3/11 Workout: Biceps, Triceps & Cardio

For some reason my triceps were really sore today. I must have used them more than I thought yesterday during my ab workout. Whoooops! I still did pretty well even though they were so sore – I raised the weight 5 pounds and still did 12 reps (last week I did 15 reps with less [...]

3/10 Workout: Ab Exercises & Steady State Cardio

I did an unexpected abdominal workout today and it was probably the most intense ab workout I’ve ever done. Awesome! My husband and I both wanted to do cardio today since we didn’t yesterday so while one of us ran, the other one did abs. It worked out pretty well!
Abdominal Workout
I got the ab workout [...]

3/9 Workout: Chest and Back

Today’s workout pissed me off. I don’t know why but the past 3 weeks I’ve been flat benching 85# and it feels as if it’s getting harder each week. Shouldn’t that be the opposite?? Usually that happens to be the case, but not as of late. I feel like I’m stuck at 85 pounds. Today [...]

3/7 Workout: Heavy Legs!

Another heavy leg day! I had to skip working out yesterday and did legs today instead. I plan on doing some cardio tomorrow since everything got twisted around this weekend. My legs are way too tired now to have even attempted a run at doing some cardio today too.
My husband picked up the squat rack [...]

3/3 & 3/4 Workouts: Cardio, Biceps, Triceps

Today’s workout was pretty much the exact same biceps/triceps workout that I did last week so I’m gonna keep this pretty short. I did do over an hour of cardio last night and I included that in the beginning of this workout post. The biceps/triceps workout immediately follows and is a great workout for those [...]

3/2 Workout: Chest & Back

Today’s chest and back workout felt pretty tough. I’m not sure if it was because I did legs Sunday instead of Saturday and lost an extra day of rest, or if it was because we started a little later than normal. It was probably a combination of both, but I really struggled with my flat [...]

2/26 & 2/28: Cardio & Heavy Legs Workout

MY LEGS ARE TIRED!!!!!! When I sit down I feel like I’m sitting on my butt and have NO legs at all underneath. I pushed myself really hard today and it feels great. Normally I would’ve done my strength training workout yesterday, but we had our new bedroom furniture delivered and we had to finish [...]

2/25: Biceps/Triceps Workout – New!

Earlier this week I started a new workout program where I decided that I’ll continue to do strength training Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and cardio at least 3 days per week. I normally do cardio on two strength training days and I skip it on leg day and do it the following day.
Today I decided [...]

2/21 & 2/23 Workouts: Cardio, Chest and Back

I feel like it’s been too long since I’ve written a post here. That’s probably mostly because I forgot to post my cardio workout from Sunday. (the one I swear I almost died from!) It was pretty crazy and I was so happy when I was done, but my body felt weird for a good [...]

2/20 Workout: 100 Pound Deadlifts! (Heavy Legs and Shoulders)

Today was heavy leg day followed up with a shoulder workout. I’ve decided that I’m going to start a new workout split next week, but I haven’t quite figured out exactly what yet. I’ll work on it tomorrow and Monday. I think I’ll probably keep the Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday split for strength training but I’m gonna switch [...]

2/18 Workout: Chest, Triceps, HIIT & Steady State Cardio

Today was chest and triceps day again. Oh how I love chest day! It always makes me feel strong. I lifted heavy today because I’m still working my way back up to benching 100 pounds. I did 4 sets of 85 pounds, which you can see in more detail below.
I also did another [...]

2/16 Workout: Back, Biceps & Cardio

Back, biceps and steady state cardio workouts today! I was able to get in a really great workout today and in total I think it lasted a little over 90 minutes – that does include about an hour of cardio, but the time actually flew by pretty quickly. I don’t mind 3 long workouts per [...]

2/13 & 2/14 Workouts: Heavy Legs, Shoulders & Cardio

Happy Valentine’s Day! <3 I did a heavy leg workout and a shoulder workout yesterday and then today I did a steady state cardio workout. I don’t do cardio on leg day – it gets to be too much for my legs, especially when I’m lifting heavy like I have been lately. So…I’m completely kosher [...]

2/11 Workout: Chest, Triceps & 600 Calories Worth of Cardio

Today’s workout was a little tough. I’ve had some kind of stomach flu since Tuesday night and some horrible abdominal cramping to go along with it. Today has been quite a bit better, but I still haven’t been eating as much as I normally would on a workout day. For this reason, I felt weak [...]

2/7 & 2/9 Workouts: Steady Cardio, Back, Biceps & HIIT

I completely forgot to post my cardio workout that I did Sunday morning, so I’ll just include it in this post with today’s workout.
I took an updated back photo today. I chose to not wear a sports bra in the pic like I normally do so I could see my whole back instead of parts [...]

2/6 Workout: Heavy Legs & Shoulders

This leg and shoulders workout took a lot outta me today! I did heavy legs again this week and I followed that up with shoulders. I was going to do weighted crunches afterwards but my arms (more specifically my shoulders) were too tired. I felt I wasn’t performing them properly because I wasn’t strong enough [...]

2/4 Workout: Chest, Triceps & Cardio

Today was chest & triceps day followed with steady state cardio. I always get excited about chest day. I like the bench press – it’s always been one of my favorite exercises.
I decided to up the weight 5 pounds this week and was still able to perform 5 reps. That’s right in the 4 to [...]

2/2 Workout: Back, Biceps & Cardio

Today I was able to get another great workout in! My goal was to do back and biceps for strength training and then to do a cardio workout that consisted of both high-intensity interval training (HIIT) followed immediately by steady state cardio. I aimed to do 10 minutes of HIIT and at least 10 minutes [...]

1/30 & 1/31 Workouts: Heavy Legs, Abs & Cardio

This post is a compilation of the workouts I did yesterday and today. I had a huge Christmas party to go to yesterday and before that started I had to go grocery shopping and then get my workout in. I had planned on doing abs yesterday, but I decided to do them today just before [...]

1/28 Workout: Chest, Triceps & Cardio

Today I got a kick ass workout in! A couple days ago, I felt so fatigued during my workout and I was getting upset because I couldn’t lift what I normally do. It seemed to take a lot more effort. I checked with My Fitness Pal and SparkPeople to calculate the calories I should be [...]

1/26 Workout: Back and Biceps!

Today’s workout included back exercises and bicep exercises and it was actually much harder than normal to complete and I have no idea why. I’m still fighting a nasty cold, though it’s gotten much better. I barely made it through my w0rkout because I was feeling so weak and fatigued, but I have no idea [...]

1/25 Workout: Shoulders

Today is a dreary day in Minnesota, both weather-wise and for all the Vikings fans after their loss last night in the NFC Championship game. I actually wasn’t going to workout today, but I decided to do a shoulder workout since I forgot to do them earlier last week.
Shoulder Workout

1/23 Workout: Heavy Legs & Abs

Today was leg day. For my last leg workout I used a lighter weight and did higher reps, but today I decided to start going heavy and I’m so glad I did! I was lifting far more than I thought I could and it makes me wish I had started lifting heavy a long time [...]

1/21 Workout: Chest, Triceps & Cardio

The photo in this post really has nothing to do with my workout today in any way but it’s Adrian Peterson and my Vikings are in the NFC Championship game this coming Sunday so I’m showing my team spirit!
I realized today that I completely skipped shoulders. For my last workout I did back and biceps [...]

1/19 Workout: Back & Biceps

Today was back and bicep day again and I actually feel like I got another great workout in. I did absolutely no cardio today because my legs are still sore from my last leg workout, but I think I might do some cardio tomorrow.
I always feel guilty if I’m not doing it at least every [...]

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