My body hurts

Monday- Cardio 40 mins. bike and elliptical

Tuesday- Weights

Abductors- 40 lbs. 3/20

Adductors-50 lbs. 3/20

Leg Extensions- 40 lbs. 3/15

Squats- 50 lbs. 3/20

Bicep curls w/ bar- 3/20 not sure how much the bar weighs, but I'd guess 20 lbs. (the number is rubbed off)

Tricep dips off a bench- 3/10  (I usually do a tricep pulldown, these were rough!)

V-situps- 3/15

Seated pullback- 30 lbs. 3/20

Chest flys- 30 lbs. 3/20

I know I need to add more ab work and I still need to come up with varying workouts.  I've gone through most of my Women's Health and a couple Shape I have and ripped out exercises now I just need to figure out the best way to put the workouts together so they're useful (on the wall, in a book?)

Wednesday- 1 hr. of Spinning  (the fiancee joined me for the first time and this morning he couldn't get out of bed!)

Tonight I will be lifting again.  Then I have tomorrow off and probably Saturday Spinning and lifting.  And then Sunday off.  I'm tired.

keeping it up

I'm not even sure when I last posted (hopefully I get better at that) but I have been going to the gym regularly.  Bradley and I went last night and I did 40 mins. of cardio- bike and elliptical.  I was sweating when we left, which is what counts!  I still haven't been able to commit to the morning unfortunately, which is mostly due to going to bed so late because I feel like my to do list never ends!  And it's just going to get worse as the wedding gets closer!

Anyway, I will be going to the gym after work today and lifting.  I'll try to update on that tomorrow!

I'm on a roll

So...last week I injured my spine, but this week I started strong on Monday with 45 mins. of spinning.  

Tuesday, I lifted.

leg extensions- 3/15, 45 lbs.

abductors- 3/15, 50 lbs.

abbductors- 3/15, 40 lbs.

squats- 3/15, 50 lbs.

overhead pulldowns- 3/15, 50 lbs.

bicep curls- 3/25  not sure the weight of the bar, but most likely 20 lbs., my arms are hurting today!

V-sit ups- 3/25

chest flys- 3/15, 30 lbs.

Today I did an hour of spinning.  My shirt is soaked!

I was talking to my boss today (he lifts regularly) and I asked him if 2 days lifting and 5 days of cardio was good.  He told me I shoul let my body rest completely at least 2 days a week.  He told me about this thing called Hypertrophy.  Basically, I have to make sure I switch up my lifting routine very often and take only very short breaks between sets.  Because the body gets used to things fast and then I'll no longer build muscle.  So I'm gonna come up with a few different routines and rotate them regularly to keep my body always guessing!  I plan to lift again tomorrow (hopefully in the morning if I get it together) then I'll take off Friday and Saturday or Sunday.

I saw the sunrise from my spinning bike this morning

I got up at 5 am, to get to the gym by 5:30.  

I did:

adductors 3/15, 50 lbs.

abductors 3/15, 40 lbs.

leg extensions 3/15, 40 lbs.

chest fly 3/15 30 lbs.

bicep curls w/ a bar 3/20, maybe 20 lbs. the numbers were worn off, but it was heavy

Then I warmed for a few minutes on the elliptical and ended with 30 mins. of a 45 min. spinning class (i had to leave early to be able to make it to work).

I also finally tried the smoothie with spinach.   Frozen berries, spinach and orange juice blended.  It actually was pretty good (though a little bitter from the juice) but you could def. not taste the spinach so I'm sold!

And now I'm at work, but ready for a nap!

When you can't remember the name of your blog, you know it's been too long!

Right, so I'm lame.  I went on vacation and came back and stopped doing anything productive!  I did got to the gym Monday, but it's Thursday now!  I haven't been to spinning in like 3 weeks.  And today I intended to go to yoga until I found out Paris is no longer teaching a class (he was just filling in for the summer)!  So, I suck.

I did just get reinspired though after watching Gwyneth Paltrow workout on Oprah.

Measurements

I took my measurements last night.

Here goes...

Waist @ belly button - 36 in.

Chest- 34 in.

Hips- 38 in.

Bicep- 12 in.

My goal is to lose 6 inches off my waist and gain some inches on my bicep, other than that I'm fine.  God knows I can't make my chest grow, i've tried!  But if my waist goes back to being small, at least my chest won't seem so horrible!

Went to the gym tonight and did 30 minutes of elliptical.  I forgot my gym bag again so I didn't even attempt to get into spinning after work, i'm sure it was full by 5:35 since they start the list at 5:30 despite the 6:30 start time!

I think I need to lose like 1 inch off my waist to fit into my wedding dress, but I want to lose more!

Oh, and I bought a One a Day vitamin...I have women's vitamins from trader joe's but upon closer inspection, I've realized that I have to take 3 a day!  And they are nasty tablets that melt as soon as you stick them in your mouth, they make me gag!  Unfortunately, they do not have a "tester" for vitamins so let's hope the ones I just bought aren't gigantic!  At least it's only one now instead of 3 though, that's a step in the right direction!  I saw these omega 3 chews when walking by a GNC the other day, I might check those out, they're citrus flavored.  Okay, I'm off to shower!

week 8/11/08

Okay, so it's been like a week.  Here's my review of last week.  

Monday: Spinning 

Tuesday: Spinning and some weights and 20 minutes of regular bike/elliptical combined.

Wednesday: Elliptical for 20 minutes and a few weights

Thursday: Nothing  (I really have to stop going home before yoga because i just don't go back out)

Friday: Nothing

Saturday: Spinning, 20 minutes elliptical and weights

I still need to take my measurements.  Saturday a friend and I looked for bathing suits (Outer Banks next week) and really it was not a fun experience.  I think I need to concentrate on working my abs along with cardio, because the cardio alone is not tightening my abs and it's not good!

I wanted to go to spinning today at 9 am, but my friend had me out til 3:30 am and I just couldn't get up plus my knees hurts, they need a break!  Hopefully I'll get into spinning tomorrow night.

I need a nap.