This week was one of those weeks that pretty much flew by. Every day I would think, “Oh, tomorrow will be an easier day.” Not the case but it was still a good week!!!
Sunday 10/12 – 45 squat to lunge (same leg moving) – stay low on stationary leg.
Even though I only did 3 on each side in the demo, I really did 45 on each side. My hip/quad was burning by the time I finished!!!
Monday 10/13 – 45 burpees with a hop onto a step. (Actually I did 50 because Brooke’s workout for the day called for 50 burpees as the “extra” move.
There was nothing easy about these!!!
Boomer’s Burn was a strength workout all about high reps – awesome!!!
It was also a running day – 8 miles in 59:51 + 1.5 easy miles.
Tuesday 10/14 – 45 split squats with the back foot on a step.
readydown
And, of course, I had to switch legs and do another set of 45.
ready to godown
I held 15 pound dumbbells the entire time. This move was not easy!
I did one of the Piyo workouts that I like – Buns.
And, Boomer’s Burn was an interval workout. It was a good one – hard!!!
I did 5.5 miles during the intervals + 2.1 easy miles.
Wednesday 10/15 – 45 sit-ups with feet on step.
easy partup and reach
Boomer’s Burn was another great strength workout!!!
I ended up just walking with a 10% incline instead of running because my right quad has been bugging me. I walked just over an hour.
Thursday 10/16 – 45 second side plank with top leg lifted.
HOLD
This was not easy!!! Then I had to switch sides and do it again –
don’t drop the hip!
I pulled out one of my favorite workouts – Turbo Jam – Fat Blaster!
Boomer’s Burn was another interval day. It started out OK but during the final interval my right quad (that has been bugging me) sort of gave out – I limped through one hard rep and decided that it was time to stop.
Friday 10/17 – 45 partner push-ups (with Hunter).
readyin
This was a fun move!!
And, this day sort of got away from me!! I didn’t get up at 5:00am since the boys were out of school. Because of that I ended up not being able to workout (probably good to rest my quad). After a full day and a neighbor’s party, I finally did this move about 9:45pm!!!
Saturday 10/18 – 45 tricep presses with feet on stool.
downpress up
Hunter let me take pictures of him demonstrating the move last night even though I didn’t do it until this morning!!!
I had more rest days this week than I like but sometimes that is just how it has to be.
Boomer’s Burn was all about intervals – this one was awesome and I did a total of 6 miles to complete the workout!!!
Friday 10/3 – 45 wacky jacks.
Thanks to Jordan for letting me record him on this move.
I skipped my normal workout because I had been up all night Thursday night stirring my crockpots of taco meat. (I thought it would be FUN to do all the food for Chris’ party!!!)
Saturday 10/4 – 45 standing crunch with a knee in (arms raised overhead the entire time).
crunch with right knee inleg back
Switch sides and do 45 more –
left knee inback
I loved this move – so much more fun to do standing crunches!!
Stacy and I got in a cold run around the lake (6 miles) before we started working on the last minute stuff for the big party. Always fun to run with Stacy since it rarely happens!!
Sunday 10/5 – 45 ottoman push-ups to Griffin!!!
Hi, Griffinbaby smiles on the down part
I was keeping Griffin entertained (and awake) while Mandi finished getting ready and packing for their drive home!!!
Monday 10/6 – 45 squats on wobble balls – alternate touching inside of right foot and left foot (right-left = 1 rep).
ready – trying not to fall offsquat – touch right hand to left footback to startsquat – right hand to left foot
This move was fun!! I tried to squat low – I don’t always go below 90 when I squat but on this day I did!!
Boomer’s Burn was a cardio/strength workout again – one of my favorites!!!
I also ran 6 miles in 44:37.
Tuesday 10/7 – 45 triangle presses.
readyright hand down – left upback to startleft hand down right hand up
This move is a good one to do slowly and really work on the stretch. I’m not super flexible so it is a challenge for me!!! (I counted a right-left as 1 rep)
I did another Piyo workout that I really liked – Buns – some fun ways to work my butt!!!
Boomer’s Burn was another great interval workout!! I think that even after I finish this program next week I will keep incorporating interval days – love how hard it makes me push myself!!!
Wednesday 10/8 – 45 leg circles (on all 4s) with leg at about a 45 degree angle from body.
position
This is the basic position – it doesn’t really matter if you circle font or back – same effect. I had a video but encountered some technical difficulties. I did 45 with each leg!!
Boomer’s Burn focused on body weight moves (I did end up adding weights though)!
And I managed 9 miles in 66:30 – lately I haven’t been able to get in many long runs – need to work on that!
There are lots of weeks that I don’t want to take a day off! This week, however, I’m ready for one!!!
I’m doing Brooke’s (Wrecking Routine) current workout – Boomer’s Burn so that will be part of my workouts for the next month – this week has been full of some great workout!!!
Sunday 9/21 – 45 single leg hip lifts (bridge).
downlift
And, I can’t just work one hip!!!
2nd sidelift
Not gonna lie – this was almost 10:00pm Sunday night. We had a busy day and it almost got away from me but I still got in my 45.
Monday 9/22 – 45 deadlift with wide fly.
ready to godownfly
I reversed the move and stood to complete one rep. I only used 5 pounds dumbbells because this move is challenging for me!!!
Today the Boomer’s Burn workout was strength mixed with cardio – nice!!!
Plus 6 miles of running in 46:48 followed by 0.65 easy miles.
Tuesday 9/23 – 45 arabesque leg lifts.
readylift and squeeze
Staying balanced for 45 reps was part of the challenge!!! I switched sides and did some more!
side 2lift and squeeze
I did PiYo – Define Lower Body and Define Upper Body. Maybe because I could hold the moves a bit better or something but I liked it a little more than I did last week.
Boomer’s Burn was all about intervals today!!!
Wednesday 9/24 – 45 elbow plank to pike.
plankup to pike
I really liked this move!!!
Boomer’s Burn was strength work again – always a good thing!!!
And it was a running day – 9 miles in 66:34 followed by 0.75 easy miles.
Thursday 9/25 – 45 split leg calf raises with toes turned out. (I actually liked this move so much from one of the workouts from Brooke this week that I made it a 45.)
right leg in frontup on toes
I’m not sure if it made a huge difference or not but I decided that I should do another set with my left leg in front.
ready fro another set (sometimes I like to close my eyes when I work out!!!)up on toes
I did a workout that I always forget how good it is until I do it – Core Fusion Body Sculpt. There is no jumping or even anything that gets your heart rate up but it is an incredible workout!!!
Boomer’s Burn was another interval workout – so fun to really have to push my speed!!!
Friday 9/26 – 45 fist bumps while holding boat pose.
readyfist bump
This move went quickly but it is a great way to add a bit of a challenge to boat pose.
Boomer’s Burn was a great strength workout that really targeted the core.
And, I logged some more miles – 10 miles in 73:00 followed by 1.65 easy miles.
Saturday 9/27 – 45 standing bird dog with TaeBo bar.
startpull knee and bar in (crunch)
This move requires lots of core strength because staying balanced while you pull your leg in and out is Hard!!
switch legspull in and crunch
This was a modification on a move from Brooke’s program – I really liked this move!!!
Today is my “rest” day – just cleaning at the venue and hours of ironing!!
This week saw in a change in daily moves from 44 to 45. What’s one more rep of anything?!
Sunday 9/14 – 44 heel raises while doing a wall sit and holding up a 20 pound kettle bell.
readylift the heels
Not gonna lie – my quads were burning by the time I finished these!!
Monday 9/15 – 44 super burpee (had to have something big for my last Daily 44.)
To do the move: jump back into plank – push-up – jump legs in and right – jump back to plank – jump legs in and left – jump back to plank – jump feet in to hands – jump back to plank – plank jack – jump up to standing – do 8 fast feet. Hooray – 1 rep is done!!!
10 of these would have been OK but 44 was tough!!!
And I’m finally back to normal workouts!!! I started a new program – PIYO – Align the Fundamentals. Not sure how much I’m going to like it but I will give it a try!!!
Tuesday 9/16 – 45 minutes of running (to see how far I could get).
I did 7.43 miles in 45 minutes (7:23, 6:17, 5:51, 5:34, 5:39, 5:54, 5:50 and 6:01 to finish the 8th mile)
I haven’t run hard like this in awhile so I paid the price for this run for the rest of the week – stairs were rough until yesterday and my shins were very tight!!!
Wednesday 9/17 – 45 crunches while on a BOSU with a stability ball between the ankles.
upextend
You can see in the pictures that I had to keep my hands on the side of the BOSU – I didn’t hold the entire time but I sure did have to hold a lot for balance!!!
I also did 2 more of the PIYO workouts – Define Lower Body and Define Upper Body.
Thursday 9/18 – 45 plie with hands touching the floor – spring up onto toes and reach hands up.
downup onto toes – reach hands up
This was another day of PIYO – Sweat. I looked ahead at the way the program is laid out and it just repeats the same workouts from this week over and over for a few weeks – not sure that I will do this program as it is written!!!
Friday 9/19 – 45 curtsey lunge with hop to opposite leg and another curtsey lunge – stay low the entire time. (right-left = 1 rep)
Then I did one of my favorite workouts – Turbo Fire!!! I did Fire 55EZ (not to be confused with easy!!). Fun way to start the day.
Saturday 9/20 – 45 mountain climbers in low plank.
I let Hunter do the demo since he is the one who told me about this lovely move!!! It was hard but I liked it!!!
So, this wasn’t a super hard week of workouts but it was nice to be back in the routine!!!
