Tuesday, Nov 2nd Workout

It was below FREEZING this morning at boot camp. I had every layer I could think of on and a hat with my hood over it and gloves. I was freezing for the first half of the workout but warmed up to the point that I thought I might need to take my outer layer off.

We did tabata, one of my favorite workouts. This is the workout where you do three of the same sets, back to back, burning out your muscles.

Our sets included:
4 exercises for arms & back

4 exercises for legs

4 exercises for lower abs

4 exercises for chest

4 more exercises for legs

4 more exercises for the core

Love this kind of workout!

Thursday, Oct 28 Workout

We did a circuit training today and I was just having so much difficulty enjoying it becuase it was freezing drizzle the ENTIRE time! I had 3 layers on and came home sopping wet! BRRR...thank goodness for hot showers.

The circuit included:

• pushups
• bicep curls
• full sit ups
• stairs
• rows
• undulations
• more push ups
• tricep dips
• reverse crunches
• forward lunges
• reverse lunges
• sprinting
• hoops

My chest was sore the whole time and I came home and went to bed right after my shower. When I woke up again 3 hours later I had a horrible rattling cough. Guess my workout was trying to work out some sickness!!

I'm going to go tomorrow, I never go on Fridays but I'm feeling gross and need to challenge myself to get back to working out 5-6 times a week instead of 3-4.

Wednesday, Oct. 27th Workout

Today I went for a run. The wind was sooo hard to fight but let me say that it was all that much harder because I haven't done any distance running in quite some time! I really think I want to do the 10K for the Riverbank Run in May but my performance today didn't make it seem like that goal was possible! (I know it is, I'm just being dramatic!)

So, that was today. I look forward to a good boot camp session tomorrow but it'll be hard to wake up at 4:45am since I have a vacation day and COULD sleep in so I invited a friend to join for a test day and that will hold me accountable to showing up! :)

Tuesday, Oct. 26th Workout

It was 70 freakin' degrees at boot camp today and the wind was furious! We did one of my favorite workouts- the 100!

You needed to complete a 100 of these exercises by the time the class was over, going as fast as you could with proper form:

• push ups
• squats with weights
• military presses
• curls
• rows (I accidentally did 120 of these)
• dips
• stairs 
• jumping jacks
• crunches
• reverse crunches

There were a couple of us done with about 4 minutes left in the class so Wendy added a core set including:

• right side crunches
• left side crunches
• back scratchers
• right leg to elbow
• left leg to elbow

My arms are BURNT out today....specifically in my shoulders. Great workout!

Thursday, Oct 21 Workout

The stars and moon were amazingly beautiful at boot camp this morning. Good thing I liked them because during this time of the year they're still out and bright on my drive HOME from boot camp :)

We did a Tabata workout today--- the one where you do as many exercises as you can as quickly as you can.

We did 4 of:

• upper body (back and chest)
• arms

We did 8 sets of:

• legs (they were burning)
• core (I felt really strong on this today and even Rob noticed and complimented-- that felt good :))

In between each set we did cardio pushes to get our heart rate up. These included:

• butt kicks
• high knees
• mountain climbers
• jumping jacks
• squat jumps
• jump shots
• etc. 

It's amazing how good jumping is for you. I think if I create my own workout I will put in the things I hate the most--- including jumping--- because those are obviously the best!

Wednesday, Oct. 20 Workout

Today I did a 15 minute yoga set in the morning to get my day going and to stretch out my muscles from yesterdays intense dead lifts!

Then, after work, I went for a 12 mile bike ride. It was FREEZING! I'm realizing that I have less motivation to get on the saddle now that it's so cold. Hopefully I can save up some money to buy and indoor trainer to use the bike in the winter since I don't have a nice treadmill to get my cardio in on the off-boot camp days.

Tuesday, Oct 19th Workout

Todays boot camp workout was insanity. Seriously, we had zero recovery time in 45 minutes. I couldn't even transition exercises fast enough, Rob would already be calling out the next exercise before I changed positions! (the good part of this was that even though it was 40 degrees I heated up quickly!)

We started with a mile run. I felt good about my mile...not sprinting for a best time or anything, but definitely better than last year this time!
After the mile we got right into it doing as many exercises as we could as quickly as we could, making sure to include jumping wherever possible to keep our heart rate sky high. The jumping things included:

• jumping rope (lots, single leg, double leg, doubles, both feet, sprint jumps, etc)
• high skips
• line jumps (side to side, forward to backward)
• boxing jumps with jabs and hooks
• high knees

We also included running laps to keep the heart rate up.


For strength we started with leg stuff like lunges, sumos, side walks with the resistance bands (nothing gets my outer thighs, hips and butt quite like these!), single leg dead lifts, single leg weighted squats, etc.

Then for upper body we focused on push ups, military press squats and a straight set of just military presses for 2minutes.... I had to take 2 breaks to shake my arms out!.

Wendy finished us with some intense partner work on the core. The bad part was that, by the time we were doing core work my legs were so burnt out that I couldn't swing them up.

PHEW! Now THAT was a workout that pushed me beyond my limit! Proud to have it done :)