Monday, April 22, 2013

A little photography....

Been a few days since my last post...:( This weekend my better half and I went to a car show put on by Import Alliance and thought i would share a couple of my pics :) I still need to work on learning how to photograph cars....they don't react quite like live people do! ;) Always learning new things!!! Luckily my better half is BIG on cars and can help me learn how to see them to be able to photograph better!! We had a blast at the car show and saw some really impressive imports!! (We're both Subie drivers...:)




.....On a health and fitness note... :) I'm getting a kick out of realizing all the odd and new cravings I'm having since starting these intense workouts...(well, not really odd, just new/different to me..) I've been craving all different kinds of fruits...we got mangoes, bananas, and pears at the grocery today... And I've been wanting what I thought was soda, but realized that its more just the bubbles in the sodas....Thinking I  need to invest in some lime or lemon flavored seltzer water... :) And much to my astonishment, I realized as we were walking into the grocery tonight, that I haven't had any wine in weeks!!! ....and shockingly, I didn't miss it too terribly much!! I know, everyone that knows me just fell out of their chair reading that!! Although I do still plan on having a glass every now and again!! :) Not ready to give up a good glass of Cab!

Hope everyone enjoys their week!!!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Quick Wed post :)

I just wanted to share a link from one of my favorite fitness/health bloggers that I follow. Claire posted yesterday on her http://theascentblog.com about the type of fitness workout Tabata. I had heard of this but never really knew too much about it...I want to try and work some of the Tabata into my workouts. Here is a snippet from Claire's newest post..:
"Anyway, the other day I was sitting at work trying to resist eating one of the homemade cookies that was sitting in the kitchen (I mean really people, don’t you know that I’m on Whole30!?), and I realized that it might be time to take matters into my own hands and add a few Tabata sets into my daily life. What is a Tabata set? Tabata is an interval training technique developed in Japan with sessions lasting 4 minutes, during which you work for 20 seconds, then rest for 10 seconds, and so on for the full duration.
Sounds easy, right?
Well, here are the Tabata sets that I am challenging myself to do every night before bed for the next 6 weeks–alternating days between abs & booty. I of course will also be sticking to my Spring Goal of 4 WODs per week, but I think that this extra little piece might be the boost I need to revamp my willpower. Who’s with me?
(Reminder: I am NOT a certified trainer of CrossFit or any other physical fitness regimen, so if you want to play , you do so at your own risk!)
Tabata Abs
8 sets of 20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest, for a total of 4 minutes
Forearm plank – hold for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Forearm plank – hold for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Bicycle crunches – continuous for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Side plank – L side – hold for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Side plank – R side – hold for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Bicycle crunches – continuous for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Forearm plank – hold for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Forearm plank – hold for 20 seconds
Cash Out: 30 seconds boat pose
Tabata Booty
8 sets of 20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest, for a total of 4 minutes
Air squats – continuous for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Air squats – continuous for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Pistol Squats – R leg – continuous for 20 seconds (you can modify by using a chair for balance)
(rest 10 seconds)
Pistol Squats – L leg – continuous for 20 seconds (you can modify here too)
(rest 10 seconds)
Donkey kicks – R leg – continuous for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Donkey kicks – L leg – continuous for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Air squats – continuous for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Air squats – continuous for 20 seconds
(rest 10 seconds)
Cashout: 60 second forearm plank hold (hey, planks work your booty too!)"




Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Beautiful Spring Morning!!

The view from my porch this morning as I'm writing....! Love this time of the year!!! Warm enough for shorts, but just cool enough for a long sleeve tshirt! Perfect!


Ok, so here's my issue today...well, this week... I'm going to vary from my norm of fitness and health today.. My issue today is with myself.. I was given an awesome possible business idea over the weekend but I can't seem to get out of my own head to start working on the hows and whys of the business idea..I am one of the people who was graced with the talent of always over thinking EVERYTHING and attempting to come up with the solution to fix everything all at once and when I realize that's nuts, I just shut down and quit whatever "it" was.... My brain is having a hard time wrapping around the idea of writing a business plan (which is something I have NEVER done...)... I get started with doing research on it and my brain and my personality take over and all I feel like doing is throwing my laptop out the window! My goal this week and next week is to somehow get out of my own head and take this new endeavor one step at a time.... As my so smart brother told me last night "You cannot do ALL of it at one time! Start in pieces at the beginning... You have our family genes of wanting to tackle the whole world and fix it at one time... :) " Such a smart brother!!! :) I just wanted to share some of my frustration that is rolling around in my head this week :)

Hope everyone is having a great week!!

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Wed WOD

Today we did a WOD today that we've not done before....Eeek...Needless to say its a hard one!!! I'm going to be quite sore tomorrow....:) I'll just say that we started with Jump Shrugs and ended with stadium sprints 4x...Yikes!!! I came home for lunch after sitting in an ice bath in a training room for 10 minutes and my legs were still shaking!!! Signs of an effective workout!! My better half did the same workout with the guys and he had the same leg shaking too! (made me feel a bit better about my shakes...) I'm loving the fact that we do the same workouts as the guys and have great results too!!! I will post the WOD on the fitness tab for everyone.. :)


Monday, April 8, 2013

Struggling...

I made it thru Monday! It always seems like its a hassle to make it thru Monday's.... :) I did have success this morning with our workout!! I was able to correctly do my front squats, without hurting my wrists....That's my piece of advice today for anyone starting any workout that requires weight training...Make sure you learn the proper way to do the exercise. It's well worth the extra time to do it right!!  In addition to our workout this morning we also did cardio which kicked my tail!! Two rounds of what we call Snake Stadiums... done on one side of the college football stadium; you basically just go up and down the stairs in the stadium from one end to the other...Not nearly as easy as it sounds!!

I made my first protein shake this morning with spinach...Well, it turns your shakes quite a not very pretty color, but actually tastes pretty good! I made mine with a vanilla protein powder, strawberries, one banana, and maybe 3/4 cup of spinach, and 8 oz of organic 2% milk...

Hope everyone has a great week!!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

WOD

WOD:
WOD from www.blondeponytail.com
5 rounds:

200m run
15 burpees
15 plank jacks
15 hand release push ups
15 squat knee tucks


Ok, I know, don't get too excited...Two days in a row with posts!! :) This was the WOD for us girls this morning... :) It kicked our butts, but felt great!!! I was debating whether or not to workout today because of my back bothering me some and having a wrist that hurts pretty good from the front squats yesterday... But I decided to get my butt in gear and get over the hurt and do my workout!! :) Was able to complete the workout, but found out from my wonderful bf that my wrist is sprained a bit...Poo!! But thanks to him being a trainer, he wrapped it up for me to take some of the hurt away.. :)


Monday, April 1, 2013

Ahhh Monday...

Well....its Monday and its April Fool's day.... not a good combo at all!!! :)

Got the WOD done this morning with my girls....we completed front squats, box jumps, kettle bell swings, single leg dead lift with kettle bells, medicine ball push ups, reverse pull ups, lunges, and 45 deg crunches, dumb bell bench press, rows with bands....And still with all that, one of us dropped a bar on a leg, hit a shin during box jumps, and i hit my knee cap with a dumbbell! And then finished the workout with a mile run... i think i'm going to stay inside for the rest of the day for fear of hurting myself again or someone else!! Yikes!!

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!! I attended my first Drag Strip racing in Bristol, TN on Saturday with my better half! We had a blast!!! We have lots of car shows to attend in the next two months!! Loving it!! We're big car people and love to go see cool cars!!