Recovery: 1/2 PB and Honey Sandwich. 1 Energy Vitamin Water with All One Vitamin added
Breakfast: Kashi Go Lean Truly Vanilla Hot cereal with Omega-3, protein and fiber
Snack: 1 gala apple
Lunch:Ezekiel Cereal
Snack:
Dinner:
Today I felt great in my lower belly after the workout. It had the warm tingly burn which I so have desired because my lower belly is such a trouble spot for me.
We basically did our run, and this time I focused on keeping my belly tight and my posture tall. Then we went inside to work on abs and the rubber band sticks. I tried so hard with my abs, but my feet still went down sometimes. I tried to get my focus on and psych myself that it is only 10 repetitions, but the sets just kept coming. I do feel like I am getting better though.
Same with the rubber band bar. It's easier than last time, but I still had to stop for a few seconds and muster up my courage again to try. I realize that if I can get into the mental groove, it does make it easier on my body. Unfortunately it is accompanied with again... yucky grunting noises and twisted facial expressions... I hope nobody slaps me on the back while doing these moves... haha
Overall the workout today rocked. I am stoked that Rudy blasted our abs. I think we did about 12 different exercises for our abs. There was:
*Pushup position balancing on just the right arm and just the left leg, then switching...
*There was balancing just on your belly (arms and legs off the ground) and working our back by sqeezing our shoulder blades together twice, then flinging our arms back far.
* We did a stationary V sit up and held it
* We did regular crunches
* We twisted our trunks while siting up stationary
* We did Bicycles
* We did Slow bicycles
* We did plank positions
* We did the cobra
* We did 'climbing the rope'
* We did fluttter kicks
* We held our feet 6 inches fromt he ground while on our backs
* We did scissors
Heavens to Betsy!
Then we worked with the poles with rubber bands and had to do squats, presses, curls...you name it. They're just really different than working with weights... the resistance is very different than weight to me. I am not sure why? sychological again?
Then we ended the session with two minutes straight of alternating shoulder presses. I finally used the green 10 lb weights. Rudy told us that if girls want to work their bottoms, they can do squats, or if anyone got too fatigues they could just do bicep curls. I was determined to keep with the shoulder presses... and remarkable, I was able to!
Phew!
I actually can't wait for tomorrow. I hope we get another session like this one. I REALLY need my belly blasted.
Hooray for a great workout.
KOKO everybody!
About Me
- Arlene Paraiso
- Hello. I used to journal a lot when I was younger and when I hit my 30s I stopped. I've been thinking about doing a blog for a long time now and the thing that always stopped me was that I was worried about people knowing too much about me. But I realize, on the eve of 2019, I'm middle aged and have no children or legacy to pass my experiences on to, so I figured, that I will keep a web log and maybe someday, even after I'm gone, someone might find something that I've experienced, useful or helpful or relatable somehow. Maybe I can help someone to not feel so alone. Everyone blogs to monetize, nowadays, but I just want to blog to get the thoughts out fo my head and on 'paper'/
2 comments:
Those resistance bands are definitely harder than weights for me. Not sure why, but I know I struggle a lot more with the band.
Heavens to Betsy is right! The abs definitely got a beating this morning. (I'm tempted to copy and paste your detailed description of our workout into my blog...I think I end up 'blocking out a lot of the stuff' :) Good job!
Go for it!
It's funny, I noticed we both used an 'old person's' exclamation to describe the amazing ab workout we had this morning. hahaha. I said, "Heavens to Betsy" and you said, "Oy Vey". I think that solidifies the fact that we had very similiar experiences and conveyed it quite accurately with either expression! haha We gotta put the spring back into our chickens so we aren't feeling old peeps sayings after our workouts!
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