Were You Wondering??

Wondering if I kicked butt today? Or if I took the day off? Um, what do YOU THINK? I'm ending this month with a serious WOOT! And a BOOYA to boot! ;-) See the triceps dip above-- one of my favorite ways to work my triceps (and mind you, I loathe working my triceps and chest the most, of all body areas, I hate those two areas!), in addition to the lying side tricep push-up- you know the ones Tony does in P90X Shoulders and Arms? I mean, other people do it (Tracy Effinger does it in Squeeze Stronger, come to think of it) but that's where I remember it the most because I do 20 each side.

I need to go get my belly ring fixed. I digress. 

So....it was a beautiful day out today- about 70 degrees and sunny. I went to meet my friend for lunch and got SOOOO ANNOYED because all our streets were held up- why? BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE ALL HOLD TRAFFIC UP SO A BUNCH OF HARLEY RIDERS CAN ALL RIDE TOGETHER WITHOUT STOPPING. HOW does this happen? I mean really, I'd like to take a fast car and play INDY 500 on the roads out here but I highly doubt the cops would BLOCK INTERSECTIONS FOR ME TO DO SO. WHY do Harley riders get to stop all the rest of us just because they are on a group hug ride? WTH???

Do NOT get me wrong, I dig Harleys (is this the proper way to pluralize or is Harlies, that seems queer) and many of the fine mantastic specimens that ride them. Just don't get in MY way on a Saturday dude. 

Don't get me wrong. If I saw this, I'd roll over and play dead IN THE ROAD just so he'd stop and help me. Don't lie, I know you would too. He definitely passes the Bark Test. GRRRRR

Anyway, after I made about 200 detours for our fine leathered out motorcycle brigade, I made it to lunch. Then I stopped at Target and got some GOODIES for my house!! OMG it's been too long since I went shopping. I got giddy in the organizational tools aisle. OCD, that's me. 

Then I came home and was installing and putting things away and such, and it was about 5pm and I was NOT FEELING LIKE WORKING OUT but.....I was thinking of my calendar in here and how much I wanted it to show this week better than last week. I thought about hopping on the scale and seeing 3.2lbs lost last week and how I want to see 2 more gone next week....and then I got my workout clothes on. I got my UGIFit ball out and WENT NUTTY. 

Let me tell you something, this ball is a miracle. It's a wonder. It's like, well, discovering this was like discovering that Starbucks offered both lo-fat milk, Skim AND Soy. And then when they added those cute desserts on a stick that are under 200 calories each. These things filled me with wonder and delight, like getting on my scale and seeing LESS of me to love. 

Brilliant. 

See that move above? Try doing mountain climbers that way. It takes working your core and your ARMS to another level!!! (I was not asked to do this review, I bought the UGIFit Kit on Amazon and just sharing my review, like I review everything!) Because the ball is so big, you can't grasp it all and hold with just your hands, so your arms are brought into every movement. My vlog below tells you more about my wow factor but in 30 minutes I had a 330 calorie burn sweatfest. I am SOOOO excited to do more! Soooo customizable and I plan to use my UGI in some Zuzana workouts where she uses the Sandbag. I don't have a sandbag. When I think of sandbag I think of my ex-husband and I'm glad I don't have that around anymore. Oh wait, I guess I was thinking DIRTBAG not sandbag. Same thing.

I made a funny.

OMG Tricep Dips are SOOOO much more intense on this thing. I'm telling you, I gasped out loud kind of like when Jason Statham does stuff like this in movies:

Another Bark Test Moment. 

All I can say kids is that I love the UGI at first workout. I LOVE HIM. I can't wait to throw him around a lot more. I have violence issues, so what? It helps me have more intense workouts! ;-) 

So.....enjoy my little ramble-on-a-thon about the UGI, and also forgive me for saying a naughty R-rated word in here, but I wasn't about to reshoot my vlog. Kelly had to go sit in the corner after this vlog, I promise. ;-0

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you ending this month of April on a high note with your workouts (for the month) or do you need to KICK BUTT in May to balance it out? 

Monday Manjoyment!

Great Balls of Fire. 

That's all I have to say about that. How's your day going kittens? Mine was a bit of a downer- we woke up to SNOW on the ground. I'm telling you, there is always snow in Chicago in April. It's mostly gone now but still....a total bummer of a cold chilly day. My friend Wendy who was here for the weekend had to leave early today because she came down with an ear infection, bummer for her! And like everyone around me is sick in some way right now! Time to buckle down and make sure I don't get anything! ;-(

What are your tips for keeping healthy and keeping colds/flu at bay? 

How about parking THAT at my door? That should keep a lot of things at bay. I'm just sayin.

So, anyway, as I share in my UTTERLY VOID OF FOCUS ramble-on-a-thon below, I totally was not feeling the workout MOJO today. I was feeling ikky and just plain whiny. It's as if Aunt Flo was still here but she left yesterday. Anyway, I feel good that I made myself NOT do a drive-by workout, I put my game face on and did about 40 minutes of Tracy Effinger's Squeeze Stronger DVD. 

Let me tell you this DVD is no joke. All lighter weight but it's non-stop and I also like some of the kind of "barre movement" work she does. I view this as more of a cardio workout but I like it. And I really like mixing all my DVDs up so I'm never bored and my my body never knows what to expect. I'm anxiously awaiting the moment UPS shows up with my Insanity Asylum and Brazil Butt DVDS......INTENSE.

I would just like to rent him for a day or so- like a good Netflix movie, you know...he'd be like a repeat rental. I mean, really, I bet when you die, the angels in heaven probably look like our friend. For Realz. And the girl angels probably look like Kim Kardashian. Do you agree? I'm sorry, she's my girl crush in a massive way. 

Anyway, I'm off to get some work done-- remember, we have some big FitFluential news this week! WOOT!! I'll be back tomorrow!