Oh Yes.
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 06:28PM
What is UP with this trend- whether it's in fitness modeling photos or Victoria's Secret catalogs or whatever- these poses where it looks like, "I'm about to take my drawers off..." WHAT THE...? I mean, really? Seriously? So stupid. Regardless, I was doing a bit of Gina's shoulder routine today, so hence the photo tribute. Maybe Gina had some bronzer issues in this photo-shoot and was trying to fix it? Poor Gina.
So, I'm back! Let me tell you, I was in DC for a quickie trip and it was like 85 degrees there! Then yesterday I had a slight travel day from hell. I was on standby for an earlier flight, then I get to the airport to find that all flights were delayed into Chicago due to storms. So.....I wait. I wait. I wait. I got a meal at the airport that TOTALLY made me sick (EWWW!) and then they get us all on the plane....so we can sit on the runway for an HOUR. That's right an hour. At that moment I was cursing myself that I had nothing in my purse to eat cuz Aunt Flo was with me and we were both very interested in some food. Anyway, I get to ORD around 10pm and when I step outside to wait for my driver- BAM! 38 degrees!! What the heck?? Yes, I went from 85 degrees to 38 degrees. I was standing outside in my sassy open-toed sandals and light spring trench-coat. BRRRR!! By the time I got home it was 11pm. Welcome to my exciting glamorous life. NOT.
Enough whining Kelly.
So, today I've been slammed with work and had to do an early evening workout. You know this drives me crazy but I'M NOT GONNA WHINE. Longer than a sentence. ;-) I did Cathe's HIIT Double Wave Pyramid workout for the first time. See the clip below. This was my first time doing THIS HIIT workout of Cathe's and it is hard- in 25 minutes I burned 235 calories. So, I'd say all of Cathe's HIIT workouts burn about the same 225-275 calories in 25-30 minutes. I like to do these when I'm doing a heavy weight day, and today was shoulders. I did some nice heavy isolation training and it felt AWESOME!! Burned 500 calories! WOOT!
(See to the left there is a link for my Posterous Page, where I always post the pictures of my workouts for that day and my HRM monitor read-out. FYI)
Also! Thanks to my sassy blogger friend Hilary for sharing some NON-RACER-BACK WORKOUT TANKS she discovered at Wal-Mart. HELLO!!! Amen: CLICK HERE TO CHECK THEM OUT. And hello, only $7? I love Wal-Mart. Haven't been in ages but the last great workout tops I bought that were not racerback were at Wal-Mart!
Question of the Day: Where do you get your workout clothes?
Here is the clip of Cathe's HIIT workout. I did the Double Wave Pyramid.
Reader Comments (9)
yuck i hate travelling nightmares, but even though it makes me feel like i should be wearing t-shirts with holes in them and only have 4 teeth, walmart really does have the best prices and i proudly buy workout clothes there!! :):) hey, i'm a poor college student what can i say :-D
Isn't it funny how freakin' WALMART of all places sells fitness clothes that fit well?! I went through a phase where I would force myself to buy all my w/o clothes from Target because I thought I was being "good"...but I would never actually wear them to the gym because I hate how they fit haha, oh, my logic :)
And gina def needs to find a new pose. Maybe it's the fact that she's not even making eye contact with the camera?!
p.s. I'm following you on twitter! And uhhh, I have no idea what I'm doing! Just spent an hour peaking around and didn't get very far lol
I love the Nike superstore in Union Square (San Fran) and I also love Lululemmon!! They have very stylish workout gear and great customer service...but pretty expensive...
As for the Cathe HIIT workouts-- oh my goodess!! That looks INTENSE! Is this the first legit workout video I've seen??? May be!!
I'm totally hearing ya on the fit chick pics...WTH is up with that? I love to put up fit chicks for my own motivation and my readers...but lately so many pics have been that hot and bothered stuff...yuck...I just want hot...LOL!
Walmart? Who'd a thought?!
Last time I found workout clothes that actually fit was at K-mart...Who'd a thought? LOL
Will have to check out Walmart when I'm in the states!
Lizzy- LOL!!!! The only reason really that I haven't been shopping at WalMart lately is because of the proximity where I live now. But honestly, it's GOOD to watch our pennies and you know- the workout tops I bought there like 3-4 years ago- I'm still wearing them! I'm going there! Totally!
;-)
Morgan, it is so funny because after I posted that picture I saw like 3-4 more with the same kind of 'pulling my pants off' pose on Facebook! GAH! haha
And for Twitter- believe me, 99.9% of people don't get it when they first start.....that's part of what's cool about it. But trust me when I say, look around and start interacting with people; replying to their tweets or questions. Or find some fitness people to follow, like @girlwithnoname or @skwigg or @mizfitonline etc. then follow some of their followers- start engaging with them....you'll start having fun and meeting great people!!
Kristina, yes those Cathe HIIT workouts are awesome, but compared to Insanity they are a 4 out of 5 and Insanity is a 6 out of 5 LOL! I'm so down with the High Intensity workouts....it's such a challenge but I love being that sweaty! You KNOW you've worked it out then!! ;-)
Rae Rae, Wal-Mart has EVERYTHING now. No ambience haha but everything!
hey girlie!!
YEAH what the heck is up with the slightly pulling down of the undies!?? I noticed too!
ickkky for airport foods...it's always hit or miss with me! the worst is feeling sick while traveling! I get my workout clothes from so many different places! best fit=lululemon! best price=tj maxx! I hope you're having a great friday! xoxo!
Lizzy, I'm telling you, I ate this pita type sandwich thing...it was soooo yummy and I swear within 1/2 hour I was bolting for the restroom. Gross. Good way for me to never order that again!! LOL
I have to check out Lululemon, I've heard good things about them...
My pet peeve lately is that I keep finding cute workout tanks...and they have stinking shelf bras built in. HELLO! If you are busty, those shelf bras ruin everything and make the tank useless. Why can't they make cute workout tanks w/o shelf bras? Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Okay, off my rant! :)
Glynis, I hear you! And the shelf bras are only going to work for the small chested chicks out there- and they don't really even NEED a bra! WTH???