Saturday, April 30, 2011

♥ SMART Quest ♥ Sat. April 30, 2011

Week 7, Day 6
My SMART Quest for today is:  Continue eating well.  I am still up a tiny bit from the last reward meal.  I think I  need to look at my sodium levels. Keep drinking my water!

SLEEP:   7 1/2  hours - I went to bed at 12:00 pm , awoke at 7:30 am. 
AWOKE: 8:00 am
WARM UP: 7:35 am - I added extra reps to my warm up!  (kept the push ups the same)
Push Ups x 12
Squats x 20
Spiderman Climbs x 20 total
Jumping Jacks x 30
Performed 2 rounds of this circuit
Today I am doing a HIIT consisting of a series of  8 exercises based on Scott Colby's Ageless Abs 2 Program!   I am doing 90 seconds on 90 seconds active recovery. 

High Intensity Interval Training

These are timed Intervals:  Set your Gymboss Timer to 2 intervals of 90 seconds each and 8 rounds.  Each round is 3 minutes.  24:00 total

Sprinting (running as fast as I can, high knees) x 90 seconds full on work
Boxing shuffles with punches  x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace
Switch Kicks x 90 seconds full on work
Prisoner Squats x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace
Suicide Drills x 90 seconds full on work
Boxing shuffles with punches  x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace

Jumping Jacks x 90 seconds full on work.  As quickly as possible
Prisoner Squats x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace

Side Jump Kicks with Side Squats (Left Leg) x 90 seconds full on work
Boxing shuffles with punches  x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace

Side Jump Kicks with Side Squats (Right Leg) x 90 seconds full on work

Prisoner Squats x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace
Plank Jacks (see Scott's video, ouch!) - x 90 seconds full on work
Boxing shuffles with punches  x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace
Heismans (running as fast as I can, side to side motion, high knees) x 90 seconds full on work
Prisoner Squats x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace


5 Minutes of cool down at a moderate pace on the scale a "3" - Doing more kick boxing moves.

Each exercise took 3 minutes for a total of 24 minutes (8 exercises), plus 5 minutes of cool down & 5 minutes of warm up. 
I was sweating like crazy by the end of this work out.  I added 2 of Scott's exercises from one of his videos, the Squat Jacks, and Plank jacks!  Those plank jacks are really tough!  Love it!

MEALS:
Meal #1:  10:00 am -  coffee & sugar free creamer, 2 slices uncured bacon (very salty tasting, bad!)
Meal #2:  12:00 pm - 1 serving of oatmeal
Meal #3:  3:00 pm - Homemade salad consisting of grilled chicken, Napa cabbage, grated carrot, raw mushrooms 7 a Light Chinese dressing.
Meal #4: 6:00 pm -   2 slices toasted Ezekiel sprouted grain bread with 1 Tbs. natural peanut butter, ! Tbs jam.
Meal #5: 0:00 pm -

WATER: 6 glasses (so far)

MINDSET: Today has been a lovely day.  Since the sun is shining, I am feeling cheerful!  No big plans for the weekend so hopefully I will behave!

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