Hardcore Fitness Maniacs Thurs July 16

lorajeanne

Cathlete
Morning Maniacs -

No workout for me today. I'm just getting ready to leave for the surgery center. Have great workouts everyone. I hope it's not too long before I can work out again!
 
Today was step cardio so I chose Low Max. This is such a fun workout, I love all the step combo's in it. Very creative but easy to do.

HR STATS:
1 hr. 10 minutes
3 minutes below zone
31 minutes in zone
36 minutes above zone
578 calories burned


Excellent calorie burn for me.

Lora - Good luck!!! Prayers out to you!
 
Good Morning Maniacs!!!

Well my son had his friends come over last night and even with fan on in our bedroom, they were loud. I thought someone was breaking something so I had bad dreams about pictures and glass being destroyed. All is well though.

Anyhow, here is my workout from yesterday:

SHOULDERS/ARM/AB RIPPER X

Alternating Shoulder Press 20's/25's 8x's
In and Out Bicep Curls 20's 16x's (twice)
Two Arm Tricep Kickbacks 15's 8x's (twice)
Deep Swimmer's Press 20's (twice)
Full Supination Concentration Curls 35's (twice)
Chair Dips 30/30
Upright Rows 20's 8x's (twice)
Static Arm Curls 20's 16x's (twice)
Flip Grip Twist Tricep Kickback's 12's 8x's (twice)
Two Angle SHoulder Flyes 15's 16x's (twice)
Crouching Cohen Curls 15's 8x's (twice)
Lying Down Tricep Ext 15's 8x's (twice)
In/Out Straight Arm SHoulder Flyes 10's 16x's (twice)
Congdon Curls 20's 8x's (twice)
Side Tri Rises 15x's each side and twice

Ab Ripper in the evening.

Today is Yoga X and then will jump right into my Kundalini Meditation.

Lora, Best of luck girl. Prayers are with you always. I will send you some healing vibes.

Debbie,

I know you had fun! Love that workout~
 
Morning! I just finished Pure Strength Legs and abs. I forgot how many crunches are in that ab wo! I like the leg work though, especially the sit and stands. :eek: I was not in the mood to do it at all but am so glad I did.

Lora: I know you probably are already in surgery but I am thinking of you today.

Hi Char and Debbie!
 
I feel a little better this morning. My workout today started with Amy's APX w/up,chest, then Bodymax2 chest, then APX shoulders and Bodymas2 shoulders. I burned 122 calories. Then I did Oxygen Magazines Interval jog sprint treadmill workout which was 5 minutes w/up, 30 minutes intervals and 5 minutes c/d. I ran 3.25 miles and burned 380 calories.
I then did Rumble Heavybag #2 and arm drills, then did Amy's KBX heavybag, cooldown, and stretch The combined heavybag work was 21 minutes and with c/d stretch it was 28 minutes. I burned 311 calories. I finished off with Tracey's Yoga Solutions post kickbox mix. Total calories burned today was 870. Yesterdays meals were:
breakfast- vanilla greek yogurt, 1/2 scoop protein powder and some raspberry fruit preserves
lunch- grilled chicken salad with lowfat dressing
snack- peanut butter muscle bombs
dinner- low carb wrap sandwhich with turkey, 2% swiss cheese, veggies and mustard
dinner was late because I kept feeling sick to the stomach. I didn't feel like cooking so that is why I made this choice. I was trying to pick out candles at the store yesterday and the scents made me feel sicker. I need to go into town. They have some shops here with some great candles and stuff.(after I feel better)

I made the Muscle Chow Malted Almond Bombs this morning. I substituted agave nectar for the honey. Good thing I cut the recipe in half;) These are tasty. Dinner today will be turkey breast that I am putting in the slow cooker. Not sure about the rest of the day.

Lora, good luck with the surgury. I hope all goes well and you are back at the workouts soon.

Debbie, nice calorie burn.

Charlotte, I can never sleep when there are others up in the house let alone having guests over.
 
Meals for today:

M1: ON whey protein shake w/strawberries (post workout)
M2: Chocolate Coconut BSN w/ 1/2 c. oats & 1 tbsp. Naturally More PB
M3: Garlic Chicken over Spaghetti; plum
M4: 1/2 Greek yogurt w/1 tbsp. honey
M5: Bison burger on 1 slice Ezekiel bread w/1 thin slice Provolone; Cukes, Tomatoes & Onions w/lite Northern Italian dressing
M6: Cinnamon Protein Pancake w/1 tbsp. Naturally More PB

1530.5 calories
51 g. fat - 30%
137 g. protein - 36%
138 g. carbs - 36%


+ 2 pieces of Dove's dark chocolate. This is not counted in my macros.
 
Hi Ladies -

Thanks everyone. I'm home from the surgical center. I have severe cramps and initially they told me I couldn't take Advil due to bleeding, but I just spoke with the doctor and he said to go ahead and take it if it helps my cramps.

I just wanted to share my funny story. When they were first putting me under, they placed the mask on my face and said "take deep breaths". Next thing I remember is them saying "now take deep breaths" when they were waking me up and for some odd reason (the subconscious mind is a strange thing....huh?) - I thought I was finishing a workout and the instructor was saying "take deep breaths" like they do at the end of a workout to bring your heartrate down. So - I'm waking up and they said "you're all done and it went very well" to which I replied.....I thought I was working out! The whole surgical suite was laughing and asked me what kind of workout I was doing and then they asked me other questions about working out! Isn't that funny! I got a quick one in while sleeping!

ETA: doesn't sound so funny in reading it....but I guess you had to be there!

I might try to do some yoga here in a little bit. I'm antsy.
 
Here is the recipe for the Malted almond bombs from Muscle Chow. I also included the peanut butter muscle bombs recipe. I really like these things so I do half a recipe just in case;) It is suggested that you package them in baggies of 4 bombs each. He also says during the lean phase only have 1 bag per week.

1/4 cup Ovaltine Malt ( I sometimes use Moo Magic sugar free chocolate malt individual packets that have vitamins and monerals in them)
1/4 cup honey (this is where I used agave nectar)
1/2 cup vanilla whey protein powder(this is good with chocolate too)
1 1/2 cups crunchy almond butter drained of separated oil
1 Tablespoon fat free milk
Step 1 In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients. This takes some muscle.
Step 2 Form the mixture into walnut sized balls. Place in a container lined with waxed paper of parchment, separating each layer with another sheet of waxed paper or parchment.
Step 3 Chill in the freezer or fridge for at least 2 hours before serving. He says you can freeze them too. I didn't even refrigerate them.
Makes 25 bombs Per bomb 104 calories, 5 gm protein, 6 gm carbs, 5 gm total fat, 2 gm fiber, 5 mg sodium

Peanut Butter Muscle Bombs
2 cups all natural unsalted crunchy peanut butter
2 scoops vanilla whey protein powder(chocolate is good here too:))
1/4 cup+1 Tablespoon molasses( I usually use agave nectar)
2 Tablespoons whole flaxseeds
Step 1 in a large bowl mix together all the ingredients.
Step 2 Form the mixture into walnut sized balls. Place in a container lined with wax paper or parchment paper separating each layer with another sheet.
Step 3 Chill in the freezer or fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.
25 bombs 153 calories, 6 gm protein,8 gm carbs, 9 gm total fat 1 saturated fat, 1 gm fiber, 46 mg sodium
 
LOL Lora! That is funny. We all seem to eat, drink and sleep exercise. Why don't you just take it easy for one day. Your workouts will be there tomorrow. Take a nap or something.
 
Lora - Glad to hear all went well. Just rest now!

DianeSue - Thanks for the recipes I was just about to ask for the peanut butter one.:D

Yesterday my computer was attacked by a virsus and is now acting all funky, so now I must reload EVERYTHING from scratch. So I maybe missing for a day or two.:confused:


Anyway, this morning I did Imax 2 and abs. I did abs first doing two sets of SB jackknifes and two set of SB rollouts. Workout was 59 minutes and I burned 487 calories.

BTW, got some great DOMS in my tris.:D:D:D
 
Lora-I'm glad your surgery went okay. Your story is funny BTW.

Diane Sue-thanks for the recipes, they look yummy

Patti-I'm glad you liked the salad. It's one of my faves. I am going to make a greek inspired salad this week that is similar. I usually make stuff up as I go, so I will let you know how it turns out.

I am scheduled for upper body today. I think I am going to do the HSC upper body circuit followed by PUB up only, but I may save the workout for tomorrow. Hubby and I are going on a date.

I checked the FLAT BELLY DIET from prevention mag from the library. There are a lot of great recipes in there that are fast and easy. They have a 4 day anti bloat start up that I may do. I have been drinking way to much diet soda and eating way too many gas producing veggies (TMI, I know). I may start it this weekend because I tend to be more lax on the weekend with my eating and it may help. Anyway, my point is there is a thing they call SASSY WATER that helps banish any bloat (not that I am saying any of you ladies need this given your discipline with both diet and exercise) but I'll post it in case any one is interested:

8 1/2 c water
1T fresh grated ginger (I am going to use the dried)
1 cucumber-sliced
1 lemon sliced
12 mint leaves

Mix all together and let set in a pitcher overnight
Drink it all the next day

I'll let you know if and when I start the 4 day anit-bloat and how it's going. My gut is my barometer for what I do right and wrong with my diet and currently it is not happy :)

BBL-
Theresa
 
Today I did Imax 2. Always love that one. I have been wanting to make those almond bombers. Think I will give it a go.

Lora, glad to hear everything went ok during surgery.
 

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