Sorry I've been away. I've been so so so busy (5 classes and a full time job). I've been working out with Sam twice a week, as usual. I normally get in 1-2 other days a week by myself. That has really been hit and miss.
I have not really gone jogging since I did the 20 minute jog almost a month ago. I do sprints with Sam from time to time, but no real jogging with any true distance. That stinks, because I was really excited about finally being able to jog for 20 minutes and I just let it go. I'll have to work back up to it, but I'm determined to do it. I want to do a half marathon this year. I'm planning to do the Rock n Roll either in Vegas or the one in Miami. I'm going to consider it my 30th birthday gift to myself. I wanted to take a nice trip for my 30th (in July) and I also wanted to do a half. I probably can't afford a separate trip for each the way I would want to,so I'm planning to postpone the July trip and roll it into a half marathon trip (Sept or Dec). So, I'll still be celebrating my 30th (just months later lol) and I'll get to check off a major item on my list of things to do for year.
Today Sam said I might have a "come to Jesus" moment, and he was not joking. Here's the list of what I did:
100 Push-ups
60 Burpees
100 Deep Squats
800m on Rowing Machine
12 Shuttle runs
36 Lat Pulldowns (80 lbs)
60 Leg Lifts
45 Lying Tricep Extensions (10 lb dumbbells)
300m on Rowing Machine
0.5 mile walk to class to cool down
I asked him if I was being punished because I had to cancel my session on Tuesday. He laughed and said no. I'm not so sure lol! It was really really hard. I did all of this over an hour. The lat pulldowns, leg lifts, and tricep extensions were done in sets of 3. The burpees, push-ups, and squats are a little difficult to explain. Basically, I would do as many push-ups as possible in 1 min. At the top of each minute I had to stop and do 4 burpees, then immediately into the push-ups. At the top of that next minute I would do 4 burpees again. I continued this until I had reached 100 push-ups. This same cycle happened for the deep squats. I hope the way I explained it makes sense.
I felt like this was a completely ridiculous workout and I asked him several times if he was serious. This was only me 2nd time on the rowing machine. Oh my gosh, it works EVERYTHING!!! I was shaking and fell like a combination of jello and dead weight by the time my our was up. My shirt was completely soaked. It was weird though, because although it was hard, I wanted to do it again this weekend. This was one of those workouts that made me feel like I had instantly lost weight. I'll probably do the push-ups, burpees, squats, leg lifts, and tricep extensions on my own at home this weekend. It's good to leave a workout and know that I gave it my all and that I completely rocked it!
Oh, I purchased a 65cm stability ball and a 10 lb medicine ball to add to my home gym (which doesn't include much...dumbbells, adjustable weight bench, sit up rack, and tons of Oxygen magazines). I would like to buy some cardio equipment (treadmill or bike), but we'll see. I know plenty of things I can do for cardio without having the machines, so I'm in no rush to buy anything.
I've also been making an effort to eat better the past two weeks. I made the pledge to do this until spring break (which is in less than two weeks) and then take a look at my results. I'm hoping it will be motivation to make me continue to eat better. I can already say that I feel better though. So, it might be a a week or two before I'm on here to blog again, but I should have some measurements to post by then. Have a great day!
Chris Brown - Turn Up the Music
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