A Smidjin at a time

Now I am not sure if I will be posting after every workout yet or not. Maybe the novelty of that will wear off. But for now I gotta share these thoughts: We only did 40 pushups. Push-ups. That doesn't mean we didn't make up the difference in Burpees, and plank jacks, and this thing that you start in plank and just hop you feet up and back but never stand up...and if at any point you couldn't do the motion "just" hold plank. And I am curious... when doing a movement for time not reps, does anyone else have a hard time not counting the actual reps while the instructor watches the clock. I know we only have a "minute" to do, though sometimes i think she takes a long blink and it becomes a long minute, but I keep finding myself counting the number of reps. I am not sure if i wanna embrace this habit as a way to distract myself from pain or break it so as not to torture myself with numbers. She had us actually skipping across the aerobics room...skippin...

I would love to tell you what Friday was like in boot-camp. But I can't remember what all we did. So here are the highlights that I do remember. We did 160 push-ups this time. First 50 were 5 sets of 10 reps alternating with some other move. Same with the second 50 (except it was a different extra move). Last 60 were 3 sets of 20, normal push-ups, wide arm push-ups and then tricep push-ups. Now saying we did 160 doesn't mean I actually did 160, there might have been a few sets that I had to stop early and go into child's pose (one of my favorites in yoga, I mean how can one not like child's pose). But I still probably got 130-140 in. I suck at jump rope. Like big time. And that was the first thing we did when my legs were fresh even. We were supposed to do 100, i kept tripping after 10, sometimes I'd only get one done. I don't really recall jumping rope much as a kid, maybe that is my problem. I think I need to practice. To that end I have bought my own ju...

Jumping jacks, and squat jumps, and burpees, and pushups, and up-downs, and crunches, and burpees, and bicep curl/shoulder presses, and swings, and bycicles, and stair running, and alphabet planks, and wobbly planks, and push-ups, and push-ups,and push-ups,and push-ups,and push-ups,and push-ups,and push-ups,and push-ups,and push-ups,and push-ups, oh my.  Well it has come. The day I actually had to sweat in class. I came in water bottle full, shoes tied tight. And half the class forgot to bring in their written down goals so Olivia promised us a punishment. Nice little warm up full of marching and running in place, and jumping jacks, and butt kicks, and high knees. Then we got to our punishment. 5 jump squats + 5 burpees x 5 sets. For those who don't know: Jump Squats: Burpees:  And then we moved on to the Fit Test. 4 moves, each done for a minute to see how many we can do. Push-ups, Crunches, Up-downs and you guessed it MORE burpees. My numbers were act...

Well after thinking about it an talking about it and not being able to talk myself out of it...I not only signed up for a boot camp class, but I have now also paid for it. 3 days a week for 6 weeks, of being at the gym at 5 freakin am in the morning. Which means I need to be up no later than 430. The last time I woke up that early on purpose was... I think over a year ago when I did the half marathon. I think. I might have actually been able to sleep later for that. I have never done anything like a boot camp class before. I have never purposely worked out that early in the morning. But who knows. Maybe that is my magic time. They say everyone has their own time of day that just works better for them. And maybe mornings are it for me. Workout from 5-6, go home, shower, eat a nice leisurely breakfast, do some bible study and then when all that is done go to work. yeah I would still have 2 hours after class to get a lot done before work. And then I would have all evening at home, no...

The Battle has come and gone. And first of all I want my little blog reading world to rest assured that I did physically live through it. I currently feel like one giant bruise, and I haven't moved this slow in a long time. Now, hopefully on to the fun stuff. For starters, in case you are reading this and thinking to yourself "What the heck is she talking about? Warrior What". No, it was not another name for or apart of the Trask Mountain assault that I guess took place the same day here in yamhill county and reports from friends are that the pictures look similar. If you are new to the words Warrior Dash, let me introduce you. "Warrior Dash is a Fire Leaping, Mud Crawling, Extreme Run from Hell". Their words not mine, but I don't disagree. Get there early, check in, get your timing chip laced to your shoes, bib number on, run into friends who have already gone and get a couple muddy hugs (there goes the idea of a nice clean "before" picture. ...

Well after 6 weeks of crazy overtime schedule and then another week of work and then 2 weeks of vacation I can officially say that the scale did not like my summer. And I therefore did not like the scale. And since I know the scale is just a reflection I therefore did not like me. But I got back on track last week and ate way better (still not great) and went for a couple of walks (only a couple though) and when I went to meeting I was so excited to see a -2.4 being written down by the lady at the scale! Imagine what I could do in a week that actually ate great and had great workouts more than once. Did i tell you all I signed up for a bootcamp class at my gym. I am excited for the change in what I am doing, a little scared of the 5 am start time, but grateful to know I will be going through it with a friend. Weight Watchers is currently in there Lose For Good campaign with is not just a big "push yourself to lose" thing but also a food...