Saturday Snow Day.
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 02:02PM
Hey Kids, how is YOUR day going? It's snowing like madness here. And - to add to my lovely start of the day (please reference my vlog rant about my pain in the arse neighbors, I love getting up at 6:30am. on a freaking SATURDAY when I actually was going to allow myself to sleep IN!), I just went out to get my mail from Thursday and MY STUPID MAILBOX KEYHOLE IS FROZEN. Yes, my #%^Y@(O&@(^*&@ blasted association decided to get us new mailboxes with keys. Special. NOT. It's FROZEN. What's up with that? I'm sure I have a love letter in there from Huge Jackman just waiting for me and I can't get it.
Breathe Kelly.
You know what I hate? People that can't spell. Worse yet, people that can't spell and don't USE SPELL CHECK online! What made me think of this? When I typed, breathe. I've seen people write "I just have to breath" That is BRETH (pronunciation) NOT BREEETHE. Dang. Or, people that type, "That is just THERE problem." Dork! "it's THEIR problem"!!!
Rant over.
;-)
Today I did Tracy Effinger's SQUEEZE STRONGER workout. People- let me tell you. Perhaps you haven't mixed it up in a while. And if you are only doing 'gym' style workouts i.e. isolation moves and heavy weights- which I am TOTALLY still doing, {I'm just not ONLY doing isolation moves and treadmill for my cardio}- I highly recommend you MIX IT UP. Add in some circuit style workouts that use lighter weights- and before you flip out and start laughing, like I used to do, thinking, "Oh please, pink dumbbells and such?? I lift HEAVY! Those are girly workouts!" THINK AGAIN. There are some KILLER workouts out there and you will DIE at how hard you will work your entire body- sometimes, I kid you not, during this workout I was using 2lb little bitty dumbbells and I was SCREAMING. Because you never put your arms down below your shoulders, your muscles get NO rest. I like incorporating a workout like THIS and then the rest of the week doing some hard-core P90X style training- your body will never know what's coming and you are working out your muscles in the polar opposite manner. Good for beating boredom, good for shocking the muscles, good for building up BOTH strength AND endurance.
Here's a clip:
Dude. Seriously. The lower body stuff is also killer- lots of like Lotte Berk style moves in there. Have I mentioned, Ilaria did this in her DVD also- SISSY SQUATS- do you know what they are?? Where you essentially do squats on your tip toes, then lean all the way back HOLY MOTHER OF GOD totally works your thighs in a different way.
And do you see in this video the side bends with the broom handle? Seriously your obliques will KILL you the next day. One of the things I'll be focusing on a lot more in 2010 is AB/CORE work. I don't know why but I always avoid doing Abs/Core. No more. Not only am I losing the fat, I want abs. Period. Plus, it's good for our long-term health to have a kick butt strong core.
Ok, I gotta run. We're off to see a movie later and hopefully I can get out of my driveway. I swear we have 5 inches of snow already. Alert: don't think we are going to see that movie; 10 inches or more of snow tonight. Welcome to the jungle.
Reader Comments (5)
Hey, Kelly, your vlog rant cracked me up, as usual (longtime reader here :)) -- sorry about the neighbors from hell... I've had my share of that. Slamming on the ceiling usually only accomplished hurting my own hands. Now I have a "yip-yip-yip" 6-a.m. dog, too. %&^@. Oh, and your quote = none other than the great CHRISTMAS VACATION!
Sara, I'm so glad- should I be?- to know that I am not alone in my suffering LOL ;-) hehehe
The Blind Side is such a good movie. I saw Avatar a few days ago. It was good too but I had those freaking stomach issues ARG!
Let me know Cathe's new workouts are...you know i'm a cardio junkie!
April I get them on the 30th. I'm so excited, as they look pretty dang intense!! Happy!!
picture looks like it Xena Warrior Princess