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?

Sunday night, give me 15 minutes

I've been sick and have NOT been to the gym in over a week. Of course, the last time I went I way overdid it and couldn't go the rest of THAT week ... and then when I was finally able to move, I came down with the wicked cold.

So last night, Sunday, I dug out one of those stupid, idiotic 10 minute work out dvds. Stuck it in the laptop and carried the laptop to the bedroom.

Picked up half way through the abs routine.

Uh huh ... The Dawn for 1 minute
Mountain Climb for 1 minute
superman crunch for 1 minute
Tic Toc Lift for 1 minute
(ummm, by now I'm screaming!)
Peek a boo for 1 minute
Scissor Crunch for 1 minute
Scissor Lift for 1 minute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Xpu4LnDlw  This is a youtube video that shows the whole ab workout by some normal dude. Nice to see a NON ATHLETE do it for once :) His daughter pops in at some point and you can see he's just too exhausted to say anything to her :)

Then I did the full 10 minute of lower body ... and again, scream baby but in the end, no big deal. I think my legs are pretty strong and just need to loose a little more of that jiggly fluffy stuff :)

I am not listing the 10 minutes of leg exercises right now but can tell you that it has lots of squats in various forms and your thighs will be burning by the end. It also follows the 1 minute per exercise with 30 seconds of each leg (like the kicks and such) ...

CORE - on a Swiss Ball no less

I finally got back to the class last night since being in Vegas and Indiana...have not been there since the end of April!

Everyone had to grab a swiss ball ... and then we did 2 seconds on 2 seconds off, 5 seconds on 5 seconds off and 15 seconds on 15 seconds off. A total of 30 minutes.

Crunches.
Sunup / Sunrises.
Leg raises.
Planks.
Roll Outs.
Reverse roll outs.

And so many other things that I don't remember.

It was hard. Sounds to freakin easy to even comment on but I've learned (the hardway) NOT to roll my eyes and smirk at how EASY it sounds because those few seconds DO mean something.

The thing with the Swiss Ball is balancing. AND if you do it right, your whole entire core WORKS HARD to balance. Whew.

I do have a bruise on my knee from FALLING (rolling) off the damn thing. So um, use caution!

What the Circuit Training Class looked like

Class is 45 minutes long. Each set is in 1 minute increments (so he says, but I think his timing is off!)

Burpees

Bridge

Plank

Scissor Kick (um, you know, one leg goes STRAIGHT in the air, while other is pararel to the floor, feet flat?) Ow momma. Up and down, up and down, DO NOT LET THE HEEL TOUCH THE FLOOR.

Jumping Jacks

Arm circles (with weights)

Push ups

Mountain climber

mini Heisman

step/jump

squats

And repeat, repeat, repeat.

Thought it looked boring. Made the mistake of saying so which of course, got me some individual one on one scolding coaching.

Thanks Dude!

Tuesday Plan - Abs / Core

I'd like to say that I'm kicking butt today with my plan but OMG I'm tight from yesterday! My abs are stiff as are my inner thighs and butt. Yeah, those are good areas huh?  I considered setting today for Arms but didn't really have anything in the works yet!

So today will use the medicine ball (if you have one) ... and I KNOW that I'm going to have to force myself to finish it out ... BUT all I have to do is stand sideways in the mirror and look at my much slimmer stomach (3.3 lbs baby!) and that's enough motivation for me...

I'm going to keep it fairly low key today which kind of defeats a lot of things, but as I've said before, I'm NOT a personal trainer or certified in any way, this is just what I do.

So come on, lets get sweaty!
*And now this will show revisions AFTER I've done the workout!*
Figure eights with a medicine ball - as many as you can do and then add 6 more to push it. *Not so bad but I think I may have done a little wrong as my arms were tired before my abs were?

20 full sit ups with ball, keep ball to chest on down side, push out over knees on up side *hey, 20 sit ups is 20 sit ups!

30 mason twist, feet up (YOU CAN DO IT!) *Remember, each side counts as ONE*

20 reach for the sky (feet up in air, push ball to feet) *Holy crap! I could not touch my toes doing this, just my ankles. Remember to not let your head touch the ground on back side!

20 V lifts with ball meeting feet ... this could be difficult for me but will push through! *10 each leg. You can alternate if you can keep a rhythm going. Again, could NOT hit the toes, but more like mid shin!

20 catulpults (IF I only had a playmate!) *Oh my aching abs!

10 Burpees. Somehow I just don't think I can get this far today but will do everything in my power to do so! *Ummm. I didn't do these, but IF you do let me know for motivation and competitve purposes!
I've found a few pretty cool you tube videos to demonstrate a few of the above exercises, particularly this one cheery upbeat gal. Seriously though, I'd probably have to punch her if she was MY trainer in person. That attitude and AWESOME would just about send me over the edge during a grueling workout! Check it out! She's got quite a few other quick clips on various stuff and I will be reviewing them later too...

Thursday Plan - Core and Cardio

I'm exhausted today but know that if I don't do this, I will fall off the wagon and give myself til the New Year to start all over again. NO. I will do THAT!

So today I am doing:

101 sit up punches (put you feet under something if you can't keep your feet on ground) and go for it, Sit up and do a one two punch ... IF you have someone to hold your feet, have them put their knees on your feet and hold their hands up for you to target ... just don't hit them HARD or else they will no longer want to play with you.

50+ Burpees ... come on, you can do it ... just go as fast as you can til you think you may pass out :) (IF you
don't know what a burpee is, google it, it's basically a squat hands on floor, extend legs behind you, pull knees up and stand up and start squat again, legs out, pull knees up...)

AND if you still have some juice left, go ahead and do:

50 count bicycle
25 leg lifts (both legs, keep your back flat on the ground)
50 mason twist (with weight and feet off ground IF you can)

That's it ... not so sure I'll get past the Burpees but hey, I'll try!

So come on, get sweaty with me!

Monday Plan CORE

Today should be 20 minutes of cardio and work on the CORE, or as you may know it, ABS.

Lets see ....

20 plus crunches using weight (I've got an 8lb medicine ball) 1 set for time crunch, 2 set for real workout or 3 set for the hard core

20 plus mason twist (using weight if you can, pick feet off ground if you can) 1 set for time crunch, 2 set for real workout or 3 set for the hard core

20 Leg lift with medicine ball between knees ... pull knees toward chest and then lower to ground, straightening legs as you go but don't let feet touch the ground. Arms straight out to balance self. Be sure you don't arch back. This is excellent for lower stomach, if you don't feel it you aren't doing it right! 1 set for time crunch, 2 set for real workout or 3 set for the hard core

10 plank, holding each for 10 seconds. 1 set for time crunch, 2 set for real workout or 3 set for the hard core
For cardio, I will be walking and wearing the Shapeups. IF it's raining, will do the Wii jog for 20 minutes

Come and get sweaty with me...how did your Monday routine go?