Hardcore Fitness Maniacs for August 2016

Today I could not seem to get my heart rate up enough for a decent calorie burn. My calories were all around lower on all of the workouts that I did. Maybe my heart rate monitor needs a new battery. I am getting the feeling that those batteries start failing much faster than they should. I started with Ripped with Hiit Low Impact #2, 30 minutes, 168 calories. Heart rate avg. 111/max 136. I then did Ice Chiseled upper body going heavier on the weights (up to 15# on some moves) 42 minutes, 158 calories. I wanted to do arms so I did Ice Muscle Meltdown biceps, 15 minutes, 80 calories and Pyramid Upper Body Triceps only with the stretch, 13 minutes 47 calories. Total time was 1 hour 40 minutes and calories burned 453.
muscle meltdown biceps 12 reps 5 exercises 3 rounds
bicep curls 20's; 17.5's; 17.5's
standing hammer curls 20's; 20's; 20's
preacher curl 15's; 15's; 15's
incline hammer curls 15's; 15's; 15's
concentration curl 15; 17.5; 17.5
Pyramid triceps 12,10,8,10 12 reps
kickbacks 10's; 12's 15's
overhead extensions 15, 20, 25#
I am house cleaning today and just took a break. I need to run to the grocery store before all of the weekend shoppers are out so I will come back and respond. Poor Gertie, I called her this morning wondering why she wasn't doing her usual greeting. My husband let her out after I went to bed and forgot to let her back in. Not that is was bad for her, the evenings are comfortable and our porch is closed in on 3 sides. She was lying on the mat by the door when I opened it. I told my husband her tail was not wagging when she came in. I gave her some treats and fed her and she perked back up. She didn't want to go back out without me this morning. I guess she was afraid it would be another long wait to come back in :) I got my new Kelly Coffey Live Cardio workouts in the mail today. I will be doing those tomorrow and maybe the Muscle Melt Down back since I have not hit the back alone yet this week.
 
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I worked back this morning and shoulders this afternoon.

I did not know Kelly had new workouts I should try, the ones I have just did not grab me but should try again
 
Yesterdays workouts was a 5.4 mile walk and I burned 601 calories. The internet was down so I didn't post. Today is going to be my rest day, poor sleep and I have appointments with my boys, orthodontist, blood work ect.

Diane Sue, I will go online and check out Kelly's new workout, I love getting new workouts in the mail! Let me know if you like it or not.

Check back in later, running late today.
 
I finished Kelly Coffey Live Amped Up Cardio, 56 minutes, 357 calorie. I think it was more than tat. I wore the same monitor that I had yesterday and there were times that I was sweating and breathing hard and it showed 107?? I wore my 1# weighted gloves. Kelly and the rest onstage wore some sort of gloves. I wanted to check the heart rate because by my perceived exertion I felt I was off by about a count of 10bpm. I got out the Bluetooth and I was correct. I then went back and did the Drills only mix from the same workout, 21:48 minutes including the warm up ad stretch,133 calories. The drills are a more intense set of things like frog jumps 10 reps followed by a plank for all but one wit different variations like hop in 2 times and step out and plank jacks. I really enjoyed the workouts. There is a lot of variety, a modifier, and even a few old school floor moves added. I then did Ice Muscle Meltdown Back, 21 minutes, 102 calories and finished off with Kelly's Athltic conditioning stretch, 26 minutes, 62 calories. Workout without stretch was 99 minutes, 592 calories. Not bad considering allergies and headache I woke up with this morning. Amped up cardio was fun. Kelly get silly at times and I enjoyed it.
Muscle Meltdown back Giant sets 5 exercises 12 reps 3 rounds
1 arm row 30, 30,30
pullover 2 dumbbells 20's, 20's 20's
1 arm wide row 25,25,25
1 arm pullover 17.5, 17.5, 17,5
deadlift 2 dumbbells 30's. 30's, 30's

Jolie, I preordered this one. Kelly always has such a good deal with no shipping. It was 14.95 and it was not long before they were shipped. She gets off the stage and stuff at times.

Roselyn, Kelly is like any other instructor. I have favorites and some I do not use as much. I have workouts of Cathe's that I rarely do as well. I have most of Kelly's workouts. This is just one dvd with two 30 minute workouts. The premixes are both together, workout 1 no drills, workout 2 no drills, and just the drills.
 
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Today was my usual rest day but I did do budokon strength and balance. That is my favorite of my budokon workout.
 
Today was a 5.3 mile walk outside. Had to go out early because we are having very hot weather. I hope you all have a great weekend.
 
Today starts week 3 of full body. Dang, week 3 already. Where is the time going? I had a great, strong workout! Love this workout rotation.

Today's workout went like this:

4 sets/5 reps with 1 minute rest - warmed up with GS Legs

Sumo Style Squats - 37#
Barbell Row - 70#
Incine Barbell Press - 80#
Barbell Curls - 45#
Close Grip Barbell Press - 60#
Barbell Military Press - 45#

I also walked on my treadmill for 1 mile. :cool:

Nice workouts this weekend, everyone!!! You all rocked it!!
 
Today I did STS # 16 Chest and Triceps. I went to failure on each set since I did not lift really heavy. If I lift heavy for chest I hurt my right shoulder and it is not worth it. At the end I did leg extensions, I went to failure on each set as well. Each set there was a 1 minute rest. I burned 284 Calories.

Incline Chest Press-
25# x 16, x 13, x 11
20# x 12 BOS

Incline Flies-
20# x 14, x 12, x 11
15# x 15 BOS

Chest Press-
25# x 14, x 11, x 10
20# x 12 BOS

Lying Tricep Ext.
15# x 14, x 12, x 9
12# x 15 BOS

Cross Body Ext.-
12# x 14, x 12, x 10
10# x 20 BOS

2 Arm Kickbacks
10# x 13, x 10, x 8
8# x 20 BOS

Leg Ext.-
50# x 25, x 22, x 17, x 14, x 13, x 12, x 10

Debbie, nice workout. I cant believe you are 3 weeks into the program! Where does go??? I am taking a break from abs for a while, they stick out a lot when I get muscle and I look 4 months pregnant. No Bueno! After the wedding in two weeks I will get back to it because winter is all about sweaters and I wont care as much. My abs look good from all the effort I put into them over the summer. :)

I will be back later to check out the other workouts.

Have a great day.
 
Today was a leg workout

Leg Extension (seated)
4 reps sets of 15 reps 15#

Squat
15,12,10,5,8 reps 20,21,25,26,30#

Sumo Squat
12,12,8,12,20 reps 23,25,27,30,20#

Lying Leg Curl
12,10,8,8, reps 10,12,12,12,#


Lunges
15,12,12,12,25 reps 15,16,16,16,12#

Calf Raises
15,12 reps 25,30#

Stiff Leg Deadlift
15,12 reps 25,30#

Weighted Hip Thrusters
12,12,12,25 40,40,40,35#

Did mile on treadmill
 
Today I did MMA Boxing, 49 minutes, 307 calories. I then did the heavy bag bonus, 20 minutes, 125 calories. I finished off with Iso Strength Chisel for my total body workout for the week, 36 minutes, 178 calories. I will work in body parts the rest of the week. That has been sort of my plan lately. Total time was 1 hour 45 minutes, calories burned 610.
Iso Strength chisel all 10 reps with 10 sec hold 3x
sumo squat 15 # dumbbells
full push ups with 10 second bottom hold
Bulgarian split squat 20#
pull ups/door tubing which I used
side step up with 15# dumbbell and hold
1 arm row 20#
c curve sit up with hold 15#
lateral raise 8# dumbbells

Debbie, great job on the weights today. How many weeks is this rotation?

Jolie, I hardly ever go real heavy on chest. It does hurt my shoulders too. I figure I get so much work in the chest with all of the plank work and standing to floor work in a lot of the cardio they do now. It just overworks the shoulders.

Roselyn, nice workout today. The weights look good. Those hip thrusters really do work.
 
Today I did Cardio Coach 3, my favorite, and had an ok workout. My body is so tight it hurts to move. I've been stretching, too, so I don't know what is going on. The left side of my body is just tight all over. I've been using my foam roller and stretching as much as I can. It helps, but I still feel very tight.

Workout was 40 minutes, ran 2.73 miles, burned 273 calories (how weird) and went 5531 steps.

Nice job yesterday, everyone!

Roselyn - Was that a workout you did on your own or was it a DVD workout?

Diane Sue - This rotation is 8 weeks.

Jolie - Nice workout!!
 
Today I did STS Meso 3 Back and then I did Meso 3 Biceps which I added extra sets. 1 minute rest between sets. Some exercises I went higher in reps because I did not fail at 8 reps.

Barbell Rows- 60# x 8, x 8, x 8, x 8

1 arm rows- 35# x 8, x 8, x 8, x 8

Wide Grip pull downs-n 70# x 8, x 8, x 8, x 8

1 arm horizontal row- 25# x 10, 10, x 10, x 10 (could have go heavier)

Barbell Bicep curls--40# x 8, x x 8, x 8

Incline curls- 17# x 12, x 12,
20# x 8, x ,8

Hammer Curls- 20# x 9, x 9, x 9, x 9

Conc. Curls- 20# x 10, x 10, x 10, x 10

Did Power Hour Biceps curls 20# barbell to burn out the biceps. Boy, this is so great to do after working arms, it really pumps them up!

Roselyn, great leg workout yesterday. Nice weights!

Diane Sue, I have to do MMA boxing again, it has been such a long time since I have done that one. Do you where boxing gloves or weighted gloves?

Debbie, Nice cardio workout. I am sorry you are getting sore and stiff. Sometime you have to take a break and do something different to let your body recuperate. Even though you are in the middle of a rotation, maybe you should take a break and do yoga for a week? I remember that worked for you in the past.

Have a great day!
 
Today I did Kelly Coffey's Amped Up Cardio Live combined workouts, no drills. This was 44 minutes and I burned 281 calories. I then did Gym Style Triceps adding on the warm up and stretch 32 minutes, 94 calories. I added on Amy Ross drop set strength triceps , 7 minutes, 28 calories, and finished with Cathe's Yoga Relax 28 minute premix, 45 calories. I used the Bluetooth heart rate monitor today. It did not seem to drop out or sky rocket. 452 calories total, 1 hour 49 minutes. I was tired and not really feeling it today. I put in multiple workouts after Kelly's and would start and take them back out.
Triceps work
dips 24 reps
lying triceps extensions 20's 12 reps 2 sets
overhead seated extension 30# 12 reps 2 sets
cross body extension 15# 12 reps left 15# 12 reps right 2 sets
cross body extension with band bonus burn
kickbacks 15# 2 sets left then right 12 reps
band kickback burn out left then right
I left my notes upstairs on Drop Sets Strength with Amy I always forget the final set is no weight fall down triceps push up on the knees, burpee triceps push up , then the 12 reps set is triceps push up on one knee the other leg extended 6 right 6 left, there is an overhead tricep extension using two weights and you bring them together in the middle, 12#, 10#, 8#, 8,10,12 reps; wide triceps kickbacks 15#; 12# ; 8# 8,10,12 reps both arms at the same time. I think this is all right without my notes.

Debbie, maybe some light weight endurance work and lots of stretching would be better for a bit. There for awhile my right hip flexor was really tight. I have spent a lot of time working on getting it loosened back up. I could feel it hurt when I was just starting warm ups and it hurt only on one side when I stretched. It is much better now but I am trying to keep up with the stretching.

Josie, Power Hour biceps would definitely burn out the muscles. I always dreaded that one. Then Cathe laughs :) through the torture. It would definitely give a final pump.
 
Today was full body and I had a great workout. Feel pretty good today, although body is still a bit tight. I will stretch and use my foam roller tonight.

It took me a couple tries on some exercises to get the weights right. This one felt too easy. Today's workout went like this:

4 sets/8 reps with 1:30 minutes rest - warmed up with GS Legs

Alternate Hammer Curls - 15's/17's
Seated Dumbbell Military Press - 15's/16's/17's
Pullups - Body weight but feet on the floor stretched all the way out (think Cathe's pullups in STS)
Dumbbell Squats - 30's
Flat Bench Press - 75#
Lying Barbell Triceps Extensions - 35#

This workout was almost 50 minutes so I only had time to walk on my treadmill for .5 miles.

You are probably all right that I should just do a week of yoga. Only thing is I had a week of rest not long ago and I really don't want another one. I will continue to stretch, I do feel a bit better today. Thanks for your concerns and advice. I should follow it!

Have great workouts everyone! Nice job yesterday!!!
 
Today I did Ice Low Impact Sweat workout 1 no stretch, 25 minutes, 153 calories. I then did Ripped With Hiit Low Impact Hiit 1 and 2 combined, 51 minutes, 336 calories. I finished off with Ice Muscle Meltdown Biceps 4 rounds mix, 30 minutes, 136 calories. Total time was 1 hour 45 minutes and calories burned 625.
Biceps 4 rnds 5 exercises 12 reps each
standing curl 20, 17.5,17.5, 17.5
hammer curl 20,17.5,17.5,17.5
preacher curl 15's; 15; 15; 12
incline hammer curl 15; 15; 15; 15
concentration curl 17.5; 17.5; 17.5; 17.5

Debbie, I don't think that you need to quit strength work. Just maybe more time stretching and lighten up for awhile so you do not get so tight. You know your body though.
 
Today I am taking the day off. I had several doctors appointments with the kids and driving them back and forth to school too! I can only do so much in one day. It is ok, I will workout out on the weekend, which is my fav because I don't have to rush.

I went to the doctor and I gained more weight??? I am very discouraged. I am eating clean and I am at a loss. However, I think my muscle mass is up quite a bit so that's a good thing. Besides for the high weight, I have never felt better. The weight I know will come off, slowly but surely if I stick to a plan. I did a stress test today and with my blood work, my doctor says I am as in good of shape as a 19 year old! Not bad for turning 50.

Diane Sue, great workout today.

Debbie, do whatever makes you feel good.

Roselyn, great getting two workouts in, in one day!
 
Today I just wasn't feeling the cardio so I decided to walk a couple miles on my treadmill instead. My body is still very tight but I did stretch when I got home from work yesterday. Left hamstring is feeling better but still, my hips and lower back are still really tight. After I walked I did Yoga Stretch but could only do 15 minutes of it because I ran out of time. I really need to do that one from start to finish, it always makes me feel good.

Diane Sue - I will try. :) You know me well enough that I can't go light. But... I don't want to hurt myself either, so I will be very mindful of lifting. I think if I keep up with the stretches, I'll be ok.

Jolie - I'm sorry about your weight at the doctors but you know what? Their scales are always higher than what you really are. I think anyways. I'm always at least 5 pounds more at the doctors (if not more) than I am on my scale. So go figure. Your blood work is good and that is excellent that you are more like 19 than 50! Nice job!!!

Roselyn - Hope you are enjoying the new rotation you are doing!
 
Today's workout I did STS # 13 Shoulders, I added on extra sets and also Upright Rows. Then I did some legs, biceps and triceps. Workout was one hour and I burned 311 calories.

DB Alt. Press- 20# x 12, x 10, x 8
2 arm press- 20# x 16 TF

1 arm lat raise- 15# DB x 12, x 10, x 8 These were tough. I had to drop for the double arm lat raise.
2 arm lat raise- 10# DB x 15 TF

Rear Delt Flies- 12# x 15, x 13, x 12, x 11 TF I could go up here but then my shoulder hurts.

DB Upright Rows- 20# x 12, x 10, x 8, x 9 TF

Leg ext- 50# x 26
60# x 16, x 15
single leg, leg ext- 30# x 13, x 13 These are hard!

Leg Curls- 22.5# x 15, x 15, x 15, x 15

Power Hour Bicep Curls BB- 25# x a lot of curls!!!!

High Reps Lying Tricep Ext- 8# DB x a lot of exts.

That felt really good today. I wanted to go for a walk but I couldn't get motivated to go.

Debbie, nice walk on the treadmill today. Stretching is going to help so much. I had to roll my sons hamstrings, glutes and IT Band this morning for about 15 minutes because he was so sore, boy did it help. I love those hand rollers, they really get the blood in the muscle and it seems to stretch it out as well. You could get your husband to do it for you.

Diane Sue, I will be back later to read your post and the same with Roselyn.

Have a great day.
 
Yesterday was Hiit workout

Today was Cyclone Shoulders

Dumbbell Lat Raise
15,12,12,8,8,6 reps 9,10,11,12,12,13#

Upright Row
15,12,8,8, reps 28, 32,36,38#

Shoulder Press
15,12,8,6,25 reps 9,11,13,16,9#

Bent over rear shoulder
15,12,8,8 9,11,13,13#

Front Plate Raise
12,10,8,6reps 11,12,16,18

That was all for today, my son went back to school:( Starting last year of college (maybe) time flew
 
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