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Biceps, Cardio, Core, Fitness, Shoulders

Curveballs

April 12, 2013 Kim 30 Comments

Today’s 43 has a super special video. I was driving for 8.5+ hours yesterday and I called home and asked Chris and the boys to make the video for me. (I told them the move I had in mind – they did the work.) Thanks to Jordan for the awesome video (complete with intro and credits!!)!!!

The move – a bicep curl to a shoulder press – reverse the move then drop down and jump back to plank (hold) – jump in and stand = 1 rep x 43!! (I used 10 pound dumbbells)

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(Jordan dropped the weights when he jumped back but I actually held onto them the whole time.)

Here is the hotel fitness center:

There were also 2 treadmills but a man was on one and I figured he didn’t want some creepy girl taking his picture!!

I started by walking a mile to warm-up before my 43. Sweat was dripping off me during this 43 – good thing the fitness center wasn’t packed! Then I came back up to my room (4 flights of stairs – bonus!!) for the rest of my workout.

I did Les Mills Combat – Combat 45. I hope the people in the room below me weren’t still trying to sleep since there was quite a bit of plyo jumping!!

Sometimes life throws a curveball at you and you have to learn how to time your swing to hit it.

Yesterday morning (while I was doing my timed wall-sit), my twin brother (Tim) called me and told me our dad was in the hospital. He didn’t have many details at the time but a bit later he called me back with more info. My dad had a massive heart attack, had surgery yesterday morning and was in the ICU. I felt like I needed to make a trip to Texas because I don’t want him to be in the hospital alone!!! (scary being alone in a hospital!)

A few plans (hotel reservations, stuff for Chris & boys….), packing and I was on the road by 1:15 for a long drive. Poor planning since I hit Oklahoma City at high traffic time:

This is a drive that I have made more times than I can count and it never really changes!

look - a small hill! — look – a small hill!

It is hard to take pictures while driving (and probably not very safe) in case you were wondering. I tried to get the Welcome to Texas sign but there was another sign in front of it (RUDE!!) and I was zipping along and …. no sign but I made it safely!!!

So, the next few days will be crazy but it’s important – it’s my DAD, after all!! And, I will get to see my 98 year-old grandpa while I’m here!!

Happy Friday! Last day for to enter the giveaway for this necklace:I will announce the winner this weekend!!!

Kim

Fitness, Lunges

Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock

April 10, 2013 Kim 18 Comments

For the 43 today, I tried a new variation on a standard move – a spiced up lunge!!!

I did a right lunge with my left knee barely touching the ground – stayed in a low stance to pivot 180 degrees and did a left lunge (right knee barely touching ground) = 1 rep.

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(clearly I had some balance issues!) My quads were burning and my legs were shaking by the time I reached 43!! (the sign of a good move, right??)

My workout today had me ready to totally cuss Bob Harper!! It was hard, long, intense and great!!! I did Bob Harper – Inside Out Method – Pure Burn/Super Strength. 66 minutes of torture with Bob. So many reps and holds – my arms are still shaking while I’m trying to type. Even the 3 people in the video struggled to do all of the reps and holds! Every time Bob said just 15 more seconds I had to tell myself that you can do anything for 15 seconds!!!

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The clock just keeps ticking – sometimes I feel like I’m barely keeping up with it and other days it can’t keep up with me!! Lately, every time I look at our calendar I think I either need to move faster or the ticking needs to slow down. And I know that compared to lots of people we aren’t really that busy because we are all 4 home-bodies!!

I’m going to adapt to the ticking today and not lose sight of what really matters – Chris and my 2 boys!!!

Do you ever feel like you are trying to outrun the ticking?

Happy Wednesday – I hope you enjoy the day and don’t get caught up in trying to outrace the tick tock of the clock!!!

Kim

PS – You can still beat one clock (just 2 days left, though) and enter my giveaway for this cool necklace:

Fitness, Quad

There Should be an App for That!

April 7, 2013 Kim 9 Comments

Today for my 43, I decided to use the same band that I used in my workout yesterday.

I put one loop on my right foot and then pulled the band up (and tried to keep lots of resistance on it) for the move which was a leg extension and toe tap. Lift right knee up –

extend leg (and hold for just a second) –

bend knee again and lightly tap toe on ground before repeating.

This was a great move for my quads. Plus, my hip flexors got a bit of strengthening and the balance part helped work my core! And, this was one of those moves that after I did the first set of 43 with my right leg, I switched legs and did 43 more.

Today is one of those days that I don’t really want to take a rest day but I’m going to since I’m really trying to be smart and hopefully avoid injuries!!!

I think I’ve mentioned before that I collect cook books.

I might have a few! I actually use many of them. I usually pick a couple of cookbooks every few weeks and pick out 12-15 different recipes I want to try while I’m making my grocery list. Other than a few family favorites, I rarely make the exact same dish more than once.

However, awhile back I made a pulled pork and slaw dish that all 3 of the boys loved!! I decided to make it today so yesterday I spent close to 2 hours trying to find the recipe – I have no idea which book it was in!! Seriously?! I think there should be an App that I can use to track the recipes I’ve made – how hard can it be?

Oh, well – I’m trying out another new recipe today. We are still having pulled pork and slaw but with brand new recipes!!! Hopefully it is still a family hit!!

Anyone else have problems finding recipes when you want to remake a dish? Do you experiment in the kitchen or make the same things?

(I guess if that is as bad as it gets in the problem area this weekend then I can’t really complain!!)

Don’t forget to enter my giveaway to win a necklace – I AM FEARLESS.

Happy Sunday!

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

Cardio, Fitness

Fun Friday – Give Away!!!

April 5, 2013 Kim 29 Comments

Today I decided to do some cardio for my 43. This one was quick, easy and fun!!! I used one of my favorite pieces of equipment:

The move: single leg stick (jump up and land on one foot) while lifting opposite knee then lunge back and touch BOSU.

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I’m breathing hard in the demo because those were actually my last ones!! And, of course, both sides have to be even so it was a double 43!!!

The rest of my workout today was one of my favorites – Turbo Fire!! I did Fire 60 which is 60 minutes of fun-filled cardio with 4 HIIT drills thrown in! I’ve said it before – any workout with Chalean (Johnson) is both fun and a great workout at the same time!

OK – the big surprise. I have a giveaway for y’all!! A friend of mine recently started selling Origami Owl Jewelry. I went to her first home party and ended up buying a necklace that I thought would be perfect as a giveaway.

Can you read it? It says – I AM FEARLESS

How perfect!! I read about people pushing themselves in so many ways to do things they never dreamed they could. Even if you don’t blog about it – I know all of you are amazing and fearless!!!

To enter just follow the steps below – hopefully it works!!! Apparently, if you use Google Reader, the links to my site don’t always work. I did go to my site (on a computer I never use so I wasn’t logged in as admin) and check all the links and they are fine that way. Sorry – if you have a problem with the links – you can just leave a comment below to enter to win!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you want to check out the other jewelry and charms available from Origami Owl here is a link. They have some really cool stuff at pretty reasonable prices!

Good Luck!!

Happy Fun Friday (PE subbing for me – yippee!)!

Kim