Running Thoughts

I had a fun upper body workout today! I was chatting online with Sara when she popped up saying, "I just did a set of pushups!"  So, I did my set.  Then, we both did the second and third sets together.  Then we went on to do tricep dips together.  Well, "virtually" together!  I am not doing shoulders because my shoulders are still sore from Tuesday and pushups work shoulders too. More good news is that now, I can do men's pushups all the way to the floor.  I did a set of 10, a set of 8, and a set of 9.  finally!

Hey! My hip and back are feeling some better!  The rest was a good idea.  I've stuck with it on eats, though, and I will be doing chest, shoulders(which are still sore!), and triceps today!  I wonder what combination Ruth will do??  She's getting creative!  haha!   Hubby comes home tomorrow!!   It was fun ichatting with Sara yesterday...Ruth, you could ichat with us on your dh's mac!!

I thought I'd check in to say that my hip has really been bothering me from my fall.  I think that I'd better lay off.  I did the elyptical on Tuesday and some stationary squats yesterday with lower weights and more reps.  Oh, and belly dancing...ok, I will rest my hip and lower back today.  I probably haven't done enough resting.  I just don't want to miss!  I hope you don't have to miss today!  Do extra for me!  :) Tomorrow, I will do upper body with no problem, then free day Saturday.  So, by Sunday, my back and hip will have rested an extra 3 days. In the meantime, check this out: www.workoutmusic.com 

...and now I'm tagging you!  My SIL tagged me in a fun blogger's tag.  I'm to tell 7 things about myself and then you are to tell 7 things about yourself on your blog! 1.  I've gone from a size 14 to a 4 in the past year!   2.  I didn't learn to swim until age 39.  I finally realized that the motivation that kept me from learning to swim (fear of the water) could motivate me TO learn to swim, so I "took the plunge." 3.  I'm a homeschooling/son-rise mommy.  What this means is that I homeschool my 2 typical children and my son with autism.  I use the son-rise method with my son with autism.  Here is the website:  www.son-rise.org.  It means that our family chooses happiness with what is, not worrying about what was or could be.  It means loving first, teaching as a result. 4.  I love coffee.  It's good. 5.  I have a Bichon Frise, a Golden Retriever, and a rabbit.  The cat moved to a ranch outside of town...yay! 6.  I love my jeep!  It can climb over ...

I'm sitting before my brand new MacBook (Yay!) deep in thought.  As you can see from the picture, I have much to consider.  Should I have plastic surgery or will BFL indeed create a "new Me?" Ok, enough fun and games...down to the business at hand.  Today was 3B's day, and I killed my biceps while lowering the weights on back and booty for more reps so I could try not to injure myself further.  I think I did ok, but I am looking forward to a good, strong workout when I'm back to normal.  I know that from the above picture, you might conclude that I will never be normal, but I'm hoping!   Also, abwork and belly dancing were yesterday & both were good.  We have learned all of one dance and most of a second.  I have a few trouble areas that my brain has trouble correcting, but I will manage!  All in all, it's fun! How are you gals?

Still in some pain...so I took it pretty easy on the elyptical trainer. I did my nike+ workout, just took it down a few notches. It will feel good to be able to move more when I'm finished healing. As it is, I still need to tone things down. Advil is my friend. Abwork later...probably on the exercise ball to cushion my back and hip. I'm being a big baby!

I have felt better today, so I did upper body. Eats are on. BFLife is good. Here's a picture just for fun!

well....so...I mentioned that I fell (comment on my last post). Here's what happened. I stepped out of the jeep onto the Target parking lot which was a sheet of ice. I slipped down hard on my behind and whacked my head on the jeep. I took a minute trying to convince my left leg to move and get underneath me so that I could stand which took lots of brain/will power. Anyway, I hurt myself. From my left shoulder down to the middle of my inner foot on my left side is sore, achy, and generally painful. I'm resting. I had thought I'd do back and biceps last night, but as I got more and more sore, I decided to rest in case I had hurt my back as well as my booty. It seems that was wise because, today, there is no way to work out. I am resting again today and possibly tomorrow. We'll see. Bummer.

I had really wanted to do cardio yesterday, so I did it this morning and will do 3 B's tomorrow, then be back on schedule. I got to use my elyptical trainer! Gracyn was supposed to take my pic for the blog, but I guess she got busy because she never returned with the camera. I had downloaded a workout album of interval training onto my ipod nike+ and I ran that on the elyptical. It was a really good workout, but the intervals are longer and not a full-out sprint. I like the Hiit style better, but it was good, and I will use it some more. I think it will be great with jumping rope because I like a longer rope interval, but the rests will be too long. I'll have to adjust that. The music was great with the exception of the content...why do all great-beat songs fill your mind with junk? I like Shakira in Spanish. That way, I get the great beat, but I can't understand her (a good thing). We cut down our Christmas tree yesterday! It was just the right one. It was in a...

No run for me today. I got up too late and the elyptical machine wasn't ready yet for this 2 degree morning. Neither was I. :) Had a great Thanksgiving, though, and hope you did too!

Hey, Fitness Friends! Check out the new featured challengers on the BFL site!! Today will be upper body for me. Tomorrow is cardio/abs with free eats. :) ***update*** Odell and I did chest, shoulders, and triceps today. Yippee. It's fun for him to be involved. Tomorrow, we hope to workout on our new elyptical trainer! I'm going to try my new nike+ workout.

So, today I did the 3 B's because I decided to run yesterday. The big switcherooo. Got around to the workout this evening just before dinner. Hubby and I went to the community gym. I did frog jumps, squats on the squat machine, lat pull-downs, abwork, preacher curls, and hammer curls. Odell is helping me tweak my workout. Here is the lowdown in case it helps you. He says that when you do more reps to reach muscle fatigue, you work one set of muscle tissue...the long-twitch muscle tissue. If you raise the weight so that you reach muscle fatigue in fewer reps, you work the short-twitch muscles. So, according to him, I should change it up. Go for a while one way and then the other. I guess that makes sense with Bill Philip's rep schedule...it would work both. hmmm.

Oh so very coooool. I switched out 3B's today for cardio for a couple of reasons. #1, it was such a gorgeous day and tomorrow is not expected to be so pretty. #2, I got my nike+ all ready to go. It's way cool. If you have an ipod nano, I highly recommend it (except for Sara who *MIGHT* be getting that for her birthday...). The set-up without ipod is only 30 bucks. You can choose a power song to jump to for interval running, etc. A voice tells you your distance, time, and pace. Also, you can chart your runs and set goals, win trophy icons, join challenges, lots of stuff! I downloaded a workout tonight to try. It has longer intervals at less intensity than I'm use to, so I may have to alter it if I don't like that. I thought it would be a nice change, though. The intervals are 3 minutes with 6 minutes recovery.... Anyway, I think I will like it for jumprope. Good run. Taking votes on the best "power song" for running intervals. I know you have some favorites...

This weekend was my Mother-Daughter weekend with Gracyn. I had decided to take both saturday and sunday off, and I have except for the swim yesterday. We went to a little town about an hour away and stayed overnight in a hotel. We played and swam in the indoor pool. She worked me out pretty well, swimming back and forth, racing. She won. I'm not a strong swimmer, but it was great fun. We did this Passport 2 Purity weekend workshop together, shopped, went for ice cream (coffee for me), and out to eat. We ordered pizza, swam, and had general fun. While we were out shopping, I bought my ipod nano...all set for nike+. I'll haffta write you a review after I try it out!

Workouts were great this week....including today's chest/shoulders/triceps. The weakness of the week came in a little can from the girl scouts. They seem innocent, those little girls...but they bring order forms with pictures of chocolate covered things. Those chocolate covered things were almonds. They arrived this week. I admit my offense! Even wonder woman couldn't resist a few every now and then. OK, so now you know! I must go stop a war with love now in my satin tights (according to Ruth's post). More soon about my workout changes.

Odell and I ran 6 Hiits along the river. He over does everything, so he was light headed and nauseous again... Silly Man. My Christmas present came today...Nike+!!! But I don't have an ipod nano yet to go with it. That will be cool. I hope it's green! Abwork in a bit.

I was soooo mentally exhausted yesterday that I didn't want to work out. Odell said, let's walk to the gym and work out. We did, and I felt much better! Then, he took me out to eat at the only restaurant that was open in this one-horse town. I had salmon steak and rice pilaf...so yummy! workout included leg press, squats on the squat machine...hubby said, "I think this will be too much weight for you (squat machine)." NOT! I did them with no problem. Then, he did leg press after me and couldn't believe I was pressing 245 lbs, a substantial weight even for him. I tried to explain that I'm wonder woman, but I don't know if he bought it.

picture from our trip of the amazing and glorious color change of the northeast. And I thought I'd let you know that I just finished abwork! Gooooodnight.

It amazes me how the day can start off so cold here this time of year and then become so perfect by lunch time! It was a very cold 20 degree morning! Now it's warm, and O and I are about to jump rope before lunch! I can't wait to get our ellyptical machine so I can choose to do cardio earlier without freezing my tush off! Here is a picture of it...well, of the machine, not my tush...I'll update later. *******************update****************** We jumped rope! It was fun. I'm having trouble learning my newest move, though. It's the crisscross jump. Some days I can do it really well, then others, I just can't seem to do it at all! Today, I could NOT get it! Had fun anyway. Fun to have Odell jumping with me. Abwork soon to come.

Today's pictures from our trip are from the National Zoo...definitely our favorite part. The kids each had their own photo ideas with this dinosaur skull. Today's workout was upper body...chest, shoulders, and triceps. I anticipate soreness on the morrow. :) Belly dancing was fun. We are learning our second dance. Here is a link to a you tube video of the dance. It's called "entrance of the stars." We don't exactly look like these graceful girls, and I know my abs need more work before I look like this! But, this is what the dance looks like when done very, very well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWyn27A2kc4