Category Archives: Triceps

My Kind of Day!!

May 13, 2013 Kim 26 Comments

Today I worked my triceps with the 43. I also really had to use my core because I included a stability ball. I put my feet on the ball – I tried to keep just my feet and not let my calves rest on the ball to make it more difficult!

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I nearly lost the ball a couple of times but I made it through 43!! It took quite a while after I finished for my arms to quit shaking!!!

I also spent some time on the elliptical again today. I’m telling myself that even though it is not my favorite it is much better than nothing!!! I did 45 minutes at a harder pace than the other day. My legs feel very tingly again but I really think it is just the blood flowing!!!

So yesterday was just one of those perfect kind of days! I got cards from Chris and the boys:Both boys were very sweet with what they wrote –

And – they gave me a Garmin!!!

I can’t wait to actually start running again so I can test it out!!!In the meantime – I will just pretend!!!

The weather was gorgeous – no wind so the lake was perfect!!! And – WE PUT THE BOAT IN THE WATER!!!! This always make me happy because it means we made it through winter and now it’s summer – my favorite!!!We didn’t actually take a ride – Chris just put it in and drove it to the marina. It was a little chilly – plus we had stuff to do still!

We had some friends over for dinner – grilled steaks and chicken, campfire potatoes and this super easy summer corn – a perfect ending to a great day!!!

Now, I’m ready for a great week!!

Happy Monday!!

Kim

Back, Biceps, Circuit, Fitness, Shoulders, Triceps

Saturday Morning Circuit

May 4, 2013 Kim 2 Comments

Today for my 43 I did a circuit for my arms. All I can say is OUCH!!!

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(The demo is actually my last 3 – I had to go wake Hunter to come record me! Chris has drill this weekend and Jordan stayed with a friend last night.)

I did the first 13 with 8 pound dumbbells then I dropped down to 5 pound dumbbells for the next 30!! This was a great workout for my entire upper body and exactly the kind of 43 I needed today!!

Obviously, you don’t have to do 43 reps of the circuit (unless you really want to!!) but I promise you if you do even 5 or 10 you will feel this!! Try it, I know you want to!!!

Happy Saturday!!

Kim

Fitness, Triceps

The Day After

April 25, 2013 Kim 33 Comments

I did manage to do a 43 today – simple and only arms involved! I did an overhead triceps extension using a 20 pound weight. (And I did it while seated!!)

Hunter wanted to help out and make a video!!

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Hunter offered to bring everything upstairs so I didn’t have to do the stairs but I told him it was OK – I need to walk some!!

Here I am yesterday morning ready to go to the hospital – super excited (can you tell?)!

5:30 - headed to hospital — 5:30 – headed to hospital

No other pictures from yesterday but here is a view of how bulky my legs are right now –

I have multiple layers of wraps on – the nurse told me there would be some seepage and by seepage she meant gushing blood!! Nice, huh?! She said not to remove any of the wraps – just add more. Truly a lovely experience!!!

Tomorrow afternoon I see the DR – she will remove the 20ish layers of wraps I have on and make sure everything looks OK – then I will just have a smaller wrap I think!

Check out my new trail shoes that came in the mail yesterday:

Aren’t they cool?! Can’t wait to start breaking them in. I’ve never run in trail shoes since I usually run on my treadmill or the street but my 50 miler in October has a lot of trail running so I better get on that!!! And it required new shoes so that’s a definite bonus!!!

Happy Thursday – I’ll be hanging out doing minimal walking and pretty much nothing else!! Good thing I have reality TV to entertain me!!

Kim

Fitness, Triceps

Fearless

April 6, 2013 Kim 12 Comments

Yesterday I was at Hunter’s school as the PE sub for the afternoon. A friend asked me if I had ever tried triceps dips with 3 balls – what??? You can bet I tried as soon as I got home!! A medicine ball under each hand and both feet on a ball –

Now dip!! So, today’s 43 is a new move to me – the balance is tricky for sure but the move is a good one – dips on the balls!!

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Try it – you might surprise yourself and really like it!!

For the rest of my workout, I pulled out another 10 Minute Solution DVD – Sculpt, Tone & Reshape with the Figure 8. The DVD came with this cute band – I’ve said before that I love the 10 Minute Solution workouts. I usually try to do all 5 sections but when I’m time-crunched they are a nice way to get in something. Today I did all 5 – lower body, upper body, fat blasting sculpt (my favorite because it had combo moves and cardio blasts!), buns & thighs and abs. Great workout for a day when I needed something quick!!

Yesterday I started really thinking about ways that all of us are fearless and then I started thinking of times when I have been fearless in my life.

When I was 22, I loaded my car and drove from west Texas to southern Alabama (by myself) for grad school – before I left, I didn’t even know where Alabama was (sad, but true) – a map (this was way before GPS) and some courage and off I went!!
Married Chris and moved to Kansas when I was 26. The getting married part was easy since I knew he was the guy for me – the moving to Kansas – not so easy!!!
Had my first child at 29 – scary for me – I was never a babysitting type – being a mom takes a lot of courage!
Lived through numerous trips and/or deployments as a “single mom” – I knew when Chris and I got married what his job entailed but it still takes a lot of courage every single time he leaves!!
Started my year of 43s and blogging in September of last year – this one wasn’t really scary but it was something different and new. I’m loving the challenge of the daily 43 and over the past number of months I’ve really come to love many things about blogging.

What are some situations in your life that have caused you to be fearless?

Don’t forget to enter to win the I AM FEARLESS necklace giveaway!!Happy Saturday!!

Kim

Fitness, Triceps

Rainy Day Randomness

March 10, 2013 Kim 11 Comments

I had a great circuit planned for my 43 today but I woke up not feeling great so I changed the plan and made my 43 a little less challenging (no jumping today!!!).

I decided to do triceps dips but make them more difficult by putting my feet on a stability ball.

start - full extension — start – full extension

Keeping my feet on the ball was difficult enough but then I did 43 dips – my arms were shaking!!

down - butt close to stool — down – butt close to stool

Putting my feet on the ball really did change the move from the way I normally do dips – fun to try new moves!!!

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You can tell in the video that it is hard to keep your body straight and the ball in place (or at least it was hard for me)!!

And, who knew that this stool could be such a great work-out tool?!

After I finished, Jordan started messing around with my stability ball – check out his mad balancing skills:

Not gonna lie – I tried this after he did it – I could have been seriously injured!!! It’s not nearly as easy as he is making it look!

It rained all day yesterday and today is supposed to be more of the same with some snow mixed in (good thing it is warm enough that the snow won’t stick!!).

Here is a view of our rainy day entertainment:

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Hunter just keeps getting faster and faster on the Rubik cube (all types!) and now he is combining his brain power with a little ab work – LOVE it!!!

Last night, Jordan was with some friends so it was just Hunter home with us for awhile. After dinner we decided to watch a movie together.This was a great movie!! It was a little sad at times but I loved the overall story (and the little girl was so cute!!). Movies based on true stories are usually some of my favorites. Of course, Hunter said that he prefers Matt Damon in the Bourne movies over this one. Really??!!