Last week I tried something I had never done before. I did not even know it was possible until I watched a friend of mine do it in a video. Read on to find out how that turned out!
As far as workouts go, I only got one day in last week. That workout came from Netflix. Other than the fact that I think I might be addicted to protein smoothies, my diet continues to do great. I did have some pizza slices last week, but I think Papa Murphy’s pizza is pretty healthy, in addition to being delicious! One slice from our favorite pizza – a large Pepperoni on original crust has just 279 calories.
Here is what I did this week:
Day 1 – Strength Training
This sculpting workout provided a terrific lunge sequence and a challenging arm sequence. Crunch: Total Resculpt
was a great workout. The instructor did a fine job by providing easy-to-follow instructions and being pleasant to workout with. The workout is split into two parts: one for your upper body; the other for your lower body. I was hoping there would be an abdominal section in there, but there wasn’t. Regardless, this workout had me sweating, and there was one arm sequence that I could not even complete because my arms were staring to get fatigued.
Day 2 – Strength Training
After my friend shared a video of her husband doing handstand pushups, I got inspired to try them myself. Since he was supporting his feet against the wall, I thought, No problem. I can do this too.
First, let me say that Brian makes it look easy. He did six of them without a problem. I tried and tried, and I could not even do one! Not a measly single one. After five separate attempts, I felt weak. I thought I was stronger than that. After the first two fails, I was starting to get agitated. I really wanted to be able to do this. So I tried harder.
I was able to lower myself closer to the floor with the last three attempts, but once I got down there, I could not bring myself back up! I had to fall over in defeat. And for the rest of the day, my arms were sore. Other than the fact that my respect for Brian has just tripled, I think I need to get serious about my arms and start doing something to make them stronger. What good is it to have nice looking arms if I can’t do anything with them?
After those two days, my body was pretty sore. My legs hurt from all of the lunges I did. So I spent the rest of the week daydreaming about doing yoga to help relieve the pain. I just had other priorities that really demanded my time.
The boys start school in two days, and I’m stressing over that. They have never been in a school before. I have homeschooled them since before they could talk. They are still going to be homeschooled, but instead of using a Christian-based curriculum like I normally would have purchased, I have them enrolled in a virtual school.
I really am impressed with the quality of curriculum that they received. They got boxes and boxes of everything they will need for the school year, including all of the materials they will need for their science projects. I still get to be their teacher, but there is some stuff I’ll have to learn using their program.
I may very well need some yoga after this week!
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with Michael Olajide was a fantastic workout!
and jump rope. Instead of a body bar, I used a broom. This worked out great, because he only has you use the body bar for balance while you do standing oblique crunches. As for the jump rope – that segment kicked my butt, and I doubt I actually would have been able to get through it had I used a jump rope.
featured five 10-minute workouts with Keli Roberts, each one targeting a specific area. I did all of them. This is the first time I have seen a workout video that featured only the instructor. There were no backup exercisers, where there is usually at least one that does a modified version of every exercise. Keli never gives you that option. Perhaps that is so you get the complete exposure to what a bootcamp would be like.
was a short workout indeed. I hardly felt like I did anything. Some of the dance moves had me lost – I was unable to keep up with them because there were times when the instructor moved really fast. As with every dance workout video I have done thus far, the music was non-motivating and totally not worth dancing to.
