Time to Buckle Down

December 27, 2012 Kim

Today, I needed a partner for my 43. Thanks, Jordan. (Except, he only did the easy part. When I offered to switch with him he said – no, that’s OK. Weak!!!)

The 43 was a partner leg lift. I laid on the ground in front of Jordan and held onto his ankles. I raised my legs to 90 degrees and he pushed them down. I had to hold my abs (very) tight to control my legs on the way down and then bring them up for another rep.

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Sorry for cutting your head off, Jordan. (Hunter was still sleeping and apparently, the timer function on my camera doesn’t work for video.) Oh, well – you get the point!

The last 8 or so were HARD!!!!

Yesterday, the Fitnessista, started a 12 Days of Fitness Challenge. I think it will be a fun addition to my daily work-outs. If you are interested, the challenge is here. I like that each day ends with a 1 minute plank hold – hopefully this will help me be able to reach my goal of holding an extended plank (on hands with arms fully extended) for 5+ minutes!

I feel like I have lost a lot of my cardio in the last 3.5 weeks and that is going to change!!! I still can’t run but I’m going to increase my work-outs again!

Today I did one of The Firm DVDs – Dangerous Curves Ahead. The thing I like about most of the Firm work-outs is the combination of cardio and toning. This one is almost an hour and I did keep the entire thing low impact (even though I hate doing that!!) so that my hip will hopefully heal!

Chris went back to work and the boys and I have a couple of projects to get done around the house today. Good news – tonight is Thirsty Thursday!!! Looking forward to hooking up with some friends for!!

Happy Thursday!

Kim

Fitness, Push-Ups

Hooray for Another Family Day!!!

December 26, 2012 Kim 2 Comments

Chris decided to take a day of leave and hang out with us today!!! Yippee! Then he only has to work Thursday and Friday this week – not too bad. I love it when we all hang out together!

For my 43 today (Chris said he didn’t stay home to do 43 of anything – weird – I figured he would like this one!), I wanted to do some type of push-ups. Plyo!!! Jordan likes to do push-up demos usually but today he wasn’t totally into it (too much Christmas, maybe!).

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I asked him to record me doing a couple – he said only if I still used his video – of course!!!

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I wasn’t sure if I would be able to do all 43 on my toes or not. I made it!!! I did stop and stretch several times, though. That little jump is no joke!!!

Last night, a new friend (one of our neighbor’s daughters – in town for Christmas), text and asked if she could come over this morning to work out. Yes!!! Always fun to have a work-out partner. I pulled out a favorite – Les Mills Combat. Because of the stress fracture and DR rules, I haven’t done this in 3+ weeks – ahhhhh – so great today!!! Erin liked it to. We both got in a great work-out and had fun!!!

Our Christmas day was perfect. We had plenty of time to relax and enjoy each other. Last night we played games, ate (way too much) and hung out – awesome!!!

Chris did a great job with the turkey:

Everyone had fun at dinner, I think.

Good news – plenty of left-overs so I don’t need to cook today!!! More time with my boys!!!

Happy Wednesday!

Kim

Boxing, Cardio, Fitness

Merry Christmas, Y’all!

December 25, 2012 Kim 1 Comment

Merry Christmas! Since the boys are older and at least one of them (Hunter) likes to sleep in, I had time to do my 43 before we did our stockings this morning!

Today I used one of Hunter’s new Christmas gifts for my 43.

Hunter wanted a punching bag/speed bag combo unit (and, I’m really glad he got it!!!!).

For the 43 I did a combo move:

5 right jabs
left-right punch x 5

I did 43 of the above combo and then switched my stance and did 43 of the combo starting with left jabs. Worked up a sweat for sure!!!

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Check out the awesome shirt designed by this phenomenal running artist (just don’t check out the holiday belly underneath!).

Yesterday we had so much fun as a family. I think everyone was happy with their gifts – always a good thing. Here are some of the favorites:

Look out!!!Ruger of some sort — Look out!!!
Ruger of some sort

Apple TV x 2! (actually 3)These were requested - something about putting movies directly on the TV? — Apple TV x 2! (actually 3)
These were requested – something about putting movies directly on the TV?

Rocking new outfit!!! (obviously mine – I just skipped out on being in the picture)

(Check out this site if you are need your own sweet outfit.)

Lots of fun as a family. I love it!!!

Another of our Christmas traditions is to do Raclette on Christmas Eve for dinner. (I think true Raclette involves way more cheese than anything else.) Some great friends of ours introduced this fun way to cook dinner to us several years ago. We always make it a competition to see who makes the best of each meat – steak, chicken, shrimp. The set-up looks like this:

Set-up for Raclette – sauces & spices to flavor your meats

It really is a lot of fun. Last night, Jordan won for best chicken, Chris for steak and Hunter for shrimp. Hunter was also the all-around winner!!! (notice who didn’t win anything??)

I love that no matter how old (and big!) the boys get, we still do milk and cookies for Santa!

Jordan even wrote a note for Santa:

This morning we did our stocking, stuffed ourselves with reindeer bread and now everyone is checking out all of their new stuff!!! Later we will play some games with a friend who will join us for the afternoon and evening. Chris will make a turkey for us in his new indoor turkey fryer. (the very best way to have a turkey!!)

I decided to keep the meal fairly simple this year but I did make 2 tasty desserts – a cherry trifle and a candy bar brownie trifle.

I’m hoping that this awesome new machine gets broken in VERY soon!!!

Now, enough writing about our Christmas – I’m off to enjoy it.

Merry Christmas!!!

Kim

Butt, Fitness, Hamstrings, Quad, Squats

100th Day!

December 24, 2012 Kim 4 Comments

Today is my 100th consecutive day of the daily 43!!! I wanted to do a 43 to reflect this milestone. I think I accomplished my goal today!

I used my step and did a squat series.

14" double step (the Transfirmer) — 14″ double step (the Transfirmer)

start on step – squat with feet wide
step left foot next to right foot – squat feet together
step right foot onto floor – squat
step right foot back on step – squat feet together
step left foot out – squat feet wide
step right foot to left – squat feet together
step left foot onto floor – squat
step left foot back on step – squat feet together

That series makes 1 rep. I did 43 but then I kept going until I had done 100 reps!!! (which, in case you are wondering, is a grand total of 800 squats!!)

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Good times!

One of our Christmas Eve traditions is to open presents – so that will take place later today!!! I hope the boys are happy! Christmas morning we do our stockings and then hang out and enjoy the day – usually we have friends over and play games.

Merry Christmas!!!

Kim

Fitness, Quad

Jordan, You Rock!!!

December 23, 2012 Kim 4 Comments

Today I did something a little different (for me) with the daily 43. I used this machine:

This is the Weider Platinum XP 800 by Cross Bow. It is similar to a Bow-Flex (I think). We have had it for years and today is the first time I have used it (I prefer dumbbells and free weights). Chris uses it occasionally – I think.

Anyway, I did leg extensions with this today. I set the weight/resistance to 50 and my quads were screaming by the time I had done the first 10. By the time I reached 43 I wasn’t sure I could stand up (but clearly I made it!!!).

Start (smile - you can do this!!) — Start (smile – you can do this!!)

I’m not sure that I will be using this machine ~~often~~ again – kind of a pain to get set up!

I also did a little Turbo Fire today – Fire 30. It is a challenge for me to do these work-outs and keep them low (no) impact. The good news is, I really focus on my punches and form. I also try to get lower in my stances and squeeze my abs harder.

After a little cardio I decided to try my plank (with arms fully extended) hold again – 3:30!!!! That is my best yet!!!

The past week or two I have noticed that my website has been running VERY SLOWLY. I couldn’t figure out why or how to fix it. Last night I was messing around with it and Jordan came walking by. I asked him what he thought. He looked at some of the pages and decided that it was my newest page (Daily 43) that was causing the problem. I had set it up as one long post and it probably had 70 or more videos on it. (At this point I’m pretty sure Jordan decided that I was totally incompetent on all things computer related.) Anyway, I deleted all of the videos and just linked the exercise to the corresponding video (per Jordan). I think we (by we I mean Jordan) solved the problem!!!

Funny that 14-year old boys are so smart!!! See, all that time spent on his computer has totally paid off!!! Thank you, Jordan!!!

Tonight we are going to a Christmas Eve Eve party at some friends. This is a yearly tradition of theirs and always a good time!!

Happy Sunday!

Kim

Day With KT

Time to Buckle Down

Hooray for Another Family Day!!!

Merry Christmas, Y’all!

100th Day!

Jordan, You Rock!!!

Fitness – Food – Fun