No Pain, No Gain – Right?

I hope I don’t need to walk a lot later today (or sit, or stand, or…)!! The 43 totally kicked my butt – literally!!!  I also felt it in my quads and some in my hamstrings!!!

I did a variation on a workout that I pinned on Pinterest yesterday called the Designer Whey Glute Workout.  If you check out their version you will see that they did not do 43 reps so I had to adapt!!

Here is how I did my 43 with this workout.

  • 43 squats
  • 43 lunges with right leg forward
  • 43 stomps (right leg forward, hands on ground, left leg back – bring left foot front and set flat next to right foot, drop your butt, extend left leg again) – Killer!!
  • 43 Cook hip-lifts (place right heel close to butt, pull left knee to chest – lift and lower hips, like a bridge)
That was 1 complete set.  The 2nd set was the same but with the left leg.  3rd set was right leg again and 4th set left leg.
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(For the demo I only did 5 reps on 1 side – no need for you to watch me killing myself!!!)

I thought about only doing 2 sets but in the actual work-out they said 4 sets (of 20 only!!!!) so I figured I should  push myself (HARD) and do  all 4 sets.  Maybe now I will have a “designer butt”!!

I’m sure by tonight I will regret my decision but who knows – maybe all the trips I have to make up-and-down the stairs to do the laundry today will help work out the soreness and shakiness!

Yesterday when Chris got home from Drill I was sort-of cranky.  Solution:

 

Because Chris knows me well, he automatically goes to the ultra safe!!!  (he didn’t even have to see this cute little chart).

I think I will make a special dinner for my awesome guy!!! (the boys too, of course!)

Happy Sunday!

Kim

Who Needs Weights? I Have Jordan!!!

My 43 today required a partner – thanks, Jordan!!!  I did 43 partner rows.  One person gets in push-up position and just stays still (Jordan).  The other person  (me) is in a partial squat and holds onto their partner’s ankles and then does rows by pulling their partner’s legs up and squeezing their shoulder blades together!

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I did these much faster than I usually do rows because the boy is heavy!!!  5’8″  and 150 pounds.  I’m not sure why I thought it was a good idea to have Jordan as my partner (should have asked one of the kindergarten kids at school)!!!  (It was hard for him to keep his legs straight but I don’t think it really mattered as far as the rowing goes.)

After the 43 I did Chalean Extreme Push Circuit 3.  One more time through the Push Circuit and I will move on to Lean Circuit!!  I also did a quick ab work-out – Turbo Fire Abs 10.

The boys and I are planning to hang out and chill today – still trying to get Hunter to 100% after his bout with the flu and it is drill week-end for Chris!!

Looking forward to the big game tonight – Texas vs KSU!!!

Hook ’em Horns!!!

Kim

 

43 Push-Ups or 43 Elements?

43 of the day – you guessed it – push-ups.  Today’s push-up fun was a single-leg push-up.  Sounds easy, right?  I just alternated lifting my feet off the ground for each push-up.  I had to stop and do a quick child’s pose 2x before I got all 43 done but otherwise it wasn’t too bad!!

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Yesterday evening I asked Jordan if I could record him for the demo since today was another early morning.  He said sure – do you just want me to name the 43 elements that were on my science test today?   Ummm…..maybe later, thanks!!!

Much earlier this morning, (5ish), after my 43 I did one of my favorites!!!  Les Mills Pump – Combat.  It is about 45 minutes and the time flies by (and I end up a sweaty mess!!!).  Hopefully soon I will have the whole Combat series!!!

Today I’m back in the gym for another fun-filled day of PE – Capture the Flag – in case you were wondering!  Hours of play!!!

Have a Fun Friday!!!

Kim

 

Burning Bridges

I don’t know how many bridges were burned but the 43 today sure did make my butt and quads burn!!!

I did a bridge variation using this –

Handy piece of work-out equipment!!

a standard height/size bar stool.  (I think I prefer using it to sit at the bar but….)

I laid on my back on the floor and put my heels on the seat of the barstool.  This was like a bridge but a bit on the extreme side!!  Just trying to keep my hips up and in a straight line was challenging – then I started the 43.  I took 1 foot off and dipped it under the seat then repeated with the other foot.

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(I know that I have on the same clothes as yesterday – that’s because Hunter made the demo yesterday since today I had to work-out at the butt-crack of dawn again!)

I would like to say that I counted a rep as one right foot moving and one left foot moving, however, that would be a complete lie!!!  I counted each time I moved a foot as 1 – I know, wimpy and shameful!  You try it, though!!!  It was a tough 43 but I will try it again and hopefully it will get easier!

I finally lifted again (5 days later).  Chalean Extreme Push Circuit 2.  I always feel like I’ve gotten a good work-out when I finish one of Chalean’s work-outs!!!

Today will be a fun-filled day spent in the school gym!!!  PE sub again – my favorite!!!

Happy Thursday!!

Kim

T Stands for _________

I feel like I’m hosting Sesame Street or teaching preschool – The letter this week is T!!!

Actually the T represents Turner terrific terrified torture –  my 43 today!!! I worked my shoulders by making a T.  I held dumbbells (8 pounds for the demo but only 5 pounds for the actual 43) and raised my arms to shoulder height in front of me then slowly moved them to the sides and lowered them.  Then I raised my arms out to the sides, slowly moved them to the front and lowered them – see what I mean – TORTURE!!!

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It was a hard 43!!!  I think I’ve mentioned before -my shoulders are my weakest muscle group!!  Hunter was very encouraging – he kept saying “Good job” “5 more” “almost done” – very helpful sweet!!! I’m happy with my decision to just use 5 pounds – when I watched the demo I noticed that I sort-of swung the weights up with the 8 pounds – not cool!!!

After I finished the torturous Ts, I ran:  9 miles in 57:29 at 1.5 incline + 1 mile super easy to cool down

Last night we finally were able to decorate our final tree – the big one in our living room.  It is our Santa tree and we always decorate it as a family.  Yesterday afternoon I laid all of the ornaments on the dining room table:

Santa Ornaments (233)

Hard to see all of them but I counted as I took them out of the boxes – 233!!!  Every year we had a few – usually from places we visit or when I find a super cool one!  All of them have some form of Santa except 1 which is just Mrs. Claus in a sleigh and no 2 are alike!

Fun to spend a little extra time all together last night!!!

How many Turner boys does it take…?

The final product:

Santa Tree

See – T for tree!!!

Now I gotta get busy on the school newsletter – you know I always wait until the last possible day!!

Happy Wednesday!

Kim

  • Do you have a weak body part that feels like torture to every single time you work it?
  • Do you have themed trees/rooms for Christmas?

 

 

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