Before I head off for an early morning meeting, thought I would share Day 11 challenge. It looks like a good one!
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 11 - 20 second Plank plus 15 second side plank, each side, 40 sit ups, 50 crunches, 65 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Middle of the week...
You may have guessed by my abbreviated post yesterday that it was a crazy morning and you would have been right. Things are crazy at work right now. I am glad that I have my workout time to help me decompress. I know that my morning workouts fuel me for the day and the evening ones allow me to recenter for the evening.
Yesterday was a good workout day and good eating day too (lots of yumminess). Morning was a toning class - we used the large workout balls that you sit on for the whole class, only we didn't sit on them, we moved them around over our head as we turned and lunged and bent. And we used them on the ground as we did squats and lifts squeezing our legs together to hold them in place. We did do some work while sitting on them, in the form of crunches. Last night I did week 3, day 3 of the Couch 2 5K workout. Plus, I added some additional distance - I wound up doing 3 miles and including warm up and cool down was at 39 minutes. Considering that much of the C25K is walking (more than half), it makes me feel good. Then, I came home and did my side plank for Day 9. I do hope that if nothing else, by the end, I can get to a point where when we do the planks in class, I am able to hold it the full time and add in the extra lifts and such that the instructor does.
So, I mentioned good food too. At lunch, I had a harvest wedge salad with a white balsamic dressing. There is something about apples, bacon and cheese together that is so good. With it, we had this vegetable and winter grain soup that was warm and satisfying on a rather cool day. Dinner was turkey roast, pierogie and green beans. Yum!
Today was spinning. I am a little stiff today and my arms, although not sore are very heavy feeling from yesterday's workout. Tonight is a another session of Bokwa and Day 10 of the 30 Day Challenge.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 10 - 35 second Plank, 10 sit ups, 10 crunches, 25 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
Yesterday was a good workout day and good eating day too (lots of yumminess). Morning was a toning class - we used the large workout balls that you sit on for the whole class, only we didn't sit on them, we moved them around over our head as we turned and lunged and bent. And we used them on the ground as we did squats and lifts squeezing our legs together to hold them in place. We did do some work while sitting on them, in the form of crunches. Last night I did week 3, day 3 of the Couch 2 5K workout. Plus, I added some additional distance - I wound up doing 3 miles and including warm up and cool down was at 39 minutes. Considering that much of the C25K is walking (more than half), it makes me feel good. Then, I came home and did my side plank for Day 9. I do hope that if nothing else, by the end, I can get to a point where when we do the planks in class, I am able to hold it the full time and add in the extra lifts and such that the instructor does.
So, I mentioned good food too. At lunch, I had a harvest wedge salad with a white balsamic dressing. There is something about apples, bacon and cheese together that is so good. With it, we had this vegetable and winter grain soup that was warm and satisfying on a rather cool day. Dinner was turkey roast, pierogie and green beans. Yum!
Today was spinning. I am a little stiff today and my arms, although not sore are very heavy feeling from yesterday's workout. Tonight is a another session of Bokwa and Day 10 of the 30 Day Challenge.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 10 - 35 second Plank, 10 sit ups, 10 crunches, 25 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Day 9
Today is Day 9 of the 30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge. For the Ab and Squat piece, there is a rest day today.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 9 - 15 second Side Plank, each side
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 9 - 15 second Side Plank, each side
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Another new week
Overall, it was a good weekend around here. It was not overly cold, although a little damp. Some of the snow even melted. I got in a good morning workout on Saturday, but wound up not making it to the special 2 hour Zumba/Bokwa event that I had hoped to attend on Saturday evening. Sunday, well I just didn't work out other than the 30 day challenge. It's not unusual, it is my rest day.
I baked a lot...I made lemon biscotti, but only ate one because the kittens got on the counter and threw the bag to the floor; I made Butterfinger Cupcakes, which fortunately, I don't eat; and I made two varieties of Rice Krispie Treats - original and cherry.
Today, it was a bonus spinning class, a makeup for all of the snow/cold weather days that the schools have had that caused our class to be cancelled. She did the workout Tebata style. It was hard, but I actually did enjoy it.
Today is Day 8 of the 30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 8 - 30 second Plank, 30 sit ups, 40 crunches, 60 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
I baked a lot...I made lemon biscotti, but only ate one because the kittens got on the counter and threw the bag to the floor; I made Butterfinger Cupcakes, which fortunately, I don't eat; and I made two varieties of Rice Krispie Treats - original and cherry.
Today, it was a bonus spinning class, a makeup for all of the snow/cold weather days that the schools have had that caused our class to be cancelled. She did the workout Tebata style. It was hard, but I actually did enjoy it.
Today is Day 8 of the 30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 8 - 30 second Plank, 30 sit ups, 40 crunches, 60 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Where did the day go?
Well, it is nearing bedtime and I just realized that I had not yet done or posted Day 7 of the 30 Day Plank-Ab-Squat Challenge. here is today's challenge:
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 7 - 10 second Side Plank, each side, 20 sit ups, 35 crunches, 55 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 7 - 10 second Side Plank, each side, 20 sit ups, 35 crunches, 55 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Saturday
I was a little disappointed to weigh myself this morning and realize that I was flat for the week. This is not what I wanted, I want to get in shape and reduce my weight and be able to wear smaller clothes. Normally, for me, the first couple of weeks are usually good losses followed by weeks of 1/2 - 1 1/2# per week. Now, there are still a couple of days before this 'week' from a tracking perspective is over but still sort of bums me out...hoping I was just retaining and that tomorrow, the 'real' weight will reflect.
The Friday morning bootcamp workout has left me a little sore, but not too sore to head out for my toning class and some treadmill time. I am glad that I was able to get in a good workout to start my day. My husband and son were planning to go up to the Y to run on the track and so now, I am going to go back to walk on the track with my daughter.
I completed Day 5 yesterday of the 30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge. I didn't have my sheet with me, so I did twice as many squats as I needed to. Oh well! There was no plank yesterday, so it was a very quick challenge day. Today is Day 6 and I have already completed the challenge for today. Figured it was best to get it in while I was dressed for the gym. I did the plank both at the beginning and again at the end.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 6 - 25 second Plank, 15 sit ups, 30 crunches, 50 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
The Friday morning bootcamp workout has left me a little sore, but not too sore to head out for my toning class and some treadmill time. I am glad that I was able to get in a good workout to start my day. My husband and son were planning to go up to the Y to run on the track and so now, I am going to go back to walk on the track with my daughter.
I completed Day 5 yesterday of the 30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge. I didn't have my sheet with me, so I did twice as many squats as I needed to. Oh well! There was no plank yesterday, so it was a very quick challenge day. Today is Day 6 and I have already completed the challenge for today. Figured it was best to get it in while I was dressed for the gym. I did the plank both at the beginning and again at the end.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 6 - 25 second Plank, 15 sit ups, 30 crunches, 50 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Friday!
It is so nice to be able to go outside and not feel like you are freezing. The dampness of the rain has made it feel cooler than it is, but even that is better than the sub zero temps that we seemed to have regularly over the past two months.
Yesterday was boot camp day. I thought last night that I was going to be a lot more sore when I woke up today than I was. I feel silly saying it, but I was a bit disappointed by that. Oh well! Today was another boot camp class with a different teacher. It had a slightly different focus - more arms and core.
I like the 30 Day challenge, but am not yet convinced that I like the ab portion of the one that I chose. The other ab challenges that I have done were more diverse in movement. We will see though, with time the quantity of each exercise increases, so maybe it will prove to be better than it seems. Either way, I'm going to finish it.
Today is Day 5 of the 30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge. Have you been joining in? The 5th day is a day of rest on the Plank challenge. So, today there will just be ab and squat exercises.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 5 - 5 sit ups, 10 crunches, 20 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
Yesterday was boot camp day. I thought last night that I was going to be a lot more sore when I woke up today than I was. I feel silly saying it, but I was a bit disappointed by that. Oh well! Today was another boot camp class with a different teacher. It had a slightly different focus - more arms and core.
I like the 30 Day challenge, but am not yet convinced that I like the ab portion of the one that I chose. The other ab challenges that I have done were more diverse in movement. We will see though, with time the quantity of each exercise increases, so maybe it will prove to be better than it seems. Either way, I'm going to finish it.
Today is Day 5 of the 30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge. Have you been joining in? The 5th day is a day of rest on the Plank challenge. So, today there will just be ab and squat exercises.
30 Day Plank, Ab and Squat Challenge
Day 5 - 5 sit ups, 10 crunches, 20 squats
I am not a diet or fitness expert. I am a mom, just trying to be healthy and fit. All opinions expressed are my own.
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