Tag Archives: Les Mills Combat

Are You a Trivia Master?

January 23, 2013 Kim 5 Comments

Today the 43 was another multi-joint exercise!!! The lower body portion was static – I just held a lunge:

The upper body was to work my triceps. I did kickbacks while staying in a low lunge for the entire 43.

Umm...elbow higher?! — Umm…elbow higher?!

Jordan - take the picture - I'm dying here!!!! — Jordan – take the picture already – I’m dying here!!!!

And, you know, that I have to make sure things stay semi-balanced so I did 43 on each side!!! I used a 12 pound dumbbell for the first 33 with my right arm and then dropped to 10 pounds. On my left, I only got to 28 with the 12 pound weight and then I had to do the last 15 with a 10 pound so that I didn’t sacrifice form. Staying in the lunge the whole time – brutal and awesome!!!

Today was another day of Combat!!!! I did Combat 30 (cardio) and then I decided to try a new one – Core Attack. WOW – 20 minutes of solid core work. By the end when one of the people on the DVD said it was awesome, I’m pretty sure I used a different choice of words for how I was feeling. This was an intense 20 minutes!!!

Last night, Jordan and some of his friends/classmates were recognized at the school board meeting. In the fall, they competed in a National academic competition – Knowledge Master Open (KMO). They placed 1st out of 38 teams in the state of Kansas and 29th out of 508 teams in the nation!!!

Pretty awesome!!! Way to go guys (and girls)!!!! (and did you notice that Jordan is wearing something besides a white T-shirt and white Nike shorts? Rare!!)

The competition is broken into categories – law, government, history, even “useless trivia.”

So, let’s see how many of y’all are current on random facts (you never know when you might need some useless bit of knowledge!).

What quartet arrived in New York City on February 7, 1964?
Where are the Haversian canals?
What distance did the Romans once define as 1,000 paces?

If you can answer any of these I will be super impressed!!! (You thought there was a prize didn’t you?!) The prize is just knowing that you know “stuff”!!!

Happy Wednesday!

Kim

BOSU, Cardio, Fitness, Running, Squats, Treadmill

Unlimited Potential

January 22, 2013 Kim 3 Comments

Today for the 43 I used my BOSU again!!!

Today I used it for cardio, balance and toning all at the same time!!! I started by standing behind the dome, jumped onto it and squatted, jumped off the sides (straddle) into a squat, jumped back on and squatted then stepped off the back for 1 rep.

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The demo is painful (I could not get my balance!!). I found during my actual 43 that if I kept my center of gravity lower (basically stayed in a partial squat) during the jumps, it was easier to stay balanced and do the squats. I enjoyed this 43!!!

I also did Les Mills Combat – Power HIIT. I’m not gonna lie – that work-out seems harder every time I do it!!! Maybe because I know all the exercises and can really push hard the entire 30 minutes. It has things like power press x 20 (which is actually 60 squats with shoulder presses) and I used 15 pound dumbbells for those today!! Burpees with push-ups and up into 2 tuck jumps x about a million! Fun stuff!!!

I wanted to really push myself (I think a couple of lazy days helped me kick my tiny illness and now I’m ready to go hard again!!!) so I decided to hop on my treadmill after the HIIT. (15 degrees outside is way too cold for me to attempt an outdoor run!!!)

4 miles at 1.5 % incline 25:19 (+ an easy 2 total time 48:45)

7:48
6:32
5:46
5:13

It was hard but it felt good to push like that after my pathetic attempt outside the other day. Hopefully it will warm up and I will get back out on the road again this week!!!

Last night on the Biggest Loser, the contestants ran a 5K. Because I am a complete geek – I actually clapped for each of them as they crossed the finish line!!! I love it when they (or anyone for that matter) really dig deep and push themselves to do something they thought was completely impossible!!!

I think we all have unlimited potential – we just have to dig deep to find it and then push ourselves to reach it!!!

This guy has the right idea:

Yesterday was a big day for Hunter!!!

Hunter before braces - nice pic! — Hunter before braces – nice pic!

This morning he told me he is already ready to have them off. Ummm…..soon (like 1.5-2 years!!!). I think they make him look even older than he really is.

Happy Tuesday!!!

Kim

Fitness, Thighs

Sometimes People Baffle Me!

January 21, 2013 Kim 5 Comments

For my 43 today, I used my Turbo Fire band to do some leg abductions.

Trust me when I say, my hips and outer thighs were dying before I finished my work-out. I started by stepping on the band and crossing it in front of me as shown below.

I did 43 leg abductions with my right leg, 43 alternating leg abductions, 43 left leg abductions and ended with 43 alternating leg abductions = FIRE!!!!!

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The demo was different – sets of 5 – just to show what I did! You can see that the band made it hard to lift my leg very high – all the better to really work those thighs!!!

Today I’m still a little draggy but thought a good work-out would help! I did Les Mills Combat, Combat 60 – Extreme Cardio Fighter. I really like work-outs that are at least an hour long and this was a good one. I think it is like the others in the program – I will be able to really increase the intensity when I get all the moves down!

I’m typically one of those people that believe people are inherently good. Every once in awhile, someone proves me very wrong! This weekend was one of those times. Some complete idiot decided to hack my blog – WHY????? I’m not sure why hacking into my little blog would give anyone satisfaction but apparently some people enjoy making other’s lives difficult. Oh well – I think Chris got it all fixed yesterday. Thanks, Babe!!!!

I figured I would continue with the idiot theme! Actually, I just thought this was funny (cause most of the time I am the idiot!!!).

I almost forgot – here is something to show how good people can be. Aspaeris (they have the cool compression shorts) is running a promo through the end of the month – 60% off with promo code FROSTYRUN.

Happy Monday!!! (Holiday for our family – everyone is home – WooHoo!!!)

Kim

BOSU, Core, Fitness

New (Free!!!) Compression Shorts – Love Them

January 18, 2013 Kim 15 Comments

Today is my 125th consecutive 43!!!! I used one of my favorite pieces of exercise equipment again:

Today I balanced my butt on it (tried anyway!) and did 43 bicycle crunches. Right leg extended/left leg extended = 1 rep.

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There are so many things wrong with this video that I had to just go with it – my arms are flailing (cause I’m trying to do the move and still balance), I have some funky double chin issue and my hair is ridiculous (trying to grow it out and it will be really “nice” for awhile!!).

What’s great about the video? My new shorts!!! I won these in a giveaway from Marcia! I’m so excited first because I won something!!! (my first time!) Second, because I put these shorts on – tight, compression shorts that look like they would fit my 7 year old niece – and they didn’t look awful on me! (Disclaimer: I’m fine with my body but I don’t have tiny hips – in fact, they are quite wide -partly genetics, partly from having 2 kids.) I haven’t worn tight shorts or pants since my college track days (20+ years ago).

These shorts are from Aspaeris and are the Compression Pivot Shorts. They are for running and/or recovery!

I really like them! I’m pretty sure that I would even wear them out of the house!!! And just to let you see the shorts from all angles on a “real” model:

back - not the greatest - but keeping it real!!! — backside – It is what it is!

Thanks again the Marcia and Aspaeris for the new shorts!!!

After my 43, I actually did a work-out (not just the above modeling!!!). I did Les Mills Combat – Plyo HIIT (about a billion jumping squats and jumping lunges!!!) and then I decided to double up so I did Combat 30. Great work-out = sweaty mess!!!

And…..It’s FRIDAY!!! Chris is off today, too, so I better get a move on!!! Maybe we will even go see a movie at the theater – a rarity!!! (I just looked and only a couple here that I’m really interested in so who knows?) Maybe we will just go shopping (oh, wait, I did that yesterday!)!! So many choices!!!

I love Hoops & YoYo!!! They always make me smile!!!

Happy Fun Friday!!

Kim

Fitness, Quad, Squats

WooHoo – Everyone’s Healthy!!!

January 16, 2013 Kim 2 Comments

Jordan went back to school- Yippee!! He said he was about 99% this morning so hopefully he will make it through the day and won’t have a relapse!!!

For my 43 I worked my quads (in a big way!!!). I did a sumo stomp!!

Oh, wait – that isn’t one of the pictures Hunter took (thankfully!!!).

Start in a squat –

Stick your butt back further - come on!! — Stick your butt back further – come on!!

Lift your right leg as high as you can (while staying in squat) and then lift your left leg to complete 1 rep. Continue for desired number of reps (43 for me).

Hunter - take the picture already - this is hard!!! — Hunter – take the picture already – this is hard!!!

And one more shot:

Yes - it is necessary to look like a dork!!! — Yes – it is necessary to look like a dork!!!

Even though I managed, yet again, to look like a total goof – the exercise was great!!! By holding the squat for 43 right leg lifts and 43 left leg lifts, my quads were a shaky, jelloy mess. (I’m not sure jelloy is a word – but you know what I mean!!!)

So, I wanted to work my legs even more (crazy!) so I did Les Mills Combat – Combat 45 Kata. Since I have done this work-out before, today I was able to really go hard-core with it!! That means lots of jumping kicks were involved!!! 45 minutes was over and done with before I knew it!!!

I’m actually a little sad – this afternoon is probably my last day working in the library! I have really enjoyed my time with the kids at the school (not Hunter’s school) I have been at. Plus, being a librarian or library aide is pretty great!!!

One more bit of library humor: