Good Ol’ Tabatas…

Saturdays workout was boot camp with clients. Was a pretty tough workout and my abs were still sore from Thursdays workout.

Meals were scattered, but pretty good. I know I could have done better…need to work on that.

I did chat a bit with a fellow trainer about my workouts and he made me realize I need to cut back on the boot camp workouts and do my own workouts or find workout partner to push myself harder. I do push myself hard in boot camp, but not as hard as I know I could, as I am the trainer and am watching form and stuff.

So my goal is to cut back on doing the boot camp classes and get in more of my own more intense workouts.

This morning as I was doing my workout, I realized I really miss pushing  myself with heavy weights. Its been a long time, so that is what I plan to do..along with planning it. So today I will plan my workouts for the next month and see how things go.

After my weight training workout, I did 10 minutes of tabatas. First 5 were step ups with KB swings and last 5 minutes were step ups with squat jumps.

I feel great after that workout and am really excited to get started on my hard workouts this week!

Kick Butt Intervals

I guess I should back up to Wednesday, as I got caught up with other things and didn’t get my blogging in.

Wednesday I did tabatas. Tabatas are 20 seconds of exercise followed by 10 seconds of active rest. I did 10 minutes and alternated between reverse lunges, step ups, jumping jacks, um…and I can’t remember what else. Was a great workout though!

Meals..oh..did well until suppertime and then just had a big old carb fest! LOL! Wings, egg rolls and mini burger. Yes, bad. But it was my one cheat meal this week.

Thursday morning I did some intervals and then did BC with clients. Was a toughie! 45 seconds of Push Press, Partner pushups, Forward/Reverse Lunges, Crab Dips and then intense cardio and abs. I was sweating real good!

Meals were much better yesterday too.

Now we come to Friday:

Intervals on treadmill…finished hard at 7.3 for 1 minute 30 seconds! Was ready to fall off! Love feeling like that!

Meals have been  a bit crazy as I had an appt that kind of messed me up.

Bringing Back Some Turbo Jam

I decided its time to cut back with the weights and add in more interval training and cardio.

I have this body (well lower body) that tends to build muscle very easily..which to some would be great, but to me, its annoying.

Anyhow, so my plan is to try to shed some inches (layers of fat per say) off my lower half by adding in more interval training.

I haven’t done my Turbo Jam workouts in a long time so thought it might be a good idea to change things up a bit. I think adding in more running on treadmill might be killer for my knees.

I am going to add in some body weight circuits and tabatas as well and just do the 3x a week boot camp.

This is my plan for the next 2.5 weeks anyhow. Then I will see where I want to go from there.

M1) Protein Shake

Turbo Jam- Cardio – 20 minutes

M2) Eggs with green peppers, sweet potato and parmesan

M3) Ground Turkey, broccoli, diced tomatoes and parmesan

M4) Protein Shake with Fruit

M5)Chicken breast, kale, diced apples, walnuts

Getting Back To Blogging

It’s been a while since I have blogged here. It’s not that I haven’t been keeping up with my fitness goals, because I  have, I have just had to prioritize a bit with other things.

But for the next few weeks, I am going to try and get back on schedule for keeping updated here with how I am doing and posting my meals and workouts.

So..Monday May 11th:

Intervals – 4 – 2 at 6.5 and 2 at 7 =10 minutes

M1) Protein shake

Workouts

M2) Eggs with spinach and chicken sausage, parmesan

M3) string cheese 1.5, dried prunes (3) , 8 almonds, kashi crackers (5)

M4) Ground turkey, green beans, diced tomatoes and parmesan

-choc treat- snack balls (3)

M5) Protein shake with light soy milk

M6) Chicken breast and broccoli

Workout was boot camp: Played  card game. Was great workout-I was sweating pretty good!

My 3 Mile Run

Ick..thats all I have to say is Ick...Oh and I am in my basement..which is why you see the water heater in the background! LOL

Operation Storm Force- A little scary!

Today I am starting something new. Yes, its been a while since I have posted here, but doesn't mean I have not been working out, just busy other places.

I have signed up for a Operation Storm Force challenge. This is a super conditioning program put on by @JonLeTocq which is cruel and rewarding. Yes, those words both do go together when it comes to these workouts.

I have been having some issues with my back, so I waited until this week to get started, and it still doesn't seem a whole lot better, so I will just see how things go and do my best.

Today I will be doing the tester workout, which consists of a 5K run, 50 burpees (going to do frog jumps, burpees kill my back) and 300 high knees/jump rope, since I don't have a rower. Will post my times later.

Here are my measurments...ugh..thinking I shouldn't have eaten all those carbs yesterday! OH well, gotta start somewhere, right?

March 8th, 2009
BF 20.9%
Waist 26in
Belly Button 29.25 in
Hips 37 in
Thighs 22.5

And now the dreaded pictures. They aren't the best, but we are supposed to update them every week, so will just try to take better ones next week!

Now off to go time my 5K...wish me luck!

Good Day...

So here are my meals for today:

M1) ON Protein Shake - WORKOUT - Prograde Workout
M2) 2 whole eggs, 1 white, broccoli, edamame and feta, with flax seed sprinkled on top and coffee
M3) Tuna (I am so trying....not a huge seafood fan!) with broccoli and edamame, mustard, lil italian dressing and cheddar cheese
M4) Prograde Craver and almonds
M5) Turkey Burger at TGIFridays with only half the bun, tomato, pickle and lettuce with steamed green beans and broccoli and a glass of wine. Hubby wanted dessert, so we shared brownie..my 2nd free meal this week.

My workouts consisted of KB burpee high pulls, KB swings and snatches. Followed by intervals on the treadmill:
Warm Up 1 min at 3.5
High 5.5 for 1 min
Low at 3.5 for 1 min
increased to 6.0 and then 6.5 for high
Intervals for 16 min, then 3 min cool down for total of 20 minutes.