Be strong!

hothothot

I finally got some discipline and made out 10 workouts, 5 FIT and 5 body power. That's because when I came home from work, if I was at all tired, it was impossible to plan and do a workout. So I took the hard part out of it!

And my workouts have gone from an hour a day to 30 minutes a day. I just don't have time for more. Which is working out fine, I can do the bulk of a workout in that time. I just shorten or skip the warmup (or do my first set or two light), and don't add core. That will be a full workout by itself every once in awhile instead.

Yesterday: 3o min AMAP of 1) 15 JR doubles, 2) 15 burpees, 3) 15 situps, and 4) 15 jump squats. It was very tough, and halfway through I really just wanted to stop, but I made myself finish. I'm not sure how many sets I did, my guess is 11-13.

Today: card deck with pushups, body rows, deck squats with 20#, and hip slaps (thanks for the inspiration BBG!). Also hard to complete, but not as bad. Pushups and body rows felt very strong, the hardest part was hip slaps. I kept coming down too fast onto my right hand, which hurt my shoulder. But I finished them, and feel okay so far. I'll be interested to see if my shoulder hurts tomorrow though!

I can't figure out if these workouts are appropriately hard, if I'm just tired after work, or if its the heat. I hope its the first one. At any rate, I'm sleeping like a log, and my energy is decent given the hours (which are kept under 80, thankfully :)

Toasted Shoulders

Between the hindus and chins yesterday, trapeze on Sunday, and all those hip slaps on Friday, I only did half of the set workout for this morning. Wannahearit?Hereitis!

30 minutes: 300 yards crawling and 3000 jump rope.

I went for 30 minutes and made it to 150 yards crawling and 1500 jump rope. Could have gotten a lot more crawling in, but I really struggled with the jump rope. I used a heavy green one. Why? Because I'm an idiot. So, stopped when I realized that finishing for my ego would ruin my week. Have a good one! Hope your new house is coming together for you K-smash! Hope you are remembering to take care of yourself Burpees! Remember, only 80 hours!

Happy Monday!

Well, had a wonderful time yesterday at trapeze. Didn't do any other activity besides that. Today, did the posted workout---15/15 for 10 minutes alternating between two exercises:

Hindus or Divebombers-----Feet on box Chin-ups or Chin-ups to bar with feet (I don't know what that means)


Swings ----- split squats

I did hindus and chins with feet on box 5 reps per set for 10 sets not really noting time same for swings and split squats: (I used 32 K resistance for those). I was toasted by the end.

No other news except it's very hot and humid today. Hard to sleep! Be strong!

Recovering

I was so sore yesterday! But fully recovered today. Taught yoga yesterday morning and that was a good way of working out the stiffness from Friday. I can't decide whether to clean my house, weed my yard, go to trapeze, or take a bikeride. So, I'm sitting here typing. I have a really long week ahead of me, so I'm feeling like I just want to enjoy these few hours off while I have them. It's supposed to get very hot too, which makes me think yardwork or a clean house might make my life more comfortable over the next few days. O.K. That helped narrow it down. Then if I'm antsy I'll take a bikeride or go for a run... My diet has been very bad the last few days, but not as bad as it could have been, so I'm giving myself a D instead of an F. And besides, nobody asks for my transcripts anymore anyway, so I just can't work myself up to feeling very badly. I know I'm healthy most of the time. Bon Courage!

The weekend! Finally!

Wow, I get SO toasted by the end of the week, it takes everything I have left to drag myself home, take a shower, eat something, and crawl into bed on Friday nights. This 5 hours of sleep a night thing is not working. Not at all. Its really taking a toll. I keep asking DH if he would consider going to work earlier and coming home earlier, but it doesn't happen. Its not his fault that I don't sleep more, but it certainly doesn't help when he's getting home at 9 or 10 every night, and staying up until midnight or later.

Anyway, Wednesday I ran 3 miles. Thursday I was going to work out after my last client, but I started to warm up and decided that my body was just too tired to benefit from working out, so I gave up and went home. Yesterday, I worked out with my afternoon class. We did a 10 minute warm-up on the agility ladders, and then did a card deck of burpees, pushups, swings (used the 24kg), and touch-backs.

I was so exhausted last night, that I ate some cereal, honeydew melon, and not-so-healthy trail mix. I'm frustrated with myself. Anyway, after eating I fell asleep on the sofa, then moved to the bed and slept for about 12 hours. I still feel tired today. Not sure if I am going to workout today. If I do, I think I'll run 3 miles again. I've totally fallen off my goal of following CF all month. Oh well. I feel that this week I need to get a couple good runs, and a couple good KB workouts in.

Be strong, ladies! Keep posting - you're keeping me going!

Woo Hoo Noon Workout!

I love the Friday noon workouts at MBG! Met up with Malibu Barbie Teri and did the card deck with all those strong beasts. Exercises were:

Hip slaps (facing the wall)
Lunges (jump with arms crossed across chest)
Body rows
Swings (24 K)

I could have used the 28K for the swings. Hell. Let's face it. I could have used the 32 if I reallly wanted to massacre myself. But I needed one exercise that was lighter because those other 3 really kicked! Hip slaps were new to me. You go into almost vertical handstand position and shift weight from hand to hand so that you can bring each hand up to tap your hip---count them like lunges. It was a good core workout too, because I learned that I could only get through them by really working my leg each side and stabilizing my core to keep my spine nice and light. Love them! I'm toasted now. Burpees, I've seen you do these at the power level version: facing out from the wall. It's an intense workout! Have fun!!!

Happy Friday

Hey Everyone!

Hope you are all well! Things are great in WI. I bought a motorcycle about a month ago and love that it gets 70 MPG, but need to ride my bicycle more :)

I worked out with one of my private clients on Wednesday. Here is what I did:

15/15 workout

10 minutes of cleans with the 28k's (3 per set)
*This was the first time I was able to clean the 28's consistently. It kicked my butt and I had to drop down to the 24k's for the last 3 minutes.

10 minutes of 1-arm presses alternating with one arm snatches w/the 24k
I was able to get in 3 presses per set and 4 snatches per set-it was the first time I snatched the 24 and was really scared, but I did it :)

Yesterday I got a boxing lesson from Jess. I have been learning how to do bag work and it is one hell of a cardio workout!

My diet has been great, I had to start eating meat again and have been really pushing protein. I am trying to get really lean and it is working well!

Here is a typical day:

Breakfast: Rice, hemp or soy/pea protein powder (alternating), 1/2 cup of berries / water / flax oil / 1 cup of kale or spinach

Lunch: either a turkey or tofu wrap on wheat with veggies or salad with salmon or tuna steak or hummus pita with veggies and tofu or meat

snack: another protein shake similar to breakfast

Dinner: Burrito w/ veggies or salad w/ fish or chicken breast / or sometimes salad and another protein shake depending on if I had a snack or not!

This diet is working really well and I am able to switch up the veggies that I am eating. I have been only eating low glycemic fruits and have been limiting my starchy veggies and breads to 1-2 small servings a day!

I found out that I am allergic to eggs and dairy and since I have cut them out, I have been dropping weight and feel ALOT better!

Be Strong

Happy Solstice You Witches!

What a beautiful morning to begin the longest day of the year! It's turning ugly and stormy out now, but the sunrise was pretty and I had a great FIT workout at 6:30. Wanna hear it here it goes...

10 minute warm-up with agility ladder

Line drills workout: 5 x through each line drill followed by 4 30 on 30 off in place exercise:

1. High Knees ---- Hindu squats
2. Lateral slides---- Skaters
3. Butt Kickers----- Mt. Climbers
4. Cariocas (sp?)---- Jumping Jacks
5. Crawling----- Sprint in Place

6. Core: 2X Inch Worms----- 2 X Touch backs

It was lovely! Be strong!

Its a roller coaster!

Holy cats! Hot and humid is back! Although from looking at the weather online, it doesn't look like its much better in WI either.

I ended up taking three days off, and today, no pain in my leg! Yay!

I totally fell off the CF program, but I'll try to find the time to fit in a run tomorrow and try to pick up the missed workouts before the end of the month.

Today I did my own workout which I will also count towards the CF pullup workout from yesterday. My pullups are still quite lacking, so this felt like a great alternative. I did 5 circuits of: 1 underhand pullup from full extension with the tips of my toes resting on the ground; 20 pushups; 30 situps. (Warm-up was a slow 1000 m row and playing with jump ropes).

My diet is still F- in my book - too much "I'm too tired to make food." I'm trying. At 5:30 a.m. this morning, before work and after dumping coffee ALL OVER my kitchen, I had a granola bar, and after my morning sessions I had some oatmeal. Then before going back to work this afternoon, I ran out of time and resorted to a protein bar and a peach. I broke down and bought a salad for lunch on my break (I am against buying prepared food right now for financial and health reasons - more financial). I ate some trail mix (not healthy trail mix) and fruit as a snack, and I am going to make baked chicken, steamed broccoli, and salad for dinner. If I could eliminate the processed crap and replace it all with whole foods, I would feel better about it. No more cereal or bars...whole foods. That's the goal. Get back to what makes me feel awesome.

Anyway, that's what's up. Hope you are all having a great week and some kickin' workouts!

busy week

That'll probably be every week from now on. I did lots of certification courses this week, and met and hung out with my class. We tried to go out to dinner/drinks/etc a lot this past week, so my workouts suffered a bit.

Yesterday's workout was a pyramid of the following exercises: sitouts, skaters, russian twists, mountain climbers, hindu squats, and cable punches. You'd think it would be an easy workout, but because of the humidity I was dripping by the end. Felt good though. I need to fit in a run this week sometime.

Crazy fun!

Hey! Had a great weekend of activity! Saturday dancing was fun, really wore me out though. Slept a long time on Saturday night. Great bike ride on Sunday, 2 hours of trapeze, and a light run on Sunday. Why? Because it's freakin' hot and I don't have airconditioning! Taking a rest today. Nutrition has been good... Want to get some wonton wrapers to make my own fresh spring roll wraps with carrots, cucumbers, greens, and shrimp or chicken. Cool and delicious!

Hey Everyone

I hope you are all doing well! I am still super busy, but doing pretty well.

I have been working out with J and J at the MBG everyday at 1 and am getting stronger then ever. Here is a summary: I have worked up to double cleaning the 28k's, pressing the 2ok's. Snatching the 24k. Renegade rows with the 24 k's. Knee high box jumps. I have been using the 70lb D-Ball and even cleaned the 80 4 times in a row last week :)

I have also been working with Dr. Chad and Traci at the Natural Path Health Center to learn better eating habits. I have lost 7 pounds so far. Anyway. Will try to post more often.

Be Strong!

It's ALWAYS something!!

So I've been feeling tired yet lately...I think that it is definitely due to inadequate sleep, so this weekend I gave myself permission to sleep as much as I like. I definitely feel better, except that I felt a slight twinge of leg pain (lower left leg) start Friday night when I was cleaning. Saturday I felt it a little, but not a lot, so I didn't really pay attention to it. Last night it woke me up a few times, because any time I shifted in my sleep, it started to hurt. It doesn't feel like its in the muscle...its feels deeper, and it only hurts when I move it. Its very difficult to pinpoint exactly where the pain is, except that it is not in the major muscles, and its not in the knee, but it is associated with straightening the leg. I think its underneath my calf, but I'm not sure. It seems to be in a broad area. Anyway, it hurts, and because of that, I ended up making today another rest day. I hope it feels better tomorrow. If not, I'll be forced to do one-leg pushups, and a lot of KB work (oh no!). :)

Thursday workout:
Warmed up with jumprope and line drills. Three times through of: 15 double-unders (I'm finally starting to get them! yay!), 15 burpees, 15 box jumps, and 15 body rows. Then I did another set of double unders, and some pushups and other random things. Felt SUPER tired that day.

Friday:
Warm up with JR (practicing double unders again), situps, back extensions, pushups.
Workout: 7 sets of 3 overhead squats. Two sets at 75 lbs, three sets at 85 lbs, and 2 sets at 95 lbs. Felt pretty good.

Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Rest (was intending to workout, but its a no-go with my leg hurting)

My diet has been sucking lately. When I get really, really tired, I have NO energy to prepare food for myself, so I either don't eat, or I eat something super easy, which too often means stealing some of DH's cereal. Not good. I can tell. I've also been indulging in a little too much beer. More than two beers a week has a negative effect on my energy levels. I really need to get myself back on track. Sigh.

Alrighty, I hope you ladies are having a wonderful weekend! I love reading your posts!! Stay strong! Miss you!

Dancin' fool

Had a great workout yesterday w/MBG staff. I love how strong people are at that place! Warm-up was a mile run (I didn't bring shoes to run so jumped rope instead). Then workout was decending resistance increasing reps kettle bell clean and press. I started with 2 reps of the 20 ks. We were supposed to go for 2.5 minutes, alternating with a partner until each did 5 sets. (the timing thing threw me off. I couldn't get all my sets in in time). So, I did 4 sets. Then 5 sets with 16 ks for 3 reps per set. Then 5 sets with 12 ks for 4 reps per set. Then 5 sets of 5 reps with 8 ks. Anyway, I liked it for the reps, got messed up with the time. We finished with 5 sets of 5 PW rollouts with alternate leg extentions.

The workout for the noon class, which I watched part of, was really cool too, and I want to try it sometime. With two kettlebells, start in push-up position, do a renegade row each side (kettlebell comes back toward the hip), then do a push-up, then jump feet forward to forward flexion position, clean the kettle bells, push-press, then lower and repeat. Do about 2 to 3 reps per set alternating with a partner for 15 minutes. It looked like it kicked! I would like to try it with the 16 ks.

I'm off to dance this afternoon. It will be hot but fun!

Need a massage...

Had a good workout yesterday afternoon... Because my shoulders are still sore from the sit outs, I did down dog push-ups instead of hindus, 90 degree chin ups, and jumped rope (200 forward and backward) instead of running around the gym (this wasn't because of shoulder stuff, but because I had ridden my bike to the gym and needed to safe some energy for the ride home). I got through three sets of 20 reps in 30 minutes.

I know I need to start taking the time to make good, healthy, delicious meals for myself. But instead of doing that, I went home and took the healthy but easy route. As I result, I had a smoothie for dinner. Not just any smoothie, but something I would have thought up to sicken myself 10 years ago... Soy milk, blue berries, kale, and flax seed. Oh, and my blender is old, so I had big chunks of kale sort of globbed together. God help me. It tasted good. But I know that if I ate something like that everyday, I would start to feel like I was being punished. Why? Maybe I have some sort of health food prejudice that I need to get over.

This morning I made it to the 7:30 FIT. It was an endurance workout: 60 sec. on, 30 sec. rest. 4 times through 4 exercises: chest pass, swings, swimmers, and box step ups. I used a 24 k for the first two sets of swings and 16 k for the last two. I used a 3 k medicine ball for 2 sets and a 4 k for two sets of chest pass. Yellow cables for two sets of swimmers and maroon for two sets. Big green box for step ups. We did core: 30 sec. on 15 sec. rest (2x through for me, I think they went 4 times through but I left early). Plank, side-plank (right and left) and supine thinker. Tonight I finally get a massage! Carpe Diem!

indecision

Originally I was going to do a card deck, but flipping cards sounded like too much work, so I decided to do 100's AFAP. Then, watching a clock sounded like a lot of work, so I just did 100 total, broken into sets of 10 for the most part. I guess I was having an indecisive day!

warmup: jump rope play, working on crossovers forward and back, doubles, and direction changes for about 7 minutes.

workout: 100's of each
pushups (first 30 done with PPU)
body rows (90 deg. under chinup bar)
squats (butt touching 4k med ball on floor in 'down' position)
burpees
stability ball curls

I've noticed that body rows are much harder for me on a bar than they were on a jungle gym. I'm not sure why that is. Maybe because I can't use wrist rotation as leverage?

A little sore...

My shoulders are still feeling those sit outs from Saturday! Feel pretty good though. Did a bike ride yesterday. Today I'm working out with a friend at the gym. We'll be doing 20 hindus, 20 chin ups, run around the building, 20 pw rollouts. I'll be barefoot, so will probably jump rope or do vertical jumps instead of run around the building... It's getting hotter and more humid this week. Not like Austin, but still. Still biking! Still loving it! Be strong!

Busy!!!

Sounds like you girls are having some great workouts and enjoying life! Excellent! Keep that energy up!

Let's see...I've been busy, so I have a couple decent workouts to post.

Saturday:
Warm-up: agility ladder with DH

Workout: 21-15-9 Deadlifts and down-dog pushups off a 20" box. I think I started with 135 lbs for 10, then cut back to 125 lbs to work on form, then back to 135 lbs. I think my last set of 9 I did at 145, but I can't remember now.

Sunday I was supposed to run, but I ran out of time instead of out the door. :) I should have gone earlier in the day, and then once it gets over 90 degrees out, my motivation evaporates.

Monday - ran 3 miles in the morning (it was already warm!), and later did another workout. Three rounds of jumprope (50 revs), 15 pushups, 4 pullups (not quite full, but almost), 15 situps, 10 back extensions, and 10 overhead squats with a pvc pipe. Then after all that, I did 7 sets of 3 back squats, starting at 95 lbs for the first set, 105 for the second set, and 115 for all the other sets.

With these last couple workouts, I felt that I could definitely go a bit heavier on the deadlifts and the squats, but I really wanted to work on form too. I haven't done a lot of those exercises lately, so I wanted to make sure I could move the following day too. :)

Today is a rest day, thank goodness! I only got 4-5 hours of sleep last night.

Be strong!

I feel good (insert music here!)

Hey! Beautiful weekend. Had a fun workout Saturday morning at the gym. Pyramid of 10-15-20-25--25-20-15-10. The exercises were: burpees, skaters, sit-outs, mountain climbers. Then crawling, which I did all at the end. (the reps total 140 so the crawling was for yards). It felt good, and it wiped me out, and I rode my bike so there was no rest until I got home. Sunday, took a bike ride (Cap. Cit. trail with the monona lake loop added in). It's about 36 miles, but always takes me a little longer because I always get lost in Monona. Did the a.m. workout this morning. Three sets of decending reps for each exercise: 20s-15s-10s

Split squats alternate with kb swings and alligators alternate with pole crawl. I used 16kx2 for the split squats and the 32k for the swings. Biked in and home again, need to take the rest of the day easy. As I was biking home from the workout, I was passing all the biking commuters. Almost everyone was smiling. Just riding and smiling, like we're all still kids. Isn't that sweet!

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That's what I felt like today. It was a beautiful day outside, but I just couldn't get in the mood to do anything. I wanted to do some yardwork, so I cut the lawn and tried to plan some landscaping. I'm having a LOT of trouble figuring out what low-maintenance plants to put in. This is not as easy as I imagined at all.

My workout was similarly uninspired. I did a 5X5 of:
handstand pushups
chins
pistols
deadlifts with 155#
PW rollouts. I went until my nose hit the floor; they were HARD!

After the workout, I crashed big-time; I felt so tired. So I've been sitting around and looking online for gardening ideas. I think I'm more than ready to start work!

getting hot

Yesterday hit 95 degrees, and I was highly unmotivated to work out. So except for some HEY poses, I called it a rest day.

Today was much cooler at 85, and I did a FIT workout from the MBG page (with modifications):
10 minute blocks of:
1. Jump Rope 30/30
2. resisted running with magenta bands (2)
3. PW crawl

Feeling pretty good overall still, diet has been slipping somewhat but sleep is still excellent (until Tues. when I start work anyhow!)

Good rest=Good workout

Have been going to bed amazingly early this week. Just fried after sitting in a workshop all day. I overdid my training yesterday, as I already noted. Went to bed around 7:30 (yes, it was still light out but I was ready to sleep!). Did the a.m. workout this morning. The workout was:
As many times through as possible in 30 minutes.
20 push-ups (high box)
20 chin-ups
20 box jumps (high box)
20 pw roll-outs
20 cable cleans (green band)
then run around the building

Because yesterday ended up being such a blow-out exercise and nutrition wise, I decided to halve the reps for each set. I didn't run around the building either because I was working out barefoot, but I did do 5 minutes of jump rope after I went through the circuit twice. It felt really good. MBG has these very stiff foam gymnastic mats that can be used as boxes (one is about mid thigh. Because they are bigger and have a very slight give, they are great for box jumps. No mental freak out about the box moving or tipping. I used one that came up to mid thigh. I haven't felt safe to try jumping that high for a long time. It was fun! Riding my bike to work still. I love that! Be strong! Go fast! Smile pretty!

Tired and sore, but in a good way

I did NOT want to work out yesterday, but I did...and I'm starting to feel a little more normal. I decided for the rest of June, I am going to follow Crossfit's WOD and see how it compares to me designing my own workouts. Then in July I may do the MBG WODs, or I might design my own program again. Because of the facilities I have access to, its actually easier to do the Crossfit WODs than the MBG WODs right now.

Anyway, yesterday I did an adaptation of the workout because I was tired and felt that that was all I could do. I did five rounds of our 400 m route (which is actually 320 m) and 30 thrusters (squat and press) with 45lbs. I didn't bother timing myself, but I will say that I think my time was pathetically slow. I guess the protocol with thrusters is to squat until your thighs are parallel to the ground. I went down into a deep squat for most of them.

Last night I got home from work about 8:30 and managed to get myself into bed by 9:30...but I had to be up at 5:00 this morning, so I still don't feel like its enough. Tonight I'll probably get home around 9 or 10, and I'll try to go to bed right away. Tomorrow, I might sleep in until 8 or so.

Today is a rest day! Yay! Be strong!

Tuesday:
4-hour hike in Shenandoah nat'l forest. Very hilly hike, and beautiful weather, sunny but shady in the forest obviously, and mid 70's. Tired me out more than I anticipated!

Yesterday:
30 min jogging tour of the neighborhood (its so cute!)
ab card deck: situps, PW rollout, leg lifts (low reps done hanging, high reps done on floor), and touchdowns with 5k.

Today:
40's of: Dball clean and press with 60#, Dball snatch with 40#, foot up lunge with 40#, one leg stability ball curls, one leg full extensions with magenta cable
Then 4 minutes of thinker in each direction (prone and sides, that is). Done as 1-minute blocks, 2 minutes total on each side.

Overall I'm feeling pretty good. Getting at least 8 hours of sleep, which feels amazing. The only complaint I have is that there's not enough to do in the day! I start work next Tuesday, which I'm looking forward to. My diet is pretty good; including veggies with every meal, but we did go out and get pizza last night from this semi-world-famous place in Crozet. Still doing a smoothie or juice+ bagel with peanut butter for breakfast.

Finally back to gym

Have been in a workshop all week, after visiting with a friend from out of town for half of the previous week. I have been biking to work since Memorial day. Found a used Mt. bike, it's pretty, with fenders and a basket for riding around. I love it! Rode in to the gym this morning. Workout was: 300 yds., crawling, 3000 jump rope or 3 mile run, split up however you want. I did all the crawling: half regular, half with a power wheel. I made it through 2 of the three miles. Then had to clean up, jump on the bike, and then roll into work. I didn't get enough protein in my breakfast and lunch, ended up really sort of crashing, light headed, really hungry, during a walk with my friend after lunch. To be clear, lunch was not even a real meal. More like a snack of raw veggies during a networking/information gathering "function." I hate it when that happens. Hoping to make it back in for tomorrow morning's workout. I miss you guys! I love how the gym is such a little "home." Be strong!

Still tired, but improving

JR with the green rope to warm up.

10x10 pushups
4x25 situps
4x25 squats (no weight, fast)
~85 pullups - 15 of which were underhand with arms fully extended and toes just touching the ground....the rest were like 90-degree assisted, but done overhand on a bar instead of with a jungle gym.

I need more sleep. More disciple...more sleep...I should really have been in bed an hour ago...

Be strong!

Jacked up shoulders

So today's workout was three rounds of 10-15 overhead squats with a PVC pipe (no weight), 10-15 situps (still sore from Saturday!), 15 pushups, 10 ring dips (with my feet on the ground - those HURT my shoulders a ton), 10 90-degree chins, and 10-15 back extensions.

Then I played around with barbell snatches.

Then I asked Adam if he thought my shoulders should be rotated back from where they are, and he said that they look pretty messed up to him. Not in those words, obviously. I knew it though...I can tell when I stand up straight that they are internally rotated forward. So Adam spent about half an hour with me trying to get them to straighten out. It helped a little, but I'm going to have to work on them every day if I want them to eventually straighten out. Ugh. Its so frustrating. My right shoulder is significantly worse than my left shoulder. I am wondering if its because I've always carried my backpack on my right shoulder...

Well, anyway, I really need to get to bed. Be strong!

my workout room

Finally I got some sunlight and some good pics! The first one is of the bulk of my stuff (Dballs, med balls, oly bar and plates, stability ball, power wheel, plus jump ropes and PPU and agility ladder and others on the wall. The second pic is my chinup bar and my new train station (installed by the BF this morning!) . The only thing left to make is jump boxes, which are hopefully coming soon. Its no monkey bar but its the best I've got for now :) Until the Monkey Bar C'ville has its grand opening, that is!

coming back is hard

Coming back to working out I mean. Its amazing all the muscles that have gone away in a few short days.

Sunday I did a gauntlet workout reminiscent of Power 60 class, but easier:
20 jump lunge
JR 100 F/B
20 pushup
JR
20 PW curl
JR
20 body row
JR
20 PW pike
JR

Twice through that and I was toast. It was hard to jump rope on my carpet, so that made things harder and me more tired. I'll probably get used to that with time.

Monday I did another basic workout, this time a card deck:
pushups
chins
squats with 40#
good mornings

Today my arms are so sore! Its ridiculous, actually, because just a few weeks ago those workouts wouldn't have made me blink. Its either the time off, or the weather here, or both. Either way I'm glad to be a little sore and glad to be at it again!

I'll send pics of my cute little workout space when I have a sunny day to take pics of it. Right now its a little cloudy, so its pretty dark in here (no lights in that room yet!)
Stay strong ladies!

Fighting my way back

I am still feeling super freakin' tired all the time. I really do not think I got enough sleep this week though, so that probably is a big part of it. Yesterday I started feeling sicker again - a little headachey, slight sore through, coughing more...so I picked up some of that Airborne stuff and have been using that. I feel a lot better today. Maybe it was from getting more sleep, or from that Airborne, either way, I'm glad I feel a little better.

So DH and I did a workout inspired by one of Burpees' workouts. We ran 3 miles, taking breaks to do pullups, pushups, situps, and burpees. I did 4 sets of 15 pushups, 3 sets of 20 situps on an incline bench in the park, 2 sets of 10 burpees, and 6 sets of 2 pullups (with assistance). Felt good, but VERY tiring.

Be strong!

My brother and sister-in-laws new kitties

I still haven't worked out since Monday. I've been SO freakin' sore. Yesterday was exhausting (8 sessions, the first being at 6 a.m. and the last starting at 6:30 p.m.), and I absent-mindedly got dehydrated, so I woke up in the middle of the night with some awful leg cramps. I am feeling a little better, but still really tired, and still with a lingering cough. I'm going to try to work out this afternoon. I'll post again later if I manage to get a workout in.






My brother and his lovely wife have adopted two new kittens (bringing their animal tally up to four cats, a St. Bernard, a bunch of ferrets, and a partridge in a pear tree).