Dropped my friends at the train station this AM so no workout today after a lovely day of visiting with a few beer and a nice meal out (I had baked trout...mmm). Hoping I can fit in a workout at some point today but we'll see. Still mega stiff from yesterday so it reminds me to keep active.
Must run...later taters :)
BUSY
Quick post to log. Spin and sculpt class this AM. Kicked my butt.
Half day as my friends from the UK are here just for the evening so I have to cram a whole day into a half day so I can take the afternoon off to visit. The weather here has been crapola so hopefully it stops raining enough for us to be able to get out and do things.
Must be off...later taters.
Half day as my friends from the UK are here just for the evening so I have to cram a whole day into a half day so I can take the afternoon off to visit. The weather here has been crapola so hopefully it stops raining enough for us to be able to get out and do things.
Must be off...later taters.
Hat's off
I stayed up late just to finish my hat (few pics over on my much neglected non-fitness blog...).
Hee hee. It even fits. I was worried it wouldn't...could do with being a bit bigger but it fits so I'm happy. I like it.
Spent the evening drying to dry out J's soggy camping gear and get things sorted from his trip. Most of it is dealt with and the rest is drying on the deck (please don't rain please don't rain). Finished the day packed up ready for another day.
Today was spin class with the instructor I love, Jocelyn. It was a hard solid workout but still fun and afterwards I had 14 minutes free...so I tried to do today's Day 6 insanity workout from DailyHiit. I couldn't do 3 rounds due to lack of time but it was an ab workout so I could do it after spin. It was a tough one. Instead of 3 rounds through I just did 40 of each thing and declared it done...my abs are quite perturbed with me at the moment...the workout was:
-situps (with 10Lb medicine ball)
-pike crunches (with 10Lb medicine ball)
-scissor hold crunches (with 10Lb medicine ball)
-reverse drop leg raise/crunches (both legs together) holding ball
-plank with waist twisted and dropped down to the side and back up
-up and down plank (elbows to arms)
-Bike toe touches
-bike toe tap each side + 2 leg crunch
Now I must dash. Insane day...but then aren't they all? :)
Hee hee. It even fits. I was worried it wouldn't...could do with being a bit bigger but it fits so I'm happy. I like it.
Spent the evening drying to dry out J's soggy camping gear and get things sorted from his trip. Most of it is dealt with and the rest is drying on the deck (please don't rain please don't rain). Finished the day packed up ready for another day.
Today was spin class with the instructor I love, Jocelyn. It was a hard solid workout but still fun and afterwards I had 14 minutes free...so I tried to do today's Day 6 insanity workout from DailyHiit. I couldn't do 3 rounds due to lack of time but it was an ab workout so I could do it after spin. It was a tough one. Instead of 3 rounds through I just did 40 of each thing and declared it done...my abs are quite perturbed with me at the moment...the workout was:
-situps (with 10Lb medicine ball)
-pike crunches (with 10Lb medicine ball)
-scissor hold crunches (with 10Lb medicine ball)
-reverse drop leg raise/crunches (both legs together) holding ball
-plank with waist twisted and dropped down to the side and back up
-up and down plank (elbows to arms)
-Bike toe touches
-bike toe tap each side + 2 leg crunch
Now I must dash. Insane day...but then aren't they all? :)
Doubling up
My J got home safe late last night after I spent the evening at my brother's visiting and watching a film. Over the weekend I got a lot done - dug up the flower bed and planted my baby raspberry trees, tore apart the remainder of my front deck and cleared all that up and then chopped the wood up into stove lengths and piled it in the yard. Even mowed the grass and helped (OK, watched) dad replace my broken doorknob. It's nice to see the work you've done after and know you've made your home better. Working with my dad is always fun. He likes to be busy and offered to come over to help and it was nice to work together for a bit.
Despite the late night last night I got up this morning to work out. One of the classes was on but I was feeling like more and it was an instructor that annoys me so I decided to get caught up on my DailyHiit workout 7 day insanity workouts. I did 2 together. Yup...insanity. It actually worked out as day 4 was lower body and day 5 was upper, so I made them into one long circuit of 50 seconds on 10 seconds rest with a few 10Lb weights. I did 3 circuits through and then did some inner leg and leg raises and crunches before stretching at the end. I feel wonderful. :)
Workout 4:
High knee box step up L leg
Shot put squat shoulder raise R arm
Shot put squat shoulder raise L arm
High knee box step up R leg
Burpee + tuck jump
Plie squat + side leg raise (alternating) with weight.
Workout5:
Plank on a box with tricep kickback L
Squat + tuck jump + 2 pushups
Plank on a box with chest row L
Chest press + Chest fly + full crunch on the box
Alternating lunge with arms overhead + bicep curl
Plank on a box with chest row R
High standing row (25 Lb bar)
Plank on a box with tricep kickback R
It was hard and sweaty, but I feel all badass now. I couldn't do all the planks and had to put a foot forward sometimes but I tried to do at least half the time in plank. Harder than it looked definitely! My timer needs a new battery and it died half way through but I still kept going using my watch. Not as easy, but it worked in a pinch.
ANYways...Time for a long day. Gotta run. Have a great day!
Despite the late night last night I got up this morning to work out. One of the classes was on but I was feeling like more and it was an instructor that annoys me so I decided to get caught up on my DailyHiit workout 7 day insanity workouts. I did 2 together. Yup...insanity. It actually worked out as day 4 was lower body and day 5 was upper, so I made them into one long circuit of 50 seconds on 10 seconds rest with a few 10Lb weights. I did 3 circuits through and then did some inner leg and leg raises and crunches before stretching at the end. I feel wonderful. :)
Workout 4:
High knee box step up L leg
Shot put squat shoulder raise R arm
Shot put squat shoulder raise L arm
High knee box step up R leg
Burpee + tuck jump
Plie squat + side leg raise (alternating) with weight.
Workout5:
Plank on a box with tricep kickback L
Squat + tuck jump + 2 pushups
Plank on a box with chest row L
Chest press + Chest fly + full crunch on the box
Alternating lunge with arms overhead + bicep curl
Plank on a box with chest row R
High standing row (25 Lb bar)
Plank on a box with tricep kickback R
It was hard and sweaty, but I feel all badass now. I couldn't do all the planks and had to put a foot forward sometimes but I tried to do at least half the time in plank. Harder than it looked definitely! My timer needs a new battery and it died half way through but I still kept going using my watch. Not as easy, but it worked in a pinch.
ANYways...Time for a long day. Gotta run. Have a great day!
Cake of Rewarding +2
Now if you excuse me I am off to the yard get things done to beat the rain and work off my sugar coma. :)
Have a great sunday!!
Sparkle on
It's official. I am obsessed with sparkly clear nail polish. My "operation not bite my nails" has turned into "OMG SPARKLETIME!!!" Hee hee. In the lab the chemicals we use take the colors off, but clear with polish stays on pretty well and it keeps me from nibbling. And altho the tomboy in me is a bit concerned the rest of my brain is squidgy happy about all the sparkles. When I get stressed out I look at the sparkles...and breathe in and feel better. They can't take my sparkles from me :)
This morning I was in for spin & sculpt class. It was tough seeing as I'd worked out last night, but I worked hard and didn't complain too much and now it's a final long day of work before I get a weekend with my dad and family. If it would stop raining here for more than a few minutes we might get to spend my brother's birthday out in his gorgeous back yard...we shall see.
Tonight I get to make my GF chocolate cake and apple crisp and hang with my dad. Can't wait. I don't get to see him enough. WIth J away I miss him already and it's nice to have other family here to visit and keep me busy while he's gone. I'm really looking forward to the weekend.
Have a fabulous weekend all of you lovely peoples.
Sparkle on :)
This morning I was in for spin & sculpt class. It was tough seeing as I'd worked out last night, but I worked hard and didn't complain too much and now it's a final long day of work before I get a weekend with my dad and family. If it would stop raining here for more than a few minutes we might get to spend my brother's birthday out in his gorgeous back yard...we shall see.
Tonight I get to make my GF chocolate cake and apple crisp and hang with my dad. Can't wait. I don't get to see him enough. WIth J away I miss him already and it's nice to have other family here to visit and keep me busy while he's gone. I'm really looking forward to the weekend.
Have a fabulous weekend all of you lovely peoples.
Sparkle on :)
Zzzz
Last night I as up late hanging with friends and then helping J pack for his weekend camping away so I am exhausted. I was up until 1:30 so I didn't work out this AM. I will at some point this evening, but sleep was a priority this morning to make sure I can deal with my day.
I must run. It's going to be a crazy day...
I must run. It's going to be a crazy day...
Much later...
Ah. I survived the day! Despite a crazy workday I made it home with some sparkly nailpolish and hammered out the first 2 Dailyhiit workouts from the 7 day challenge before supper. I've managed to make the house civil for my dad's arrival and am now sitting sipping tea, listening to Gomez and missing my J who is on his way to Manitoba for a weekend work and play. I'm trying to make the most of my time and redeem the day and now that I think of it, I do believe the day is done I'm off to sleeptown.
'Night.
Just in case you'd forgotten where your booty is located...
My booty has awoken today to say a loud HELLO! So! Stiff! And guess what we did a bunch of in sculpt class today? Oh yes - more butt and leg work. Bwaha! It was a nice overall workout today and I feel fabulous.
Last night I helped my J prep for his weekend away doing lights at an outdoor festival, getting camping gear and food together. Even got suckered in to making him a batch of cookies to share with our friends while there. And did I give in and cheat and eat all the batter? Hells no I didn't!
Booyah!
In my quest to find a healthy low sugar granola bar snacky sort of cookie though for me I did make a batch of the healthy cookies though, from the recipe on the Daily Hiit site. I added an egg and some dried cranberries and used porridge oats (they have a bit of flax and bran in with the oats) and it made 2 dozen small granola cookie thingys. They're quite tasty, and gf/df and not super sweet like a lot of recipes I've tried. More spongy than crispy. I like them a lot and will try them again with some other nuts so J can have some too (he's not a fan of dried cranberries). My coworkers have agreed to be my guinea pigs for my granola cookie snack attempts and I'll get their feedback on these and tweak them some more. Heh heh. Kitchen science.
But for now...must dash. Busy day afoot...
Have a good one :)
Last night I helped my J prep for his weekend away doing lights at an outdoor festival, getting camping gear and food together. Even got suckered in to making him a batch of cookies to share with our friends while there. And did I give in and cheat and eat all the batter? Hells no I didn't!
Booyah!
In my quest to find a healthy low sugar granola bar snacky sort of cookie though for me I did make a batch of the healthy cookies though, from the recipe on the Daily Hiit site. I added an egg and some dried cranberries and used porridge oats (they have a bit of flax and bran in with the oats) and it made 2 dozen small granola cookie thingys. They're quite tasty, and gf/df and not super sweet like a lot of recipes I've tried. More spongy than crispy. I like them a lot and will try them again with some other nuts so J can have some too (he's not a fan of dried cranberries). My coworkers have agreed to be my guinea pigs for my granola cookie snack attempts and I'll get their feedback on these and tweak them some more. Heh heh. Kitchen science.
But for now...must dash. Busy day afoot...
Have a good one :)
This is a test of your emergency system. Do not be alarmed...
They were testing the fire alarms in the gym this morning (so very loud) so there weren't any classes on. Instead I could shove my headphones in my ears to drown out the noise, crank the psytrance and make up my own workout. I had a solid workout of 2 times through:
-30 good mornings (18 Lb bar)
-25 bent rows (18 Lb bar)
-15 dragon curtsey squats (each side) with 8 Lb
-15 competition burpees
-15 one legged dead lifts (each side) with 12 Lb dumbells
-25 overhead shoulder press (18 Lb bar)
-20 tricep extensions (10 Lb)
-30 deep squats
-20 clean and press (18 Lb bar)
-10 pushup + ski plank abs + pushup + plank lizard abs
-10 reverse leg raises (each side)
Then I finished off with 25 minutes on the elliptical interval program and some stretching. Whew! Had sweat dripping off my nose. Bwaha! I feel good knowing I have gotten in my workout for the day. My booty will thank me later :)
Last night after I ran some errands, I did a bit of weed control in the yard and worked some more on my hat (almost done...hope it fits after all this). I may catch up on life some day...but that day is not today :P
Must dash! Science awaits...
-30 good mornings (18 Lb bar)
-25 bent rows (18 Lb bar)
-15 dragon curtsey squats (each side) with 8 Lb
-15 competition burpees
-15 one legged dead lifts (each side) with 12 Lb dumbells
-25 overhead shoulder press (18 Lb bar)
-20 tricep extensions (10 Lb)
-30 deep squats
-20 clean and press (18 Lb bar)
-10 pushup + ski plank abs + pushup + plank lizard abs
-10 reverse leg raises (each side)
Must dash! Science awaits...
Just chillin
Here we go again!
Monday has arrived. How did that happen already?
The weekend flew by...lots done though. Worked my final shift to pay off my traffic ticket (woot!) and spent a lazy evening with J planning our summer. Sunday we went erranding and got a number of things we've been saving up for - solar panels and some other camping gear and (joy!) a small deep freeze. I've wanted a small deep freeze for ages and we finally got one. I was able to buy from a local business and not a big chain and it was a great deal too. Since it was only $10 more for a 7 cubic foot one, we opted for that over a 5 so we have a little more storage space...and it will be lots for us I think and still be a size we can carry and find space for downstairs. I am glad since it means I can be more proactive with prepping our food and freezing soups and such for lunches and buying 1/4 cows from the local organic farmer/butcher and just actually have freezer space you can put a pizza box in for once. Woo! Add in that a huge fabric sale at the local fabric store and I'm happy.
I even fit in a BBQ and knitting some more on my hat. Oh...and the best breakfast ever: put some pineapple rings in my regular pancakes before flippingto make pineapple upside down pancakes and ...oh. my. word. Didn't even need syrup.
Hooray to all of it!
This morning I prepped healthy meals for us both and came in for a spin and sculpt class with Mimi. She always delivers. I don't know how she does it but I loved it and was dripping sweat by the end...and here I was thinking I'd maybe do my own workout because I wasn't feeling challenged enough lately by the classes. I saw it was Mimi subbing in and got happy. Sweaty happy me FTW :)
Anyways...gotta run. Long busy day ahead.
Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. :)
Monday has arrived. How did that happen already?
The weekend flew by...lots done though. Worked my final shift to pay off my traffic ticket (woot!) and spent a lazy evening with J planning our summer. Sunday we went erranding and got a number of things we've been saving up for - solar panels and some other camping gear and (joy!) a small deep freeze. I've wanted a small deep freeze for ages and we finally got one. I was able to buy from a local business and not a big chain and it was a great deal too. Since it was only $10 more for a 7 cubic foot one, we opted for that over a 5 so we have a little more storage space...and it will be lots for us I think and still be a size we can carry and find space for downstairs. I am glad since it means I can be more proactive with prepping our food and freezing soups and such for lunches and buying 1/4 cows from the local organic farmer/butcher and just actually have freezer space you can put a pizza box in for once. Woo! Add in that a huge fabric sale at the local fabric store and I'm happy.
I even fit in a BBQ and knitting some more on my hat. Oh...and the best breakfast ever: put some pineapple rings in my regular pancakes before flippingto make pineapple upside down pancakes and ...oh. my. word. Didn't even need syrup.
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| Look at that goodness, eh? |
This morning I prepped healthy meals for us both and came in for a spin and sculpt class with Mimi. She always delivers. I don't know how she does it but I loved it and was dripping sweat by the end...and here I was thinking I'd maybe do my own workout because I wasn't feeling challenged enough lately by the classes. I saw it was Mimi subbing in and got happy. Sweaty happy me FTW :)
Anyways...gotta run. Long busy day ahead.
Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. :)
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