592 at interval training HIIT style class
382 lifting back and chest
hoping to get a run in for a cool 1500 burned today, and well because i have to get some mileage in before 13.1 miles comes along.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Comp is over what is next? Well how about 100 days of fitness challenge...
well another competition has come and gone and this time I got slaughtered. I went in thinking my body was pretty mid-level and well it wasn't. I didn't come in last, but it was close. A 34 year old can't compete with an 18 yr old unless they have fantastic genes and well I don't. I fought for every muscle I had. I fought for every ounce of fat I lost and muscle I gained. I fought not to eat the crap or drink the beer. I put up a good fight, but in the end I took a 1...2 to the jaw followed by a hook. So, to be down and out or just to be down. Well, I am getting back up. It has been advised that I don't compete in March, but we will see. My legs and rear need a miracle and that isn't going to happen in 4 weeks so I may just lay off for a bit. But if you know me well or know me at all, I have a plan and here it is....
The 100 DAY fitness challenge. For the next 100 days, I will workout for at least 30 minutes, will you? Join me and see what kind of goals you can achieve in a little over 3 months. So I started today but you can start tomorrow..there is no off day. I think we can all find time for at least a 30 minute walk/run everyday. Some days are super intense, others we just need to find it just to get in a little cardio. I am here to cheer you on, post your workouts everyday on the blog. Let's get this and make the summer of 2011, your best ever.
Day One:
March 1st
Cardio 1-spinning 50 minutes (471 cal burned)
Lifting-62 minutes (460 cal burned)
The 100 DAY fitness challenge. For the next 100 days, I will workout for at least 30 minutes, will you? Join me and see what kind of goals you can achieve in a little over 3 months. So I started today but you can start tomorrow..there is no off day. I think we can all find time for at least a 30 minute walk/run everyday. Some days are super intense, others we just need to find it just to get in a little cardio. I am here to cheer you on, post your workouts everyday on the blog. Let's get this and make the summer of 2011, your best ever.
Day One:
March 1st
Cardio 1-spinning 50 minutes (471 cal burned)
Lifting-62 minutes (460 cal burned)
Monday, January 31, 2011
wow...i totally forgot to blog
Well, I read a bunch of different blogs often times looking for inspiration and motivation to get my hindtail in gear. Other times, I am just reading and hoping that someone else has struggled with something that I have struggled with....I read a blog called Laylagrace which is about a child who died of cancer last year, it makes me cry everytime that I read it because it updates on a continual basis about other children fighting that terrible disease, it is like a car wreck I am sucked in and can't stop reading but when I am done I am so thankful for my children's health. I try to be inspiring, but sometimes well a great deal of time, I just have enough in my tank to motivate myself to get moving and not eat that cookie.
Well, the northern is 4 weeks out and a half marathon is 7 weeks out and another fitness show is 8 weeks out...my goal is to do them all, but I also have that MOM thing going on and a few duties as the pre-school president and other various tasks I have said yes to, when I really should have said no. My mom was always at school and volunteered countless hours, then she taught fitness classes at night (where I was supposed to do my homework, but didn't and watched her teach)....so I guess I have this vision that I need to volunteer everywhere. The thing is my mom only had one kid and well I have two and my time at the schools is more time than I counted on...anyway I need to learn to say NO but that is another blog for another day.
I actually have been meaning to take some time to reflect on my 5 1/2 years teaching StrollerFit classes. I can't believe it's over, it is very surreal, but at the same time it is a HUGE weight lifted off of my back. It is one less thing I need to worry about on a daily basis and I am so excited that I won't have to remember not to forget to send in my royalties...which is soooo very nice. What I do miss is the women that I have taught and their children that I have watched grow into school aged students. I only hope that I have at least inspired one of those women to put fitness on their priority list and I really hope that I have allowed the moms to set very positive healthy examples for their children. Without StrollerFit, I would have been lost after the birth of Jake. It was what I did, I threw everything into it and made some great friends but also lost a few during the journey. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, although I would love to have traded some of the headaches that it sometimes caused, in the end I hope that each student that I ever taught gained just a little from their time in Strollerfit.
Now, I am 4 weeks out from this show, I am way better off than I was last time and know what to expect (especially when getting spray tanned). This one is a "home game" for me so I will get to sleep in my bed and do my own thing, hotels aren't my gig and being alone last time made me want to puke. I know what to experience backstage, thank god for Erin Rhoades (check out her blog The Rhoade(s) to fitness) because her humor and her ability to bikini bite was so reassuring. She listened to me ramble on when I was nervous and I won't ever be able to tell her in words how encouraging she was that day and night. And let's attack the monkey in the room, the half marathon, yes I am nuts and for those fitness purists, I am sure you are saying what in the heck are you doing trying to train for both...well the truth is that my body loves cardio and looks better when I do a good deal of it, so training for the race doing sprint sets for miles and miles has actually been a great thing for me. So, again we will see how this goes and hope not to come in last place (I came too darn close last time). Thanks to all who have suffered in this journey with me, your support means a ton but we all know I am not great at showing emotion, just know that I really appreciate it...really really really appreciate it.
Praying for no ice tomorrow so I can train, if not my trainer Jake(age 6) will make sure that my cardio and weights are done because in his words of wisdom "mom, you don't want to look bad for your show."
Well, the northern is 4 weeks out and a half marathon is 7 weeks out and another fitness show is 8 weeks out...my goal is to do them all, but I also have that MOM thing going on and a few duties as the pre-school president and other various tasks I have said yes to, when I really should have said no. My mom was always at school and volunteered countless hours, then she taught fitness classes at night (where I was supposed to do my homework, but didn't and watched her teach)....so I guess I have this vision that I need to volunteer everywhere. The thing is my mom only had one kid and well I have two and my time at the schools is more time than I counted on...anyway I need to learn to say NO but that is another blog for another day.
I actually have been meaning to take some time to reflect on my 5 1/2 years teaching StrollerFit classes. I can't believe it's over, it is very surreal, but at the same time it is a HUGE weight lifted off of my back. It is one less thing I need to worry about on a daily basis and I am so excited that I won't have to remember not to forget to send in my royalties...which is soooo very nice. What I do miss is the women that I have taught and their children that I have watched grow into school aged students. I only hope that I have at least inspired one of those women to put fitness on their priority list and I really hope that I have allowed the moms to set very positive healthy examples for their children. Without StrollerFit, I would have been lost after the birth of Jake. It was what I did, I threw everything into it and made some great friends but also lost a few during the journey. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, although I would love to have traded some of the headaches that it sometimes caused, in the end I hope that each student that I ever taught gained just a little from their time in Strollerfit.
Now, I am 4 weeks out from this show, I am way better off than I was last time and know what to expect (especially when getting spray tanned). This one is a "home game" for me so I will get to sleep in my bed and do my own thing, hotels aren't my gig and being alone last time made me want to puke. I know what to experience backstage, thank god for Erin Rhoades (check out her blog The Rhoade(s) to fitness) because her humor and her ability to bikini bite was so reassuring. She listened to me ramble on when I was nervous and I won't ever be able to tell her in words how encouraging she was that day and night. And let's attack the monkey in the room, the half marathon, yes I am nuts and for those fitness purists, I am sure you are saying what in the heck are you doing trying to train for both...well the truth is that my body loves cardio and looks better when I do a good deal of it, so training for the race doing sprint sets for miles and miles has actually been a great thing for me. So, again we will see how this goes and hope not to come in last place (I came too darn close last time). Thanks to all who have suffered in this journey with me, your support means a ton but we all know I am not great at showing emotion, just know that I really appreciate it...really really really appreciate it.
Praying for no ice tomorrow so I can train, if not my trainer Jake(age 6) will make sure that my cardio and weights are done because in his words of wisdom "mom, you don't want to look bad for your show."
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