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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

♥ SMART Quest ♥ Tues. April 26, 2011

Week 7, Day 2
My SMART Quest for today is:  Try and eat all of my meals.  It has been hard to eat every 3 hours and I tend to miss a couple of my meals. I am not binging, but I certainly don't want to starve myself either as i know that is not good for my metabolism.


SLEEP:   7 1/2  hours - I went to bed at 11:00 pm , awoke at 6:30 am. 
AWOKE: 6:30 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
Squat Thrust Mountain Climbers with Push Ups x 90 seconds full on work
Boxing shuffles with punches  x 90 seconds active recovery to keep my heart rate at a moderate pace

Squat 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


Dear thighs.
As I write this I hope you are feeling the burn and are starting to melt!  It is time for you to go.  I won't miss you! (giggle).


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 3 of Scott's workouts from one of his videos.  The Squat Thrust Mountain Climbers with push ups, Squat Jacks, and Plank jacks!  My oh my were my legs on fire as well as my heart racing!  With all of the other "kick" moves I did, my legs were really feeling it. 

MEALS:
Meal #1:  9:00 am -  coffee & sugar free creamer, 1 small banana
Meal #2:  12:00 pm -Scrambled egg whites
Meal #3:  3:00 pm - Light Chinese chicken salad wrap with small side of fresh fruit
Meal #4: 4:00 pm -
Meal #5: 7:30 pm - grilled chicken , snap peas dipped in hummus
WATER: 8 glasses

MINDSET: While I continue to struggle with personal issues, I won't let them tear me down.  I am better than that.  I will keep looking to my "Why" and pray for success!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

♥ SMART Quest ♥ Tues. April 5, 2011

Week 4, Day 2
My SMART Quest for today is:  Remain positive, see the bigger picture!  The results are slower, but what I am doing for my body, my life is so good!
Sleep:   5 1/2 hours - Went to bed about 11:30 pm  - I know I should have gone to sleep earlier, I had such a busy day yesterday, but I stayed up.  I am sleepy today and have another busy day ahead of me.
Awoke:  5:00 am
Warm Up: 5:25 am 
8 push ups
12 squats
10 spiderman climbs
20 jumping jacks
Completed 2 rounds!

Workout:  5:30 am

Today I am doing a series of  5 Tabata Intervals based on Scott Colby's Ageless Abs 2 Program!  I am still adding extra time to the intervals and I continue to try and do more advanced moves.    Instead of doing 20 seconds on - 10 seconds rest, I am doing 30 seconds on 10 seconds rest.


Metabolic Ignition Phase - Weeks 3 and 4

5 Tabata Intervals
These are timed Intervals:  Set your Gymboss Timer to 2 intervals of 30 seconds & 10 seconds and 8 rounds.  Each round is 5:20 minutes/seconds. 


Get Ups with Tuck Jumps - 30 seconds on, 10 seconds rest x 8 rounds - 5.5, 5.5, 5.5, 5.5, 5.5, 5, 5, 5 reps per round.  These are so tough to do.  I don't enjoy them, lol.
Suicide Drills - 30 seconds on, 10 seconds rest x 8 rounds - 24, 23, 23, 24, 23, 23, 22, 23  reps per round! .
Overhead One Legged Step ups with Squat Thrust Push Ups (from Zuzana's Bodyrock.tv See photo below) - 30 seconds on, 10 seconds rest x 8 rounds - 4 round per leg - Left leg - 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.5, Right leg - 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3 reps per round!  These are sort of a crazy move.  Do the 1 legged overhead step up and then jump down into a squat thrust with a push up and then jump back up, repeat.  UGH!
Bowling Lunges  - 30 seconds on, 10 seconds rest x 8 rounds - 65, 64, 63, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65 reps per round!
Side Kicks with Jump Squats with Ankle Weights - 30 seconds on, 10 seconds rest x 8 rounds  - 4 rounds per leg - Rt leg - 17, 16, 16, 17 reps per round! Lt leg - 19, 19, 19, 18 reps per round! I decided to up the burn by adding ankle weights.  I could definitely feel it!

Burpee Step Up aka Overhead One Legged Step Ups with Squat Thrust Push Ups
 - from Zuzana's 400 Rep Burpee Workout

The one thing I did differently was to raise my arms up
straight over my head as I stepped up


Finish with a squat thrust with a push up
also know as a "Burpee"


MEALS: 
Meal #1: 7:00 am - 1 banana, coffee with sugar free creamer
Meal #2: 10:30 pm - egg white omlette with spinach & tomatoes
Meal #3: 1:30 pm -  3.5 ozs chicken breast, 6 raw walnut halves, 4 dried apricots
Meal #4: 5:30 pm - 2 slices Ezekiel Sprouted Grain Bread with 1 tbs of natural peanut butter.
Meal #5: 6:30 pm -  8 raw almonds 4 dried apricot halves.

WATER:  8 glasses
MINDSET: I have felt fairly good today.  I have been keeping myself really busy so I won't think about food or want to eat bad things.  I find that if I don't get started on the bad stuff I am okay, but once it crosses my lips, I am doomed, lol.