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WOOT! Just had to say it again. I had a killer workout this morning!! I did Cathe HIIT 30/30 followed by Tracy Effinger Squeeze Stronger. OMG. I know I say this every time I to that workout but holy heck!! It is tough!! And for me personally, I like that I'm all warmed up and sweaty when I start her workout, I don't like doing cardio AFTER weights. Call me crazy; most of you probably do anyway! ;-0 haha

So- I figured out my Polar HRM issues. #1 was that the battery needed to be changed. You may have seen me b**ching on Twitter about the fact that Polar HRM only have 4 service centers IN THE COUNTRY. And it was going to cost me $75 plus shipping both ways to get it fixed. That is almost the cost of a new one! Are you kidding me? Luckily a friend on Twitter sent me to his blog guidance on the topic: CLICK HERE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in changing you own battery. Hello! SNAP! I did it and it only cost $2 for the battery!

Secondly, maybe this is just for those of us with Boobage, but I think that the HRM part that goes around your ribs- I need to wear it LOWER than the bra line, when I try to tuck it up under the bra, it loses the heartbeat. It is a bit annoying to have a bra and the chest strap all futzing around on your body under the top but I made myself deal with it! AND today I burned 700 calories in my workout that was 1:15. 

Interestingly, I paid close attention (more on a curious level) to my heart rates during the HIIT portion- here is the breakdown. Funny thing is, I would note my HR after finishing 30 seconds..then about 10 seconds later during the rest time, it was always 2-3 beats higher. 

• 1st interval: 150
• 2nd: 159
• 158 ** needed 7 seconds extra
• 162 **  needed 8 seconds extra
• 160
• 154
• 153
• 156 (plyo jacks)
• 158 (power kicks)
• 159 (power kicks)
• 166 (air jacks) **needed 9 seconds extra
• 163 (tuck jumps)
• 156 (side kick thrust)
• 153 (side kick thrust)
• 159 (they did burpees, I ran the stairs)
• 155 (straddle side touches)
• This portion of the workout 20 minutes in total burned 220 calories.

During the Squeeze Stronger portion of the workout I was sweating a bucket, that girl doesn't STOP! My heart rate stayed between 120-142 the whole time. I fear my core tomorrow, she does those side bends and back kicks that work your core like no other! WHOA!

Ok, I'm a stinky sweaty sloppy gross pile of GAAAHHHH right now. Need a bubble bath, then I have Mr. Rene giving me 2 hours of massage bliss. I hope to squeeze in a vlog for you kids because I am PSYCHED!!!! But it may be later on too. ;-)

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What is your workout plan for today and tomorrow? Do you workout on the weekends or take that time off? 

Peek at Squeeze Stronger:

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.