Move It In September, Day 1

Day 1. Ironically, it's also September 1st. Ha. What do you make of THAT?

I had good intentions when I went to bed last night.

I laid out my running shoes, socks, sports bra, tshirt and shorts to just throw on. Set the alarm to 5:30 am and said I would just throw the clothes on, pull hair in a ponytail, put on ipod, and chew piece of gum. Do a run/jog/walk/crawl to Sunrise Blvd. and back down A1A. About a 3 mile round trip.

Alarm goes off. I lay back down. Think I'm awake until I look at clock again and it's 6:25. Crap.

Get up. Drag my butt to the coffee maker and turn it on. Which is I need to STOP doing, but another day.

Did a few exercises and said that this evening will have to be my motivational moment. Great.

20 bicycle crunches
10 full crunches
10 countertop deep pushups

I will update this evening.

UPDATED at 6:30pm

It was raining with a few boomers here and there so I grabbed the AB RIPPER X from the P90X set. Ugg

15 to 20 reps of each (as opposed to the 25)

In and Outs
Seated Bicycle (forward)
Seated Bicycle (backwards)
Seated Crunchy Frog
Wide Leg Sit Up (not sure why I find these easy?)
Fifer Scissors (um, no, I can NOT keep my legs straight and feet flexed)
Hip rock and raise
Heels to Heaven
Rollup / Vup Combo (no Vups on this end folks)
Olique Vups (right side is easier then left)
Leg climb
Mason Twist (40 total, did all)

Ummm...I know that my core will be sore tomorrow. It always is when I do this workout. But I did every stinkin exercise at least 15 reps, 20 where I could push it.

FYI - I think you can google the directions that come with the DVD set (The fitness guide gives step by step instructions) or look on youtube for a sample of the move if you don't know what it is.

So how about it ... did you Move It On September 1st?

Monday - Arms and Shoulders

AND I DID IT! And it’s only 6:30am!


I did the full chest and shoulder routine. Which I hate with a passion only because I can’t stand pushups. But it’s so empowering to start off with a goal of 6 and then be able to do 8. Could I push for 10, yeah, probably but I was starting to feel a little queasy and weak towards the end there.

So here’s my tip: if you are only able to do 8 or 10 fast forward through the rest of the group doing their 20 or so … it shaves quite a bit of time off AND you won’t cool down and get bored, it will keep you moving. I probably shaved almost 10 minutes off with that, the extra chitchat AND the water breaks … I stop it when they start doing the little stretches and jumps.

So overall, I’d say I DID IT. Yeah. Bring it. I did! I’m tired. Fatigued. My arms are saying hello. Quivery.


The Ab Ripper X is in the dvd beckoning me now so I must go … adios!

Wednesday workout to start

Finally, Hubby tore apart the dvd player to rescue my AbRipper disc. What a great guy. This was a fairly new dvd player/recorder too so I'm a little bummed but oh well.

Yes. I did the 15 minutes of AbRipper this morning. Ow. I'm feeling slightly disoriented, weak, sweaty, lightheaded, etc. Of course, 2 cups of coffee and NO food before that is not a good thing.

I started with doing 20 reps of everything, not the time frame. Then I had to knock down to 15 reps. That damn mason twist only got 30 in. Oh well ... at least I did every stinkin exercise.

My midsection feels mighty tight at the moment.