Monthly Archives: October 2006

Is a bumpy one. yesterday I did nothing, aside from walking the dog for 10 minutes. I just couldn’t bring myself to exert the energy needed for a real workout. So what did I do? I drank wine.

I managed to wake up at 4 this morning and make it in to the office by 5. I did a 30 minute workout with some extra cardio (for some reason I actually wanted to do this).

 I did the following workout while blasting David’s skater-boy music as loud as possible:

 Treadmill:

• 3 minute wog
• 1 minute run at 6 mph
• 30 sec rest – 3.8 mph
• 2 minute run at 6 mph
• 30 sec rest – 3.8 mph
• 1 minute run at 6 mph
• 30 sec rest – 3.8 mph
• 3 minute run at 6 mph
• 1 minute walk – 3.5 mph

Strength Workout – I did 3 rounds of this in 12 minutes

• Bench push-ups – 10
• Thrusters with 15 lb first round, then 10 lb for all other rounds – 20
• Dead lifts with 20lb dbs – 20
• Sumo lift with 12lb dbs – 20
• air squats - 20

Ended with:

• Side Crunches – 3 rounds of 10 on each side
• Lower ab leg lifts – 20
• Stretch and cool down

Now I am eating GoLean oatmeal and am ready to begin my day!

I had a very active day today. Started with my 45 minute brisk walk with Jasper. Then I did 20 minutes of Yoga. After that we went to the pumpkin patch with the kids and walked around for 3 hours. When I got home, I did the workout that Jen sent me.  On paper, this workout looked like it would be relatively simple. 

How about NO.

 I just finished and my entire body is shaking – and my hair is soaked. The dog was even worried about me. 3/4 of the way through I felt sick – but I had to keep on keepin on.

Treadmill:

• 1 min warm up 3.5 mph
• 1 min run with 3.0 incline at 6 mph
• 30 secs easy
• repeat for 10 minutes

(ok so I was ready to quit after this)

Main Workout:

• 20 push-ups: 10 with the left hand on a step-up box then 10 with the right hand on the box. (yes my knees were down)
• 20 DB swings with the 15lb DB. (alternate 10 on each side with thumb pointing between your legs)
• 20 Hang cleans with the 15lb DB, then dropped to 10lb for last round
• 20 Squat kicks with the 15 lb DB in oppsite hand at shoulder.
• As many rounds in 15 mins as I could (this was 3 rounds for me with little or no rest between sets)

Floor Work:

• Planks 4 for max hold

Stretch and cool-down

ok, so I complained to Jen that she was way to easy on us this past Wednesday. In retrospect it was probably not a very good idea. Today she was ruthless. The workout was hard. It was 6 am. It was dark. It was cold. Jen pushed us really hard today but I refused to give in. Now my older body is really feeling a bit ‘rickety’.

Here is what we did:

Warm up:

6:00 am outside in the dark, blustery and cold autumn air and Jen was ready for us.  Weights, medicine balls, kettle bell, jump ropes, and more. It was all just waiting for us to conquer. This could be overwhelming on a dark and cold morning, but I was angry enough about a stressful week at work that I was able to summon my inner bitch to help me through it. She is my new best friend. Here is what we did:

Warm up:

As Jen Asked me to, I warmed up with 20 Mt climbers  (yuk) and 40 J. Jacks, 20 Air squats.Rest for 2 minutes. 5 Rounds of:

I was at the playground with Daryn and Jasper today. There is a bar that is the perfect height for me to stand and do knee pull-ups on. I did three sets of 10 with about a 10 second rest. Then I did three sets of push ups with my hands on the platform and feet on the ground. The platform is about 6 inches off the ground.

 It is a start.