It was just the intro video so… Not much of a workout. But it’s great. The guy who does it… Diamond Dallas Page… The wrestler… And there are all these references in it, haha! Love it.
If you’re wondering, “Why not Insanity like you planned?” Well. Drew really wanted to do it. Especially because the videos aren’t as long. And I thought that was reasonable, considering the fact I’m taking summer classes. And I might just be getting a job. So. Yeah.
Why? Because of inconsiderate little boys. This kid was walking away from the barbell, so I took that opportunity to go over there. As I’m taking his weight off he comes back saying, “Uh, I was using that.” I figured I’d be polite and avoid a petty argument, so I walked over to the treadmill to run for a bit. After 20 minutes I look over and see that kid and his buddy switching between using the barbell and going to the water fountain. Honestly, I just was not gonna wait all day for these kids to decide to share, and I definitely wasn’t going to use the one in the women’s room that is connected to a pully system. (It restricts your movement to an unnatural linear motion.) So I just left. After I was done stretching in the locker room I went to leave and they were still there. I just can’t stand it when people monopolize equipment when there are only one or two available.
Anyways… I started my workout with 15 mins of the elliptical at 10 resistance. Did the leg press at 60 lbs for 10 reps, then at 80 lbs for 3x10 reps. After that was when I tried to go do squats. Then I did 15 mins of running at 6.2 and 5 minutes of cool down.
Today wasn’t that great of a workout. Not just because I didn’t get to do squats. I just wasn’t feeling it today. I was more winded than usual at the elliptical and running. But I did it.
Now my gym trial is over, so back to pilates for now. I’m going back to college Sunday. I really want to figure out a yoga routine to start asap, and I may just work on that tonight. But as for using the gym at school… I’m not 100% sure if it’ll be open during the two weeks of my extra class. Which is bad because that could eliminate running. I am adamant about not running outside in the winter, especially in a location where we get sooo much lake effect snow. I really don’t wanna be busting my hip, face, etc. After all, I have other cardio workouts I can do. Maybe I could do p90x plyo in the lounge with closing doors. There’s barely gonna be any people on campus anyways…
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Not hating on New Year’s Resolutioners, but it really was so crowded today! Though I guess it doesn’t make that much difference to me because I still don’t know what half the machines are for or how to use them.
Today’s workout was kinda lame if you look at it. Being that there were so many people at the gym it took forever to find a machine that was open, so I decided to make my workout harder instead of waiting around for a machine until my heart rate drops too low. I do assure you, though, that what I did was pushing hard. I started out with 15 mins of the elliptical, half of it on 10 resistance and half on 12. I believe I had more than 1,500 steps. Next was the leg press where I did 2x15 at 60 lbs and 2x10 at 80 lbs. While waiting for the squat rack to open I did 2x15 hanging knee tucks. At the squat rack I did 2x10 at 50 lbs (the bar + 5 lbs) and a 30 sec hold, all full and deep squats. The bar by itself is still pretty tough for me, but I thought I’d see how I can do with a little more added weight. I walked swiftly for a few minutes to give myself a little rest before running at 5.8 for 15 minutes. Phew, was I sweating. Felt good!
I forgot to post it! But I did 15 mins of the elliptical then 15 mins of running. Woo! Cardio day. Haha. Today is a rest day because the gym isn’t open. Yup.
Yeah, it’s just “gym day” because I’m still figuring out the machines and don’t have a schedule or anything made up. There was one called the “butt blaster” that sounded intriguing… But it had no instructions. Boo. Problematic for me, haha. Anyways!
- Elliptical: 15 mins targeting all up the legs and glutes
- Leg Press: 2x15 at 60 lbs, 5 at 80 lbs
- Glute Press: 15 at 50 lbs (each leg), 15 at 60 lbs (each leg)
- Shoulder Press: 2x15 at 25 lbs
- Calf Press: 2x10 at 40 lbs
- Leg Extension (Quads): 4x15 at 40 lbs
- Abductor Thigh: 2x15 at 40 lbs
- Adductor Thigh: 2x15 at 40 lbs
- Leg Curl: 3x15 at 15 lbs
- Squats: 15 at 45 lbs (I didn’t add any weight to it, the bar is enough lol)
- Knee Tucks: 15
- Treadmill: 5 mins
I’m gonna figure out how I wanna go about it all on New Year’s Day since the gym is closed anyways. I think tomorrow I’ll try to do mostly running. Maybe some elliptical, too. I just wanna get a fair deal of cardio in. Haha.
Oh. And I heard “Cult of Personality” by Living Colour at the gym again, today. If you like WWE you’ll get it. But it pumped me up, because I love CM Punk!! Haha
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For anyone who is a new follower, I’ve only ever done body-weight workouts (such as yoga and pilates) or running prior to today.
I started off doing 15 minutes on the elliptical with my dad. Then he showed me some machines. For the most part I didn’t really like them. Maybe I wasn’t adjusting them right. Maybe I wasn’t doing it right. I just did what my dad showed me to do, haha. There were a few that I like, but I don’t remember what they’re called. I believe they worked the inner thighs, the outer thighs, and abs. But damn, there are so many upper body machines. I put a much bigger focus onto my lower body and abs, so naturally I didn’t like that. When I got to a squat rack, I did like that, though. And squats are definitely a workout I wanna do. Having weight on my shoulders just makes it better. After that I ran on a treadmill for 10 minutes and we left.
Right now I don’t really like the gym. Maybe it’s because all these machines are foreign and I don’t wanna be a noob. But I feel like I should have a good plan for what I wanna do for tomorrow and the next week if my dad paid for me to have a week membership.
My current fitness goals include running for 20-30 minutes, strengthening my entire back, getting my abs back, having stronger thighs, and getting a better/stronger butt. Anyone have machines to recommend for these things?
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…the treadmill I bought at a garage sale this summer.
It works. But it doesn’t go fast enough. The fastest it goes is a quick jog. Maybe a speed walk. Yeah, I could stay on longer and burn the same amount of calories, but I care more about getting my heart rate up.
I did 20 minutes. It was pretty boring. I used these 2 lb walking/running weights my sister gave me for Christmas, but they provide negligible resistance. I suppose it’s the thought that counts.
Sigh. I guess my mom and my dog can use it…
Back & Biceps
- Wide-front Pull-up (10 lb bands): 35
- Lawnmowers (10 lb db): 20x2
- Twenty-ones (10 lb db): 21
- One-arm Cross-body Curl (8 lb db): 15
- Switch-grip Pull-up (10 lb bands): 30
- Elbow Out Lawnmowers (10 lb db): 18x2
- Standing Bicep Curls (10 lb db): 16
- One-arm Concentration Curls (8 lb db): 20x2
- Corn-cob Pull-up (10 lb bands): 15
- Reverse-grip Bent-over Rows (8 lb db): 20
- Open-arm Curl (8 lb db): 18
- Static-arm Curl (8 lb db): 16
- Towel Pull-ups (10 lb bands): 12x2
- Congdon Locomotive (8 lb db): 40
- Crouching Cohen Curls (8 lb db): 16
- Corkscrew Curls (10 lb db): 25x2
- Chin-ups (10 lb bands): 25
- Seated Bent-over Back Flies (8 lb db): 25
- Curl-up Hammer-down (8 lb db): 20
- Hammer Curls (10 lb db): 15
- Max-rep Pull-up (10 lb bands): 25 wide
- Superman: 10 sec x5
- In/Out Hammer Curls (10 lb db): 12x2
- Strip Set Curl: 8 (10) + 10 (8) + 3 (5) + 9 (8) + 8 (10)
I’ve pretty much eliminated the 5 lb dumbbells because Drew got me 8s and 10s for my birthday! I will probably still use them for shoulder moves, but 5 lbs doesn’t do much of anything for me anymore, haha. Woo!
Ab Ripper X
Not much to say besides that I’ve been trying to have a wider range of motion on certain moves likes the in/outs and crunchy frog, and flexing while I’m doing some of the other moves. It’s just getting better each day!
Since I missed plyo yesterday from being sick, I’ll be making up for it tomorrow! I also think I will do plyo instead of kenpo. :P
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Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps
- Slow-mo 3-in-1 Push-ups: 12 slow, 8 fast
- In/Out Shoulder Flies (8 lb db): 16
- Chair Dips: 18 reg
- Plange Push-ups: 10 mod
- Pike Press: 10
- Side Tri Rise: 14x2
- Floor Flies: 20
- Scarecrows (8 lb db): 15
- Overhand Tricep Extension (8 lbs): 15
- 2-twitch Speed Push-up: 12 fast + 9 slow
- Y Press (8 lb db): 15
- Lying Tricep Extension (8 lb db): 12
- Side-to-side Push-ups: 12 reg
- Pour Flies (5 lb db): 12
- Side Leaning Tricep Extension (8 lb db): 10x2
- One Arm Pushup: 4 mod
- Weighted Circles (5 lb db): 20
- Throw The Bomb (5 lb db): 14x2
- Clap/Plyo Push-ups: 2 reg
- Slow-mo Throw (5 lb db): 10
- Front-to-Back Tricep Extension (5 lb db): 10x2
- One-arm Balance Push-up: 18
- Fly-row Press (8 lb db): 10
- Dumbbell X-body Blows (8 lb db): 35
Before we started my shoulder felt kinda weird and I felt like I had slight tennis elbow or something during a lot of the tricep moves. Sigh. Certain moves I decreased the reps either because I added weight or because I realized something I was doing wrong form wise. With the side tri rise I find it hard to do them using only my triceps. All this time I’ve been using my obliques to sort of help, I think. So I’m working on that.
Ab Ripper X
Each time I know I am getting better. I keep finding ways to make it more difficult and really clean. Still not perfectly clean like crazy dancer Adam, but pretty good. (I mean, I don’t have a six pack like him, haha.)
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Drew was complaining about how Yoga X is boring and repetitive. So we decided to try the yoga video from p90x 2. It was… Interesting. Entertaining, really. Haha. I thought it was a bit too fast at times, even if some moves in Yoga X seem too slow at times. It seems to me like Tony just assumes everyone knows how to do everything in this video, haha. Just going through it, forgetting to tell us what to do when we can’t see the TV screen. I feel like I had more circulation problems in my legs this time, so I guess I’ll ask about it on the Beach Body website. But omg… Ted is amazing. And hilarious. Idk. Just so crazy good that it’s funny. We were lovin it.
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Back & Biceps
- Wide-front Pull-up (10 lb bands):48
- Lawnmowers (10 lb dbs):20
- Twenty-ones (5 lb db):58
- One-arm Cross-body Curl (5 lb db):50
- Switch-grip Pull-up (10 lb bands):40
- Elbow Out Lawnmowers (10 lb dbs):20x2
- Standing Bicep Curls (10 lb dbs):15
- One-arm Concentration Curls (10 lb db):15x2
- Corn-cob Pull-up (10 lb bands):4 <— Was waiting to see how to do it haha
- Reverse-grip Bent-over Rows (5 lb db):32
- Open-arm Curl (5 lb db):35
- Static-arm Curl (5 lb db):40
- Towel Pull-ups (10 lb bands):12
- Congdon Locomotive (5 lb db):50
- Crouching Cohen Curls (5 lb db): 40
- Corkscrew Curls (10 lb db):22
- Chin-ups (10 lb bands):25
- Seated Bent-over Back Flies (5 lb db):40
- Curl-up Hammer-down (5 lb db):28
- Hammer Curls (10 lb db):12
- Max-rep Pull-up (10 lb bands):25 reg
- Superman:10 sec x5
- In/Out Hammer Curls (5 lb db):30
- Strip Set Curl:15 (5 lb db) + 15 (10 lb db) + 20 (5 lb db)
Man. Drew and I really pumped some iron today. Haha. He moved up to 15s on a few moves and I moved up to 10s as much as possible. (We only have one set of 10s and one set of 15s, so we have to share.) Really felt the burn, and I feel good! I can feel my arms getting bigger. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, especially if I eventually cut. Just something to get used to, I suppose. Tony acts like everyone has a big variety of weights to choose from at home… Yeah, not really.
Ab Ripper X
This time I tried to lay back a little lower and just use more force so I can get that extra burn in… It worked! Haha. I was trying to be more intense on the mason twists, but I think I went overboard on that because I fell over. Haha. Grrrreat workout!
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Before doing it Drew and I were feeling pretty lazy. Like take a nap kind of lazy. Haha. I myself wanted to get it over as soon as possible. So I was pacing myself and keeping a close watch on my breath… I think it helped a lot! I had fewer instances where my heart rate was too high and I didn’t have to stop at all because of breathing issues. So woohoo! Feels great. :)
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Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps
- Slow-mo 3-in-1 Push-ups: Did most reps but kinda crappy. (Forgot to count lol.)
- In/Out Shoulder Flies (5 lb db): 16
- Chair Dips:25
- Plange Push-ups: 10 mod
- Pike Press: 10
- Side Tri Rise: 18x2
- Floor Flies: 15x2
- Scarecrows (5 lb db): 15
- Overhand Tricep Extension (10 lbs): 18
- 2-twitch Speed Push-up: 12 fast + 8 slow
- Y Press (5 lb db): 15
- Lying Tricep Extension (5 lb db): 20
- Side-to-side Push-ups: 10
- Pour Flies (5 lb db): 15
- Side Leaning Tricep Extension (5 lb db): 12x2
- One Arm Pushup: 0 (Drew laughed because I fell on my face lmao.)
- Weighted Circles (5 lb db): 20
- Throw The Bomb (5 lb db): 12x2
- Clap/Plyo Push-ups: 2 mod
- Slow-mo Throw (5 lb db): 10
- Front-to-Back Tricep Extension (5 lb db): 15x2
- One-arm Balance Push-up: 12
- Fly-row Press (5 lb db): 20
- Dumbbell X-body Blows (5 lb db): 60
This was pretty hard after doing easy stuff during the recovery week. I almost wish there wasn’t a recovery week… But I suppose that’s just part of the program, haha.
Ab Ripper X
Haven’t done it in a week because of recovery week, so it was a little harder than usual. Same ol’ same ol’, though. Haha.
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I’ll probably fix the numbering of the days once I get out of the shower. But that was nice. My poses are only improving and I feel great. I kinda wanna do yoga more often, haha. Because I really like it. Still got p90x to do until September, but I’m sure I can squeeze it in somewhere haha. But man. I thought I was flexible before. I’m reeeaaally flexible now haha.
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No kenpo. Shark week is impending and I feel like crap. Plus, my mom doesn’t want me to use gas when I don’t have to. Drew got a good workout today playing basketball for an hour or so, and I ran for about 25 mins. With a couple walk breaks in between, of course, because I haven’t been running.
Oh. And my day count for p90x is messed up. I’ll fix it later haha. Time to lay in bed and do nothing. Resisting the urge to eat chocolate. Because I already ate some today, haha.
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