Victor Vincent

My son, Victor Vincent Zimmerman was born Friday 6/20 at 10:40am. He was a big guy weighing in at 10 pounds 1 ounce and is 21 and 1/2 inches long. I'm doing good, getting around pretty good, but still recovering from the C-.Section. More posts to come.

Final June Workout

I'm guessing today was my last workout of the month. Kinda sad, but ultimately excited. I found out from my doc's yesterday that the baby boy has my sense of direction and won't position himself head down. He's been laying transverse and if I suddenly went into labor, I would need an emergency C-Section to get him out. The doc is also worried that the umbilical cord might choke him or cut off his oxygen by the way he's laying if I were to go into labor as well. I asked what was the safest thing to do, and a C-Section is scheduled for this Friday. For some miraculous reason he assumes the position and they find him head down, they'll call off the surgery. I highly doubt that will happen, and in my head, I'm set to have this baby in two days.

Of course I had my hopes on a natural childbirth, but this is the safest way. Recovery time is going to be longer and I know I'll be limited in what I can do in the first few weeks, but as they say, it is what it is. It's a relief there's a date set now, and and can prepared myself for it. It's all worth it for the new baby boy!!

So yesterday I started getting affairs in order. Getting the last of cleaning done, a grocery store big restock, and of course buying a 6 pack of BEER!!! Looking forward to drinking one hopefully next week! It will go well with my strawberry Vicodin smoothies I'll be making for the abdominal pain. I'm obviously kidding. Not about the beer though. And at least I'll have a bunch of World Cup matches to watch while I'm taking care of the baby. 

Today, I said what the hell, let's get in one last workout in. Here goes:

Shoulder press

Curls

Lunges

REPEAT

In & out shoulder flys

Tricep kickback

Calf raises (40lbs)

REPEAT

In & out hammers

Body squats

Dips

Knees push-ups

REPEAT

1 round shadow boxing, 1 round heavy bag, 2 minutes running in place.

Reps: 10, 8 Weights: 15 lb

Playlist: Dirty Kid Discount

Getting Closer

Week 39. The end is near! Here's the workouts earlier this week.

Sunday:

5 minute warm-up

Upright row

In & out curls

Dips (20, 10)

Knees push-ups

Shoulder flys

Curl/hammers

Medicine ball triceps press (10 lbs)

Push-ups

Lawnmowers

Static Arm Curl

Tricep kickback

Push-ups

Shoulder press

In & out hammers

Tricep band press

Push-ups

REPEAT

Finish w/ a 1 mile jog (13:45).

Reps: 10, 8 Weights: 15lbs Push-ups: On knees 2, 2

Playlist: The Germs

Monday:

5 minute warm-up

Tip toe lunges

Elbow to knee

Calf squats

Side kicks

Step back lunges

Power knee

Calf raise (40lbs)

Side lunges

Lunges

Front kicks

Body squats

Back kicks

Plank

REPEAT

Finish w/ 1 round shadow boxing, 1 round heavy bag, 1 minute running in place

Reps: 10, 8 Plank: 30 sec, 20 sec 

Mid Week Workout

Since it's been pretty rainy this week, I made it to the gym for a workout. It was pretty dead when I got there, so I decided to weight train instead of just doing the elliptical. I'm hoping today was my last time lifting at the gym before the boy makes his appearance. It was in the back of my head about how embarrassing it would be if my water broke while on the chest press machine or something. I guess I'd grab someone in my rush out to be like, "Hey, umm, you probably wanna clean that machine up". But it obviously didn't happen. Anyways, here the workout:

1/4 mile jog warm-up/stretch

Lat pull-down machine (50,50)

Seated row (50,50)

REPEAT

Leg flexion machine (80,90)

Chest press machine (40,40)

Seated incline machine (40,40)

REPEAT

Leg extension machine (80,90)

Standing pull-down tricep machine (30,30)

Body squats

Knees push-ups

Lunges

REPEAT

Finish w/ 10 minutes on the elliptical (.75 miles)

Reps: 10, 8

Playlist: Jack White

Nice Rainy Tuesday

A quickie summary of my workouts:

Saturday: Zim, his mom, and our friend Dell did a 5K in town. I didn't participate, I did get in about a 20 minute walk as I waited for them to cross the finish line. It was a beautiful day out, so what the hell. It was called "Dog Jog" and people were encouraged to run with their pets. I don't think my kitty would have liked being on a leash, so Zim ran alone. I have tried walking my cat, but he's a little Houdini when it comes in escaping a harness. He slips it every time I've tried. Luckily we've never made it out of the house. The whole race had a nice setup and there were TONS of pets up for adoption. I would definately run it next year.

Sunday:

I got an early start to my workout week and decided to do my Monday arms workout. 

5 minute warm-up

Upright row

Static arm curls

Dips (20,10)

Knees push-ups

Shoulder flys

Curl/hammers

Medicine tricep press

Push-ups

Lawnmowers

In & out curls

Tricep kickback

Push-ups

Shoulder press

In & out hammers

Tricep band press

Push-ups

Finish with a 1 mile jog - (around 13:45)

Reps: 10, 8 Weights: 15 lbs Push-ups: On knees 2,2

Playlist: The Holy Mess

I skipped Monday coz I had an ultrasound in the morning. Everything looked good! He was transverse in my uterus, so he wasn't looking for the way out yet. I hope he does soon!

Tuesday:

5 minute warm-up

Tip toe lunges

Elbow to knee

Calf squats

Power knee

Step back lunges

Side kicks

Calf raises (40lbs)

Front kicks

Lunges

Back kicks

Body squats

Side lunges

Plank

1 round shadow boxing, 1 round heavy bag, 1 minute run in place

Reps: 10, 8 Planks: 30 sec, 20 sec

Playlist: Cro-Mags

End of Week Wrap Up

This week has flown by! I got a bunch of little odds and ends stuff finished. I finished baby's laundry, got my hair cut, cleaned up the house, etc. I even made it to the boxing gym twice to help out and talk to the newspapers. It's our program's 15th anniversary, so a couple of reporters came down to interview some boxers and the coaches. It was nice. I've been making to the boxing gym regularly once a week since about March. I used to go twice a week, but I was worried about germs and getting sick. We always keep up with the cleaning, but it's hard to avoid germs when you'd in close quarters putting on gloves and greasing a kid up who's about to spar. Anyways, it was nice hanging out with "the boys" a little more this week. 

I went to the doc's on Tuesday and everything went well. I was told the baby has dropped and is assuming the position. She also said that she wouldn't be surprised if the baby went early. I'm still only about 2 and 1/2 weeks away. I hope she's correct though! A Friday the 13th baby would be really cool! Especially that I've been watching cheesy '80s horror flicks every night for the past few weeks. Fingers crossed!

Here's the mid week workouts:

Tuesday:

5 minute warm-up

Tip toe lunges

Elbow to knee

Calf squats

Side kicks

Step back lunges

Power knee 

Lunges

Side lunges

Body squats

Front kicks

Calf raises

Back kicks

Planks

REPEAT

1 round shadow boxing, 1 round heavy bag, 1 minute run in place

Cool down/Stretch

Reps: 10, 8 Planks: 30 sec, 20 sec

Playlist: The Orwells

Wednesday: A cardio day. I just went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the elliptical for about 2.75 miles. It was a nice paced workout.

Friday:

1/4 mile warm-up jog

Shoulder press

Lunges

In & out hammers

REPEAT

Bent over rows

Body squats

Dips

REPEAT

Lawnmowers

Calf raises (40lbs)

Curl/hammers

REPEAT

In & out shoulder flys (10lbs)

Side lunges

Knees push-ups

REPEAT

Finish with a 3/4 mile/10 minute jog

Stretch

Reps: 10, 8 Weights: 15lbs

Playlist : The Germs

June Already!

Wow, these past 6 months have FLOWN by. I still feel like I've been pregnant for like 2 years straight. But D-Day is in sight and hopefully 3 weeks away. And going early is a-okay for me. I'm excited to meet the little man, get used to a whole new way of life, and get my body back. And damn, I miss coffee! Coffee with caffeine, not the decaf crap I've been drinking. 

I'm still getting my normal 4 workouts done per week. I did decide Saturday to save my back and knees and hang up the running shoes for my half hour runs. I did about 32 minutes on the elliptical for 2.85 miles. My body definately thanked me later. The elliptical isn't as fun as an outside jog, but it's going to have to do for a little while. My husband was happy about the choice as well. I think he wanted me to give up the running a month ago, but he's would never tell me not to. 

Monday:

5 minute warm-up

Lawnmowers

Static arm curl

Dips

Knees push-ups

Upright rows

In & out biceps

Medicine ball tricep press

Push-ups

Shoulder flys

Curls/hammers

Tricep kickback

Push-ups

Shoulder press

In & out hammers

Tricep band press

Push-ups

Finish with a 1 mile jog.

Stretch

Reps: 10, 8 Weights: 15lbs Push-ups: on knees 2, 2

Playlist: Hank Williams III

I ran the mile in 13:45. It was slow and a bit tough. No side stitch though which was great. I felt pretty decent, but the last quarter mile was a little challenging. I may try a 10 minute jog later in the week. This might be my last week of straight jogging. At 37 weeks, I'm just more than happy that I got a mile in.