ReCouping After Core Synergistics

I had the NERVE to brag about how much I looked FORWARD to this week! Please, PleaSE, PLEASE SCRATH THAT! So wrong .. WTH!!!

This CORE SYNERGISTICS was the BEAST FROM HELL, NOT NICE, HURT LIKE HELL, OMG, WTH, WTF. Do you understand how much that workout kicked my ENTIRE gluteus maximus? Just when, WHEN you think that you are in SHAPE ...

BAM ... he takes it AWAY from you. LOL

But seriously, I was so SORE. Then today I just did the Kenpo again. When did I say this was a REST WEEK. At least I get a DAY OFF tomorrow. I may or may not STRETCH. I would like to stop LAYING on the HEATING pad one day this week ( LOL ).

Funny ... talked to a guy that said he knows HUNDREDS of people that quit by the second week. I am into my FOURTH week, with NINE more to go. It is supposed to be a 12-week program, but the 13th week you redo what I'm doing THIS WEEK. Either way, it works out that my last day will be April 18th.

My weight is still fluctuating, but I have to be getting MORE MUSCLE. I'm seeing it mostly in my SHOULDERS, UPPER & LOWER BACK, ABS and my THIGHS.

I only see a difference in my arms, when I pose or stand a certain way (flex). Hubby says he sees the definition, but I don't see as much as the other areas.

Missed One Day of Blogging -- ARRGG

YEHHHH .. I will have a somewhat OFF week ... only YOGA, STRETCHING and CORE.  I so look forward to not doing any pullups or pushups.  I will admit that I love that I'm LIFTING more and able to actually FEEL the muscle development ... but I was getting WORN out !!!

Funny ... hehehehe ... I pushed myself MORE, when I knew that it would be my last week doing them ... okay, it was funny to me ((( sticking tongue out ))).  Broke my exercise bands ... they were not the right type anyhow ... they were supposed to be used on my rebounder.  I just unsnapped them and used them ... only to find out they were not HEAVY enough (( but they did serve their purpose )).

The pullup bar that I'm using (( the PERFECT PULLUP bar )) ... you can lower it halfway to do what they call "Australian Pullups" ... therefore I'm able to do more (similiar to the ones you do, while assisting yourself with a chair).

Loved, LoVED, LOVED doing Kenpo again ... hubby even got in there with me ... he showed me how to use my body (( especially my HIPS )) to do BETTER punches.   I was not PIVOTING enough on the balls of my feet ... could have caused some injury to my knees and ankles.  I truly FELT like I was kickboxing and I absolutely LOVED it.  Did I tell ya'll I LOVE KENPO???

My plan for Superbowl Sunday:

• Ab Ripper
• 30" of Treadmill
• Stretch
• Try not to EAT too MUCH
• Drink ALOT of WATER
• Get in BED EARLY

I need to be up tomorrow morning at 3:30 am ... yeh, bummer right?  So looks like I will be watching the second half of the Superbowl online.  I'm getting IN THE BED no later than 8:30 - 9:00 pm.

How my body has changed in THREE WEEKS:

• My traps (muscle between neck and shoulder area) are more pronouced
• More definition in my shoulders and delts (top muscle of your outside arm)
• Starting to see more definition in my biceps and triceps ... more separation
• My legs are slimming down, especially around my knee and upper thigh area
• Much stronger in my upper body - able to perform more pushups and pullups
• More definition in my obliques (outside abdominal muscle); slimmer waistline
• Weight is still fluctuating (all over the place), but I can definitely see the INCH LOSS  

Oh WHOOAAA Is Me

Still feeling the effects ((( or is that affects ))) of lifting those branches, limbs, TREE with hubby.  I only did about 15 minutes of YOGA yesterday and I did the AB RIPPER.  Soooooooo ... deciding how I want to make this up.  I will definitely do the LEGS today, probably without the BACK (( back still tight )).

I really LUV the Kenpo, so I'm sure I will do it tomorrow.  Just making sure I'm careful not to injure myself, by overdoing it.  Usually when I really get going (( full steam ahead )) I either:

• Get sick
• Injure myself
• Burn myself out
• Get busy with the business
• Get bored outta my mind and quit

So in order not to go down either road, I will take it slow and listen to my body.  Right now she is saying:

Don't Go Doing Nuttin' STUPID or I WILL SHUT DOWN ON YOU IN A HEARTBEAT!  lol

Allright - Okay - Yeh I Did It

I did a ROUND of the Shoulder | Arm session.  I only did ONE set plus the BONUS round.  Not trying to pull anything today, especially since my LIGHT week is next week. 

NOT doing the AB Ripper tonight .. I will do it tomorrow and then again on Saturday, instead of FRIDAY.
Seriously contemplating getting on the TREADMILL Sunday BEFORE the Superbowl.  Hubby is already talking about how much FOOD he plans on preparing.  Here comes TEST #1 already ... when is EASTER?

Sheesh .....

I am NOT about to blow this, so MeMe has got to PUSH away from the festivities.  I got a really cute outfit I plan on wearing .. it FITS LOVELY right now, but there is NO ROOM FOR ERROR.  So I will eat before we go and NIBBLE while there.  I plan on WATCHING everyone else ... just to see how much they eat and drink ... then in the back of my lil mind, I will count the calories and watch them add weight ... RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

But seriously, I will take note of how much everyone is eating ... and congratulate myself for being able to PUSH AWAY from the madness.

* poof *

Tree VS Shoulder | Arms

Hubby finished cutting down the tree in the front yard ... so being the GREAT WIFEY that I am, I went out to help him cart some of the wood to the backyard.  That was a BIG TREE ... didn't seem like it was that big till hubby started cutting it down.

As I sit here NIBBLING on some Cape Cod Chips (( very small bowl - the bowl is the kind you put salsa in at the restaurant )), I've decided to do ONE SERIES of the shoulder | arm exercises, just to get it in and to FEEL BETTER about myself.  If I don't do it, I will really feel like I fell off the plan.

Man, these CHIPS are so good.  I've been on the STRAIGHT and NARROW for THREE WEEKS ... actually more.  That's why I put them in this MINIATURE BOWL .. if the BAG was here, I could easily EAT THEM ALL.

Third Week of PLYOMETRICS - YEH

After my first series of plyometrics, I didn't gain my second wind.  I really had to DIG DIP to keep going.   When I got to the ROCK STAR HOPS (at 24:43), I was dead tired.  Note, I still had at least another 19 minutes to go ... and that 19 minutes did not get any easier.

It helped that I wrote down the times, for each series.  Made it easier to know when the BREAKS were coming up ... I was able to push myself HARDER, by knowing I'd get at least a 30 or 60 minute break.

Also knowing when I will be doing the same routine OVER again ... that HELPS as well.  Did I say I was happy NOT to be doing this workout next week.  I did sneak and look at the CORE SYGENERGICS ... did I spell that right?  Trust, I can tell that ones gonna KICK BUTT as well, but since there is no heavy lifting next week, I don't think that will be a problem ... YEH, I'm being optimistic.

So Glad To Finish Chest | Back

Allrightteee ... just finished chest and back for at least the next almost TWO WEEKS.  I am so AMPED.

I was SO WEAK in my arms ... I could easily do ARM EXERCISES, but pushups and pullups ... NOT!

I still have ABS to do ... debating whether to do them after plyometrics tomorrow or just get them outta the way now.  My son (#2) just called to say he is starting the CLASSIC tonight.  My daughter-in-law will be doing the LEAN version.  Ain't that summin' .... Mom giving him advise.

Love that I am SORE, but not THAT SORE ... ya'll know what I'm talking about.  I know I had a great workout, but I can LIFT MY ARMS to hug my husband ... LOL

Let me go ahead and do this AB RIPPER ... hopefully I can talk hubby into a BACK MASSAGE again!

HA