Dude.

I love Plyometrics. I really do. Today I did P90X Plyometrics and it was yummy fun as usual. Have you tried it yet? OH Sweet mother of God- I kid you not, I was not planning this, I just went to YouTube to search for a video on P90X Plyo to show you and this gem came across my path:

Ok, perhaps some of you recall that I have shared some thoughts on Jim Rome before. Like the fact that I wish he was my baby daddy. Like I'd really like to burn some calories with him. Like, he makes me shudder and not in the gross creepy way, when freaks in airports stalk me and ask me inappropriate questions like, "What color is your bra??? hehehe" #FAIL I.Want.To.Go.To.There. 

Don't you think Jim and I make a good couple? 

Look. It's Jim Rome on top of Kelly Olexa. WHAT? This is the kind of blog post my mom will read and just shake her head and say, "Kelly don't say those dirty words!" Sorry Mom. I have unclean thoughts occasionally. 

What was I saying? I forgot. Oh PLYOMETRICS. Anyway, so I did the workout, although when it got to the last bonus round- there were some sports inspired moves that used the arms- so, I kind of made up my own stuff. Thus I didn't do the full 55 minutes, and yet I burned 455 calories. I bet if Jim was here I'd burn a lot more calories. In fact I probably wouldn't be blogging right now I would be EDITED EDITED EDITED EDITED. 

Thank you to Deverie for pointing me in the direction of this diagram:

Dr. Kelly here showing you that I believe it is my DELTOPECTORAL muscle that I jacked- doing a hammer curl with 20lb dumbbells and using momentum at the end of my workout- #FAIL on all accounts. Go easy Kelly- again- demonstration of me in the past trying to do TOO MUCH TOO FAST. Simmer down Olexa, simmer DOWN!

I will say that today, I am feeling 50% better in that area- and I made sure to not go, "oh I feel better now, let's kick it!" Nope. Took it easy on arm movements. And I think Jim Rome is coming over tonight to give me a massage. WHAT? Where was I?

HAHAHAHA. Dude. 

Gotta run kittens. I'm on a plane tomorrow, back on Friday. I'm packing my workout clothes and sticking with the mostly cardio plan for this week. Tomorrow morning I will workout at home, outta here at 11am, workout tomorrow morning, and then Friday morning before I head home. ;-) You don't think I will? 

WATCH ME.

What's that? Oh that's me in Miami like a year ago. I was SO pissed that week because my bikini was so much tighter and I thought the fishermen on the beach might think I was a beached tan whale but....I've lost weight SINCE then and I will be even MORE buff and bootylicious on my next vacation.....stay tuned for where THAT will be, cuz we might do a group blogger getaway and one of you lucky kittens might get to GO! BOOYA!!! Now- keep thinking about yourself in a bikini each time you don't wanna workout. That pretty much does it for me. A true sign of success in the future will be me posting a TOTAL bikini picture of myself- maybe not even SUCKING IN. Oh Heavens. That will be nice. ;-)

My Future Fitness: Crystal Ball Vision.

Here's what I have to say after my 1000 Calorie Burn Sweatfest this morning: WOOT! It felt GREAT to be on the track again today and I made some progress on my run as well! I don't know about you kids but I tend to view my weeks as Sunday-Saturday, so today is like the last day of this week for me and I start again tomorrow. I headed out early- even in the midst of a potential "it's rainy" excuse- to the track. Luckily it had stopped raining and the temp was around 77 degrees. Lovely. I did one lap warming up then 4 laps running at about an 11 minute mile. Then I walked a lap and did 2 laps running at a pace equal to a 10 minute mile. Then I was getting a bit winded/crampy. I do think guys/gals that my cramping is more of a result of my body getting used to continual running. When you do HIIT or Insanity, you are going balls-to-the-wall for 30 seconds then stopping. With running, it is heavy impact and "non-stop", so I can see how that takes some getting used to. 

Here is how the rest of my smörgåsbord run-workout looked like:

• 1 lap walk at 4mph pace, followed by 4 laps run at 11 minutes.
• 1 lap walk at 4mph pace, followed by 2 laps run at 5 minutes.
• 32 Walking Lunges, then 16 straight leg front raise kicks (leg is straight and you raise it up to hit your hand, held higher than your head, alternating legs)
• 4 sets of side squat jumps a la Jenny Lynn
• Standing lunges, jump rope, squats Tabata-Style
• 2 laps walking one minute, running one minute at faster pace, closer to 7mph
• 32 more walking lunges, 32 leg kicks
• Stretch
• Came home and did one giant set for shoulders

Who's Your Daddy?

Kids, we saw SALT last night. If you want to get motivated to kick some serious butt, go see this movie. Angelina Jolie, who CLEARLY needs to eat several large pizzas, still is the queen of badass chicks. I can't wait to see it again. Seriously.

So, I was mentioning this a bit in my blog/vlog from yesterday, about using the latter half of 2010 to KICK BUTT. Time flies people. I feel like it was just yesterday I was saying "It's July 1st and it's the second half of the year!"~ now it is July 24th! And in these 24 days I was really REALLY sick for 10 of them. That bites. But I'm OVER that and because of how annoyed I am at getting sick in the first place, I'm committed to being MUCH more focused on my "diet" meaning; MORE BALANCE.

The second quarter of 2010 was when I discovered "Eat Stop Eat" which totally changed everything for me and really got me started with significant fat loss. AMEN. Now that the ESE approach has helped me conquer a LOT of unhealthy thoughts about "Good Food vs. Bad Food" and binge tendencies, I can focus on ADDING more variety and balance to my diet. No, I will never go back to eating 6x a day like a machine or worrying about "every meal must have protein" like I will drop dead if I have a veggie bagel sandwich sometime. What I will do is start taking my vitamins again every day. Yes, as we age (old people like me do, you know)we need to be proactive in supplementing the diet. I've missed my Green Monster smoothies made with Shakeology (I am including a link to my Shakeology website, so please note that yes, if you purchase from my site I will earn a commission, as I am an independent BeachBody coach.) and added spinach and banana. YUM. I also want to check out Coconut Water and coconut products as recommended by my BFF Amy, who is the one that got me started on running!! She's the bomb, even though she cheats on me by having other friends, but I'm down with that Amy. I'm cool. heheheh

Now, talk about variety in workouts! The themes you will see running through this site over the rest of this year and beyond are:

• NO EXCUSES.
• WORKOUT ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYHOW- Killer, creative awesome workouts from home, no gym required.
• VARIETY: Jazz it up, keep balanced.

Here's what my Future Fitness Crystal Ball Vision looks like:

A whole lotta running. And then some more.

Remembering to STRETCH.

Of course, P90X and Insanity!!!!

Outdoor workouts and some TRX Love. 

Killer barre workouts that make that booty SING!! 

Throwing in some TurboFire!!!

Y'all know how much I love my BFF @ChaleneJohnson. She rocks. Chalene will be making a guest appearance here soon, so stay tuned!!

Yoga and Down Time. 

More awesomeness from my BFF @ValerieWaters. Talk about working the bootay! OMG! ValSlides and Val Bands will blow your mind!! Valerie will be making a guest appearance here soon!

Definitely sleep. Any trainer or doctor will tell you, getting a good night's sleep is KEY to optimal health and wellness. Make it happen. Make your bed the most comfortable fluffy cloud experience you can and focus on getting 7-8 hours! Period! Do it!

So here is my QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you up for it? Are you game? What does YOUR Fitness Crystal Ball show you for the rest of 2010??