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Archive for December, 2011

I hope you all have a happy, safe new year and that 2012 brings you happiness, joy and love.

I know I’m not the only one who will be happy to have 2011 in the rear view mirror and not have to look back on it.  It’s been a rough year for a lot of people, myself included and I’ll just be glad when that ball drops tonight at midnight.

Until next year….

And the last workout of the year was:

25 calories on bike
50 sit ups
25 calories on bike
50 shoulder press (35# barbell)
25 calories on bike
50 jump squats
25 calories on bike
100 Russian twists

And all I can say is ouch.  Happy New Year.  Be back next week!

It took him forever to send me a workout!  I thought he had forgotten, so I created one for myself.  But oh no, he finally texted me at 3:50.  *sigh*  I wish he had forgotten.

10 deadlifts (95#)
10 burpees
5 rounds fast
15:31.26

He hates me.  It’s the only explanation.  Or it could be that I sent him a text while eating cilantro infused white rice from Qdoba and told him that.  HA!

It took me two days to get this workout done.  He sent it to me Monday, but since my Josie was sick, I skipped both Monday and Tuesday, so I finally got to it today.  I should have ignored it and just asked for a new one.

10 hang clean and jerks
10 burpees
7 rounds
and then
100 v ups

I needed lots of help with the hang cleans.  I don’t get it.  It does not feel natural and I’m sure I bruised my shoulders where I kept letting the barbell fall onto them.  I really need to work on the form for those.  One of the guys helping me said that I had good form.  When I went slow with it.  But it has to be fast, explosive like and I wasn’t getting that.  I’ll need to work on that a lot if I’m going to get anything out of the exercise.  I had the jerks down just fine, dip down a bit and push press the bar up.  Easy peasy.

I also only did 6 rounds so I could try to do the v ups before having to leave for the union meetings.  I did 60 of those.  Hopefully, I can wash my hair in the morning cause my arms feel like noodles.

I love timed workouts.  Not workouts I have to time, but a certain set time to finish the workout.  AMRAPs are perfect for me.  I go as fast as I can and really push myself during an AMRAP.

5 shoulder press (15#)
10 squats
50 jump ropes (singles)
15 minute AMRAP

I did almost 8 full rounds.  I was 25 singles short of doing the full round.  It felt good.  Not too shabby for a pack a day smoker.  Just wait until I quit smoking finally.  I’ll really kill this AMRAP.

50 alt v ups
50 Russian twists
50 lunges
50 calories on bike
3 rounds

What’s up with all the 50s?  Sheeeesh

I knew it was going to be ugly.  He saw me coming back in from a break and told me he was going to give me lots of stairs.  I told him I figured as much.  He tried to play it off with “oh I wouldn’t do that to you.”  HA!  Yes he would….and he did!

2 stair runs
50 squats
2 stair runs
50 burpees
2 stair runs
50 sit ups
2 stair runs

I’m so sleepy I can hardly think straight.

After I posted last night, he contacted me to apologize for forgetting to send me something.  I told him not worry about, I was just happy my head did not implode while I was working out.  He then told me it might “tomorrow” Ugh.  Thanks for the warning!

He then asked if I quit smoking yet.  I wish I could answer yes to that question.  I really need to set a quit date and try again.  It’s really making a difference in my workouts and how I feel during and after them.

10 burpees
20 squats
30 sit ups
5 rounds
22:32.9

Doesn’t look horrible on paper.  Burpees are not my friend and I don’t appreciate them.  But I get a great workout when he throws them in there, that’s for sure.

Time to relax on my recliner.

I skipped an entire week due to a massive headache that lasted entirely too long.  It seems to be gone now, so I asked for a workout but never heard back from him.  This meant I had to make up my own workout.  Ugh

20 dumbbell presses (#15L/#10R)
30 squats
50 sit ups
3 rounds
and then:
50 calories on the bike
30 box jumps (20″)

Not too bad for the first time in a week!  Felt okay with it and my did not implode.  Bonus!

I saw him when I went downstairs to get some water while we were waiting on part of payroll that is done downtown.  We chatted a bit and I asked him to send me something.  He asked me to remind him around 1 or 2 if I had not heard back from him…so I did remind him.

3 stair runs
10 deadlifts (#95)
20 push ups
30 sit ups
5 rounds

Ugh! It kicked my butt very well and now I’m exhausted.  I just want to sleep but I’ve been told I’d be considered old and people would mock me if I did that.  Pfft.