39:00 Bike + Tone

Well, I've been at this (on and off...) for about a year now, and I can't decide how I feel about it. Is it nice to have all my workouts down with details? Yes, of course. Am I complete crap at remembering how I've felt after each workout? Absolutely. And I can't quite search and compare the way I want -- Yes, I know that I've done this workout or that workout before, but I can't compare them side by side, which is making tracking progress difficult. I've been searching for more alternatives, but nothing I've found has what I'm looking for. What I'd love is to be able to track my workouts in the fluid manner I have here, but be able to compare, say, all biking interval workouts. Or all workout with pushups. Or something... maybe I'll have to build it myself. Sounds like a monster undertaking, but I might be able to design something useful that way. Something to ponder...

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 

Sore Areas:

Yesterday:

Environment: Indoors

Workout
Equipment: Stationary Bike, dumbbells - 15 lbs
Level: 16/15
Work Time: 60:00

Minutes	Intensity: RPM	Total Distance (mi)
0:00 - 3:00	75 [lvl 16]
3:01 - 5:00	85 [lvl 16]
5:01 - 6:00	93 [lvl 16]
6:00 - 6:30	103+ [lvl 16]	2.14
<BREAK>	Row Push-Downs - 30 x 15lbs Bent-Over Bicep Rows - 15 x 15lbs Tricep Extensions - 10 x 15lb Bicep Curls - 10 x 15lbs	✔
6:31 - 13:00	Repeat 0:00 - 6:30	+2.14 = 4.28
<BREAK>	Pushups - 12 Pike Pushups - 12 Plank + Lift - 20 Plank + Tuck - 30
13:00 - 19:30	Repeat 0:00 - 6:03	+2.13 = 6.41
<BREAK>	Side Plank + Toe Touch - 20 Side Plank + Leg Raise - 12 Side Plank + Lower Leg Twist/Crunch
19:30 - 22:30	80 [lvl 15]
22:31 - 24:30	90 [lvl 15]
24:31 - 25:30	98 [lvl 15]
25:31 - 26:00	108+ [lvl 15]	+2.08 = 8.49
<BREAK>	Repeat Upper Body <BREAK>	✔
26:01 - 39:00	Repeat 19:31 - 26:00 x2 + Pushup <BREAK> + Plank <BREAK>	+ 2.08 = 10.57 ✔ +2.05 = 12.62 ✔
Total: 39:00	3:05 min/mi	12.62 mi.

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40:00 Bike + Butt [TIU]

Pre

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Yesterday:

Environment:

Workout
Work Time: ~60:00
Equipment: Stationary Bike
Level: 16
Program: Random

Minutes	Intensity: RPM	Total Distance (mi)
0:00 - 5:00	75-80	1.31
5:01 - 10:00	95+ [:20] 0 [:10]	+ 1.68 = 2.99
10:01 - 40:00	Repeat 0:00 - 10:00 x3	+ 1.37 = 4.36 [@15:00] + 1.58 = 5.94 [@20:00] +1.36 = 7.30 [@25:00] + 1.58 = 8.86 [@30:00] +1.49 = 10.35 [@35:00] + 1.70 = 12.05 [@40:00]
Total: 40:00	3:19 min/mi	12.05 mi.

Beautiful Booty ToneItUp

Exercise Name	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Bridges	30	30	30
Lying Side Lift	20/side	20/side	0
Lying Clam Lift	20/side	20/side	0
Table Hamstring Curls	20/side	20/side	0
Table Leg Lifts	20/side	20/side	0
1-Leg Deadlifts	15/side	15/side	0
Toe Bridges	15/side	15/side	0

*Color key: green = accomplished goal, blue = exceeded goal, yellow = did not meet goal

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Total Body Tone [TIU]

Having a no-good-very-bad day. Harumph. Well, that's unfair. Most of the day was tolerable, then I had a massive disaster in the break room and it all went down from there. I was attempting to dig my banana out of the fridge - typically an uneventful endeavor. But today I managed to drop my half-full water bottle, break a nail trying to retrieve it while actually pushing it across the floor, drop the banana into the puddle, then thwack my head on the freezer door as I stood up. And now I have a headache (and a stomachache, for some reason), but there are two hours left in my day. Then I have to go pretend to want to be at the gym. At least I have a cognac tasting to look forward to later? Even though I'm not sure I like cognac?

It's total body lifting day, so I'm combining a pair of routines from ToneItUP -- today's new Total Body Bliss and an older Frisky Fall workout. I think I'm going to like the Frisky Fall one since it uses actual weights -- something I haven't done in awhile. Maybe I'll go to BodyPump this week... hmmm....

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 2. And my head hurts.

Sore Areas: Head. 

Yesterday: Rowing + Abs

Environment: indoors. warm enough that I'm sort of regretting not going running...

Workout
Equipment: Dumbbells [20 lbs, 10 lbs]
Work Time: 53:00

	Goal	Actual*
Exercise Name	Reps - Weight [type]	Set 1: Reps - Weight [type]	Set 2: Reps - Weight [type]	Set 3: Reps - Weight [type]
Deadlift + Upright Row	15 - 20 lbs	15 - 20 lbs	15 - 20 lbs	15 - 20 lbs
Reverse Lunge + Front Raise	10/side - 10 lbs	10/side - 10 lbs	10/side - 10 lbs	10/side - 10 lbs
Plank Row + Pike Up	15 - 20 lbs	15 - 10 lbs	10 - 20 lbs + 5 rows + 5 pike ups	Plank Row + Tricep Kickback + Pike Up 15 - 10 lbs
Squat + Twist Lift	10/side - 20 lb	10/side - 20 lb	10/side - 20 lb	20 squats - 20 lb no twist
Pile Squat + Punch	10/side - 10 lbs	10/side - 10 lbs	10/side - 10 lbs	10/side - 10 lbs
Side-to-Side Skaters	30	30	30	30
Single Leg Deadlift + Bicep Curl	15/side - 10 lbs	15/side - 10 lbs	15/side - 10 lbs	15/side - 10 lbs
Side Plank Rainbows	10/side	10/side	10/side	10/side
Ab Roll-Up + Twist	15/side	15/side	15/side	15/side
Time	15:00?	19:00	17:00	17:00

*Color key: green = accomplished goal, blue = exceeded goal, yellow = did not meet goal

Post
Energy Level [1-5]:2
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 75:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 4
Sore Areas: Upper back, lower back, hamstrings, butt, shoulders...

Comments
Dear sir at the gym: if you ask me to 'borrow' the 20 pound weights I'm intermittantly using, that implies you're going to give them back. It does not mean you get to use them for 15 minutes then put them back on the rack. I really only said you could have them because I'm constantly worried I'm hoarding all the gym equipment -- sorry I can't bicep curl and deadlift the same weight, but this supersetting shit is efficient and I don't want to spend a lot of time here. Got it? Excellent.

Seriously though this workout was exhausting. I'm sore in all my major muscles -- good on the one hand, but I probably ignored my arms and my abs too much. I could tell as I was doing it, which is why I changed around the plank row + pike to add a tricep kickback. Plus, trying to pike up while holding the 20 pound weights was not working out -- the plates were too tall and kept cutting into my arms before I got all the way piked, which led to my just doing the rows then doing the pikes in the second round. The 10s work much better.

Also that cognac tasting was full of fail. Boyfriend and I showed up at 8:50 for our 9:00 reservation only to be told they're behind and it'll be "about an hour". Ok, fine, except the rest of my friends didn't get there until 9:10, at which point they're stuck in a line outside for "crowd control". My one free drink and 45 minutes later they still haven't been let in, and are instead being told "the Remy Martin experience is full for tonight" and are being shooed away. Even though the Remy Martin people knew EXACTLY how many people were coming -- we all needed individual QR codes for crying out loud! No +1s or anything! By 10:15 we still hadn't started our 9:00 "experience", so we said fuck it and left for the bar. Moral of the story: Remy Martin has absolutely no idea how to put on a tasting. Logistics are apparently far beyond them.

39:00 Row + Abs

New month, new blogging dedication. Why do I feel like I do this every month? I'm really good about writing my workouts down in my journal, but throwing them up here never seems to happen. Hmm... maybe I need a new tracking method. But it is convenient to go through on days when I'm like 'I need a full body routine that will kick my ass... what shall I do? oh, this was painful. go to!'. But that only works if I actually write down how I feel afterwards. Bleh. Time to think about this some more... maybe it'd help if I wrote down how I feel in the journal? But that's not searchable. And runkeeper doesn't do anything about weightlifting, although it's nice to know how many miles I run a month. Sigh. Trying to track healthiness is hard!

I modelled this cardio routine from ToneItUp's Rise and Run workout, but did it on the rowing machine instead of the treadmill. Then I did a couple of the video's from today's Blogilates workout (ab day!) for a complete 60 minute sweat-fest.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: Hamstrings

Yesterday: Punkin Chunkin weekend! More about that later when I'm not stressing out...

Environment: indoors

Workout
Equipment: Rowing Machine
Work Time: 39:00

Row
Level: 8

Minutes	Intensity: min/500m	Total Distance (m)
0:00 - 3:00	2:20
3:01 - 4:00	1:50-	930
4:01 - 6:00	2:25
6:01 - 11:00	2:05	+ 1500 = 2530
<BREAK>	20 Jumping Jacks 10 Side Lunges [each side] 15 Pile Squat Jumps	✔
11:01 - 26:00	Repeat 6:00 - 11:00 + <BREAK> x3	+ 1175 = 3705 ✔ + 1175 = 4880 ✔ + 1180 = 6060 ✔
26:01 - 26:30	2:30
26:31 - 27:00	1:50
27:01 - 31:00	Repeat 26:01 - 27:01 x4	+ 1165 = 7225
31:01 - 31:30	2:30
31:31 - 32:30	1:50
32:31 - 37:00	Repeat 31:01 - 32:30 x3	+ 1375 = 8600
37:01 - 39:00	2:30	+ 400 = 9000
Total: 39:00	2:16 min/500m [avg]	9000

Bonus Abs:
Blogilates - POP Pilates: Intense Ab Workout
Blogilates - Victoria Secret Model Ab Workout

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 75:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 1
Sore Areas: 

Comments
My grip-y muscles were DYING after this -- I think it's because I used one of the new rowing machines that showed up in my gym two weeks ago. They were definitely way more tightly wound that the old ones I'm used to. I'm a little annoyed that everything came out to 39 minutes (like, seriously?) but no biggie. I would have probably just added another minute of cool-down time anyway.

Not super sore anywhere the day after this workout -- I'm trying to change things around and work a little harder, but it doesn't seem to be happening. Guess I need to push even harder!

Also I'm fairly certain the people in my gym thought I was totally nuts for following pilates videos on my phone and doing them in a corner. I just have to keep telling myself they're not really paying attention. Except for that one guy. He totally thinks I'm a weirdo. But he's not wearing shoes, so his opinion doesn't count.

Aside: who doesn't wear shoes in a gym? And wanders around?? PUT YOUR NASTY FEET AWAY. I hope you get athletes foot and ringworm and whatever that really bad one that's almost strep is. [Edit: staph. staph infections. not strep infections]. And I hope someone drops a weight on your foot. Serves you right.

Blogilates - Upper Body

I spent a solid two hours explaining to my sister about how surprisingly effective Pilates is as a workout while we were drinking last week, so I've got to continue putting my muscles where my mouth is. I've decided that if I manage to work out 5 times a week, I can do upper body one day, lower another, cardio twice (maybe with toning!), and maaaaaaybe a plyometrics workout. Abs I'm going to try and fit in whenever I have cardio days, because those need the most work. Well, abs and triceps. And whatever the areas around the bra band are. And... probably some other stuff. More cardio!

Originally I had planned to do some lower body lifting today, but I'm sorer that I thought from yesterday's extravaganza so I'm switching lower and upper body days.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 2

Sore Areas: Hamstrings/Quads

Yesterday: Bike + Tone

Environment: Indoors. Barefoot! Need to vacuum again. Gross.

Workout
Warmup: 
Equipment: Dumbbells [10 lb]
Work Time: ~45:00

Blogilates - Bikini Blaster 7: Back & Shoulders
Blogilates - Arms on Fire
Blogilates - Never Ever Getting Back Together
Blogilates - Primadonna Pushup Challenge

Blogilates - Backless Dress Workout

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Stretch Time: 0:00
Total in-Gym Time: 0:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 2
Sore Areas: Upper back

Comments
This was my attempt at getting through the workout regime for Oct 10, but I got to the primadonna challenge and it was like NOPE, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. So I subbed in the backless dress w.o. instead, which is super easy and one of my favorites. Still makes you burn though!

Again, I didn't get in an ab work today. Fail whale! I need to fit that in since I haven't done it in for-ev-er. Tomorrow it shall be done! Even if I have to do it in the morning. Ick.

39:00 Bike + Tone

It's been a CRAZY few weeks, which explains why I haven't been able to post much more than what routines I've been done. September was a ridiculous work month - damn the end of the fiscal year! We had a deadline to move our entire application from those servers to these servers, which I was primarily in charge of. Thank Zeus it went off mostly without a hitch, and they seem to be running along just swimmingly now!

Of course right after I did that I toddled off to Munich for Oktoberfest, and let's be honest -- there wasn't a *ton* of exercising going on there. I did manage to walk a few miles every day though, that counts, right? Right!

I have to be in another bikini in t-minus 11 days, which means I'm going to make working out a priority this and next week. It'll be tough -- I've got a wedding to attend this weekend and it's BF and my anniversary, but I think I can work off the beer weight in time. To get started: a biking and toning workout originally inspired by ToneItUp's 'Itty Bitty Bikini Cardio'; at this point I feel like I've amped it up to the millionth degree, so I almost consider it allllll mine.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: calves, joints

Yesterday: 10 cramped hours on an airplane - yuck!

Environment: Indoors, surprisingly warm for October...

Workout
Equipment: Stationary Bike, dumbbells - 15 lbs
Level: 16/15
Work Time: 60:00

Minutes	Intensity: RPM	Total Distance (mi)
0:00 - 3:00	79 [lvl 16]
3:01 - 5:00	87 [lvl 16]
5:01 - 6:00	95 [lvl 16]
6:00 - 6:30	103+ [lvl 16]	2.21
<BREAK>	Side Lunge - 12/side Dead Lift + Bent-Over Row - 15 x 15 lbs Upright Row - 15 x 15 lbs	✔
6:31 - 9:30	79 [lvl 16]
9:31 - 11:30	86 [lvl 16]
11:31 - 12:30	95 [lvl 16]
12:31 - 13:00	103+ [lvl 16]	+ 2.19 = 4.40
<BREAK>	Bicep Curl + Shoulder Press - 15 x 15 lbs Tricep Dip + Kick - 10/leg Pushups - 12 Plank + Tucks - 40	✔
13:01 - 16:00	79 [lvl 16]
16:01 - 18:00	85 [lvl 16]
18:01 - 19:00	95 [lvl 16]
19:01 - 19:30	103+ [lvl 16]	+ 2.14 = 6.54
<BREAK>	[Side Plank + Arc Touch - 30 Starfish Side Plank - 10] - each side Plank + Spiderman Tuck - 20 Curtsy Lunge - 10/side	✔
19:30 - 39:00	Repeat 0:00 - 19:30 [lvl 15]	+ 2.05 = 8.59 ✔ + 2.07 = 10.66 ✔ +2.11 = 12.77 ✔
Total: 39:00	3:03 min/mi.	12.77

Post
Energy Level [1-5]:4
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 75:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 2
Sore Areas:  Hamstrings

Comments
Totally crushed it! I thought I would struggle because of all the crap I've been doing for the past couple days, plus I haven't done level 16 in... oh... about forever, but the first two circuits were awesome! The third didn't go so well, which I why I dropped down the resistance for the second time through. But even on my 'normal' resistance I pushed and got higher distances than usual - horray!

My only fail on the day was that I had intended to do some ab work after my cardio, but I was just too exhausted. I'll have to fit in in another day! Must be done!

The day after my legs were unsurprisingly sore, so I'll focus on upper body.

15:00 Stairs + 30:00 Bike + Quick Tone [TIU]

Big plans to kill it today! Had a big happy hour last night, which was fun, but I need to get back on track and stop making excuses to take it easy on myself. I realized today that most of my workouts over the past 2 weeks have been 'easing back' or 'quickie, not a lot of time' workouts. Which is fine, every once in awhile, but string too many together and it feels like I haven't done anything. So I'm aiming for some cardio + some toning today. Resistance band workout is ToneItUp's String Bikini workout.


Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: None

Yesterday: Happy hour :/

Environment: indoors, really muggy

Workout
Equipment: Stair Stepper, Stationary Bike, Resistance Band
Work Time: 55:00

Equipment: Stairs
Work Time: 15:00

Minutes	Intensity (level [steps/minute])	Total Distance (floors)
0:00 - 1:00	11 [60]	~ 6
1:01 - 2:00	13 [69]	~ 13
2:01 - 3:00	15 [78]	~ 21
3:01 - 4:00	17 [87]	~ 29
4:01 - 5:00	19 [96]	~ 39
5:01 - 6:00	12 [65]	~ 45
6:01 - 7:00	14 [73]	~ 53
7:01 - 8:00	16 [83]	~ 61
8:01 - 9:00	18 [91]	~70
9:01 - 10:00	20 [101]	~80
10:01 - 15:00	Repeat 5:00 - 10:00	121
Total: 25:30	avg: 15.6 [81]	121

Equipment: Stationary Bike
Work Time: 30:00
Program: Random
Level: 15

Minutes	Intensity: RPM	Distance Traveled : mi.
0:00 - 5:00	~75
5:01 - 10:00	~100 [:20] 35 [:10] x10
10:00 - 30:00	Repeat 0:00 - 10:00  x2
Total: 30:00	3:24/mi [avg]	8.82

Equipment: Resistance Band
Work Time: ~10:00

Exercise	Reps
Side Lifts	20/side
Back Kicks	20/side
Bicep Curls	7 full, 7 bottom half, 7 upper half
Reverse Flys	20
Triceps Flys	20
Lat Flys	20

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 4
Stretch Time: 0:00
Total Time: 70:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]:1
Sore Areas: Upper back, but just a little...

Comments
I definitely need to start kicking my butt a little bit harder - this is the first long-ish workout I've done in awhile! I feel so ashamed... no more slacking!

39:00 Row + Tone

Leaving work early is the best feeling ever. Especially when it's super early, like lunchtime, and all the poor souls around you are grabbing food only to head back to the office. Especially especially when it's the start to a long weekend. Horray Labor!

BF and I are supposed to start our trek to Nashville this afternoon but he's still stuck at work, so I have a bit of time for a long-ish workout. Trying to hit as much as possible, so I'm rowing and toning. Workout format is originally from ToneItUp 'Itty Bitty Bikini Cardio', but most everything specific I came up with myself!

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 

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Yesterday:

Environment: Indoors

Workout
Equipment: Rowing Machine
Level: 8
Work Time: 60:00

Minutes	Intensity: min/500m	Total Distance (m)
0:00 - 3:00	2:23
3:01 - 5:00	2:10
5:01 - 6:00	2:03
6:00 - 6:30	1:50-	1495
<BREAK>	10 Side Lunges [each side] 10 Single-Leg Toe-Touch 'T' [each side] 15 Heel-Up Plie Squats	✔
6:31 - 9:30	2:23
9:31 - 11:30	2:10
11:31 - 12:30	2:03
12:31 - 13:00	1:50-	+ 1490 = 2985
<BREAK>	12 Pushups 12 Down-Dog Pushups 20 Tricep Dip + Kick	✔
13:01 - 16:00	2:23
16:01 - 18:00	2:10
18:01 - 19:00	2:03
19:01 - 19:30	1:50-	+ 1470 = 4455
<BREAK>	12 Side Plank 'Hugs' [each side] 20 Plank + Leg Lift 20 Side Plank Toe Touches + 10 Leg Lifts [each side] 30 Plank Tucks	✔
19:30 - 32:30	Repeat 0:00 - 13:00	+ 1475 = 5930 ✔ + 1455 = 7385 ✔
32:31 - 33:30	2:23
33:31 - 34:30	High Pulls [2:30]
34:30 - 35:30	2:13
35:31 - 36:30	Low Side/Side Twist Pulls [2:30]
36:31 - 37:30	2:03
37:31 - 38:30	High Pulls + Twist [2:30]
38:30 - 39:00	1:50-	+ 1375 = 8760
<BREAK>	12 Side Plank 'Hugs' [each side] 20 Plank + Leg Lift 20 Side Plank Toe Touches + 10 Leg Lifts [each side] 30 Plank Tucks	✔
Total: 39:00	2:13 min/500 m [avg]

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 75:00

Day After
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Blogilates - Upper Body/Abs

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 3

Sore Areas: LEGS! Lower back. Weird direction changing muscles. 

Yesterday: Tabatta/Indoor soccer.

Environment: Indoors. Barefoot! Need to vacuum...

Workout
Warmup: 
Equipment: Dumbbells [10 lb]
Work Time: ~45:00

Blogilates -Plank Workout for Arms & Abs
Blogilates - Bikini Blaster 7: Back & Shoulders
Blogilates - Playa Del Plank
Blogilates - Muffin Top Meltdown

Post
Energy Level [1-5]:3
Stretch Time: 0:00
Total in-Gym Time: 0:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 2
Sore Areas: Legs, lower back

Comments
Sadly, nothing upper-back or ab-like hurt from this workout, so I'll have to change it up again next time. Legs are still killing me from that game though!

Also I really need to invest in multiple dumbbells - even some of the simpliest moves, when done for 3 minutes nonstop, are impossible with as little as 10 pounds. I'd really like some 7.5 and some 12.5, with 15s for 'heavy' stuff. Any heavier and I should be at the gym.

2 mi. Run + Plyo + Arm/Back/Ab Tone [TIU]

Still a little disappointed that I has to miss my beach weekend, but I'm getting over it. Being super productive is helping - knocked out a bunch of things that had been lingering on my to-do list (sorry pup, but you were overdue for those shots!) and made substantial progress in the ongoing War on Dirt. And I even made it to the gym today! Wanted to hit it hard to make up for some of the slacking I've been doing recently, so I brought up this combo workout I adapted from ToneItUp's Stars and Stripes workout, throwing in their String Bikini workout for good measure, along with some ab work I made up on the fly.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: None!

Yesterday: None :/

Environment: Indoors, muggy

Workout
Equipment: Treadmill, Jump Rope, Resistance Band
Work Time: 60:00

Treadmill

Minutes	Speed: MPH	Incline: %	Total Distance (mi)
0:00 - 3:00	6.5	3.0	~ .3
3:01 - 5:00	7.5	3.0	~ .55
5:01 - 8:03	8.5	3.0	1.0
Plyometrics + Toning Routine
0:00 - 3:00	6.5	3.0	~ .3
3:01 - 5:03	7.5	3.0	~ .55
5:03 - 8:05	8.5	3.0	1.0
Plyometrics + Toning Routine
Total: 16:08	7.46 [avg]	3.0 [avg]	2.0

Plyometrics + Toning
1) 3:00 Jump Rope

Minutes	Jump Type
0:00 - 0:30	Double-Foot
0:31 - 1:00	Butt Kicks
1:01 - 1:30	High Knees
1:31 - 2:00	One-Leg [:15/side]
2:01 - 2:30	Butt Kicks
2:31 - 3:00	High Knees

2) String Bikini resistance band workout

Exercise	Reps
Side Lifts	20/side
Bicep Curls	7 full, 7 bottom half, 7 upper half
Reverse Flys	20
Triceps Flys	20
Lat Flys	20

3) 25 Burpees - 10 Pushup + 10 Half + 5 Reptile

4) Ab Toning

Exercise	Reps
45° Bicycle Kicks	20
Bicycle Crunches	20
'Tornado' Leg Lifts	2
Plank + Leg Lift	1:00 [20 lifts]
Side Plank + Dip + Top Leg Crunch	10/side
Plank Up-Downs	10
Side Plank + Twist + Lower Leg Crunch	10/side
Plank Tucks	30

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 4
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 10:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 2
Sore Areas: Upper Back/Neck [probably unrelated]

Comments
At work early today so I didn't get as much sleep as I would have liked, but I'm not feeling too many adverse effects of this workout. Was definitely shaking throughout yesterday evening though. Next time I'm going to try to move a little quicker and fit in one more mile in the hour.

Body Pump

Whew... that was a Long Weekend. So many activities, so little time to lead a normal life. There was baseball and bbqs and a bar crawl and a yearly epic party, plus a last-minute going-away boozy brunch for a friend that's moving. I didn't have time (or energy) to put my laundry away, much less slip out for exercise.

So I had a whole hard workout planned for today -- one of my new cardio + toning routines -- but when I got to the gym early enough for BodyPUMP and there weren't a slew of people waiting I changed my mind. It's been awhile since I did any straight-up lifting [meaning - squats, bench press, bicep curls... none of the 3-exercises-in-one lunge-to-lift-to-twsit-to-curl stuff] so it seemed like a good idea.

I should really start factoring back in lifting days - I'm not entirely sure light toning between cardio sessions is really doing anything (or maybe it is! Variety is the spice of life after all). Because the moves tend to be complicated, I need to use the weights sized for the weakest muscle worked. Thus, I end up using 10 pound weights for squats because that move also involves a bicep curl and I can only do so many of those with 20 pound weights, and that 'so many' is not the 20-30 reps called for (it's more like 5. lez be honest).

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: None

Yesterday: No exercise. Goodbye brunching.

Environment: Indoors.

Workout
Warmup: 7:00 Stationary Bike
Equipment: small barbell, plates: 5kg x4, 2.5kg x2, 1kg x2
Work Time: 60:00

BodyPump: 60:00, full-body workout

Muscle Group	Weight [plates = total]	Increase/Decrease?
Warmup - All	2 x 5kg = 10 kg	no
Legs/Gluts	4 x 5kg + 2 x 2.5 kg = 25kg	no
Chest	2 x ( 5kg + 2.5kg) = 15 kg	no
Back/Hamstrings	2 x (5kg + 2.5 kg +1 kg) = 17 kg	Increase
Triceps	2 x ( 5kg + 1 kg) = 12 kg	no
Biceps	2 x 5 kg = 10 kg	no
Shoulders	2 x 5kg = 10 kg	no

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 4
Stretch Time: 5:00
Total in-Gym Time: 75:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]:2
Sore Areas: Legs, Biceps, Upper Back


Comments

39:00 Bike + Tone

Workout format inspired by ToneItUp's 'Itty Bitty Bikini Cardio'.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 2

Sore Areas:

Yesterday:

Environment: Indoors

Workout
Equipment: Stationary Bike
Level: 15/16
Work Time: 60:00

Minutes	Intensity: RPM	Total Distance (mi)
0:00 - 3:00	70 [lvl 16]
3:01 - 5:00	80 [lvl 16]
5:01 - 6:00	90 [lvl 16]
6:00 - 6:30	100+ [lvl 16]	1.83
<BREAK>	30 Deadlifts 12 Pushups 8 Tricep Pushups	✔
6:31 - 9:30	75 [lvl 15]
9:31 - 11:30	85 [lvl 15]
11:31 - 12:30	95 [lvl 15]
12:31 - 13:00	105+ [lvl 15]	+ 2.03 = 3.86
<BREAK>	20 Curtsy Lunges 20 Side Plank Front/Back Touches 10 Side Plank Leg Lifts	✔
13:01 - 16:00	75 [lvl 15]
16:01 - 18:00	85 [lvl 15]
18:01 - 19:00	95 [lvl 15]
19:01 - 19:30	105+ [lvl 15]	+ 2.00 = 5.86
<BREAK>	1:00 Plank + Leg Lifts 30 Plank Tucks	✔
19:30 - 39:00	Repeat 0:00 - 19:30	+ 2.00 = 7.86 ✔ + 1.96 = 9.82 ✔ +2.00 = 11.82 ✔
Total: 39:00	3:18 min/mi.	11.82

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 75:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 
Sore Areas:

Comments

39:00 Bike + Tone

Workout format inspired by ToneItUp's 'Itty Bitty Bikini Cardio'.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 

Sore Areas:

Yesterday:

Environment: Indoors

Workout
Equipment: Stationary Bike
Level: 15
Work Time: 60:00

Minutes	Intensity: RPM	Total Distance (mi)
0:00 - 3:00	75
3:01 - 5:00	85
5:01 - 6:00	95
6:00 - 6:30	105+	2.02
<BREAK>	20 Sunrises 12 Pushups 5 Tricep Pushups	✔
6:31 - 9:30	75
9:31 - 11:30	85
11:31 - 12:30	95
12:31 - 13:00	105+	+ 2.02 = 4.04
<BREAK>	20 Side Lunges 20 Side Plank Front/Back Touches 10 Side Plank Leg Lifts	✔
13:01 - 16:00	75
16:01 - 18:00	85
18:01 - 19:00	95
19:01 - 19:30	105+	+ 2.01 = 6.05
<BREAK>	1:00 Plank + Leg Lifts 20 Triceps Dip + Kick	✔
19:30 - 39:00	Repeat 0:00 - 19:30	+ 1.97 = 8.02 ✔ + 1.97 = 9.99 ✔ +2.01 = 12.0 ✔
Total: 39:00	3:15 min/mi.[avg]	12.0

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 75:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 
Sore Areas:

Comments

Total Body Lift [ToneItUp] + 30:00 Bike

Whew! Been a seriously busy month so far -- between traveling to Arizona to cheer on my sister at the NCAA gymnastics regional meet and then prepping for slash being in a wedding this past Saturday there hasn't been a lot of down time. While I have been fitting in workouts, especially last week when I was hitting it extra hard to look good in the wedding photos, I haven't had a chance to track things as I should. It got to the point where I can't even remember if I worked out one of the days or not! Disaster. Today I'm going back to good habits! Hopefully over the course of the week I'll back-fill the workouts from earlier this month, but they'll be pretty bare-bones.

New workout source today: Tone It Up. I'm going to be trying several of their workouts this week to see if I want to jump on their bikini program that starts up next month. My first impression is that they're a little more commercial than I'm used to, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The website is run by two gorgeous woman - Karena and Katrina - and focuses on both fitness and healthy eating. I found them originally because Kelly from Eat Yourself Skinny was jumping on their nutritional bandwagon, but then I learned that they're also this year's trainers for Self's annual 'Drop 10' program. I signed up for the program, but because I'm crap at following instructions I'll probably be just using it as 'inspiration'. Can never have too many sources of workouts or recipes in my book.

Unfortunately, clumsy me managed to step on some glass during the reception on Saturday, so I'm going to avoid running for a few days to let the wounds heel. And of course since I decided doing 20 minutes of jump rope on Friday followed by hours of jumping around the dance floor Saturday was good planning, my calves are still in recovery mode. That leaves me with few choices for today's workout, so I'm going with some low-impact lifting followed by some stationary biking if I'm feeling frisky. Lifting series is ToneItUp's 'TLC : Tone, Lift, Cinch' workout. Bikini body, here I come!

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 3

Sore Areas: Calves!

Yesterday: Wedding recovery.

Environment: indoors

Workout
Equipment: dumbbells - 15lb, 10lb; stationary bike
Work Time: 57:00

Upper Body Lift:

	Goal	Actual*
Exercise Name	Reps - Weight [type]	Set 1: Reps - Weight [type]	Set 2: Reps - Weight [type]	Set 3: Reps - Weight [type]
Side Lunge + Shoulder Press	15/side - 15lbs	15/side - 15lbs	15/side - 15lbs	15/side - 10lbs
Bicep Curl + Side Leg Lift	15/side - 10lbs	15/side - 10lbs	15/side - 10lbs	15/side - 10lbs
Table Tricep Dip + Leg Extension	15/side	15/side	15/side	15/side
V-Ups	30	30	30	30
Russian Twists	30	30	30	30
Total time	10:00?	8:00	10:00	9:00

*Color key: green = accomplished goal, blue = exceeded goal, yellow = did not meet goal

Stationary Bike
Level: 15

Minutes	Intensity: RPM	Total Distance (mi)
0:00 - 3:00	~75
3:01 - 5:00	~87
5:01 - 6:00	~97
6:01 - 6:30	110+	1.83
6:31 - 26:00	Repeat 0:00 - 6:30 x3	3.7 5.62 7.53
26:01 - 30:00	~75 level 10	8.25
Total: 30:00	17.37 mph	8.25

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Stretch Time: 0:00
Total Time: 75:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 2
Sore Areas: biceps, quads, hamstrings

Comments
Those shoulder presses were killer! Which is a little disappointing, because I can totally lunge and row the heavier weight, but as soon as we start talking about 30 bicep curls PLUS the should presses it gets too difficult. I'm also a little surprised as to how hard this workout actually was -- didn't feel like much at the time, but I'm feeling it today!

20:00 Jump Rope + 20:00 Row

Last day to kill it before the wedding! Still trying to focus on my upper body/upper back, since everything else will be under the dress (abs? unnecessary!). I'm working out way earlier than usual today since I took the day off and I have a nail appointment at 11, so hopefully it won't have too much of an adverse effect. I never know what to eat when I work out first thing since I know I need something, but if I eat too much I feel weighed down. Think I'm gonna go with toast (I love toast!).

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: None

Yesterday: Kind of a failed total body lift

Environment: indoors

Workout
Equipment: Jump Rope, Rowing Machine
Work Time: 40:00

Jump Rope

Minutes	Jump Type	Speed
0:00 - 5:00	two-foot jump	Moderate
5:01 - 6:00	high knees	Moderate
6:01 - 7:00	butt kicks	Moderate
7:01 - 8:00	in-out 'jacks'	Moderate
8:01 - 9:00	side/side jumps	Moderate
9:01 - 10:00	two-foot jump	Fast
10:01 - 20:00	repeat 5:01 - 10:00 x2	Increased Every Round

Row
Level: 8

Minutes	Intensity: min/500m	Total Distance (m)
0:00 - 3:00	2:25
3:01 - 5:00	2:13
5:01 - 6:00	2:00
6:01 - 6:30	1:50	1435
6:31 - 19:30	Repeat 0:00 - 6:30 x2	2875 4325
19:30 - 21:00	3:00	4500
Total: 26:00		4500

Ab bonus!

Time	Exercise
0:00 - 0:50	Plank + Leg Lifts
1:00 - 1:50	Side Plank + Toe Touches (R)
2:00 - 2:50	Plank + Leg Lifts
3:00 - 3:50	Side Plank + Toe Touches (L)
4:00 - 4:50	Plank + Knee-to-Elbows

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 4
Stretch Time: 15:00
Total Time: 70:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 2
Sore Areas: Calves

Comments

ZCUT #6 + 2.85 mi Run/Walk

SPRING IS HERE!! Well, for today at least. It's supposed to flurry later tonight and be back in the 30's tomorrow, but whatever. The calendar says spring, the current temp is in the mid-50s, and I'll take it!

Boyfriend had counted on the weather being nice and planned on taking the dog for a run today, which normally would leave me free to spend mucho extra time in the gym. But it's so nice, I think I'm going to run with them! Partially, anyway. I'm going to jog with them down to the grass as my warmup, do my ZCUT plus whatever else I can fit in while the run somewhere, then join back up with them for the tail of their run. Hopefully I can drag them both up the hill -- it's good for them!

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: Obliques.

Yesterday: Jumping + Ab-bing

Environment: Outside! Warm! Windy...

Workout
Warmup: Jogging ~ .6 mi
Equipment: None!
Work Time:

ZCUT #6 : 10:00 circuit: low jacks, 'flying' jump lunges, side burpees, superhero hold
Round 1 - 25, 22, 5, 12
Round 2 - 25, 20, 5, 12
Round 3 - 23, 20, 5, 11
Round 4 - 24, 20, 5, 12
Round 5 - 25, 22, 4, 12

Bonus: Kick lunges (20/side)

Jog/Walk: 2.25 mi.

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 4
Stretch Time: 0:00
Total in-Gym Time: 0:00!

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 2
Sore Areas: Quads, Obliques

Comments
They made it! Boyfriend is still on the upswing of the 'getting fit' process, so he was all like 'I can't do the hill, I'm not ready, it's too far, I already ran my 3 miles' blah blah blah. I dragged him up anyway. Yes there was walking involved, but the important thing is that it happened. Progress! Next time we'll job the WHOLE way up, I know it.

ZCUT #5 + Blogilates - Abs

Considering it was St. Patrick's day weekend, I didn't feel as terrible as I thought I would this morning! Shamrockfest was a monster of a drinking day, as per usual. We started at our friends' house with 'Star Wars Brunch' - basically a normal brunch except the pancakes look like Yoda. And X wings. And TIE fighters. And the Millennium Falcon. And this weekend they were green! I contributed Black and Tan Brownies and Scotch Eggs to the festivities (yes I realize Scotland and Ireland aren't the same place, but I was also using Italian sausage so cut me some slack, yah? Plus I found them on a website named 'Edible Ireland', so I can't take all the blame). After we stuffed ourselves we headed to the drinking festival and proceeded to consume many giant cups of beer. And it even managed to say mostly dry! A win of a day. Boyfriend and I ended up leaving a bit early to see to the dog, and we were so tired by the time we got home that we immediately fell asleep upon returning to our house (after walking and feeding the dog, obviously). No dinner, no nothing. Dead to the world by 8:30. Does this make us old? Probably.

But on the bright side it means we were ready and rarin' to go Sunday morning. More brunch! Green mimosas! Which, by the by, were a fail because I only had gel cake coloring and not liquid food coloring, so it just kind of ended up looking like a curl of green... goo... at the bottom of an otherwise normal drink. It was really unappetizing. But at least we tried...

But due to the weekend-long debauchery, my house is a disaster, I have no clean clothes and nothing normal in the house to eat. So I'm going to take my workout home with me and fit it between loads of laundry and simmering a Beef and Guinness Stew that I lazed out of making Sunday night...

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 3

Sore Areas: Upper back?

Yesterday:St. Patrick's Day weekend. Nuff' said.

Environment: Indoors, at home!

Workout
Warmup: dynamic 7:00 [squats, lunges, pushups, etc]
Equipment: None!
Work Time: ~45:00

ZCUT #5 : Time challenge: Long Jump Burpees, High High-Knees, Tricep Dips [4 rounds] -- 9:30

Blogilates - MarchMakeover 3/20 - Core [42:47]

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Stretch Time: 0:00 [whoops]
Total in-Gym Time: 0:00!

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 3
Sore Areas: Abs -- mostly obliques, but kind of everything

Comments
I'm worried that I'm doing these ZCUT workouts incorrectly because I keep beating Zuzana's times. This one I completely destroyed by more than a minute -- mostly because my 'high high-knees' were a '1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2' pace and she was more a '1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2' pace. I doubt I'm as fit as she is, so I must be doing something wrong. It's probably my burpees. I suck at burpees.

Blogilates - Full Body Focus

Uuggghh. Today is not a good day. I was supposed to have plans today, but now I don't, and so I feel kind of adrift. I have all the time in the world, and zero desire to do anything productive. Weird how that works -- when my days are packed full I manage to find the energy to do all zillion things that need doing, but when they're empty all I want to do is sit on the couch. Today I'm feeling extra mopey for no reason. Bah humbug. I blame the fact everyone else I know has super-fun plans today and I do not.

Since walking all the way to the gym is clearly out of the question, I'm going to do a workout at home. Blogilates is super home-friendly. being equipment free and all, and honestly I don't want to work up the energy to even put on shoes so this should work out perfectly. Gods forbid I actually put together a new playlist, so I'm going back to the first workout I tried nearly a month ago because it's already saved. Hey, at least I'm doing SOMETHING.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 1

Sore Areas: Enh.

Yesterday: No exercise. There was some wine.

Environment: Indoors. Barefoot. Dog getting in the way.

Workout
Warmup: Overrated.
Equipment: None!
Work Time: ???

JaNEWary Full Body Focus - 1/15

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Stretch Time: 0:00
Total in-Gym Time: ??

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 3
Sore Areas: Obliques, Quads

Comments
Well, as per usual I felt better and less mopey after working out. I even showered! A big deal for me on the weekend.

I'm not nearly as sore this time around as I was last time I did this workout - I'm going to pretend it's because I'm getting in better shape.

Distance Run - 6.5 mi

Originally hailing from the Windy City, I'm not what you would call 'accustomed' to 50-degree January afternoons. Subzero temps, sloppy sleet (only when not hailing, naturally), and massive winds? Streets and sidewalks so covered in slush and salt even my dog doesn't want to go outside? That's January, through and through. So when the universe decides to gift me with a warm spring day in the middle of winter, as it did yesterday, I feel downright guilty for not taking advantage of it.

Since dog hasn't gotten a good run in a few weeks, I decided to take him out for a spin. Although the sun had set by the time we got out of the house, there was a nice warm breeze and enough moisture in the air to make me think of proper Spring [random aside: what is it with people and the word 'moist'? You find some who shudder at the mere thought of the word. And if you ask them about it, the only real defense they can ever give is that the phrase 'moist panties' is downright cringe-worthy. Oh, so your first association with this arbitrary word is B-level romantic literature? Because mine is with delicious baked goods. Who wants a dry brownie? No one. Ever.

Clearly it's 'damp' you should be avoiding. When is 'damp' ever a good thing? Damp socks are the worst, damp towels probably mean you're cleaning, and damp pants? Sorry you were running late and had to get dressed before everything took its proper turn through the drier. Not the best way to start your morning, am I right?

/rant.]

What's even better is I actually remembered to time myself properly this time! Well, sorta. According to my watch, Dog and I covered 6.5 miles in 61 minutes. Not too bad, especially considering there were a myriad of stoplights and an inquisitive dog 'forcing' me to take breaks. I'd say there was easily 2-3 minutes of downtime, so I'm giving myself a pace under 9:00/mile, which I'm perfectly content with. Dog seemed to enjoy it too, though he was definitely slacking towards the end...

Blogilates - Full Body Focus

Am I the only person who thinks making decisions is taxing? I spent a solid (read: embarrassingly long) chuck of time today trying to figure out what to wear to a formal work event tomorrow and now I want nothing more than a nap. Sheesh.

As a result, I don't have the mental energy to pull together a workout for today. I'm going to be lucky if I manage to drag myself to the gym. My original plan was to make some modifications to a workout I did awhile back that involved interspersing lifting exercises with jumping rope. I wanted to modify it because I feel almost like I've gotten into somewhat of a lifting-moves rut. Like, seriously, I can't come up with anything better than squats with an shoulder press, maybe a lunge or two and some dumbbell rows? Apparently not. Not today anyway (although I did see a girl at the gym this week doing some squat while front/side dumbbell lifting thing that looked mad hard, so I'm going to have to work that in at some point in the future). Throw in my constant fear that I'm working all the same muscles in all the same ways all the time (re: squats and lunges) and the result is that I've changed my mind and am going to go in my new favorite not-quite-convinced-it's-a-real-thing-yet workout: Blogilates! I'll jump around tomorrow...

However, in the (granted, short amount of) time I've been working with the program Cassey Ho puts together, I've noticed one thing: girl loves her some lower body workouts. If you browse her channels, it seems like 4 out of every 5 videos is dedicated to having a perky butt or long lean legs. While I can't deny wanting both of those things, I do also have arms that could use some work and a back that is punished by sitting in a desk 9 hours a day. So I'm switching out some of the extra booty work suggested for today's workout and subbing in back and arm videos chosen completely at random. Because that's always a good idea.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 3

Sore Areas:Nothing beyond the usual.

Yesterday: No exercise. A couple beers.

Environment: Indoors. Super cold. Forgot sweatpants. Eff...

Workout
Warmup: 
Equipment: None!
Work Time: 1:00:00

JaNEWary Full Body Focus - 1/24 [Modified]

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Stretch Time: 0
Total in-Gym Time: 0 -- done at home

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 1
Sore Areas: Back, a little

Comments
Lost my gym motivation at some point in the middle of the afternoon when I also decided I didn't want to cook dinner. I blame work. Luckily, boyfriend offered to bring home salads so I didn't have to make anything. So while he did that, I decided to go home to take care of the pup, and then do this workout at home. It was immediately difficult, as usual, but I'm not feeling a lot of post-workout soreness. I might have been slacking -- it's been known to happen when I try to work out at home. Didn't help that boyfriend came home about halfway though with my dinner; it kind of killed my momentum, and I definitely cut the last ab workout short out. There was salad to eat!

Lesson learned: even if I'm working out at home, pretend there are people judging me. No slacking!