Move It September, Day 7

Uh huh, I'm FINALLY feeling better ... so here's today's deal!

Walked. Sort of.

Went to Doctor for follow up. Sent me to hospital for x-rays. Hospital is about 5 blocks one way. It was early still in the day and well, heck, it was NICE outside. So I walked. 10 blocks total. Not to mention the walk through the hospital maze.  Funny, a squirrel kept coming up to me ... was just a little too close for comfort. :)

For once when I got off work, the sun was sort of shining, and NO thunder and lightning. Unfortunately, Hubby wanted to do a stop at Bed Bath & Beyond to replace the rugs given to Sonny Boy.

So I had to satisfy myself with just doing 20 crunches and 10 pushups. Woohoo. Better than nothing!

Moving It In September - Updates

Well, I am sort of off to a crappy start, if I must be truthful.

Sure, I've done walking lunges (50 total), chair (counter) dips (say hello to those triceps!), push ups and sit ups and crunches and squats.

But nothing that I can honestly say was a REAL effort ...

I've been sick. Good lord, be over it already. Waiting for the antibiotics to kick in.

And for the weather to clear up. See, being sick also makes me TIRED. As in, that alarm goes off at 5:30, I jump up, turn it off and then lay back down for oh, I say, 5 more minutes. Ummm... 7:15am?? Hellooo???? ... I work too.

So then I said, ok, gonna have to do something in the evening (primarily, I want to do a walk/jog/run/crawl of almost 3 1/2 miles). You think the weather would hold out, don't ya? I mean, come on Mother Nature ... seriously, every stinking evening, Monday through Thursday, it rains, thunders and .... {shudder} LIGHTNINGS. Not exactly what I want to do next to the ocean, ok?

So, I'm not giving up just yet. I see the jointy doctor tomorrow. Lets see what SHE says as for the lingering sickness and tiredness (I know it's tied together and could even be something with whats going on in general with me) ... and go from there.

But by golly, I am going to MOVE IT!

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 Gym Workout

15 minutes on the treadmill with the max speed at 4.0 (I WISH I could run on a treadmill but the balance thing kills me)

Then to the class. All 1 minute intervals (which is an eternity sometimes!)

Burpees with a 5 lb medicine ball in hand (I had to set ball in middle and put hands on floor due to the wrist issues I'm dealing with)

1 leg squats (left leg)

1 leg squats (right let)

Hip thrust (with feet on ball, close to butt...balance baby)

V ups (ick)

1 Leg raise (left leg)

1 Leg raise (right leg)

Plank

Jumping jacks with 3 lb weights

Bench press with legs off ground

Isolated Shoulder Press

Kickbacks (triceps)

Pull ups (are you freaking kidding me??)

Isolated curls

and then you started all over again for a total of 3 reps. All I can say is thankfully we didn't have do those darn handstands!

So what did you do today to MOVE?

Gimme 10 minutes!

uggg...again, improvising the workout routine so I did a 10 minute workout (trainer) and then alternated core (crunches) with pushups ... total of 40 each...

Here's the minute by minute workout:

Chuck ups … 5 each (push ups, various styles, like military, hands out, diamond, etc...)

Switch wrist lawn mowers, 30 seconds each side (use a weighted object if you don’t have bands!)

Corkscrew military press (same, use weighted object)

Crazy eights

Tricep kickback/throw combo

Tubing crunch

Cyclone

Rocking iso lunges

Deep seats, close medium and wide

Carlito pushups (aka burpees)man I HATE these things!

Ok, here's a tip ... go to youtube.com and google 10 minute trainer. There's some dude that recorded a few of his workouts exactly to the video and lists the workouts ... highly recommend you look if you want to do this stupid workout.

Stupid? Not really but dang, I hate these things :) It's that dumb love hate relationship I have with exercising!

Gym - Circuit Class - Easy to do at home!

Been a while since I've been to the gym, first being sick and then graduation and the continual running nose ... I'm glad I went, but man, I was dying, he even gave me a 30 second break which is  UNHEARD of with this dude! I think this could easily be set up at home with a few modifications if you don't have swiss ball, medicine ball or kettleball! Give it a shot!

1 minute intervals:

Wall slam burpees (with a swiss ball)

V Crunch on swiss ball

jump rope

medicine ball twist squat

hop scotch (butt low)

lobster crawl (don't arch back, keep plank form)

dead man lifts (35 lb kettleball, back flat)

jump squats (keep knees behind toes!)

wall sit (hands can go anywhere but on your thighs)

push ups (on dumbbell with alternating lifts, 10 lb)

side lunges, low to ground (keep one foot on ground at all times, do not get a 'hop' in the lunge)

side hops (on a step that was about 1 foot high!)

Did a total of 3 circuits which was more than 45 minutes! My favorite? The v crunch (you just rotate the crunch to the left or to the right), the medicine ball twist (but I feel it in the back fat! Yes!) and the wall sit (relaxation). Worse? Burpees (always), jump squats (I just get too tired to have the energy anymore) and the side hops (good lord) which means, anything cardio inducing! :)

So, have you been working out??

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) ...