Working Out Week 32 of 2014
This past week just flew by. I am a day late in getting this post in because of my dining room painting project that I worked on yesterday for about 7 hours. I painted the lower half of the room, from chair rail down to the floor, with two coats of paint. It took a while and I did have to do some laundry and eat lunch in between the two coats I applied. I had intended to do my workout post last night but I was too tired. After cleaning up I did some knitting while watching an hour or two of television with my husband. I just needed to relax and not worry about anything else the rest of the evening.
The past week I decided to concentrate on using weights and doing high reps and then alternating with my bike riding and yoga workouts. What a noticeable difference -doing three days of weight training- in muscle definition! My workouts this week were:
- Monday – Jari Love Ripped 1000 Weights only workout – 40 min
- Tuesday – Ride Bike + Yoga – 33 min
- Wednesday – Amy Bento Slo Mo Strength NRG mix 1 Total Body Challenge – 47 min
- Thursday – Ride Bike + Yoga – 40 min
- Friday – Jari Love Ripped to the Core – 40 min
- Saturday – Ride Bike + Yoga – 30 min
The Jari Love workouts I have had for many years. I like the results I see from using them. They are very high reps but she does vary the counts and some of the moves so you don’t get too bored. These workouts will definitely define your muscles in a short amount of time. Also, muscle burns fat and increases your metabolism while at rest. Another good reason to do some weight training.
The Jari Love Ripped to the Core workout is a lot of compound exercises – meaning you work the legs and the upper body at the same time. The cat seems to like to be around for most of this workout. I have certain equipment he loves like the long step and he will sit by my dumbbells that are not being used.
The weight workout I did in the middle of the week was Amy Bento Slo Mo Strength dvd. This is also an older dvd that I have had for quite a few years. This workout is pretty long and I chose to do one of the premixes that are a little shorter. The moves are all done with a pretty slow count and with heavier weights. The hammy rocker move in the photo above is a real leg burner. It is sort of a three part move and two of the three parts are shown in my photos.
Another move in the Slo Mo Strength dvd was for the arms called Bicep Bonfire. Your biceps are literally hot to the touch when you get done with 3 rounds of this move. It is also a kind of three part move – it is done with 8 pound dumbbells on the video but I had to go down to 5. It is really an arm burner.
Biking in the early mornings is still on my weekly rotation every other day. It is getting hotter each week though in the mornings. I like to come home and do my yoga outside but it is too hot to do that lately – especially on some of these humid days. I have had to start doing my yoga inside lately. I did manage a few minutes outside yesterday morning, though.
Last Sunday after church I went to Barnes and Noble because I had a coupon to use. I found this book on the clearance section about smoothies to boost your immune system and it looked interesting so I bought it. I have tried a couple of the recipes (with some little adjustments of my own) in the book and they are good. The one I tried is made with blueberries and grapefruit and the other was with blueberries and mango. A lot of the recipes use bee pollen in the smoothies but I didn’t have any so I left that out. I was going to get some but forgot when I went to my local health food and vitamin store the other day. I will have to add that to my list for the next time I go there.
Below is my weekly fitness tip. These tips are just some things I feel are helpful to ensure your success with working out and becoming a more healthy person.
Weekly Fitness Tip: Find a family member or friend to workout with you
-Having someone to workout with keeps you accountable and motivates you to stick with a schedule
-If you don’t have a family member or friend then find an online fitness group on facebook or even a motivating blog or fitness website with helpful advice to keep you focused. I have belonged to a small fitness group on facebook that is a “closed” group, (meaning anything you post is just in that group and not all over facebook for all your friends to see) for a little over a year and I love that group. It is only about 150 people and I think only about 25 of us are regularly on there and posting but I feel I have a lot in common with the others on there and we are all positive and motivating for each other even when one of us falls off the workout wagon or off their clean eating. I also found out that one of the members lives in a city right next to me – others are from all over the US and even Canada.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend – what is left of it. School starts here in a couple of weeks but I feel like we have already started since my oldest son is in the marching band and they have already been back at it for a week – all day long – and I have been to a band meeting one night and volunteered for the uniform fittings one day last week.
Take care and keep working out!
Kimberlee
I need sleep! I so want to do this, but I’m so tired all of the time being kept up by two little ones, that when I do try to work out, it’s not full force. I do try hard, but all I can think about is going to sleep. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks April! I remember the days of not getting enough sleep and being awaken in the middle of the night by little ones. Occasionally I am still awaken by older ones now – and having to take away an ipod or laptop that wasn’t suppose to be in their room in the first place. Teenagers are always trying to get away with something. Rest is important to be able to workout and have energy. Are you still walking? Thanks for hosting the link up and I’ll be by this coming weekend!
Weight lifting can definitely be something intimidating for women especially if they aren’t trying to get ripped. 🙂 But you are so right. I think sharing about it helps people to understand the benefits of some weight lifting because it does help burn fat. These smoothie recipes sound very unique. I’ve never had blueberry with mango or grapefruit. We don’t have a blender right now so once we get one, it sounds like something that is worth trying. 🙂 I love your tips about finding a buddy or friend. It’s a shame I knew someone once who used not having someone to workout with as an excuse not to workout. There are so many other ways to be motivated by a group now or from others like FB groups and the like. Great tips this week. 🙂
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Thanks Brittnei! I always enjoy your comments. People sometimes have the strangest excuses for not working out, don’t they? I don’t think it involves a whole lot of time or effort to just do something – even walking – for about 20 minutes a day. I read a book last year that suggested doing that daily by yourself as a quiet time to reflect and pray. I think sometimes people convince themselves it is hopeless when they don’t see immediate results – healthy changes take time. The smoothies were good – I had not tried those combinations before either and really like them. I am glad I got the book. See you at the end of the week at Creative Style link up. -Kimberlee