Hardcore Fitness Maniacs - Monday 5-24

lorajeanne

lorajeanne

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Wow...can't believe it's the end of May!!

Yesterday I did Cathe's Athletic Step & part of MMA Fusion. Burned 800 calories in 75" and max HR was 165 or so. I enjoyed MMA Fusion more this time, but I had to modify some moves due to my condition (back/neck, etc).

This morning I continued with my TA rotation (even though my back has been hurting). I did Post Pregnancy Mat workout. Used ankle weights and 3 lb hand weights. I did the 12 minute stretch from Ballet Body Workout with Jen Galardi. Working the early shift today.....hope standing all day doesn't bother my back too much. Oh and I burned... 278 calories in 65".

Have great workouts everyone.
 
Lora-that was a great calorie burn yesterday :D Hope you back holds up

Lori-DH and I did workout together and he said he liked it. I am waiting to hear how sore he is, and then we will go from there. This is also great for my personal training experiment-to see if I would really like doing it, and so far I do. Hope you had a great weekend :D

We did weight work yesterday and a 15 min steady state walk w/ the dogs. Time was 1 hr and I burned 553 calories. We did 5x5 supersets

lumberjack squat
pullups

romanian deadlift
bench press

overhead press
static lunge

clean and press
overhead tricep extension

and then bench leg raises. today is cardio for me, and I will either kickbox or step. TTYL
 
Good Morning -

I used a workout from Bodyrock TV yesterday for cardio - kind of. I used to visit her site more often and did her workouts as add-ons sometimes. More often now, I’ll use her basic ideas once in awhile, but change up the exercises or combine 2 workouts … something like that. She had a workout comprised of 20 bodyweight exercises done back to back for a minute each. I added on ten more and put ten seconds between them, because I needed time to move around for set-up. It was a pretty good workout (whew!). Used it mostly so I’d be warm going into yoga. I did 80 minutes of my new Baron Baptiste DVD. Really enjoyed it.

Today, I’ll either start Slow and Heavy/Slo Mo (legs) or do another day of cardio and start that series tomorrow. It sort of depends on time and how my day (and energy level) unfolds.

Diane Sue - Sounds like you had a good day yesterday. And yes, sometimes I wish there were more hours in the day, too. What kind of paint will you use on the glass? I have some projects like that (extra and beyond regular “maintenance” stuff) I just never seem to get to. That’s probably what bothers/overwhelms me sometimes. I have mural on a wall I wonder if I’ll ever finish and all kinds of things I’ve saved for future projects that will be really cool … if they ever happen. But work and studying and just keeping up with the normal house stuff -- and now that it’s spring, there’s the yard -- plus the roof and the exterior will need painting. Not to mention the time I spend with DS - that, I won’t move down the list, of course. I don’t think I’m busier than anyone else necessarily, so I hope I don’t sound like I’m complaining. I’m just flustered. Maybe everyone else is just more together and more efficient than I am … just not really sure.

Lora - Fusion is my favorite of the MMA’s. You are much better about doing mat work than I am. I actually enjoy it when I do it, but that isn’t very often for some reason. Looks like good stuff. Hope you have a good day and your back improves.

Theresa - Yeow ~ Looks like you broke your DH in with a really good workout :eek: I enjoy working with my DS for the same reason - good practice for me. Challenging though. Even at his age (or maybe, especially), male ego is ... an issue. Plus, he's still growing, so I have to be super cautious. I wondered if that would be a factor for you (the ego thing), or if your DH gets competitive with you. That could make it tricky but would still be good practice if you ever had male clients. Interesting aspect. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Based on what I pick up from our check-in, I think you'd make a great trainer :). I'll have to look up Lumberjack Squat. I don't think I know what they are.

Have a good morning -

Lori
 
Lori-thanks for the vote of confidence :) I really appreciate it. DH is not too competitive with that sort of thing. He has an ego but it's not suffocating :) I was just trying to get his form right, and I hope that does not come across as nit-picking. Here's a clip of the lumberjack squats, I don't know why I like them so much but I do :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfW2TKao7mE

And I like that bodyrock site, but I haven't been there in awhile. It sounds like you had a nice workout yourself. How is his new workout, I didn't know he had one?
 
Theresa - Thanks for the link. Those look REALLY COOL. I'd seen this version before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bta6S2_BS4Q - Hadn't gotten around to trying them - he makes them look sort of ... ominous ... was a little worried what I'd do if the bottom end slipped while my back was to it. I'll be trying the Lumberjack's though - thanks :D I liked Baron's new workout. I guess it isn't "new," new (just to me). I'd planned on only doing an hour, but felt like continuing. I skipped the warm-up (it was really slow). There aren't any really advanced poses and it moves a bit faster than the other one of his I have. If you know the more advanced moves, you could add them in. For example, he only does a half camel (not the fuller version) and doesn't have you extend your leg on some of the balance moves. It was perfect for yesterday, though. There's a sun salutation mix, some standing balance, some twists and some backbend work. It's chaptered too, so you can start wherever you want. He's very descriptive and goes more in-depth into 35 (I think) basic poses, but gets some nice flow going. I felt really good when I was done. Had a twinge in my back yesterday afternoon, and it was gone by the time I finished. DS gets annoyed about the form issue - I think it's hard not to seem nit-picky. So, I showed him a clip of some world class bodybuilder with his trainer, who was STILL always reminding him about form - and he relaxed a little. Actually wish I'd had that (someone to 'nit-pick') when I first started. Lucky I didn't end up in traction with some of the stupid things I did :confused:
 
Quick check in and then I have to run. I got up at 4:30 this morning but could not get moving. Then my HR monitor kept beeping telling me to check my strap. So, I kept starting over:confused: I finally took it off and rewet it and then went back. Plus deciding how much time I had. Didn't do the errands so now have to go back out. Workout was Slo Mo Total Body Challenge#1 47 min, 165 calories, then I did 10 min solution 5 day get fit fat blasting intervals because my calorie burn was crappy. 10 min and 66 calories. I followed with Bosu Xplode Fuse 44 min 161 calories. I had to take the girls to school so came back and did 5 Day Get Fit Kickbox, lean body sculpt and abs 31 min 167 calories. Total time spent was 2 hr 12 min and calories burned was 559. I was pretty irritated with my calorie burn and felt I was dragging through all of it. I am tired today so maybe that has something to do with it. Plus there was not much for cardio in there either. Hopefully tomorrow is better.
 
Lori-Thank YOU for that link. I have been trying to figure out how to do a hack squat at home. I LOVE those too. What yoga video of his did you get? I have one but I can't remember which one. I did feel stretched after it, but he can be VERY chatty :D I tried to ignore it. I may break that out again soon. And I just talked to DH and he was not too sore (he said it was in a good way) which means I didn't work him too hard. We wrote our weights down so we can keep track. I hope he makes some strength gains, I think that will be the real testament. I don't know what changed his mind, other than my gentle, constant nudging. I just kept telling him that muscle is the fountain of youth, so maybe he finally listened. We worked some KB moves in there and he REALLY liked that, so I came up w/ a KB circuit for us to do on Friday, maybe work the ropes gone wild in w/ it.......not sure. Wow, sorry to be SO wordy today :p

Diane Sue-I'm sure your energy level will pick back up soon. It's not like you're a slacker :eek: I wouldn't be too hard on yourself, and if your HR monitor was being that pesky today maybe the read was a bit inaccurate.
 
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Hi Everyone!

It was quite a busy weekend for me - back at camp. I also went out dancing on Sat. night until the wee hours. I think I was on the dance floor for about 3 hours straight!! I was the designated driver, so no martinis for me, but I made up for it yesterday. ;)

Today was Muscle Max and I'm really feeling pretty good. I have some pain in my neck and upper right side of my back from rowing at camp this weekend (or was it lifting all of those heavy martinis?):rolleyes: Also, I am down another lb, which makes my total loss since January 14 lbs!!

Theresa - That was quite the work out!! You are so lucky DH will workout with you. My DH definitely will not....

Lori - I love the Slow and Heavy workouts!! It sounds like you had quite the workout today too!! Also, the Terminator DVD is the special of the week (30% off), so I might just have to join you and get that tortuous thing!!

Lora - Nice calorie burn!! I like MMA now also. I didn't really like it the first time or two, but now it is one of my "new" favs!

Diane Sue - I wouldn't worry about the calorie burn so much. You are like a "one woman marathon", so you probably burn a zillion calories a day just doing all of the "other stuff" you do in a day. :)

That's all for now. I have I-max 2 for cardio tomorrow and then I max 2 cardio and weights for my circuit Wed. I hope I can keep my motivation!

Have a great day everyone!

Cheryl
 
Cheryl-YAY for more weight loss ^^^^^^^^^^5's :D I cut down the adult beverages on Saturday and I felt a lot better Sunday. I like Muscle Max quite a bit, but I usually like to do the Timesaver, I just can't lift weights for an hour straight :eek:
 
Went to the ortho this morning. He describe what he saw on my MRI as looking like "you tried to dislocate your shoulder" . Good news is he wasn't like wow the damage is so extensive you need immediate surgery, instead he asked me to modify more over the next few weeks, gave me a another shot and scheduled me to come back in three weeks. In three I will see the doctor not just the physican's assistant and if it is still bothering me they will decide if I need surgery. He saw inflamation, what could be a tear in the labrum and a small pocket of fluid that shouldn't be there.

The big modification he told me to make was to only do the very top part of any chest press movement. Nothing beyond 45 degrees. So I think I will just shelf pushups for the next few weeks and I will also be going on vacation in June and will take a complete rest week.

Anyway, this morning I did Muscle Endurance except the ab work. Went just a little heavier than Cathe on some the upper body stuff and stayed with her on the legs.

Debbie- Thanks for the rotation, it is working out well with what I need to do with my shoulder. Hope you mom's okay.

Cheryl - Congrats on the weight loss!!!


DianeSue - Don't be so hard on yourself. Besides your monitor was probably just off anyway.:p


Theresa - Good job training DH!


Lori - I really need to try some of those Body Rock workouts.

Lora - I can't believe it's the end of May either.!:eek:
 
Linda-you have gone into legendary maniac status. I hope this heals on it's own, although I don't think shoulder surgery is too difficult to recover from. Does keeping it in the top part keep you from using the shoulder completely? And good job on ME, those leg presses are endless :D
 
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Linda-you have gone into legendary maniac status. I hope this heals on it's own, although I don't think shoulder surgery is too difficult to recover from. Does keeping it in the top part keep you from using the shoulder completely? And good job on ME, those leg presses are endless :D
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I looked at my doctor today when he said he wanted me to rest and said "you better tell me exactly what I am not allowed to do because if you don't tell me I can't do it I will do it". LOL! I think the upper part of chest work was a compromise on his part as he appreciates that I work out and knows that I'd like to maintain the muscle I have. He wanted me to stay away from pressing chest moves altogether and do cable chest flyes and pec decks but I explained I don't have that kind of equipment only freeweights. Oh, and keeping the move at the top keeps from stressing the area that is inflamed and injured.
 
Finally back. I ran out to do errands and came back and tried to accomplish some things here. I stopped at Academy and picked up another pair of Nike shorts to workout in:D I do think the HR monitor was probably some of the problem this morning. I laundered the strap today. It says at least every 5 days. It was only 3 but it has been humid and I have really been sweaty so maybe it just needed it sooner. I always rinse it out when done.

Lori, I am using acrylics on the glass. I always thought that a mural would be cool. I think I would get masonite and apply gesso then paint on that and attach to the wall and have dh to frame it off. That way I wouldn't have to worry about painting over it.
I think the to do lists just get overwhelming at times. Not sure what to give up to get a project done and still keep up with the have to do things. I bet we all feel it at times.

Linda, that would be great if you didn't have to have the surgury and it healed on it's own. Your doctor is pretty understanding about the workouts. Most seem to me to not understand. I will say my PA works out and has asked me questions and discussed Bikram yoga which she has done. She recently asked for recommendations on how to get started with kettlebells. But when I had knee surguryfor a cyst, I was sent to a sports medicine doctor and neither him or the surgeon were very helpful as far as me getting back to working out. The vacation rest will probably be good for you.

Cheryl, it sounds like you had a fun weekend:D Great job on the weight loss.

Theresa, I do think I am over tired along with the HR monitor. I have been getting very little sleep. Too many things going on. The last two nights were full of nighmares. I hate when that happens. I hope your dh keeps up working out with you:D That was a good start this morning.
 
DianeSue - New workout clothes are always fun. I am lucky my PA use to do competitive power lifting and is currently doing P90X. He's also very good looking!:D He even offered to send me to a physical therapist to show me exercises for muscles I wasn't probably hitting, I told him there are none.
 
Meant to check back in earlier, but the power went out … probably due to the hail (golf ball size with a few baseball’s thrown in there) or maybe the wind with up to 70 mph gusts - although it could have been the tornado spotted a bit less than a mile from here. Also got distracted by the rain gutter coming down. It no longer resembles a rain gutter at all. Modern art maybe - twisted off the house and hanging by the drain on one side. :confused: The roof held though - so far - and there were people that had much worse damage than we did. 3 more storms supposed to come through, back to back. There hasn’t been a chance to do any more repairs and the wind is still horrible. I’m a wee bit stressed. What can you do though? Said the serenity prayer and tried to finish a project for work. I did legs today (Slow and Heavy - Slo Mo) if you can believe that. Actually, I finished my workout right before all the fun started. My neighbor across the street is a retired contractor and he told me that when they did the roof and gutters, (about a year or so before DS and I moved in) he could tell they were doing a pretty half baked job (he didn’t say “baked” though). That, I had inferred for myself by this point. I had the house checked/inspected and everything before we bought it, so … I don’t know. Just hope the upcoming weather isn’t too brutal. It’ll be ok , I know … we’ll work it out - just haven’t figured out exactly how yet.

Theresa - Nah - not at all too wordy. For an example of “too wordy,” refer to the passage above. I hope you keep us posted on the lifting with your DH. I’m really interested to hear how it goes -- think it’s way cool. Seems like your first time was a success - too much soreness might have put him off. Not enough might have made him feel like it wasn’t effective. Good sore is … good ;).

Diane Sue - Sorry your workout was frustrating. I’ve had my share of those (I believe frustration has a very high MET value though, so it all evens out :p) I don’t think this storm was quite as bad as the one you got and really, it is ok with me if you continue to hold that record. Think we’ve both had enough of spring storms. About the "to do" lists: Yes. Well put. Also, your ideas for doing a mural sound like a really good approach. Wish I'd thought of that. Glad you figured out your HR monitor was being moody :D

Linda - No wonder you were hurting so much. Sounded like a fairly encouraging visit and a decent doc. I feel relieved for you -- especially if it heals without surgery (finger's crossed),

Lora - The new(er) Baptiste DVD I have is called Foundations of Power Vinyasa Yoga. It’s from the Great Instructor’s Yoga Journal series. I think Collage video has it in stock. The other one I have of his is Soul of Strength. I’ve really come to like it but was getting tired of it. I only had 3 yoga workouts that I rotated. Both of the Baptiste’s are with a live class. Theresa’a probably right - he talks a lot but at least in the one’s I have, much of it is helpful cuing. He’s kind of grown on me.

Cheryl - Sounds like you’re doing really well. Fun weekend. Congratulations on your success!

Sorry if I missed anyone (or anything). Hope you all have a good evening.

Lori
 
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