Workin’ It!
Posted by buffmother in Fitness on March 11th, 2010
Hey!! Just wanted to check in with you…I’ve been busy workin’ it!! Both here at my lovely computer and in the gym~! I never ended up taking yoga…still wanna, but just can’t seem to find the time.
Things should settle down a bit after next week for work…but not in life as the kids will be off that week for spring break. Then I WILL be sure to hit the gym during the hours when classes are offered! I’m looking forward to Spring break; I plan to take that week off myself~ I think we’ll plan on spending lots of time outside, at the zoo, hit the movies (the kids want to see Alice in Wonderland) and we’ll most definantly go bowling 
Okay! The plan for today is this:
Finish 2 training programs- have a coaching call- workout and CLEAN! My house is a mess! And we’ll probably watch some TV…thursdays are always good TV nights- “The Mentalist” rocks~!!
Bye for now!!
-Michelle
Celebration Day!
Posted by buffmother in Fitness on March 9th, 2010
All day I’ve been Celebrating being done with my first batch of TAXES!! Late yesterday I finally completed my 2008 taxes~Yippie!!
Yoga/pilates have been on my mind today…tons of people have told me to do them to help my back/hips/butt issues and I think I’ll try a class today; it should be a good change of pace for me since it’s been 3 years since the last time I took any class at the gym! I tend to stay away from them becuase I get too competitive and end up hurting myself, lol! What’s your favorite class to take at your gym? Mine isn’t at my dayt to day gym…it’s at a Fighting gym- TCB in Rogers, AR…the women’s MMA Class rocks!! My trainer; Lylna (pronounced: LENA), actually just won our local ToughMan tournament this past weekend. She’s a little pitbull!
Anyhow…I plan to go to workout AFTER my kiddos get home from school which is in about 30 mins. I’ve been busy writing training programs all day~ so I can’t wait to get away from this computer!
I’ll be back later to post what I ended up doing.
Toodles,
Michelle
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I am VICTORIOUS!
Posted by buffmother in Fitness on March 8th, 2010
Forgot to set the alarm…so we woke up late!! RUSHED like mad, but made it on time, YAY!! ~VICTORY #1 for today~ now let’s ATTACK and WIN again! WE are VICTORIOUS! What’s a VICTORY you’ve had today?
My plan is to ATTACK~! the day with my truth hammer- “I am Victorious!!!!”
I have a short but powerful list of To Do’s today:
1- devotion time with God
2- taxes
3- workout programs
4- workout- Back, Shoulders, ABS
Fast and HEAVY- ABS between every sets- little to no rest~ BURN BABY BURN!
Inverted pull ups- various hand position
2xfailure
Lat Pull downs
4×6
Lat Pull downs-one arm at a time
3×6
Shoulder press- machine
4×10, 6,6,6
Arnold’s
3×6singles
Front raises/ upright rows/ bent over Raises
21’s–3×7 Shoulders
Wide cable lat pull downs on knees
2×5 reps arms together+10 each side+5 each side
Just to update you from my weekend;
Saturday I had the following recurring thought as I was doing my workout, “When you need to regain your mojo, Return to your roots!’
I had to return to my roots of running on Saturday to get my workout mojo flowing…I didn’t need to run far or fast or much, but my little run was just enough to get my workout momentum going again! Once I finished my little 10 min run I came in did some stretching, attacked my abs and did 115 pushups( sets of 20, 20, 25, 25, 25).
Sunday was God Day….Church was amazing! Life was good~ I took the kids to the gym and let them swim afterward. My workout was legs I did the following buffing style (little rest or active rest between sets):
warm up on a gazelle type machine by Cybex- NICE! 5 mins
Hack Squat machine
lower back extensions (booty focus)
Squats
Dead lifts
ABS- knee ups
Leg raises
leg press- plate loaded up above type machine
knee extensions
standing calf raises
Smith lunges
It was just perfect for my back and today I feel good…I still a little shooting pain and numbness in my leg, but not nearly as bad. I am getting better!! YAY!
NOW IT’s Time to ATTACK!!
Let’s have a VICTORIOUS DAY
your friend and cheerleader,
Michelle
I overdid it!
Posted by buffmother in Fitness on March 6th, 2010
I over did it on the 3 workouts I did M-T-W so I eneded up needing to take 2 days off instead of just one….but today the plan is to hit it again. Chest, Tris and ABS~ my back is a little more bothersome to me today. It may be from my cleaning up the back yard yesteray. It was a mess…anyhow I CLEANED the back yard in my bikni! After wards I layed in the sun and read a book- it was wonderful!!
Today so far, I’ve been catching up with my e-mails and with my FB friend and with you! I’ve been so busy working on taxes that I’ve been a little MIA~ sorry about that!! It’s good to see you are staying fired up and have such awesome MOJO! I LOVE YOUR DEDIDCATION!!!
I’ve been listening to this song over and over this morning- the lyrics are below
Brandie Carlie, The Story
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I’ve been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don’t mean anything
When you’ve got no one to tell them to
It’s true…I was made for you
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and… I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
Yeah you do and I was made for you
You see the smile that’s on my mouth
Is hiding the words that don’t come out
And all of my friends who think that I’m blessed
They don’t know my head is a mess
No, they don’t know who I really am
And they don’t know what I’ve been through but you do
And I was made for you…
Have a super SATURDAY!!
-Michelle
First workout= TIRED, HUNGRY and SORE!
Posted by buffmother in Fitness on March 2nd, 2010
I had my first workout back yesterday…I tried to take it easy, but you know that’s impossible for me. It’s amazing how working out for an hour can make a person VERY tired, very HUNGRY and quite SORE! No wonder most people find an excuse not to do it, lol! The key for me to stay motivatied is the RESULTS and Trust me being buff is worth evey second I am tired, sore or hungry!
Warm up- tanning and
Chest press machine
70×20
90×15
paired with
Tri-extension machine
50×10x2sets
Bench
45×40
95×10x4 sets
2 sets bench dips between
and 1 set knee ups on roman chair
Incline flys
30’sx10×2sets
paired with standing overhead tricep extension
30#db x10×2sets
plus
DB Hammer curls
25#x10 x2sets
Dips
10, 6
paired with 2 sets of about 15reps lateral raises with 10#plates
Flat Hammer Press
90×10x3sets
paired with 2 sets abs- knee ups
Skull crushers
45×10x3sets
paired with bicep curls
45×10x3sets (2 really wide hand position)
Tricep push downs
70×20
90×10+70×6
80×12
paired with knee ups (2 sets) and stretching
Ab stuff:
Ab roller
CATS/Dogs
Super mans
My back was decent during this and doesn’t seem much worse from the workout today. I didn’t ice but should have! I will do that today!
my eats totals for yesterday:
4P, 6C, 5F, G, 1 T (details are as a comment in yesterday’s blog post)
Today it is cycle day 4 and I weigh 126; Abs are looking good
My workout plan is to go do legs at about 1:30– my BUTT will be my 100% focus
It feels great to be back at it! I love to buff!!
-Michelle
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