Damage Control Week of June 12th!

Fit_mommy

Cathlete
Good Morning.

Just getting us started.

D36 Squat Rack Legs is up for this morning. Not sure about cardio. It depends on how exhausting the leg work is. I couldn't muster up cardio after M2 legs so we'll see! :eek:

BBL!:cool:
 
Good Morning Ladies,

Today will be my last workout of meso 1. It is back and triceps. I'm always surprised that I don't get DOMs from the leg w/o's, but the UB is always sore.

I'm hoping to do a cardio w/o today too, but we'll see. STS has really been kicking my butt. I reviewed my w/o calendar and noticed that I've worked out for 16 days straight. I may just need a rest day and will take one this week during the recovery phase. I should get Insanity back on Monday and will be throwing that into the meso 2 mix.

Not much planned for today so it should be a relaxing day.

Wendy-I've been looking at that 600 rep w/o you want to do. I plan on doing it, but I may have to split them into 30 reps and run through it twice. It would probably take me 30 minutes just to get 60 burbees done!
 
I'm back.

My work out is done. M3 SR legs disc 37 + CTX Power Circuits cardio minus k/b circuit and replaced l/b weights in step circuit with jacks, jump rope and hi knees/lo butt kicks. Also did the abs. Great work out.

As for my leg work out...I like SRL a lot but had a hard time with it from a safety stand point. I have Cathe's 10# weighted vest which I used but in some cases the bb was still very heavy. I used the tower as a squat rack and that helped but I didn't feel totally secure doing that either. Probably could have gone heavier if I felt safer. I used to have an adjustable weighted vest that went up to 40# but I tossed it cause I never ever used it. *cue kicking self in butt now!!!* Not sure if I should just do SRL the best I can with what I have, buy Cathe's adjustable 12-20# vest or switch over plyo legs. Any thoughts?

Diana:: I didn't look at the BodyRock work out closely enough to notice all those burpees in there! :eek: I better go check it out now! LOL Wow-16 days is a loooong stretch with no rest days. Definitely go ahead and take on real soon! :)
 
Wendy-Nice w/o this morning! I love the SRL w/o's, but they are better suited for the gym IMO where you can use the squat rack. I can really only lift about 70# over my head and use the 10# vest. But I squat 115# at the rec ctr so I know I'm not going as heavy as I can when doing it at home. Maybe you can alternate SRL with Plyo legs, I like them both. The girls in SRL aren't really lifting that heavy, maybe 60lbs. SRL is my preferred style of lifting anyway. I never have leg DOMs from any of the other leg w/o's in STS and use my 35# DB'S for squats and lunges. TBH, I think I would need to switch to a bb to lift much heavier, not sure my arms could hold the weights.
 
Hi Ladies,

I had a protein bar before starting my workout and it made a world of difference. I did Disc 11-B&T, Medicine Ball Abs, Peak 10 Interval Cardio. I feel great. On the weekends I don't start my workout until later and on an empty stomach. My energy seems to wane towards the end of my w/o's. Today I finished strong!

bbl
 
Diana:: Okay I just checked out the BR work out. ITA-I am going to do it the same way the other one was done-30 reps each exercise x 2 rounds. I work out on an empty stomach during the week before work but I get up at 4:30 and work out at 5am and then I eat around 6:30. On the weekends I can't do it. I need to eat first because my body is used to eating no later then 7am and I'll be damned if I am working out that early on the weekends! :eek::p So if I don't eat b4 my work out on a weekend I can't get through it. There's no way possible...NICE work out today!!!!!!
 
Good Morning Ladies,

I've opted to take this morning off. I do have bootcamp tonight so I will get some exercise. I stayed up way to late last night and am dragging this morning. Lunch will be errands.

I feel like I'm falling apart. Carpal tunnel has been bad lately and I'm back to wearing the brace without much difference. The mouse is being used by the left hand. My shoulder is in a lot of pain since doing cardio yesterday. Hopefully physical therapy will help...start that tomorrow.

Wendy-do you have any leg DOM's?

Laura-I saw your FB picture with all the fish. Successful weekend I'd say. What do you do with all those fish?

Lori-how was your weekend?
 
Good Morning.

Today's work out was BodyRock's 20 min interval cardio that I did last week followed by her 500 Mountain Climbers challenge!:eek::eek::eek:

I am sore all over today! My legs are feeling it from SRL and my upper body is feeling it from ...well....everything else! ;):D

Diana:: Sorry about your carpel tunnel and your shoulder. :( My neck still isn't 100% yet either. :rolleyes: Sucks gettin' old, huh? :p
 
No posts here since I last posted at 10:16am y'day? REALLY??? :confused: Ladies, come on now! Hop to it! ;)

My legs are soooo sore this morning, even more so the y'day!:eek: Thank goodness the upper body is LESS sore or I'd need to be put in traction! :p

Not sure what today's work out will be...some kind of "on the milder side" cardio me thinks. Gotta give the bod a chance to recoup here. I actually considered a rest day today but I had to pee when my alarm went off so I just got up. I can rest when I'm dead. :D

K, gotta get my arse movin'....BBL!:cool:
 
Good Morning:)

Sorry I was MIA yesterday...I'm not sure why I was. I think I wanted to get my workout in before my 11 o'clock showed up and if I don't check in first thing in the morning, then I can forget it.

I was hoping to get my workout in before DS's appt but I don't know if that's going to be possible. I may size it up though. Yesterday's workout was Disc 1 , 30 mins on the TM and 10 mins on the bike.

I think we finally figured out what car we wanted. I don't know how it is we go with a price range and then it gradually creeps up. I went to Toyota to take out the Rav 4, that thing has no room in it. Then we asked about the Vezna, which we thought was out of our price range. Turns out, its not much more then the Rav 4. Took that for a spin and it was very nice. I knew then that it was what I wanted. So here we are again. Payments aren't as high as the jeep payments and it won't be a pig on gas but we were aiming for the $400 a month range and we have exceeded that.

I will come back later and catch up on personals.

Lori:)
 
Hi Ladies,

I woke up around 4 and haven't been able to get back to sleep. It's 10 to 6 and I'm waiting for the coffee to finish brewing. UGH...

Bootcamp was awesome last night, lots of suicides, pushups, harness runs, dips etc. My triceps are so sore from Sunday's workout too!

I got my Insanity w/o's back and plan on doing PCC this morning! I'm looking forward to it actually...until the warmup kicks my ass!

Today is my first physical therapy appt at lunch time. People are telling me horror stories about how painful physical therapy is. I'm not sure about that. Tendonitis is an overuse or repeated use injury, doubt it's going to hurt worse than it already does. Hope I don't end up eating my words.

Wendy-What was your "milder cardio" today? I would've posted last night...but then wouldn't have anything to say this morning. I'm not liking this getting older BS either. All these aches and pains you've heard your parents talking about are starting to happen to me. No fair.

Lori-I saw a venza the other day and had to look it up online. I thought it was a beautiful vehicle. I haven't driven one but will keep it in mind for when I can get a new car...in the next 2 years hopefully. Glad to hear they are roomy. I've been looking at the smaller SUV's, like the Rogue in particular. The venza looks much roomier!

Laura-what are you up to...recovering from you deep sea fishing expedition.;)

bbl
 
Hello again.

This morning's work out was HIS cardio on the platform w/no risers-no blasts/no challenge-combos only. Keep in mind I am learning this one (or trying to!) so it wasn't done with the focus on energy output/sweat. Most of the work was being done in my brain! :p
I followed that up with a variety of plank work which included the following:
1 min prone elbow plank
15 sec leg raise on elbows
repeat on other leg
30 secs plank push ups
30 secs side elbow plank
30 secs hip lifts
repeat on opposite side
Total plank time: 4 mins
And then I finished it off with the STS Extended stretch! Aaaaahhhh... :)

Diana::Good luck with Insanity this morning. I'm thinking about tossing a few of them into my rotation now as well. You are a bad/good (depending on how you look at it! LOL) influence on me!;) Sorry about the PT horror stories. People really should keep their mouths shut. :rolleyes: Let us know how it goes!

Lori:: I like both the Rav4 and Honda's version-the CRV. I considered them when looking at new vehicles but I don't really need the space and wanted to keep my payments as low as possible so they were both ruled out. So when will you go to seal the deal and pick up the new ride? :cool: What color will you get? Nice work out y'day. Are you just maintaining your weight loads in STS as opposed to increasing?
 
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Insanity PCC DONE!!! It started out great...then those level 1 drills kicked my A$$. I'm definitely doing Insanity again...great sweat in a short time frame!

Wendy-you are the plank queen for sure! I need to add more ab work to my rotation, thanks for the reminder. I've only done HIS and LIS a few times each, they just never seemed to grow on me. I do remember them being more dancy, but not harder.

off to shower and get to work!
 
Diana:: Good job with Insanity! I definitely have to find a place for the M1 work outs soon! Between STS, BR and a few "calmer" cardios I will NEED to do each week though I have no idea where I'll put them! LOL I don't think HIS is any tougher from a physical stand point but choreography wise it gets me. Combo 3 is the worst for me! I don't remember if the blasts are complicated though. I'll have to get back to you on that part after I do them! ;) Abs abs and more abs! That's the name of my game and it works! I love it! :D
 
Tue that is a MON!!!

Morning Ladies!

I am back - and boy did I have a BLAST!!!! :eek: GREAT seas - GREAT weather - GREEEAT fishing - GREEEAAAATTTT people! I dont think I have laughed as hard as I have these past days than i can ever remember!! I had 2 women that actually loved to fish as much as I do :eek: that NEVER happens!! I was GREAT!!!!! WONDERFUL vacation!!!

Ystdy I spent all day cleaning - washing - playing with and bathing my babies - and did BH extreme cardio!! I didnt get into bed till 11:00 - and I STILL got up this morning and did STS meso 2 week 3 :eek::eek::eek: {{ patting myself on my back }}}

Di - we did have a GREAT catch - we split the fish between the people that go fishing - then me and DH bring ours home clean our batch - eat some - freeze some and give some to family!!!:) hope the shoulder PT goes well - the only PT I have had was on my hand after surgery .. it was pretty bad - but only bc the surgery didnt work .. LOL!!!

Lori - good luck on the suv purchase!! the Venza is a nice vehicle!! go for it!! what's another payment!!! :p

Wendy - nice plank work!!! I have got to go check out the other w/o on bodyrock you are talking about now!! LOL .. BTW ... the DIET was blown to H### and back - I GRAZED on snacks all day on the boat :eek: time for damage control again!!

OK .. so today is our 18th day near 100 degrees!~!! :confused::confused::confused: YOWZA ... doesnt look like any relief in sight - we have busted all the old temp records this month!! YIKES!!! Tonight I think I am going to repeat last week's MON night torture - the circuit w/the bodyrock 600 rep stuff thrown in for fun :p sounds like a plan!!!! have a great one!!!;)
 
Laura:: Thanks re the plank work. I am kinda sorta starting to enjoy plank torture these days!:confused: :eek: Do the BR work out with me tmrw!!! :D Glad you had a good fishing trip/vacation! No worries about the eats. Just pick yourself up and get right back on track. It's only water weight you gained as long as you make it right again ASAP! Remember that! ;) EEK! Your temps are brutal! We've cooled off into the 70's for now. I wouldn't mind it if the darned sun would come out! :rolleyes:
 
Good Morning:)

I woke up early'ish and went for my run before DH went to work. I felt fine while I was running but wanted to throw up when I stopped. Go figure! Coffee is kind of out of the picture now. I brewed a cup yesterday and again today and it just isn't going down. So then I am kind of lazy most of the morning:eek: Ugh! I guess I just have to wait until the addiction is kicked and then I will be able to move freely:rolleyes:

I have to say, this is the weirdest pregnancy I have ever had. There is no consistency to it. One day I feel prefect, then the next like *hit! I felt like a million bucks Mon night. I wasn't tired and DD and I played wii. I woke up yesterday feeling good and by lunch time I felt awful and it pretty much stuck with me for the rest of the day. I don't feel the best right now but I will survive. I think I was so set on having a baby when I was pregnant with DS , that I didn't care what came my way. Because this one wasn't planned, I kind of feel like "is the end near"! I think its going to be the longest pregnancy EV-ER! Once I get pass this ickiness I will be o.k. Not only that, it appears that I am working all of my shifts in July month:confused: I don't know how they keep getting passed back to me:mad: They aren't mine to pass back as far as I am concerned! So just when I will probably be at my max ickiness and tired...I will be working more:mad:

Diana** Let us know what you thought of the therapy. Sometimes we wonder if it can be worse then the actual pain...and most times it is!:eek: Still don't have a new car yet......DH is trying to convince me to get something second hand.

Wendy** Nice workout yesterday. I think cars are probably the biggest waste of money in reality.....As soon as you drive it off of the parking lot the value goes down thousands:confused:

Laura** Glad to hear you had a nice vaca!!!! I knew you would!

I am thinking of tackling disc 2 shortly. DS is gone to the sitters for the day and I really should get my books out. Seems like its been forever since I opened them. I haven't figured out how to waddle in self pity and study at the same time!

Lori:)
 
Morning Ladies,

I think another Insanity is sounding good this morning! The clean eating challenge I was doing ended yesterday...just in the nick of time. Our work team is going to a team building event this afternoon to the Rockies game. We are heading downtown at 11 and eating lunch before the game.

Lori-My pregnancies were all that way, good days and bad days with no consistency. I do remember being very tired at times and having to nap more. Do you have due date? My DH won't buy new, 1-2 yrs old is his rule of thumb. New enough to be in good shape and low mileage, but we're not the ones stuck paying the depreciation. Have you looked at any used Venza's? Good luck finding something. It's so disappointing when you have your heart set on something.

Laura-glad you had a great time...but it's back to reality girl. TBH, I was kind of grossed out by all those fish. Wow, that's a lot of fish...and a lot of cleaning the fish-yuck! I loved fishing until I was about 10-12yrs old when my dad decided I was old enough to clean/gut my own catch. It wasn't much fun after that!

Wendy-so your doing the BR w/o today... I though it was tomorrow. I may see if I can print it off and maybe to it too.
 
Hey Ladies.

Unfortunately the BR 600 rep work out has to wait. :( When I got up this morning my legs were still fired up. There was no way I was getting through the burpees and jump lunges today. Plus I need my legs recovered in time to do M3 legs this weekend (probably saturday)! :eek:

This being said, I chose another BR work out instead....

It's called Abs and Cardio. Here's the link: BODYROCK.tv | Fitness Advice, Workout Videos, Health & Fitness | Bodyrock.tv :: It's basically as many rounds of jumping jack jump roping and abs as you can do in 15 mins. 50 reps of jump rope followed by 30 reps of v-ups done in a patter of center, side, center, other side, and so on. The abs were tough. Cardio portion-not as tough as I hoped for so I added on when it was over! ;)
I followed this up with the 500 Mountain Climber Challenge again and this time I finished it in 5 mins! WOOT! :D
Finally I did 5 mins of jumping jack/jump rope intervals to finish it off. :cool:

I didn't get to do what I intended but I sure got a good work out anyway and my legs feel better already! I think I may have worked out some of the kinks! :)

BBIAB for personals!:cool:
 
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WENDY---ARE YOU KIDDING....I did that 600 rep w/o only cuz you were! It was great actually...and the burpees were not at all as bad as I was expecting! Took about 30-35 mins!
 

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