The workouts have been great!!

Would anyone like to hear how my workouts have been and what I've been doing?   If not, you're going to hear about them anyway. :-) 

Last Thursday I had legs and OMG... what a workout.  The leg exercises she did got the heart rate up there and worked my legs really good.  Talk about DOMS.  I had them for two days.

Friday, with my legs being quite sore, I decided to do Cathe's Kick, Punch, and Crunch.  Ran short on time so I wasn't able to do all the ab work.  Overall I had a great workout.  I know I have shared with you already how much I like this workout.

Saturday it was time for Chest, Shoulders, and triceps... another OMG..... I believe this week we were doing 70% of our 1 rep max.  I worked it hard and more DOMS.  My triceps were still a little sore today.

Sunday was my rest day.  More like an active recovery day. I did house work and then in the afternoon I was out in my garden. 

Monday I started with cardio.  I wanted to do something tough and intense.  I did one of the workouts I'm a little afraid of.  Cathe's HiiT 40/20.  Once I completed that, I did 3/4 of Insanity's Max Cardio Conditioning.  Wow, did I get an incredible cardio workout.  It was tough, but I did it.

Today I started week three of Mesocycle 2 and had back and biceps.   Amazing..... I love the feeling of having the power of lifting heavy weights.  You think, "I can't lift this" and then you surprise yourself and do it.  I have a feeling my back and biceps will be feeling it tomorrow.  I love good pain!

Tomorrow my plan is Cathe's Intensity.  Another cardio workout I love. Hopefully I'll stick to my plan once morning comes.  To see if I do or not... I guess you'll have to stay tuned.

Have you been working out with me.  What have you done.  Did you push yourself to a new level. 

Keep the sweat rolling!!

Update on the workouts

Hello any followers I might have.  Here is an update on my workouts.

Friday I had cardio and did Cardio Coach 7 - 10 miles on the elliptical. My legs didn't hurt as bad as I thought Friday morning from doing legs Thurs.  I definitely had DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) because they felt worse on Saturday then Friday. 

Saturday I had Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps.  I had a great workout.  Great strength but I new I was going to fell it the next day.  Oh boy was I right. I think my chest hurt the worst.  It was a good kind of pain.

Sunday was my rest day (from an actual workout that is). I did do yard work in the morning and in the afternoon we had a graduation party.

Monday I had cardio and went with the warm-up and cardio blast from Cathe's original Bootcamp and followed that with Cardio Core Circuit.  The workout felt a little hard but overall it felt good. There are times when I struggle with a workout it feels more worth while when it feels hard and I made it through. 

Tuesday I had back and biceps.  Had good strength. It's always on those days that I had good strength that  I feel it the next day.  Man did I.  I love the feeling of my muscles being worked.  When I got home from work, I wanted to give myself a little extra calorie burn so I did the warm-up from Insanity's Pure Cardio.  For a warm-up, it's a good calorie burn. 

This takes us to today, Weds... I had cardio today and went with Body Max 2 Cardio Blast. I love this workout.  I love the music, the step combos, its a good calorie burn.  I definitely feel like I had a good workout when I'm done. 

Tomorrow I have legs again so we'll see what exercises I have to look forward to.

How have your workouts been?  What have you been doing?  Have you tried anything new? 

I'd love to hear from you!

Keep moving and sweating!!
Brenda

Yeah, the end of the week is here!!

So on Tuesday I started back in with the weights and it felt awesome!!  Tuesday I did Mesocycle 2 Back and Biceps.  I wasn't sure if I should drop in weights since the last I did this or not but I went with what I had written down last and boy did I feel it.  Felt great while working out and oh yeh, the back and biceps were talking to me the next day. It was a good sore. 

Weds I had cardio and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do.... now for those that have been following my blog, don't fall over when I tell you this, but I did Insanity Max Cardio Conditioning followed with part of Cardio Abs.  I'm pulling out Shaun T more often then I expected.  It was tough but I made it through. Had to take some breaks during the exercises and then backed up the DVD so I could start the exercise from the beginning.  I may have taken some breaks but I didn't short myself on the workout.  I was a sweaty ole mess by the time I was done.

Today was Legs.  In Mesocycle 2 for legs we do three different leg exercises back to back with a 1 minute rest between each grouping.  We have three different groups and we repeat each group 3 times.  We'll see how my legs feel tomorrow morning.  I can feel it in my quads already so we'll see what tomorrow brings. 

Friday I have cardio, so depending how my legs feel tomorrow will determine what I do for a workout.  Was thinking of doing cardio coach 7 on the ellliptical.  Not sure. 

How have your workouts been this week?  What have you been doing?  Don't leave me out here all by myself.  It would be nice if someone would let me know that they are reading my blog. :-) 

If you read my blogs, I hope I help motivate you and inspire you to push yourself to the next level or try something different. 

Until next time, keep on moving and sweating!!

Catching Up!!

It's been a week since I shared my workouts.  Last week was my cardio recovery week from STS.  Monday I did Cardio Kicks, which I haven't done in a really long time.  Not a good calorie burner anymore (there was a day that I thought this was hard).  I still love the workout.  I love the drills in the 2nd half of the workout.   Tuesday I did Imax 2.. another good Interval workout and good music.  Weds I did the cardio blast from Body Max 2... good calorie burner and awesome music.  Definitely a fun factor in that one.  Thursday I did the Insanity warm-up followed with Cathe's MMA Fusion.  (MMA is Mixed Martial Arts).  That workout is not a big calorie burner but is good combo cardio/firming workout. I like the combo's in here along with the ab workout at the end.  Friday I did Cathe's Intensity, which I love that workout and like the music in that one too.  Saturday I ended the week doing Cardio Coach Press Play on the elliptical and did 10.5 miles.  Was sweating like crazy.  That was my cardio week.

This week I start STS Mesocycle 2 Hypertropy.  I started the week out with cardio though.  This morning I went with Cathe's HiiT 30/30.  This is the one where we do a 30 second interval blast and 30 sec recovery.  I followed that with Insanity's Pure Cardio.  I was a sweaty mess by the time I was done.  Felt tough but felt good! 

Tomorrow I will start back in with the weights and I believe I have back and biceps.  Can't wait to get back to the weights.

Who's been working out with me.  I know there are people that workout out all the time.  Share you workouts with me, I'd love to hear about them. 

Keep moving!!

Last Week's Workouts

To catch up on last weeks workouts. Last week was my last week of STS Mesocycle 1 Muscle Endurance.  I already updated you with Monday's workout.  Tuesday was cardio and I went with the Insanity warm-up from Pure Cardio and then I followed that with Cathe's Athletic Step. I really like Athletic Step but it's not a full hour and I don't feel like my heart rate gets up there until we're into the 3rd combo so I thought I'd jump start it with an Insanity warm-up.  That made a world of a difference. 

Weds was back and triceps.  What a workout it was.  Worked the muscles really good.  Felt awesome!!

Thursday was cardio.  I went with the Insanity Pure Cardio warm-up.... gosh for someone that got really sick of the Insanity warm-ups, here I am doing it two times in the same week. :-)  After I did the warm-up, I put in Cathe's Cardio Core Circuit. Had a great workout.  It felt tough, mainly because I was really stuffed up.  I got through it and had a pretty good calorie burn.

Friday was legs.  I don't know what it was but this workout felt tough. I pushed through and new I was going to be feeling it on Saturday and that I did. Man did I feel it in my glutes and quads. I don't know if doing a more intense cardio the day before had an impact on Friday's workout or not. I'm sure it probably did to some point.  I did it!! 

Then there was Saturday..... legs were definitely feeling it.   I had a sinus headache and didn't feel like jumping around too much so I decided to do the elliptical and did Cardio Coach Press Play.  I got 10.5 miles in.  It was a little tough on the legs but not as bad as I thought.  It was a good way to end the week.

Sunday was my rest day and rest it really wasn't.  I didn't do a normal workout but I did workout the majority of the day.  I was out in my vegetable garden from 9:30 am until 3:15pm and it was really hot outside too.  I made sure I kept the water flowing.  By the end of the day, I was physically wiped out. 

This week is supposed to be my active recovery week.  Not really sure exactly what that means.  I do take the week off from lifting.  I didn't want to do a really intense cardio since it is supposed to active recovery week, so I did a workout that I haven't done in a really super long time, which is Cathe's Cardio Kicks.  I love this workout, especially the drills in the second half.  I did change up certain moves to make them a little more difficult to get my heart rate up there more.  I love the punching drills at the end.  Not sure what tomorrow is going to bring.  We'll see how I feel in the morning.  I've been waking up lately very congested. 

How was your last weeks workouts?  I'd love to hear about it.

Keep on moving and sweating!!
Brenda