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Below is my Journey:
I switched it up and decided to walk through the heavy snow from my Apartments to A's house which was a 5 mile trek. (Definitely felt it from waist down) A met me and brought me hot chocolate he made for me. Below is my Journey:
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I decided to change it up and do a treadmill workout, so I could see the people playing outside in the snow!! I only was able to follow fifteen minutes of this workout and then for five minutes I walked at 3.5 at an incline of 15.0., then I cooled down for 5 minutes. I did my chest and tricep workout and upped a lot of my weight. For my
cardio I hoped on the bicycle in the gym and did fifteen minutes at a resistance of 10. My knees were giving me problems do to the cold weather so I didn't do to uch cardio, but I will be doing more on my cardio day tomorrow. Found Below: http://www.fitnessbarbielaurengleisberg.com/2012/09/chest-triceps-912.html Today I did my back and bicep day and my hips were still hurting from
my leg day two days ago. I think it had something to do with me upping my weight I was lifting as well as sitting on the bleachers for two hours straight in the freezing weather. So.... I decided to take it a little easier on my cardio and I did 15 minutes on the treadmill at an incline of fifteen with a speed of 3.5. This was a good workout and I still was able to feel the burn in my legs without the impact of running on the treadmill. Workout Below: http://www.fitnessbarbielaurengleisberg.com/2012/09/back-biceps-911.html Normally I workout everyday, but things come up and sometimes you just can't make it to the gym. Last night A and I came home from the lacrosse game and we did some homework. After we were done A and I decided we needed some together time. so I skipped the gym. This is not too big of a deal since I workout everyday, meaning I don't take off days, then when something comes up I can take off with only feeling 50% guilty.
Tip: Take days off, if you don't you won't get to enjoy life! Today was my fourth leg day following this blog!!! Yay I'm at the start of my last week of my first month which means I should definitely be seeing some results and I have seen major strides in the direction that I want my body to head. My leg days and all weight days consist of a simple set up: 5 minute warm-up on cardio machine of choice, Fitness Barbie workout, and ends with however many minutes Fitness Barbie says to put in for cardio. Right after as well as the day after my walking motion resembles that of a newborn baby giraffe. If yours does as well, then your doing something right. Fitness Barbie Workout (I didn't do abs today): http://www.fitnessbarbielaurengleisberg.com/2012/09/legs-910.html Below are some pictures of my workout and my favorite recovery snack that I eat after every weight workout: Tonight I did a stair master interval workout. I found this workout on Pinterest and it was a great alternative to the usual elliptical workouts I do. I had to modify the stairstepper due you my knees hurting and only did ten minutes then played around with treadmill speed interval setting alternating 2 1/2 minutes jogging and 2 1/2 minutes sprinting for twenty minutes plus five minute cool down totalling a thirty-five minute workout. Tip: to prevent knee injury or pain after workout make sure you are not relying only on the leg you stepping up with to get you to the next stair. Also remember modifying exercises is ok. Sometimes depending on how I feel that day or how the workout is structured I may have to slow the exercise down, do the move for a shorter period of time, or move in a different way to complete the exercise. Found below: I found this plyo workout through Pinterest today. Usually on plyo days I just workout in my room instead of going to the gym because they don't require equipment which is great due to the freezing temperatures outside and insane wind blowing around. My calves never stopped burning. I don't have kids, but great workout to do with your children because it is kind of like dancing and they will enjoy it.
Tip: I recommend you always eat before you workout because if you don't you NUMBER 1: do not have the energy to finish the workout, especially a cardio workout, and NUMBER 2: you will be burning your muscle that you have built instead of the fat you wanted to get rid of in the first place. I find it easy to just eat dinner and then wait an hour before you start working out in order to prevent your dinner from coming back up as well as pesky heartburn. Video below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WImdzLCkro&feature=related Tonight was my cardio day and I did an intense cardio workout that I found on Pinterest. Tip: Have a workout buddy- this doesn't mean a person that has to be at the gym with you for every workout, but someone you can call or text after your workout to brag about what you accomplished. Celebrate the small results and the goals you have achieved. My boyfriend, Anthony, is my workout buddy and he has only been to one of my workouts, but I can always count on him to give me a thumbs up when I tell him about what I accomplished that night. I did a total 25 minute workout following this which means I did a five minute warm up, repeated the workout three times, and a five minute cool down. I was sweating buckets and it takes a very aggressive workout for that to happen.
I have been following this wonderful blog and I am now on my third week of workouts. I saw results as early as the second day of doing this program. I will be posting the workouts I do each night from this blog, but I find my cardio and plyo workouts on Pinterest as well as Youtube which I will most like post the picture. It's completely free and the blog can be found below: |