Boy's Journey to a Half Marathon Begins :)

This weekend, Matt and I went to Disney World while Grandma & Grandpa C sat with the kids and animals. We left on Friday morning and came home Saturday afternoon. While we were there, I got a little carried away in the 'Disney Spirit' - I guess that is the point, huh? Anyway..now the Half Marathon with Boy is ON! And I am finally over the TOP about it! So, here is the map:


We checked out the Polynesian resort since that is where the crew came to cheer me on last year. Nice place...NICE PLACE...right there between mile 4 and mile 8. Oh YES! Then we went to Downtown Disney and I bought Boyce and myself matching personalize Family Team shirts -- in bright orange! :D We are going to get everyone else one when we know who all will be there... right now we will get Matt, Hannah, g'ma & g'pa C one :)

Ok, so after forking out the dough for matching team shirts - I figured we are in now! When we got home I signed us up and reserved our room - wow - expensive race and expensive rooms!! But after doing the full last year, I know that everything is done with the Magic of Disney - and it will be soooo worth it for my boy's first half marathon!!! Then I came home and printed us a formal training plan that we begin next Monday! WHOOT!!!

I added grid to it in highlighters so its fun and colorful - every week has its own color (that's, uh, 16 colors!). Its hung up on the fridge and all ready to go! I put 2 hours on the calculator so that hopefully if we train right, Boy can beat 2:00. I would love to beat 2:00 as well, but its going to take a few sub-goals to get there: I have to lose 10 lbs. Fat slows me down. I need to be a lean & mean running machine ;) Never skip a long distance, and don't take the "SLOW" part of LSD (Long Slow Distance) more seriously than the rest of it! DO the interval speed and hill workouts. On weeks of the hill workouts, we will do the LSD on Friday p.m. and take a Sunday morning run on the causeway.

I'm thinking about mapping a run from the dance place so that me and the boy can do our run while she is in her classes. Something to ponder...

Stay tuned for updates. I am going to journal his first marathon experience, since I know he wont. I hope he enjoys mommy's perspective one day ;)

Last Leg w/ PT

My week of Variety:

PT on Monday: Amy had me work upperbody. Most of it was on the cable machines, pull downs, rows, curls, ext like usual except I had to stand on a bosu! - then pushups with those stupid sliders that I HATE, and the pikes with the sliders which come in a close second. I got to do the barbell chest press like last week, and a new one this week was side planks with feet on stability ball w/ a hip dip.

I followed it up with 30 minutes on the elliptical, as usual.

Bike on Tuesday:

30 min - 7.55 mi

15 min - 2.6 mi

Outside Run (with Boy) on Wednesday:

2.0 run + 1.0 walk

Treadmill on Thursday:

31:10 - 2.5 mi

17:10 - 1.4 mi

I met Amy at 7am this morning for my last leg day, my lower back was killing me. what gives with that? check out the routine...

squat w/ empty barbell for 2 sets of 15

squat w/ 10# on barbell (I think) for 2 sets of 15

3 sets:

hamstring curl machine, 15 reps @ 3 (I think)

ball bridges

3 sets:

leg extensions, 15 reps @ 3 (I think)

mountain climbers on sliders for 30 seconds

2 sets:

slider oblique twists, 20 ct (10 each side)

Followed by 35 min on elliptical for 3 mi - and it was SO HARD.

Tomorrow is Saturday. I am looking forward to a morning at Vierra with Jeanine. I have GOT to work Boy tomorrow.

Tuesday Cardio

I went riding hills at the gym today, the stationary bike on the variety program, 40 minutes.

Monday is Funday, NOT

Today's upper body workout was slightly different than it has been and it SUCKED. LOL.

Warm up, 5 min elliptical with arm pulls.

first superset (3 set)

- incline barbell press (30# for 15)

- slider pushups (these are what made the whole thing suck) (10ct)

- slider pikes (5ct)

second superset (3 set)

- upward rows (30# for 15)

- close grip cable pulldowns (40 for 12)

- bosu split squats (10 each side)

third superset (2 set, thank God, I'm done!)

- bicep curls (30 for 12)

- overhead tricep extension (30 for 12)

- medicine ball v-ups (6#)

Cardio followed: 30 mins random interval elliptical, no arm.

I have no idea how many cals I burned b/c I did not wear my Polar; I forgot it :*(

I had my last myoplex shake after the workout. but I'm still hungry.

EDIT: Day after.... my arms are sore, my core is sore, my back and shoulders are a little sore. Something from yesterday worked!! :D

Another Half Week...

Lets seee....so....

Monday: I did pretty good with food and I worked out pretty hard:

upper body for 30 mins:

3 sets:

- reverse pyramid dumbell bench press - 25 for 10/15 for 10/12 for 20

- bosu mountain climbers (10)

- bosu crunch w/twist (20)

2 sets:

- lat pulldowns (#3 for 15)

- cable rows (#3 for 15)

- reclined ball toss (10# for 20)

3 sets:

- mini-curl bar bicep curls (20# + bar)

- curl bar cable tricep extensions (#3 for 15) - these were too easy

- Vups (for 20)

Followed by 30 mins of elliptical.

Tuesday:

30 min variety pgm on bike, level 1

30 min variety pgm on treadmill, level 3 @ 4.0

Wednesday:

Rest.

Week "Off"

It wasn't a totally bad week, however, there were several things coming up this week that interrupted my eating and my workouts.

First of all, i'll just go ahead and admit that I was lazy every morning this week. Only one morning I went out for a walk run, and was very lazy about that. Here's the break down:

5/1: off

5/2: 4.5 mi walk/run

5/3: elliptical 30 mins and upper body ST with PT

5/4: walk/run in the a.m. due to Boy's award ceremony that evening (lasted 3 hrs!)

5/5: 40 mins elliptical. exhuasted from working all night on tuesday. no kickboxing

5/6: Walk run in the a.m. with Legs in the evening. total of about 500 calories. short gym time due to Spring Concert at the school.

5/7: Date night with Matt. Tried to go light in the day because I didnt work out and I knew my cals would be high with dinner out and drinks. I had way too many drinks so today was followed by:

5/8: barely ate anything. hangover. threw up until mid-afternoon. then had ice cream, popcorn, boca and salad. still didnt exercise.

Ending wt: 138.0

Friday = Fun Day

Today I followed the PT suggestion and I was very low zone (for me) I did 40 mins of elliptical (in the living room) and a jog/walk to the school to get the daughter. All in all it was 63 minutes, 406 calories, mhr 158: 85% / ahr 133: 72%. Not bad for a day that I didnt plan anything.

This weekend I would like to plan a very specific outline for the cardio machines at the gym, and meals too. Wish me luck.

Thursday - Total body plus cardio

This morning I joined Brian for a nice little 2.25 mi jog around the neighborhood. It was great because it was is first run post injury, so I was just chillin....as chilled as you can get with your ahr @ 153.

This afternoon, I met Amy at the gym for my 60 minutes of torcher. She tries to kill me in 30 minutes, I could not IMAGINE what she was going to do to me on a double session. As luck would have it, she decided to let me live. The only thing I really had problems with were the lunges with oblique twist - as I had just finished the chest/bicep circuit and holding that ball in front sent fire though my chest and arms. I couldn't do it all the way down and back without shaking it out half way and pulling the ball in on the way back. So the circuit is below. I am going to try to do the lower half again on Sunday so I can do each group twice a week :)

2 sets of each superset:

bosu pushups - nw - 15 reps
flat bench flies - 12# - 15 reps
curl bar curls - nw - 15 reps

lunges w/ medicine ball oblique twist - 8# - across the floor, maybe 12 down, 12 back alternate legs
leg press - nw - 15 reps
skull crushers - 15# - 15 reps

cable abductors and adductors on bosu - #3 - 15 each side, each leg
20 Jacks between sets

cable lat pulldowns - #3 (I think) - 15 reps- took me forever to learn to keep my wrist straight
lateral raises - 8# 20 reps of alternating arms

cable row - #3 (?) - 15 reps
calf raises - nw - 1 minute

3 sets for core work:
reverse crunches with ball - 15 reps
crunch with ball - 15 reps

only 1 set of these things:
I dont know what these are called ... on all fours, lift right arm & left leg, curl them into a crunch, touch elbow to knee - repeat other side... 1 set, 10 reps on each side.

25 minutes: 250 cals: mhr 167/ ? ahr 153/ ?

58 minutes: 362 cals: mhr 163/88% ahr 128/69%

total cals: 612

total time 83 mins

I waited all week long for todays class and it was all it was suppose to be! I was so happy that she didnt have us get those stupid bands out! She got our heart rate going right off the bat and never stopped. It was actually a lot of work and not as much moving as I like, but it was still WAY better than last week and funner than probably any other class. We did a LOT of kicks and my butt was already sore from my hilly bike ride yesterday - so I probably dont have a PRAYER tomorrow without a good night's sleep tonight.

After the class I proceeded to the elliptical mostly because:
1) I wanted to burn > 500 cals and I wasnt quite to 400 yet and
2) I wanted to listen to MY music (her music in class was kind of crap tonight ... which is another reason tonight wasn't one of my absolute favorites...)

Then I forgot to turn the darn hrm off when I was finished and remembered half way home. I believe I worked out ~85 minutes, burned ~650 calories - but ahr is wrong since 10-15 mins of that is drive time! :( mhr - 168: 91%

Tuesday Hilly Spin

My PT yesterday had told me to ride the bike on the circuit training program on the base level. Well, she didn't tell me which bike, and none of them had a 'circuit training' program. So finally after trying out a few minutes on each of them, I settled into the "Variety" program on the Precor bike. Let me tell you, it kicked my arse! 505 cals in 60 mins, and that includes stopping and starting over several times. wow. I was sweating like a man, it was insane!!! I'll have to do that again! I was right over 8.0 miles when I finished the cool down.

My butt bones hurt today; damn seat.

mhr 167:90% / ahr 144:78%

Monday Outside Run

Yesterday evening I had a nice 4 mile run outside. The neighborhood construction is coming along nicely and it seems like all the time there are new paths to take and new things to see. It is nice to have moved into a new community that will only grow as time moves on.

The weather right now is fantastic, around 79-80 degrees at 7pm while I was out and a cool breeze from the northwest was nice too! I am slower than I would like to be right now, but I know as I start losing pounds and adding muscle, i will get faster again :) Hopefully in time for the half in Beckly, WV. I have to start practicing short hill runs on the treadmill.

Unfortunately my PT session was postponed and actually made into a double session on Thursday. I hope I live though it. I should have ST on Sunday like I wanted to but didnt because I was afraid I would be too sore for what Amy wanted to do yesterday. Oh well. Once these 12 sessions are over (2 down already), then I will seriously move on to weights and will have some muscle to build upon. Right now I'll do my twice a week + lots of cardio and be happy with it. I do want to be able to walk, bend, sit and stand...

Sunday Tread Run

This was me on the treadmill today - HAHAHA - yeh right....maybe one day....

But I did go to the gym again with the hubster today. He worked legs today but, not knowing what Amy will have me do tomorrow, I didn't want to kill my legs so I just ran.

When I got on the treadmill I realized that all of my music had been wiped off my blackberry and all I had was one crappy internet music station on it. So I listened to that - WAY hard to run and listen to Lionel Richie. But, I burned +400 calories even though I walked a lot of it. I still consider it a successful day :)

I walked for almost the first mile, the first half at 0.5, then 1.0. the second mile the first 0.25 was at 0.5, the rest at 1.0. So, totals of 1 mile ran at 1.0, 1 mile ran at 0.5, some change walked at 0.5.

The second half hour, I ran at 0.5 for 3-4 mins, then walked at 7.0 incline for 2-3 mins. I chose 7.0 because that is the include I needed to be at to walk at 4.0 and not have my HR come down.

Saturday workout w/ Hubby

I was so excited yesterday when my hubby got up and got dressed for the gym! YAY! He really went! I felt pretty good, but I realized that I really really like having a personal trainer to push me hard through the strength training. The lifting is just something that I dont really get into yet, I was moving slow and looking confused without a 'plan'.

Cardio

- elliptical, 30 minutes - stayed within my target zone (142-165) all of the time except the first few minutes

Strength Training

dumbells:

- bicep curls - front/side - 12#, 8 reps, 2 sets

- tricep dips from bench - 12 reps, 2 sets

- assisted pull ups - peg 15 - 12 reps, 2 sets

cables:

- straight bar curls - peg 4 - 7 reps, 2 sets

- rope tricep exts - peg 4 - 7 reps, 2 sets

core:

- back extensions - 10#, 12 reps, 3 sets

- crunch machine - 50#, 12 reps, 2 sets

Thursday, Legs & Shoulders

Had my workout with the personal trainer tonight. It was NICE - well - it was way WAY better than Monday! Seriously! But my HR wasn't as high because I wasnt doing crappy circuit stuff like burpees and pushup jacks (those are actually the things I NEED someone to make me do!).

NOTE TO SELF: I have to practice jumps over the bench and jump rope!

Workout:

Squats w/ 1-arm shoulder press 10 each side / 15# / 3 sets

Setups with 2 dumbells 10 each side / 15# / 3 sets

Romanian Deadlifts w/ 2 dumbells 15 reps / 15# / 3 sets
upright rows 15 reps / 12# / 3 sets
upward pelvic tilt (sucked! so hard!!!) 15 / 3 sets

leg extensions (peg 3) 15 (burned like hell!) / 2 sets
lateral shoulder extensions 13 or 14 reps / 2 sets

Jumping the bench for 1 minute (ended up straddling it because I kept hitting the edge of the bench - must try harder)
fire hydrant kicks
plank - for more than 30 seconds (she lied :)

Food:

I did amazingly well all day... until Matt & Hannah ordered Papa Johns for dinner. :( I said I wasn't going to eat any.... then I said just one piece w/ salad, and then I ended up with the salad, 2 pieces of pizza, plus 2 cinnastix. So, that was my cheat meal for the week (I HOPE! Still have to make it through Saturday!)

Wednesday Kickboxing

Things were CRAZY yesterday and today getting Boy ready to go to the state conference for TSA. WAY not enough sleep last night, drove Boy to school with luggage this morning, then drove money and extra dvds to him, almost missing my most favorite class - Cardio Kickboxing....

Tonight's class SUCKEDASS. I was completely disappointed, she changed the steps so that it was more complicated than intense, and then - THEN - we grab bands and start doing squats and shoulders, etc. Guess what? I have to do that tomorrow - I was in no mood to mess up tomorrow's workout AND my heart rate was NOTHING. I left so pissed off. She better give me back my class next week! Stupid 314 calories, I could have done that in less than half the time out my front door - and had more fun doing it.

BLAH STUPID NON-KICKBOXING CLASS!!

56 minutes, 314 calories, (mhr 156:84% / ahr 122:66%)

Tuesday, another 'skip' day

Hopefully, work permitting, I will be able to get out for a 45 minute walk/run (cardio) at lunch today because the kids were late to school this morning when I wanted to run, and this evening I have to go get my son clothes to wear for the state competition during my normal yoga time. I will be so happy when this school year is over!!!

This saturday we go to Kissimmee for Boy's award ceremony, next saturday is my cpr certification class.

Today I am mildly sore - just enough that I can feel it, but I can still get around without pain. Its been two weeks since i have been to yoga and I can TELL! I dont know if I will be able to drop that $40/mo, but I am getting to be an expensive little chick. hm.

****EDIT****

Got out for 43 minutes today for walk/run intervals. It was a gorgeous (and very warm!) day. The wind was apparently coming from the northwest. I burned 354 cals, mhr 186: 91% / ahr 150: 81%.

Monday, Day 1 PT

This morning I woke up on Day 2 of my cycle. So of course I have put on 4 lbs since last week. Here are my stats as of this morning (not accurate with my big round pregnant looking belly, but it is what it is....)


Bicep: 11.5
Chest (w/ boobies): 35.5
Ribs: 31.5
Belly (at navel): 31
Lower Abs: 34
Hips: 41
Thighs (R) 24 / (L) 23.5
Calf (R) 16 / (L) 15.5

Weight: 144

Food was pretty great today - so far I have had

clif builder & coffee
more coffee
strawberries (100g) and 1 cup ff cottage cheese
2 bite size snicker bars before I realize wth I was doing
mexican bowl on tap for tonight w/ chips and guac. -- all of this food is good for me --- the art is in the portion control!!!

PT Report: she did all shoulders and circuits - everything I hate:

jump rope (1 minute) - I need to practice

3 supersets of each group:

squat / shoulder press - 10 reps, 12#/8#/5#
plank jacks - 10
weighted med. ball figure 8s - 10, ?#

burpees - 10/10/9
assisted pullups - 10/10/9
side planks - 30 secs ea. side

bench pushups - 10
bench step ups - 10 ea side
bench dips with balance pod - 10
crunches, 3 sec hold - 20

pike planks - 16

Friday - Lazy week

My fitness has taken a backseat this week. I SHOULD have gotten up and to the gym on Tuesday & Thursday but I didnt, and after work was messed up with kids' school stuff. Today I had to clean this morning and had lots of girls here after school - so no workout then either. Hopefully we can get something in tomorrow or sunday.

I am looking forward to starting with the personal trainer on Monday. I was going to order 6 hrs at one time, but with the amount of dissatisfaction I have had so far with her not asking what I want, or what I expect, etc - I think I will just buy 1 hr at a time, and if I dont like what she does I will either get a different trainer OR I'll just do P90X or something. I hope that she just impresses the crap outta me though.... I really do....

Wednesday Kickboxing

I absolutely love the kickboxing class on wednesdays! This class she seemed to work on arms more than legs (last week). I am pretty sure that my hr wasn't as high as it was last week, hence not as many cals burned, but my arms sure felt like they were going to FALL OFF!

This week I have not gotten ANY yoga done, I am way behind on my cardio and my ST has been non-existant. I have had a crick in my neck for two days, I have had school stuff, birthday stuff, Hannah had drama on Tuesday, the one day I made girlfriend plans fell on this crazy week! UGH. Next week I start PT and I am SO GLAD! I hope that she gives me enough work to make a difference.

Totals: 61 minutes, 415 cals, mhr 168:91% / ahr 134 / 72%

Monday Lunges

Was a little late getting to the gym this morning due to getting a late start on sleep last night. I managed to get in 50 total minutes:

30 mins on the elliptical. again, that slow climb and hold at 15 incline / 10 effort, and a quicker descent. then I did:

2 sets of walking lunges with 12# dumbells (12 reps)
2 sets of shoulder presses with the 12#s (12 reps)
2 sets of pushups (12 reps)
2 sets of lat pulldowns on #3 cable resisance (12 reps)
2 sets of stability ball crunches (25 / 12 /8/5 reps)

Followed by 5 or so minutes of stretching the back, hips, quads and glutes.

No time for messing around this morning. It was a really good 50 minutes though - I kept it going! 375 cals burned, mhr 169: 91% / ahr 142: 77%,

NOTE: do not wear shorts to the gym without bike shorts or something underneath or no stretching - mirrors all the way around! :P

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I started reading Lesson 2 of the PT Prep but I didn't finish. I hope to read the rest and watch the videos tonight.

Saturday Cardio

This morning I went to the gym to meet Amy (my PT) for initial weigh in and stats. First of all let me say that - it sucked - I was so not impressed. I got no measurements, no skin fold test for a correct fat analysis, we did not discuss my goals, or the plan, etc. The Tanita scales said I am 140 with 30% body fat - 30%!! Holy $#!+ .... ok, well, at least its only temporary - right?

Matt was suppose to go with me this morning and check out ProHealth for himself, the we were suppose to get breakfast or something BUT he has been sick since Thursday - so I went alone. I thought about leaving after I met with Amy because I forgot to bring my ST workout with me, but I didn't. I got on the treadmill for 27 minutes, the elliptical for 33 mins and the rowing machine for 8, then stretched for a total of over 75 minutes, getting my Pocket points in for the day. I also drank a liter of water there (Yahoo! more challenge points!). In addition to Amy, I talked to the guy that walks around making sure we are all safe and ok, and also had a very nice conversation with the man on the elliptical beside of me that kept displaying my extremely high heartrate on his machine -- oopsie!! Small deal to some people, but I am very excited to start networking :)

The treadmill was a pretty slow day - just trying to get my starting line. I warmed up for 5 minutes walking, then I started running at 5.5, increasing speed .1 with each bar., I did small pyramids between .5 and 3.0 (only 3 bars at 3.0), and only got to 6.2 mph (for 2 bars). I worked hard though and had my hr close to 170 during that time (I think).

On the elliptical, I did one giant incline, increasing grade and intensity as I climbed up to 6 bars at 15 grade, 10 intensity (increasing intensity for 25 min), then I spent 8 minutes coming back down.

To add just a little extra time - I got on the rowing machine. that was about all i wanted of it. I ended up with 1500m in 8 min...

total time 76min: 46secs, mhr 179:97% / ahr 151:82%, 645 total cals according to the Polar.

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I signed up for and started my personal trainer prep class today. I have up to 6 mos to finish it, but 45 days is recommended. That is about the same amount of time that I have with the PT so, I should be finished with the cert prep at the same time I finish with my body! Whoot! June is going to be a big time for me! LOL.

I checked on CPR training with my BIL and as luck would have it - he is an instructor and is actually doing a class on May 1 - so I will just get that out of the way now :)

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Friday Fitness Diary

Dear Diary,

Today kicked butt! I walked in the door like I knew what I was doing and held my card out for the lady at the front desk to scan. I sashayed through the geriatric association gathered by the coffee pots to make a quick trip to the little girls room before getting started. That sauna was calling my name, but I had bigger fish to fry.

I grabbed a towel from the front desk and found me a nice recumbent bike to ride for 30 minutes. No problems getting started (of course, I'm a pro). As I was warming up an older gentleman that worked there approached the bike and offered to check to make sure I had a heartbeat, but I showed him my polar and told him I am good to go - hehe - he called me a cheater! :) He walked past 3 more times and winked at me each time - I was working HARD, I hope the wink meant he was impressed! HAHA.

Ok, so I finish the very sweaty bike ride and I head over to the cables/dumbbell area for some upper body work:

• cable lateral raises (no weight (NW), 7 reps X2)
• rows (#7, 12 reps X2)
• tricep extensions (#4, 12 reps X2)
• pushups (NW, 10 reps X2)
• front raises (6#, 15 reps X2)
• bicep curls (12#, 12 reps X2)
• ball crunches (NW, 25 reps X2)
• back extensions (10#, 12 reps X2)

Followed up by 15 mins on the elliptical - 1 min level 7, 2 min L8, 3 min L9, 4 min L10, 1 min L11, 1 min L10, 1 min L9, 1 min L8.

Stretch for 5-7 min with a total of 75 workout minutes (mhr 172-93%, ahr 138-75%), burning 537 awesome calories.

Thursday, Yoga

This morning I did double duty on the elliptical (61 minutes / 10 miles). I was sweatin like crazy!

Tonight is Laurie's class at Downtown Yoga. I do not like her class, however, as far as 'her classes' go it was a good one...we did several variations of twists, etc... It was actually many of the ashtanga poses, just not in the flow.

Tomorrow I am going to ride the bike and do some ST at the gym after I drop Han at school.

I'm really tired and I am sure I probably over-ate, I was really hungry! :(

Wednesday, KickBoxing KicksButt

Went to the cardio kickboxing class tonight at the gym. Ahhhh.... felt so good to be with a group of people! YAH! something that I noticed is that I work so much harder when I am around others - call me a show off but I seriously kicked azz - AND this happens to be one of my favorite classes :P Ayonna was the instructor, she was energetic and funny - I will definitely try to make it back to her class again!

I also signed up for membership. That feeling of "belonging" has already washed over me. I just made myself right at home :) I spied the hot tub...oh my! I need a lock for my locker.... AND I filled out the form to have a personal trainer call me. Some of the things I want to talk about are:

• Advantages / Disadvantages of meeting for an hour once a week vs 30 minute segments twice a week.
• Weight loss and fat loss - will they do a preliminary weigh-in, fat measurement, fitness test?
• Improvements with my running program
• Diet: anything about a diet included in the program? just askin...
• Exercises/Program details - can I get a program with "homework" so I dont have to pay the trainer for every single time I workout?
• Meeting days - Mon & Thurs (7:30)
• Goals - 6 weeks - 10 lbs or 130 wt
• Self-goals, kickbutt plan - I expect too much of me, I expect them to expect just as much.

The best part about the whole day?! I realized when I was walking out that I hadnt thought a negative thing since I left the house! Whoot!

Tuesday, Yoga Day

Tuesday is Ashtanga Day. I ♥ love ♥ that class at downtown yoga :) It starts out with 5 sets each of Sun Salutations A and B, then a series of stretches - triangle, side angle, extended bent over stretch, some seated poses that I dont know the names of. Maybe I should look those up so I can document it ;)

This morning (Wednesday) I have to take Boy to school and I have a meeting at 8am - so no gym time for me. I will take Boy's papers to school at lunch and maybe check out the gym - or there is cardio kickboxing at ProHealth, so maybe I will do that this afternoon. This is great!! I love having choices!! Yippie!

Coming Back!

I have been out of commission for far too long, and I have noticed a huge change in my personal life since I have stopped going to the gym. I thought that working out at home and doing 'free' stuff would be good enough, but honestly, it just is NOT cutting it. So when choosing whether I would rather spend money on a gym membership (and look fantastic!) or a therapist - I am choosing the membership!!

Oh yes, I went this morning to check out ProHealth, the local branch, and it felt SO GOOD to be surrounded by cardio equipment and iron ;) I mean really good...Like a kid in a candy store!!

The local branch is older and smaller than the mack-daddy gym north of here, but it'll do on a daily basis. All of the machines I could think of were in there - they are not all new - but they all work well, and most importantly, they are ALL there. I coulnt find anything missing - even my pullup assist machine was in there. WhoooHoo! Bring on P90X (at some point). First things first, get that PT and whip my lard @$$ into shape! Also looking forward to getting a little group class time in - having a little fun :) One of the challenges on the Front Pockets team is to get in different kinds of cardio, so I am going to slip into a couple of classes, I think.

...more updates to follow...