Hardcore Check in for September 2016

Today was family day. I did do Suzanne Bowen Strengthen and Stretch advanced active stretch , 28 minutes though. I felt a stretch would be good.

Roselyn, how is your mom doing? Is she able to get around very much? I am sure that it is quite time consuming along with work and other responsibilities.
 
Today starts week 8 of Full Body. This should be the last week of this rotation, but like I said before, I think I'm going to extend it to 12 weeks. So I will start over again with the first 4 weeks of this program and change the exercises. Had a good workout today but 4 minutes sure is a long time to rest. I walked in place because I knew I wouldn't have time to walk a mile on my treadmill. This workout is the same as last Monday, but done in supersets.

This is what I did today:

3 sets of 18 reps with 4 minutes rest between each supersets. Warmed up with MM.

SS #1
Front Dumbbell Raise: 9's
Lying Barbell Extension: 31#

SS #2
Dumbbells Press: 26's
Seated Hammer Curls: 17's

SS #3
Dumbbell Rows: 17's
Calf Raises: 26's

So like I said, no time for the treadmill but I did get in over 3000 steps just by walking in place during my rest periods. So that is a good head start for the day.

Diane Sue - I hope your low back is ok. Be careful. Nice job with your workouts this weekend!!

Roselyn - Praying for you mom to recover quickly. I hope she's getting better by the day.

Jolie - Hope you had a great weekend!!
 
I didn't workout for 4 days! My back and neck have had such bad spasms since I went to the chiropractor that I just needed to rest. Also, between 3 football games and visiting my parents yesterday I just couldn't find the time. Today I did Ripped With Hiit Biceps, leg extensions and RWH Core #1. Workout was 50 minutes and I burned 326 calories. My back is still killing me but I workout anyway.

BB Curls
narrow grip- 35# x 12
regular grip- 35# x 12
wide grip- 35# x 12
Finisher- W DB curls- 12# x 20

Conc. Curls-
20# x 12, x 12, x 10
Finisher- Crazy 8's 25# BB x 24

Preacher Curls- 15# x 12, x 12, x 12
Finisher- Crazy 8's BB 25# x 24

Hammer Curls- 15# x 20, x 15, x 13
Finisher- Crazy 8's BB- 25# x 24

Leg Ext.
40# x 25
50# x 15, x 13, x 12, x 12, x 12

ABS- RWH Core #1 8# hand weights

Diane Sue, Illaria from Powerstrike just announced yesterday that she has breast cancer and is under going surgery today. I feel so bad for her! I have a mammogram on Tuesday and now I am totally freaked out. She is such a healthy woman and does everything right to stay in shape and she gets cancer. Wow. I am sad for her. Good job with all of your workouts over the past couple of days, you inspire me!

Debbie, What kind of results are you having from your rotation? I bet you look fantastic! I haven't been eating very well so my results are not what it should be. I have to start eating more and cleaner. My life is so crazy I never have time to plan a meal during football season. It's go, go, go all the time. Thank God it is over by November!!!

Roselyn, Good job in getting your workouts in with all that is going on in your life! I feel the same way!

Have a great day, another Heat Wave on the way!

 
This morning I did All Out Low Impact Hiit, 39 minutes, 260 calories. I followed this with Ripped with Hiit lift it hit it chest, shoulders, and triceps 40 minutes, 261 calories, and finished with Suzanne Bowen Barre Amped Upper stretche, 13 minutes, 29 calories. Total time was 92 minutes and calories burned 556. I decided this week that I would do Ripped with Hiit weights and cardio and abs on opposing days. I could not make up my mind on something to commit to. I have a plan that I made up using different workouts and a bit on my own that worked out really well and contemplated it. I think I would want to adjust the off days from the workouts where I had a lot of kettlebells and Hiit . It has workouts that are in a workout A, B, A one week and then B,A,B the next. I used some Cathe, Amy Bento, and my own stuff. I set it up to move smoothly from one workout to the other by putting in 3 set of an exercise on my own while I switched out dvds. I may still do it. I got the idea from some of Rachel Cosgroves stuff but like using dvds
Weights
Flat Bench Press 12 reps 3 sets 25's, 25's. 25's
finisher push up 15 reps
Incline bench press 12 reps 3 sets 22.5's
finisher triceps push ups 16 reps
incline fly 12 reps 3 sets 20's
finisher decline push ups 16 reps
superset barbell overhead press/upright row 10 reps each move, 3 sets, 30#
finisher scarecrows 5# 20 reps
superset lateral raise/front raise 10 reps each move, 3 sets, 10's lateral raise/15# front rase
external rotation lateral raise 15 reps 8's #
Overhead triceps extensions 12 reps 3 sets 30#
finisher dips 20/20 reps
barbell lying extensions 12 reps, 3 sets, 35#
finisher triceps kickback 10's#

Debbie, I have had workouts like that with such long space between sets. I would jump on my spin bike for a bit or like you jog in place. Sometimes I set my rebounder in the corner and do some high knee runs fro a bit. I am not patient about waiting. It seems like such a waste of my time.

Jolie, I am surprised that you are having pain after the chiropractor. I have been having low back spasms but they seem to come on with other things like bending over quickly to tie my shoes or even the stretch only that I did yesterday left me in enough pain that I went and took Excedrin and tried to find a stretch that relieved it. By the time I was done with church it was gone. Generally moving seems to help. I am not understanding what is causing it.
 
Jolie, Illaria always is in great shape. That is sad that she has cancer. I always wonder what it is in some of our bodies that goes wrong. Environment and heredity does play some role.

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Today I did Cardio Coach 5 and had a great workout. I was torn about doing a shorter cardio workout and then doing abs versus doing a longer cardio workout. I opted for the longer cardio. I'll have to get abs in sometime this week. I may even do it after work. I want to do the STS one with the med ball.

Workout was 54 minutes, ran 3.4 miles, burned 379 calories (treadmill said 510) and went 7133 steps. I topped the last time I did this workout which is cool. I like when I do that!!

Diane Sue - I agree, too much rest time is a waste. I don't get the theory but I'm sure there is one. Excellent workout yesterday!!! That is sad about Illaria. I also wonder why some people get cancer and others don't. You kow she was strong and healthy and ate right. How does that happen?

Jolie - I'm sorry to hear you are in pain. I refuse to go to a chiropractor for that reason. I went years ago for my low back and I swear they made it worse. I don't know, cracking backs just isn't natural. I hope you start feeling better soon. With this rotation I gain some good muscle and definition. I always have great results with it. The only complaint I have right now is my abs. I just cannot get them to be cut. I have a little flab on them that just won't go away. :(
 
Today my back and neck are killing me so I went light. I cant get another appointment till next Monday so I will be in pain for awhile. My chiro is Non force, NO cracking at all. It usually helps me a lot but this time something went wrong. I try to go only if I'm dying... I had a bad injury when I was a teenager. I rode BIG jumper horses and mine reared up and fell on top of me. I have never been the same. 1,800 pounds of animal crushing you is not fun!

Today was Chest. I did high reps, lighter weight. My legs are so sore from all of the leg extensions I did yesterday. :) I ended my workout with leg curls.

Chest Press- DB 20# x 20, x 20, x 20

Chest Flies- 15# x 20, x 20, x 20

Incline Chest Press- DB 20# x 20, x 20, x 20

Incline Chest Flies- 15# x 20, x 20, x 20

My chest is fried!

Leg extensions- 25# x 16, x 16, x 14, x 12

My abs are also sore from yesterday's workout!!! I love feeling the DOMS again!

Debbie, good job on the cardio this morning. I want to start again but I just don't have it in me till I feel better. I did however take my dog on a 1.5 mile walk this morning. Actually, I do it every morning. I always hit my 10,000 steps, I get closer to 14,000 most days.

Diane Sue, your workout yesterday was awesome! You always seem to amaze me how much you get done each day!!! My workouts seem so short compared to yours. I have to start back at it next week and add cardio back into each workout so I can get the weight down. I have an elliptical and I like to use that in the winter. I burn a ton of calories and I can do it in about 30 minutes. I run fast because I don't have the swinging hand grips on mine, it is only legs.

Roselyn, I will check back in later to see if you post.

My youngest son is turning 15 tomorrow so I am off to get some things to make him happy :)

Have an awesome day!
 
Yesterday was back and treadmill and today was shoulders and I did Insanity Max Out 15 minutes (Hiit) Tomorrow is doc appointment with my moms urologist so hoping cath comes out and things get back to normal!!
 
Today we went to the fair. I got up early and did X Train Tabatacise, 45 minutes and Suzanne Bowen Barre Amped bonus ball stretch, 6 minutes. Total time was 41 minutes and 306 calories. If I get in another 100 steps I will have my 10000 today. We went to lunch after we left the fair. It was hot when we left the fair. It was 94 and the heat index with the humidity was much higher. We stayed inside as much as possible.
I need to go to Sprouts tomorrow. They have been having an everything pumpkin sale. They have a pumpkin pasta sauce, pumpkin butter, a pumpkin syrup. and pumpkin salsa. I thought all sounded interesting.

Roselyn, sending prayers your mother's way. Having a catheter is miserable.

Deb, I wanted to do abs today and was thinking maybe later. That is not so hard to fit in later in the day. I have been trying to do a short more relaxed yoga stretch before bedtime to help with that nighttime stiffness. Isn't the difference in the calories from the watch and the equipment odd? My watch gave me 290 calories for the workout today. I used the slight difference with Map My Fitness that was working off of the watch heart rate. I just did not feel as hard as I was working with Tabatacise that it was accurate. Cathe's always gives much higher.

Jolie, I hope that pain gets better. I cannot go as heavy on chest when my neck is hurting. It is generally in the trap area and into the base of my skull. I wake up at night and have to move around so it does not get stiff and hurt. It seems like just picking up really heavy weights causes some more stress. I have been trying to fit some extra stretching into my workout time. I would say I am surprised that you get anything in when you are in pain, but I know how that is. I bet things were really thrown off after having the horse land on you. I am sorry that you have to go through the pain now.
 
Today was Full Body. Same workout as last Wednesday but supersets. Had a great workout even though I didn't sleep well last night. I have a tooth that has been bothering me and it was really hurting last night.

This is what I did today:

3 sets of 8 reps with 2 minutes rest between sets. Warmed up with MM.

SS #1
Incline Barbell Press: 80#
EZ Barbell Curls: 45#

SS #2
Stiff Leg Deads: 60#
Close Grip Barbell Press: 65#

SS #3
Upright Rows: 40#
Barbell Rows: 60#

Walked on my treadmill for 1 mile as well.

I gotta run, running late as usual. Hope you all have great workouts!!!
 
No workout for me today. It is my youngest son's birthday, 15 today and I am going to cook a nice dinner and make a cake. Also, I have my mammogram today so it doesn't leave me much time. I am always nervous about getting a mammogram because so many women are getting Breast Cancer. I hope you all have a nice day.
 
Today I did Ripped With Hiit #2, 20 minutes, 172 calories. I then did Ripped with Hiit abs 1, 10 minutes, 37 calories and followed with Ripped with Hiit Back, Shoulders, and Biceps, 54 minutes, 250 calories. I finished off with Barre Amped Lower Body Stretch, 20 minutes, 24 calories. Total time was 1 hr 54 minutes and calories burned 483. I was going to do legs today but my knee hurt yesterday after we got back from the State Fair. I guess it was Tabatacise followed with all of the walking. I iced it and stretched last night before bed. It was okay this morning but I thought I would be easier on it this morning. I picked up pumpkin butter, pumpkin pasta sauce, and pumpkin spice salsa today. I liked the suggestions in the store ad of using the pumpkin pasta sauce as a sauce for veggies. I had purchased a spaghetti squash with it in mind. Also the pumpkin maple butter has a suggestion on it of using it in yogurt. It just might be tasty that way. They had pumpkin bbq sauce a pumpkin vinaigrette , the syrup ingredients were not bad but I really do not have much use for it. There was a lot more but those were things I was interested in.
Weights
one arm row 30# 12 reps 3 sets
finisher barbell rows and band pulls 35 pound barbell
Pullovers 35# 12 reps 2 sets
finisher barbell row 35# and supine band pullone
1 arm angled row 30# 12 reps 3 sets
finisher 1 arm seated band pulls
rear delt flys 15's 12 reps 3 sets
finisher one arm band pulls
prone rear delts 8's 12 reps 3 sets
finisher seated t band pulls
Biceps curls barbell 40, 40, 35# 12 reps
finisher w curls 10's 20 reps
concentration curl 22.5# 12 reps ; 20# 10 reps; 20@ 10 reps
finisher crazy 8's 30# 24 reps
simultaneous standing hammer curl 17.5#; 17.5# ; 15# 12 reps
finisher crazy 8's 25#

Debbie, nice workout today. Have a good day at work :)

Jolie, enjoy the birthday. I usually get my mammogram early and it never takes long.
 
First I started out with a 2 mile dog walk. Today I did Shoulders. I put my own workout together and I liked it. I have to go lighter than usual due to my back and neck issue. Monday I'll hopefully have it fixed.

BB Overhead Press 40# x 12, x 12, x 12
Superset
Upright Rows 40# x 12, x 12, x 12

1 Arm Lat Raise- 12# x 12, x 12, x 12, x 12

Rear Flies- 12# x 12, x 12, x 12, x 12

Arnold Press DB 15# x 12, x 12, x 12, x 12

Incline Front raise DB- 8# x 16, x 14, x 14, x 14

Upright Row DB- 15# x 12, x 12, x 12, x 12

I finished with Ripped with HIIT Core # 1 using an 8# db.

Workout was 45 minutes and I burned 418 Calories. I am not sure why my calorie burn was so high but I'll take it!

Diane Sue, great workout yesterday. I really like that workout, I will have to revisit that one soon. I am sorry your knee is sore. Icing it and rest should do the trick, those pesky little injuries... It seems like it is always something.

Debbie, nice job getting a walk in even though you are short on time today. At least you did something, that always is better than nothing! I did nothing except the dog walk and I felt bad the whole day because I feel better when I get my blood pumping. I always have more energy during the day if I get a workout in somehow.

Roselyn, good job on getting 2 workouts in per day! I bet that is great for the metabolism. I used to walk in the morning and weights in the afternoon and I was in the best shape of my life. I just don't have the time lately.

I hope you all have a wonderful day. I have two football games to day out of town, one at 3pm and one at 7pm. I will be a very long day. I might bail on the later one since my husband will be there. ;)
 
Diane Sue, I think I'm the only one on the planet that does not like Pumpkin anything! :( I don't even like Thanksgiving food. I always have a winter salad and some shrimp cocktail. I know, I am weird.
 
Today I used premixes. I did Hardstrikes with no conditioning drills or stretch 31 minutes, 187 calories , followed by Rock'm Sock'm Kickbox 5 segments removed mix from the timesavers, 36 minutes, 212 calorie. I finished off with Barre Amped Strengthen and Stretch disc 1 barre power stretch and disc 2 upper body stretch, 36 minutes. Total time was 1 hour 42 minutes and calories 436.

Debbie, at least you had a little bit of time for a workout. I am not very good at that anymore when I am rushed.

Roselyn, nice job fitting the workouts in. I used to find when I had time issues in the morning that doing the sweaty stuff earlier and doing some weights later worked well for me.

Jolie, that looks like another nice workout that you have put together. I keep my freezie wrap for knees in my refrigerator upstairs and use it when it bothers me. I bought it when I had the knee surgery because it worked much better than the one I picked up at Walmart. I guess I need to go back to wearing my compression sleeves when I workout. I love pumpkin stuff. I will get tired of it before the season is over though. It is always pumpkin pie spice scent and apple spice along with pine for what feels like forever in everything. I like to make a protein pumpkin custard once in awhile and put some coconut cream on top. It is a yummy way to get protein powder down for me. Everyone has different tastes. We have such a huge selection on the table for family during the holidays. Everyone has a certain item they expect to be there.
 
Today I did full body again. Same workout as last Friday only in superset format. Had a great workout. Went up in weights for most of the exercises.

This is what I did today:

3 sets of 12 reps with 3 minutes rest between each supersets. Warmed up with MM.

SS #1
Standing Alternate Dumbbell Curl: 17's
Plie Squats: 35#

SS #2
Overhead Dumbbell Press: 17's
Barbell Chest Press: 75# - went to failure on third set and could only get out 11 reps

SS #3
Standing Bent Over Lateral Raise: 15's
Lying Dumbbell Extension: 15's

Walked on my treadmill for 1 mile as well. No ab work this week which bums me out. I had no time to get it in. I will do something next week for sure.

Jolie - I love pumpkin everything!! My husband doesn't like pumpkin either, so I don't get much of it during the fall. But when Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around, I certainly eat pumpkin pie when it's there. Yum!!!

Diane Sue - Nice workout! it's fun to do a variety of workouts. I've been wanting to sit down and do up a new rotation using different workouts but I just don't seem to have time to figure one out.

Roselyn - Nice job getting two workouts in. That's tough for me to do. I used to do two workouts a day when I was young but I can't do that anymore.
 
ok let's see if I can get back to posting my weights

Today was back

PullUps- 6-8 3 sets (I did 8)

Bent Over Two Arm Dumbbell Row
15,12,8 reps 15,16,17#

Hyperextension 30#

Bent Over Two Arm Dumbbell Row-Palms Outward and Down
15,16,17 reps 15.16.17#

Single Arm Deep Reach Row
15,12,8,6 reps 16,20,21,22#

Straight Bar Deadlift
12,10,8,6,4,2 reps 16,18,20,21,23,25#

Underhand Straight Bar Row
8,8,8, reps 40#

Then walked a mile on treadmill
 
This morning I did Ripped with Hiit Lift it Hit it Legs, 41 minutes, 200 calories. I followed with Hammer and Chisel 15 minute Glute Chisel, 18 minutes, 98 calories. I wanted to get some abs in so I did 10 minute ab chisel, 11 minutes, 25 calories and Rapid Fire Kickbox and Core Burn, standing and floor core and the stretch, 24 minutes, 82 calories. Total time 94 minutes, 403 calories.
squats 25's 24 reps
squat digs
plie squats 35# 16 reps
plie jacks
static lunge right side 25's 16 reps
split jumps
static lunge left side 25's 16 reps
split jumps
squats 25's 24 reps
pop squats
plie squats 40# 16 reps
narrow plie touch down 24 reps
wood chops side lunge 10# 24 reps
explosive side lunge 12# 20 reps
cross back lunge 15's 20 reps
lateral skates
Low Pulse lunges 20# right then all left
power circle scissors
dead lift 25's 16 reps
snow angel jacks
dead lift wide stance 25's 16 reps
frog jumps with quarter turn
walking lunges 15's
scissor scissor wide tuck jump

Debbie, it does take quite a bit of time to put together a rotation. I really like mixing it up. I spent some time this morning going over my older notebook and looking at some older stuff. I forget some of the bonuses and extras that I used to love on some of these workouts. I think I spent 45 minutes going over these notes before I decided I was wasting workout time.

Roselyn, great job on the weights today:) It has been awhile since I have done hyperextensions. The rotation I am thinking of starting has hack squats. I have not done those in quite awhile either.
 
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