Tag Archives: boot camp

Butt, Fitness, Quad, Squats

We Really Only Need 4 Basic Things!!!

October 22, 2013 Kim 71 Comments

Today for my 44 I did a squat on a wobble disc –

Just standing on the disc is a challenge for your balance! I started with my hands reaching up –

then reached my hands down to my toes during the squat.

There were lots of wobbles before I completed all 44 of these!!!

And, Tuesday means Garage Boot Camp!!! (not sure how fun this will be in the winter!!!) Today we did one of my favorites – ABC Boot Camp. Because we have a shorter amount of time than we did in the summer, we only did 1 minute of each move (in the summer we did 75 seconds). Still a great workout!!!

Entitlement: the condition of having a right to have, do, or get something (Merriam-Webster)

Have you ever met people who feel “entitled”?

More and more lately it seems that people feel like someone (that ubiquitous entity) owes them! I don’t get it!!!

When our boys were little we told them they needed 4 things: food, water, oxygen and love.

We made sure that they had all of those (I guess we didn’t really have much control over the oxygen thing!!!) things and everything else was just a bonus!!!

I still believe that we can boil our needs down to the basics – everything else (and there is plenty) is like icing on the cake, sunshine at the beach, the star on top of the tree!! It’s EXTRA!!

Last Thursday (cleaning, set-up, ironing day), the bride of the weekend called me. She wanted to know if they could have the venue (for free) Friday night since they had rented it for Saturday. She felt like I “owed” her that even though the rental for a Friday night is completely separate!!!

I’m pretty sure if we book a hotel and then call them up and tell them they should let us come in a day early for free they would laugh and/or hang-up on us!!!

I think that we all need to remember that we can live with –

What do you think? Do people have more of a sense of entitlement these days?

Happy Tuesday!!

Kim

PS – I let the wedding party have their rehearsal at the venue on Friday evening like the bride wanted.

Chest, Core, Fitness, Shoulders

Do you Write Like you Talk?

October 17, 2013 Kim 84 Comments

Today for my 44 I did weighted burpees!! Sounds fun, right?! I held 10 pound dumbbells while doing these super fun little gems!!!

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Not gonna lie – these were hard!!

I also had Garage Boot Camp. I thought about just winging it today but decided that would require way too much thinking on my part so I did a version of my very fist boot camp from the summer – 10 x 3 but today I surprised them and we did 10 x 5!!

Jordan got back his first high school English paper yesterday and said he didn’t think his English teacher liked the way he wrote based on the comments he gave. Some of the comments:

This doesn’t make sense here. Jordan – it made sense to me. Yes but you aren’t the teacher.
Don’t use quotes unless you are actually quoting something. Jordan – I was using them like you do when you talk and do finger quotes. Yep -makes sense to me but not gonna fly on an English paper.
No run-on sentences or fragments. Jordan – I was just writing the way I talk. Dude – I get it – I’m the queen of using dashes instead of ending my sentences. However, once again, this will not work on an English paper.
Don’t bold a word. Jordan – it was to show emphasis. Yep – makes sense but I don’t think that is the way to do it on an English paper.

Basically, I told Jordan – writing is all about creativity and self-expression EXCEPT when you are still in school writing English papers. Then it is about following ALL the RULES.

Listening to him talk about his writing and the fact that he was just writing the way he talked made me think about the way I write.

I totally write the way I talk. The never ending run-ons with dashes – just the way my thoughts and words flow. The constant use of (_____) to add that little extra thought – exactly how I think and say things (hard for me to stay on topic all the time).

When you think about it – the whole writing mold that is taught all the way through school is rarely followed later in life (and I mean no offense to English teachers because I understand that it is an important thing to learn!!!).

Look at some famous authors that have very unique writing styles:

E. E. Cummings – no caps, no punctuation and yet he was published numerous times. Pretty sure that wouldn’t pass even the most basic English class.

When the boys were little we read lots of Junie B. Jones books – Chris hated it because the grammer was so poor – I tried to explain that it was written from the point of view of a first grader but…

So, I told Jordan that for now he has to apply all the rules of his teacher – which even includes the font style and size (yikes!!!).

Then, start a blog and write in whatever style makes you happy!!!

Do you write the way you talk or do you follow all of the rules you learned in your high school/college English classes?

Happy Thursday!!

Kim

Butt, Fitness

Thank You, Thank You!!

October 15, 2013 Kim 53 Comments

Today’s 44 was a nice stretch/resistance move. I used some rubber tubing –

the green without handles was today's choice! — the green without handles was today’s choice!

and did a side lying kick.

By pulling the band tight, this was a nice little strength move that also felt pretty good on my hips!! And, of course, I had to flip over and do another set of 44.

I’m ready to start getting in some fun workouts again – a couple days off is always plenty for me!!!

Today was Garage Boot Camp – we did Tabata!!! This is always a great way to get in a really intense workout in a short amount of time and like I always tell myself – you can do anything for 20 seconds!!!!

The past couple of days have been a little overwhelming – I have been completely humbled by all of the sweet comments from so many of you and don’t feel like I have the words to adequately express how much I appreciate each and every one of you!!!

More than the act of blogging – I love the wonderful bloggers that I have gotten to know!!!

A couple of y’all even gave me shout-outs in your posts the past day or two and while I feel very undeserving I also want to say Thank-you!!!

Amy @ Run Write Hike is fixing to rock yet another marathon this coming weekend and she was so sweet to include me in a list of inspirational races this past weekend.

Debbie @ Healthy Running Mom who just got a huge PR on Sunday at the Chicago Marathon said I helped keep her motivated during her marathon (good thing she didn’t know at the time that I hadn’t finished!!).

My sister, Mandi, has a blog that she updates occasionally – hopefully she will start to blog more soon (she is pregnant with her 2nd child!!!) – hint, hint. Yesterday she wrote the sweetest post about running – just thinking about it is making me cry (again!!).

And thanks to those of y’all who so very sweet to tweet me even though I suck at the whole twitter thing!!! Cori, Amy, Barbara

Thank you also to so many of my real life friends who commented through FaceBook – some of you I see often and some not as often as I would like but I am very grateful to all of y’all!!!

And, of course, Chris who has hung out with me the past couple of days and just let me cry or vent when I felt like it and watched hours of Modern Family – so much more fun to be a bum with someone else!!!

So, again, I just want to thank all of y’all for not only listening to me go on and on about the race last week but for taking the time to read about my experience at the race and to leave such encouraging comments!!! The incredible blogging community is why I love spending time blogging every single day!!!

Happy Tuesday!!!

Kim

Fitness, Push-Ups, Triceps

Jack of Everything…Master of Nothing

October 10, 2013 Kim 51 Comments

Today’s 44 was HARD!!! Thanks to Nellie (Brooklyn Active Mama) I did a move that is one of my least favorite because I’ve never truly mastered it – Triceps Push-ups! I don’t know why I’ve always struggled so much with this move but I have and do!!!

So, I only did about half of my 44 on my toes – the rest were on my knees.

I also taught Garage Boot Camp – one of my last workoust for a few days!!! (Don’t panic!!! I will still be doing my daily 44s!!!) Today we did Band Bootcamp.

FYI – the following is meant to be a humorous approach it is not a self put-down in any way – just the thoughts rushing through my head!!!

I’m pretty sure that many of y’all can totally relate to this feeling! I feel like I just flit from 1 thing to another and even though I do lots of things I don’t think I’m doing anything super well!!!

Here are some of the main categories of things I attempt:

Runner/Athlete – I think the fact that this happens first thing every day helps. I get up early for the sole purpose of doing my workout so I know that it will always happen.

Boot Camp Instructor – I feel like this summer I did a much better job here. This fall I’m only doing class 2x a week and I don’t always feel like I do a great job. I have a new workout typed up but I haven’t done a trial run so I don’t feel ready to teach it. Glad I did so many new workouts during the summer.

Math Tutor – Adequate as long as it is in the morning which, ummm, most kids are in school then so not really a great plan. By evening I’m spent (and like to have a glass of wine!).

Blogging – Well, I do it every day – does that count for anything?!

Friend – Epic fail here!!! I have done a poor job being a true friend lately!!! Need to make more effort to do some get-togethers!!!

Cook – I love to cook. BUT – I have to do a better job planning stuff out on the weekends. This week, I’ve done pretty good – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – 3 days, 3 meals, 3 new recipes!!!! But that isn’t the norm!

PTO Co-President (at the middle school) – What on earth was I thinking agreeing to this?! I have done an abysmal job so far – gotta step up this one!!!

Clean – House – NOPE!!!! (been awhile) Business – YES (1-2x per week)

Business Chores –
Clean – yes (see above) – prior to every event – got this down to a science!!!
Iron – UGH!!! Yes, 3 hours worth for every single event!!!
Network – NO – when?!
Accounting – Not so great – gotta get caught up!!!
Yard work – Pulled weeds once!! But, remember the new tenant wants to do this!!!
Furniture moving/set-up – YEP – all the time!!! Chairs are great for bicep curls!!!
Showings/Follow-up – Showings on demand. Follow-up – What?!
Landlord – Well, I rented out one apartment and some how offended one of our other tenants because I made her pay the rent for the 2nd month in a row – nice!!!

Mom – OY – epic fail here!!!
Remember a few weeks ago when I forgot to pick Hunter up after school?
Last night, Jordan had a big Band Festival at the local college. Ummm…I did not go. I could/should have but our band was going to play for about 15 minutes out of the 3+ hour festival. I figure there will be pictures (and maybe even videos) on soon compliments of the parents who went and supported the kids!!!

Wife – I think that I saw Chris for a few minutes last night. We have plans for a “date day” Friday (after I workout, blog, tutor….) – sadly, most of the day will be geared toward gathering everything I need for the weekend.

Ummm….I am ~~a bit~~ Type A and I ~~think that I~~ have ~~a few~~ perfectionism tendencies – maybe I need to relax and “go with the flow” a little more!!!

How do you complete the phrase? Jack of _____________, Master of ______________.

Happy Thursday!!! I’m off to work on my cleaning (venue), furniture moving and ironing skills!!!

Kim

Back, Core, Fitness, Shoulders

Desperately Seeking Advice

October 8, 2013 Kim 80 Comments

Today for my 44 I did a single arm lateral raise with a leg lift while on a stability ball. (It’s not as complicated as it sounds!!)

After I finished 44 I had to switch arms and legs and repeat.

left arm and right leg - lots of balance work!! — left arm and right leg – lots of balance work!!

Garage boot camp started off chilly but we warmed up quickly with our Turbo workout!!!

So, nothing like waiting until the last minute to realize that I need some advice!!!

I don’t have a clue about how to approach the race that I’m doing this weekend. I know when packet pick-up and the race briefing are and that it starts at 6:00 pm Saturday night.

Drop bags –

Not a clue what the point of these is and since you can’t pick them back up till after 10:00 am on Sunday (16 hours after the start) and I’m hoping to be home in bed by then, I think I will just skip this step.

Fueling –

Still not a clue about what is going to work here!!! I’m just going back to my high school track days!!!

I prefer to run in the morning and I never eat before or during my runs so I sort of hate changing it up a lot.

Pacing – After a lot of trial and error with my training, I think I’m going to go with a 4:1 run/walk effort. As much as I would like to run the entire distance, I’m afraid if I don’t start off smart then I will have a repeat of my 44 miles!!!

My main plan is to just show up and run until I’m done – 50 miles!!!

Not sure how great my plan is so please share any tips, advice, hints, words of wisdom, experience or jokes that you have – all will be much appreciated!!!