I LIKE IT> I LOVE IT> I WANT SOME MORE OF IT.

OMG. Am I saying I LIKE FREAKING BURPEES?? OR MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS? Um, I guess in a sick twisted way, that would be a yes. Today, my friends, I did a 20-Minute Interval Cardio workout. You read that right. 20 minutes. I was DRIPPING in sweat. Burned 250 calories.

And that was it. I stopped. That's the plan. No more hours of cardio. Today's plan was a 20 minute session (these will get progressively a bit longer, and sometimes I will be throwing in a 35-40 minute Insanity session for cardio, but my point is.....I'm not OVERDOING IT. I'm not doing what I would've done 6 months ago, which is to look at my Polar HRM and see a 250 calorie burn and feel that there is NO WAY THAT'S ENOUGH- and then I'd do something else to make it a minimum of 500, always shooting for 800 or more.

WHERE WAS THAT GETTING ME? A long road to nowhere. 

I'm telling you guys and gals, reading Rachel Cosgrove's book was a good thing for me. And Chelle- a lot of the cardio workouts- the intervals, they remind me of Sexy Biotch Zuzana and her killer workouts, so I am going to try some of hers too-- in fact, here is something funny. I've noticed that in many of her workouts, she uses a duffel bag with WHATEVER in it for a weight.....so here I am in my hotel room doing my "weight" circuit yesterday- and I obviously had no "weights" right? I needed to do step ups for part of my circuit. 

GIVE ME SOME CREATIVE APPLAUSE NOW.

I used my duffel bag filled with RANDOM STUFF- my makeup, the hairdryer, icebox from the hotel room- you name it- and I held the bag up against my chest while I did step ups......ON THE TOILET!! HAHAHAHA I'm so not joking. And yes, the lid was closed!!! (if doing this on the road, test the seat first to make sure it's not one of those that dent in when you step or sit on it LOL)

It worked. 

Do you see how NON-PERFECTIONIST OCD KELLY I WAS?? I OWNED IT!

FYI, today's circuit blast was this:

• Circuit One: Hopscotch, Single Leg Burpee, Mountain Climbers, Jump Squats (30 seconds each then 30 seconds rest. Did 3 rounds)
• Circuit Two: Lateral Ski Jumps, Lunge Jumps (Like Mary Katherines in P90X), Plank Cross Toe Touch, Burpees. (Same as above)

Here is the sweaty evidence:

Ok, so this was a SHORT vlog because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to upload it- well, how long it would TAKE to upload is what was concerning me. So I kept it short, tomorrow I'll do a wee bit more, but when I'm on the road, you might have shorter Kelly O Blabathons.....I know, I know, it's sad. I'm like coffee, so addicting. ;-) 

Yesterday, I did a "weight" circuit based on Rachel's book - again, just using this philosophy of weights every other day, cardio every other day and no INSANE long-ass overtraining workouts. Eating reasonably and keeping portions normal. I have to tell you kids also- maybe I'm crazy, but being back on the Pill for 2 weeks now- I swear to God I think it is having a POSITIVE effect on my old crazy-a** hormones! I swear my tummy is way flatter this week- I know right!! Anyway- I did the circuit yesterday all with TRX and then the above mentioned step ups and some static lunges etc. 

OMG. You guys, I'm gonna tell you, when you focus on accurate form with the TRX, I am AMAZED how hard you can work your muscles and....AND AND AND you are always using CORE to do everything. I did some chest moves and holy MOTHER my core was on fire. Today I have serious upper body DOMS. I am VERY EXCITED to do more and more TRX. I'm sold. 

Good Lord. What IS it about Aussie accents (really any accent---from OVAH THERE anything Hugh Grant-ish) that makes me say, "Ok Yes, here is my hotel room key" WHAT?? Did I say that out loud? Yea I did. Mom, sorry. Your daughter has unclean thoughts. ;-0

And since so many of you ladies keep asking me about my BFF Scott Herman, here he is doing some TRX Core Destruction:

Yes, I have touched those abs in person. They are real. And he eats like a Manimal. 

I found a ton of new songs for my iPod, this is one of my new ones that makes me SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE IT. 

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What are your favorite tunes for working out- I want new ones!!!!