Happy first day of July! Today I did arms and abs strength training workouts. I missed my Monday workout because of an insane migraine I had. It hurt to move my eyes so I didn’t even try to do anything.
Here’s the workout: Read more »
My legs got a really good workout this time. I haven’t been concentrating on them too much, but I don’t want to neglect them either, so I decided to do a leg workout, along with abs and cardio.
Here’s my Wednesday workout this week: Read more »
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Here are some basics to include to make up a cheap home gym: Read more »
The heat has finally made it to Minnesota! Makes running a bit more difficult when it’s so humid but I was able to do some intervals for a bit. Tomorrow will be even hotter - they’re saying the heat index will be around 105 - so I think I may not feel much like running, even in my air conditioned home on my treadmill.
Here’s today’s workout: Read more »
I forgot to blog about Monday’s back and abs workout so I’ll get that in with this post which is my Wednesday weigh-in! To get that out of the way, I weighed in at 132.0 pounds today. Last week I was 133.2, the week before that it was 133.4 so I finally had a substantial loss again which I’m pretty excited about. Read more »
Today was a pretty quick workout - I ran for 20 minutes doing intervals on the treadmill and did some ab work too. The ab workouts I’ve been doing lately seem to be working because my entire abdominal section is a bit sore the following day. I likey!
Floor Crunches - 2 sets x 25 reps
Knee Raises - 2 sets x 25 reps
Barbell Twists - 2 sets x 50 reps
I had a pretty good back workout today! And my ab workout was pretty good too. My entire abdominal section was sore the following day.
The back workout: Read more »
I’m still sick so I’m pretty ecstatic that today is an off day for me. I have been so weak for the past few days and it’s really starting to make me crazy.
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Today I finally got a workout in! I have been sick for the past 3 days with a nasty cold so I didn’t get my Friday workout in. I still have near-zero energy today, but I took a caffeine pill and decided to do an arm workout and an abs exercise. Our wedding is in less than 8 weeks so I want to be sure my arms are in tip-top shape!
Here’s the workout: Read more »
Yesterday marked the first workout for me in a little over a week. I’ve been trying to get our wedding invites complete and in the mail. I was able to send about 40% of them out today and then we’ll be mailing the rest on Monday - so this weekend is going to be crazy busy!
Anyway, I weighed in yesterday and I was terrified because I haven’t been working out for the past week but I came in at 133.4. Another pound lost! Eating smart really does aid in weight loss - and it’s been coming off pretty quickly for me these past few weeks!
Here was the workout I did yesterday: Read more »
In early January of this year I was at 146 lbs and still wanting to lose at least 11 more pounds to meet my goal weight of 135lbs that I had set for myself. My weight has been steadily and slowly declining up until this point. I actually went through a period of about 2 months where my weight didn’t budge at all. Talk about frustrating. But…I got past it! Read more »
This was one of the best weekends I’ve had in a very long time. Definitely not a lot of working out involved, but I’ll be back on track this week. It’s good to take a break sometimes!
Before I get into everything else, here’s the small workout I did get it on Saturday: Read more »
These past 2 days I have just done some cardio. I like to take a break from the weights every now and then for about a week. Next week I’ll be on them again and then probably won’t take a break from them until after our wedding. It’s only a LITTLE over 2 months away!
So my last 2 cardio workouts I did intervals and walking for a total of 30 minutes each day. I’m starting to like cardio a lot more - I think it’s because I’m actually starting to notice the weight I’m losing when I look in the mirror. I’ve lost 7 pounds since my birthday (March 25)!
Today was kind of a disappointing day. I did my chest workout, the ab workout I’ve been doing and then some cardio. All was going great until my last set of flat bench. My fiance’ wanted me to try for 105 two times since I did 100 lbs the week prior. I failed. 
I had been doing chest twice a week though, and this last time I waited 7 days before doing chest again so now I’m going to make sure I am doing it twice per week until I am able to bench my bodyweight.
Here’s the complete workout: Read more »
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I finally got a good workout in today! I concentrated mostly on abs and cardio, but I did work on my quads a little bit too. I really wanted pizza for dinner tonight so I did a longer cardio session than I normally do. I use MyFitnessPal.com to track my calories - it’s a free calorie counter and I highly recommend it to anyone who needs some help in determining how many calories they should be consuming to lose weight.
Anyway, here’s the workout I did today: Read more »
After having a rest day, I was really ready for a great workout today and I didn’t get one. My kids were being monsters. All I got in was a 10-minute cardio session. I was doing my 5-minute warmup and the kids started acting up so I just kept going on the treadmill for as long as they’d let me. Just about 10 minutes. Read more »
You may or may not already know that I am a writer for the Ehow.com website and I have just written 2 new articles related to planning a fitness exercise program and having a successful one. These how-tos will be helpful for those who are having a hard time staying focused and dedicated to their program. Read more »
I actually dreaded today’s workout. I really detest arm day. I just find it incredibly boring. Once I got into it though, the time flew by. I did things a little differently today in that I did cardio before strength training. I probably won’t do it like that on days where I work legs or back because I don’t want to feel fatigued before I even start.
My abs were burning yesterday from the ab workout I did on Saturday. They felt better today so I decided to do another ab workout. I’m planning on doing ab workouts 3 times per week. In addition to abs, I also did back today. I’m so happy to be back to a normal (for me) workout split.
Here’s today’s workout: Read more »
Okay, so I have to admit that I am sick of the BodyForLife program. I’m not a fan of the upper/lower/cardio splits so I have decided to go back to my old way of doing things and that is to do cardio at least 3 days per week and then have a 5 or 6-day split with strength training exercises. I like to concentrate on 1 or 2 body parts per workout and not 4 or more. Read more »
Earlier this week I decided to become a student again and I’m working towards becoming a Certified Personal Trainer. I couldn’t be more excited! I know that my studies and the new, more in-depth knowledge I’m about to gain will help me to provide my blog readers with even more content about workout programs, nutrition and overall fitness. Read more »
There are many different kinds of ab exercise equipment available but don’t feel like you need to have everything. I only have 1 piece of ab exercise equipment and that is my ab straps.
Ab straps are used for performing hanging leg or knee raises - one of my favorite ab exercises! The ab straps are a great piece of ab exercise equipment that Read more »
Today I did a similar upper body workout to what I have been doing, but I added more sets to my bench press because my goal is to be able to bench my body weight. The details will be outlined in the routine below:
Flat Bench Press -
Today I did my own little cardio workout routine on my treadmill. It went something like this:
Total cardio including warm up and cool down was right around 30 minutes. It ended up being somewhere right under 2.5 miles and I burned 380+ calories. I forgot to write everything down like I usually do. But I know it was at least 380 calories, but not quite 390.
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 136 lbs
Natural Waist: 26.5"
Belly Button: 30"
Hips: 37"
Thighs: 21.25"
