May the 4th Be With You

Star Wars Day! I celebrated by sitting around the house. My allergies kicked up today, so I've been dealing with a slight headache. Fun, fun. Honestly not a bad thing, since I did a bunch of running around yesterday. Did the morning jog, went to the Turf Club to put my Kentucky Derby bets in, went to my old shop for Free Comic Book Day, then went to work. I went sneaker shopping with Zim later and we went out to dinner at one of our favorite places, Craft Ale House. So yeah, I didn't mind sitting more or less on my ass all day today. 

Workout time! Here's my last few days:

Thursday: Inside gym day. Oh the looks I get from people!

1/4 mile warm-up jog

Lat pull-down (50,50)

Seated Incline Press (40,40)

REPEAT

Leg extension (80,90)

Tricep pull-down (30,30)

Seated bench press (40,40)

REPEAT

Calf raise (140,160) -12 reps

Seated row (50,50)

Knees Push-ups

Body squats

Lunges

REPEAT

Finish with 12 minutes on the elliptical.

Reps: 10, 8.

Saturday: A morning jog. About a 1/2 mile on the trail I had to turn around because there was entirely too much mud from the awful flooding we had on Wednesday. I also stopped to walk about a mile in because of a side stitch. I think that popped up more from being nervous of loosing my footage from all the mud. After about walking close to a 1/4 mile, I started to jog again and felt great. Altogether I ran 2.3 miles.

Sunday: Took close to a 2 mile walk for about a 1/2 hour this morning before the Chelsea match. It was a little chilly and drizzling a bit. Glad I got something in. 

Still feeling good, other than the headache today! 

Dreary Ass Tuesday

Bad weather is heading the way of the east coast. We're supposed to get HAMMERED with rain and storms tomorrow. The system coming has spurned tornados, hail, and some bad lightning in the mid west. Hope the basement doesn't leak! Or we lose power. It's been showering off and on all day today so it was a basement workout for me. Here goes:

5 minute warm-up

Calf squats

Lunges

Elbow to knee

Step back lunges

Calf raises (40lb)

Power knee

Tip toe lunges

Side lunges

Body squats

Front kicks

1 leg speed skater toe taps

Back kicks

Plank

REPEAT

Finish with 1 round shadow boxing, 1 round heavy bag, 1 minute run in place.

Reps:10, 8 Plank: 30 secs, 20 secs

Playlist: Lawrence Arms

Last Week of April

Beautiful sunny Monday morning today! This month flew on by. It will be summer before we know it! I'm 8 months pregnant this week. Crazy. Apparently my little boy bouncing around with me is almost 5 pounds already according to the ultrasound last Thursday. So, he's pretty damn big compared to the 3 and a 1/2 pounders to the majority of women at 8 months. Maybe a C-section is in my future. At least I feel pretty good. Anyways, here's my workouts:

Saturday: REAL nice out in the morning. I celebrated my 36th birthday with still being able to jog. I ran on the trail by my house for 29 minutes, jogging 2 and a 1/2 miles. No complains. Felt good and no side stitches. I have been regularly working my maternity belt every time I jog. It was a long day though. After my shower it was straight to work, followed by driving 35-40 minutes to Wilmington, DE for the wake of our friend Eric. After the wake we more or less drove directly to Iron Hill restaurant in Phoenixville, PA for dinner with Zim's mom. Never the less, I went to bed pretty early that night.

Sunday: Lounge around day. I needed it from Saturday. I did see that Chelsea beat Liverpool, which always makes me happy. 

Monday: Upper body strength training day and a jog. Here it is:

5 minute warm-up

Lawnmowers

In & out bicep

Medicine ball triceps press

Knees push-ups

Shoulder fly

Curl/hammers

Dips (20,10)

Push-ups

Upright row

Static arm curl

Tricep kickback

Push-ups

Shoulder press

In & out hammers

Band triceps incline press

Push-up

REPEAT

1 mile jog (12+ mins) and cool down

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

Playlist: Civil Disobedience

A Quick Week

This week has flown by. Here's a quick workout rundown thus far:

Tuesday:

5 minute warm-up

Lunges

Power knee

Calf squats

Side kicks

Tip toe lunges

Elbow to knee

Step back lunges

Side lunges

Body squats

Front kicks 

Calf raises (40lbs)

Back kicks

Planks

REPEAT

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

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

Playlist: H2O

Thursday:

1/4 mile warm-up jog and stretch

Lat pulldown (50,50)

Shoulder incline press (40,40)

REPEAT

Leg extension (80,90)

Tricep pulldown (30,30)

Seated Chest press (40,40)

REPEAT

Weighted calf raise (140,160)

Seated row (50,50)

Knees Push-ups 

Body squat 

Lunges

REPEAT

10 minutes on the elliptical.

Reps: 10,8 

Playlist: Night Birds

Beautiful Morning For a Run

Beautiful out! Sunny, no wind, 60 degrees. Just awesome out. Of course I'm going to take advantage! Here this morning's workout. Expect more of the same, I just want to maintain.

5 minute warm-up

Shoulder fly

Curl/hammers

Dips (20,10)

Knees push-ups

Lawnmowers

Static arm curl

Medicine ball tricep press

Push-ups

Upright row

In & out curls

Tricep kickback 

Push-ups

Shoulder press

In & out hammers

Tricep band row

Push-ups 

REPEAT

Finish with a mile jog. 

Playlist: H2O

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

I did get a slight side cramp in my right side with less than a tenth of a mile left in my mile run. I just slowed down and ended up walking it off. I did the mile in 11:37. Off to the showers and work.

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone had a great Easter! Mine was good. I went to church in the morning, then I went to my parents' house for dinner. Good food and good times! Unfortunately after dinner I found out a friend of Zim and mine died late Saturday night. We knew him for he past 5 years and sat with him during the Union soccer matches. He was only in his early 40s and has a teenage son. He was a real class guy, excellent father, and great friend. I'm truly shocked about this news. I'm not sure what he exactly died of, but I'm sure the details will come out soon. So awful to hear. I'm truly glad I got to know him. Rest in peace Eric Shertz.

On a brighter note, I'm feeling great and got my regular workouts in. Here they are.

Tuesday: 

5 minute warm-up

Lunges

Side kicks

Calf squats

Elbow to knee

Step back lunges

Power knee

Tip toe lunges

Side lunges

Body squat

Front kicks

Weighted calf raises (40)

Back kicks

Plank

REPEAT

1 round shadow boxing, 1 round heavybag, 1 minute run in place

Reps: 10, 8 Plank: 30 secs, 20 secs.

Thursday: 

1/4 mile warm-up jog and stretch

Lat pull-down (50lbs,50)

Seated chest press (40,40)

Leg extension (80,90)

Standing tricep pull-up (30,30)

Seated row (40,50)

Calf raise (140,160)

Seated shoulder press (40,40)

Push-ups (knees 10,8)

Body squats (10,8)

Lunges (10,8)

10 minutes on the elliptical

Reps: 10,8

Playlist: OFF! 

Saturday: outside run! BEAUTIFUL day out! I jogged a little over 2 and 1/2 miles in 27 minutes, 30 seconds. I felt GREAT, and averaged a little under a 11 minute mile. I believe it was around 10:50. The maternity belt has been a life saver as well. No side stitches since I've started wearing it. I was surprised at my time. I thought I was running closer to a 12 minute mile. I'll take it!

Happy Easter!

Here Comes the Rain

Yesterday, it was almost 80. Today, as of 7pm Tuesday, the temperature is right around 45 degrees. We might even get some light snow mixed with rain. Crazy! Glad I got my little jog in yesterday coz it's been POURING all day. It looks like a river is running through my backyard. At least it's washing away all the pollen. That's a plus!

I've been getting everything slowly but surely done. Baby's room is painted, furniture is put together and in place, kitty went to the vet, car inspected, etc. Which makes me very happy. I still need to meet with the pediatrician in a couple weeks and get work done on my back deck. Not too bad though. 

I had to get a urine sample from my kitty today which was entirely too easy. I did not expect it to go well at all. He has stones and a little crystallization in his kidneys and the vet wanted to double check for blood in his urine. This morning during his morning pee I was in his room and he oddly let me get right in there in mid stream and he did not seem to care one bit. And YES I wore gloves, I'm not that nasty. That easy. It does help that I have a cat that meows for me to watch him go to the bathroom. That's my brave bengal cat! Anyways, he had tiny traces of blood, but nothing out the ordinary for a cat with some kidney issues. It was a big sigh of relief. That little guy is my best buddy!

Now for the last two days of my exercise routine. More of the same. Still feeling good and not struggling. Awesome.

Monday:

Warm-up 5 minutes

Shoulder flys

Curl/hammers

Dips (20,10)

Knees push-ups

Upright rows

In & out biceps

Tricep kickbacks

Push-ups

Shoulder press

Static arm curl

Medicine ball tricep press (9lbs)

Push-ups

Lawnmowers

In & out hammers

Standing Tricep band press

Push-ups

REPEAT

Finish with 1 mile jog

Cool down 

Reps: 10, 8. Weight: 15lbs. Push-ups: 2, 2 (on knees)

Playlist: Lawrence Arms

Tuesday:

Warm-up 5 minutes

Lunges

Elbow to knee

Step back lunges

Side kicks

Calf squats

Side lunges

Tip toe lunges

Power knee

Body squats

Front kicks

Calf raises (40lb)

Back kicks

Plank

REPEAT

Finish with 1 round shadow boxing, 1 round heavybag, 1 minute run in place

Cool down

Reps: 10, 8. Plank: 30 secs, 20.

Playlist: Choking Victim