Active Rest Day

I really am feeling under the weather and have decided this will be an active rest day for me. We did take a walk along the lake for about an hour. I live 2 blocks north of Lake Ontario which has lovely trails that meander along the shore for miles. The fresh air felt so good and the sun was shining. The ducks, swans, and seagulls were certainly taking advantage.

Day 4 - Wish You Would Pump It Workout

I stayed home from work today.  I had a  terrible night of a million hot flashes, a migraine and felt like I was going to vomit. I slept from 5:30am to 9:30 am this morning.  Needless to say I decided to take the day off from work.

By 2 pm I was feeling a little better so I did my morning yoga; a Morning Flow with Jason Crandall which I chose from Yogaglo.  I am loving this site and the streaming yoga classes. This morning asana practice was the perfect compliment to yesterday's Bodyrock workout, International Love. It was very much focused on shoulder opening and hip opening and a bit of chest opening.  


I am a sweaty and stinky mess having just completed Day 4.


Here are my scores:

1. Burpees with pushup and tuck jump - 10, 10, 8
2. Reverse Pullups with Dip Station - 17, 14.5, 12
3. Triple Plank Burpees - 14, 14, 12
4. Knee ups on Dip Station - 22, 20, 18

My POWER word today was LOVE

Day 3 - International Love Workout (completed Jan 5 2012)

My Power Word for this workout was Jeff - I did this in memory of my son who passed away Thankgiving day 2010 at the age of 26. He was a great motivator and a very caring person.

Equipment Used:

• Dip Station
• Ugi Fitness Ball
• Sandbag filled with 35 lbs of sand
• 15, 10 and 8 lb dumbells

I started off with Lisa-Marie's workout. In retrospect I think perhaps I should have started with Sean's. I was pretty beat after the cardio intensive workout and so maintaining good form in the weight focused workout was a challenge.  But I do love a challenge.

When I got to Sean's workout I used a pyramid down format for the lunge/lateral raise sets and the lunge/shoulder press sets. 15 to 10 to 8 lbs for the final set.  I started off doing the Fireman's Lift with my sandbag filled with 35 lbs of sand.  However, for the second set I used my 10 lb Ugi.  And then, for the 3rd set I went back to the sandbag.  I think in the first set my grip was off and it was a little more cumbersome than was comfortable. 

Here are the results

1. Superman Push-ups - 12
2. Elevated Push-up’s & L&R knee to elbow touch - 6
3. Squat & Press  - 12
4. Ugi Clean & Press + Jump Forward + 3 x Squat Jumps - 8
5. Reverse Pull-Ups - 15
6. Side Jump Burpee + 2 knee to elbow Oblique Abs + Tuck Jump - 6
7. Forward Lunge + Side Lunge + Knee Lift - 8
8. Ugi Push-up & Burpee + Sumo L&R Knee Touch - 6
9. Tricep Dip + Kickout V Abs - 8
10. Overhead Abs - 9
11. Sandbag Shoulder Lift + Squat + Switch Shoulder Press - 10
12. Speed Run - 186

My time for Sean's lovely workout was 23:41

I am going to be doing Day 4 today of course and I will post it a when I do it.

Day 2 - Feeling Good Workout

I did feel good at the end of this workout.  I always feel good at the end of a workout.  Working out for me is like brushing my teeth.  Its something I have to do.  Its a regular part of my life and has been for over 25 years.

My sandbag has just a little over 35 lbs in it.  I was soaked in sweat at the end of this session.  I took a longer than usual cool down and a very good stretch.

My scores are as follows and I am showing number of sets fully completed in each circuit:

High Knees & Mountain Climbers - 6  so 60  high knees and  60 mountain climbers
Squat Jumps & Push-ups & Tuck Jumps - 6  so 12 squat jumps,12 pushups, 6 tuck jumps
Centre to Elbow Jump (L&R) & 2 x leg jumps - 5
Clean & Press & Squat & Press & Push Up - 4 (I know now why its a good idea to write big and I should have)
Tuck Jumps x 5 & ½ Burpee & squat hold x 5  - 3   - 15 TJ's, 15 HBSH's
Spider Knee Push up & Straight Leg Push Up (L&R) - 9
Switch Lunge & Press - 10 (5 each side)
Side Lunge x 2 & L & R Side Punch  & 2 Tuck Jumps - 4  (again, bigger print would have been better)
10 x Squat & 10 x Squat Jumps - 1.5  for a total of 20 sandbag squats  and 10 squat jumps
Elbow to Knee jumps 10 x each side - 59
Wide leg jumps & Push up - 11
Speed run - 173

Lisa says to write out each circuit so its easy to see. I should have.  I lost time with some circuits trying to read small print (I printed off the workout from the website) Next time I will print it out BIG so I can read what the heck I am suppose to be doing next.

Day 1

I did the fitness challenge 3 times through to make it a 21 minute workout.

Jump squats - 40
Pushups - 24
Burpees - 17
High Knees - 117
Switch Lunge - 36
Tuck Jumps - 28
Straight Abs - r25

The scores above represent the number of reps I did of each exercise in 50 seconds. I recorded these on my first pass. Not too bad for a 50 year old woman. I'm thankful I didn't have a hot flash during the challenge. That is really unpleasant when it happens.

My Stats and Goals

Age: 50

Height: 5'4"

Weight:. Not too sure but close to 120 lbs

I want to lose some of the fat I've put on around my mid section. I've eaten clean for a number of years but for some reason, let's say it was pre-menopause, I started to enjoy ice cream most nights of the week. This all started in the early fall. We have also been in the midst of renovating our house since April so, in with all the mess and chaos, workouts were irregular. I have a small frame and gaining 5 - 10 lbs is really noticeable on me. Also, two weeks ago I started menopause full on and I want to make sure that I stay physically and emotionally fit as I work my way through it.

Starting Challenge on Monday

I'm getting my days mixed up. Tomorrow is Monday and that's when the challenge starts.