10 minute solution | Day With KT

Today’s 44 went quickly but it was definitely effective. I did fast feet (x8) straight into a tuck jump!

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I’m a sweaty mess in the video because the demo was after my workout today!!! Tuck jumps are always hard for me and the fast feet between really amped up my heart rate. 44 of these were no joke!!!

I did a new (to me) DVD today and loved it!! It was one of the 10 Minute Solution workouts which I’ve always liked anyway – High Intensity Interval Training (can you tell why I loved it?!).

The workout had 5, 10 minute segments: HIIT 101, Upper Body HIIT, HIIT Explosion, Rock Bottom HIIT, Ab HIIT. Each segment consisted of 8 exercises done 2x each (20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest), plus a very short warm-up, cool down. This workout took about 55 minutes but it flew by!!! And, I discovered a few new moves to try!

It is 10:00 am and I’m just now working on my post for today and it feels amazing!!! Most days I’m up at 5:00 am and have my workout and daily post done by 7:20 (when I take Hunter to school) so that I can get moving on the rest of the day.

Today, the boys have a day off school (teacher work day) and Chris is off so I decided to give myself a day off, too!!!

After yesterday I needed a day off!!! In a 30 minute period late yesterday afternoon, I yelled at both Jordan and Chris (2 separate scenes). The only reason Hunter escaped my tantrum throwing – he was lucky enough not to be home yet!!!

For the most part, my reactions were ~~a bit~~ out of control because I was TIRED!!!

Today, I didn’t even get up until after 7:30!!! Then, I actually putzed around a bit before I finally went down to workout (normally I am working out within about 10 minutes of getting up)!!

I feel so much more refreshed and ready to tackle the next few weeks which are going to be hectic – just 2 weeks until I complete my 50 miles race!!!!

Happy Fun Friday!!!

Kim

Today’s 43 was my favorite kind because it was a combo move!!! I did a bicep curl to a shoulder press while staying in a plie position.

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I love to incorporate lots of muscle groups into one exercise!!! I used 10 pound dumbbells and that was plenty by the time I reached 43.

I decided to pull out one of my 10 Minute Solution DVDs – Ultimate Boot Camp. I did all 5 sections for a great total body workout!!

Yesterday afternoon the boys and I played Monopoly. I love to play board games and the boys have grown up playing games – now that they are older I’m the one asking them to play usually!! (Hunter asked to play yesterday!!!) Jordan ended up dominating the game and Hunter was the first one out – he started getting more and more cranky when he realized that he was fixing to be bankrupt!

From the time the boys were really young (like 3), we have played games. Countless games of
and I was really happy when we moved on to other more exciting games and activities!!

But, from the very beginning – I played the game to win, not to let them win. Chris always said that was mean but I disagree. When we played (even at that young age) – the winner had to say “good game” to everyone else and the loser(s) had to be a good sport.

I felt like it was important for my boys to learn early on that competition is part of life and a good thing but being a good sport is also very important.

I’m not gonna lie – this has been a really hard thing for me to teach because I’m ~~sort-of~~ over the top competitive. That whole saying Yep – that’s me!!!

However, I try really hard to be a good sport and show my boys how to be a good sport.

At the same time, I think that competition is good for us and I have always competed at whatever I do. From early on when I took the boys to play Putt-Putt Golf, we kept score. One day Hunter said – “we like to play with Dad, he doesn’t keep score.” What?! What’s the point? How do you know who the winner is?!

When Jordan was a 1st grader he came home from school one day and said –
If you had fun you won.

I about fell over!! Where did you learn that? It was posted in the gym at school. Oh!!! I don’t necessarily say that myself but I’m trying to at least think it on occasion!!!