Temptations and Tractor Tires

I can resist everything except temptation.

Oscar Wilde

Now that the weather is warming up I have not been craving hearty big meals, what I really want is ICE CREAM! Not just any will do though, it must be Blue Bell.  I have a half gallon in the freezer and usually for my dessert I will have three thin mint girl scout cookies with a little ice cream, but I actually want to dump the whole box of cookies into the half gallon and eat directly from the carton...

So on to the healthy stuff.  This past weekend I went to the local co-op and got one of their trash tractor (for Free!!) tires to add a little extra to the home work out.

So here are a few things to do with a tractor tire if you decide to get one too.

1.  Flips

         Squat down with your back straight, head up and butt down, grab the tire drive up and flip over.

2. Jump through

         from the outside jump into the center of the tire then jump over to the other side.

3. Sit ups

         Sit on the edge of the tire and brace your feet on the inside of the tire and do a regular sit up.

4. Jump Box

          Jump up with both feet on to the tire and jump back down.

Have a great week!

Getting ready for another week...

Four steps to achievement: 

                                                             Plan Purposefully.

Prepare Prayerfully.

Proceed Positively.

Pursue Persistently.

Hope your Sunday is going well.  I don't think I'm going to get a workout in today.  Last night I enjoyed wine and sushi with one of my good friends and today I am tired and it's really cold out side... not motivated at all!  So I'm going to plan out my exercise week here so there are no more excuses.

Monday

Workout Plan:

45 min spin

4 sets of

25 situps

12 kettlebel swinings

15 arnold presses

25 jump ropes

Tuesday 

Workout plan
1 mile run
4 rounds of 

10 kb swings
15 bench press
20 squats
25 sit ups
30 burpees

1 mile cool down

Wednesday:                                                                                                                      

45 spin

Thursday

2 mile run

3 rounds
10 jumping pull ups
15 push ups
20 kb swings
25 burpees

Abs
15 ball transfers
15 crunches
15 side crunch, each side15 around the world, each direction


I'll probably take friday off and get back at it on Sat and Sun.  Bye for now!

Saturday Workout

Two of my three kidos are off for sleepovers so I got in a pretty good work out on my own this morning.

Workout plan

run 2 miles

5 sets of 12
push ups
sit-ups
assisted pull ups
squats on a bench

5 sets of
25 jump rope
12 kettlebell swings
10 swissball hamstring curls
25 crunches

The work out took an 1hr 8min. and I burned about 424 calories.  Now off to the bike shop, going to try and find a good used tri bike.

Have a great weekend!

When Money does not grow on trees...

This morning I woke up at the crack of dawn to make the 5:15 am spin class which was a great way to start the day, but I could not squeeze in any weights or abs, so that is defiantly on the agenda for Thursday  along with some cardio.

The bummer is that after taking a look at our family budget it was necessary to cut back on the trainer.  I am a little bit scarred that I will loose my progress without someone giving me (making me do) new, fresh, harder workouts. But I am going to try my best because I have come to long away to give up.  And I am hopeful that this blog will help me stay motivated to do my own research and come up with new exercise routines.  So when money does not grow on trees I head to the garage.

Workout Plan:

30 min -  6 weeks to a six pack video (Jillian Michael about $10 bucks)

4 sets of:

1 lap around neighborhood 1/2 mile
15 military presses
12 dumbbell pull overs
25 sit ups

After this I'll evaluate my calorie burn, if I have not made it to 400cals then I'll add in ab work with jump roping.

Happy hump day, hope the rest of your week is great!

Brick Work Out

Sunday morning I intend to get up early while the family is Still snug in their beds and start Training in ernest for my first sprint marathon.

 Work out:
bike 2 miles
 run 2 miles

 4 sets
 25 sit ups
10 negative dips
10 military press

 Sunday's are also a great day to cook your meals for the week. I usually cook up some Lean meat, enough for the week. Then lunch packing is easy with the meat, frozen veggies, Fruits, raw nuts, etc. Have a great week!

The Weigh In

I weighted in today at 125.8 lbs and 20.8% body fat.  Pretty happy about that!

Work Plan
Row @ 10 for 5 min

5 sets of
10 curls
15 dips

5 sets of five
 curls
 Burpees

5 sets of
15 v-bar extensions
15 sit-ups

Ab work
15 weighted crunches
15 weighted side crunches each side
15 circular crunches each way

30 sec
Kettlebell Swing
Kettlebell Around the world
Kettlebell Swing

30 sec
Kettlebell Swing
Kettlebell Squat
Kettlebell Switch
Kettlebell Swing

Have a great day!

Skinny Tuesday

Happy Fat (Skinny) Tuesday!  Today is spin day for me; however my trainer has challenged me to do a little extra weight training before my aerobic workouts so that I keep building muscle and all so get my calorie burn started before I jump on the bike!

Workout Plan
5 sets of 12
Lateral and front raises
Dips
Tri. extentsions.

1 hr spin.

Have a great day and push yourself to do a little more today!