Hello Everyone... I Know I have fallen off the blogging wagon... Work gets in the way of all my fun...hehe But, in these times it is great to have a job...
After reading about all the fun that I had this morning, I know you will want to sign up too..
You can do this at http://www.extremefittraining.com/
Alright, for today's boot camp it is all about partners and competition. Everyone partners up and Rachel's hands us the list of torture events, i mean extremely detailed and invigorating training exercises.
With this being a competition it is all about speed.... Well and endurance... Cause it will kick your butt.... So you have your partner and you have you list of torture... Now it is up to you about how to divide these up.. Mostly we just split everything in half....
And Away we GO!!!!!!
50 High Jumps -- Jump up pull your knees up...
50 Plate walks / Wheel Barrels - Wheel barrels just like in PE.. Plate walks are a paper plant under you feet as you are in the push up position and you walk with your hands just a dragging your feet
50 Take a Bows - Take a bow with your weights plus some extensions
50 Cone Jumps - Jump over a cone.. Think you figured that one out..
100ea Partner Pushups - Fun, Fun and more fun... Head to Head doing pushups while clapping hands with your partner on each one.
50 Hammer Curls - Thumb up curls.
75 Crab Crawls - Walk like a crab in PE class (Somehow, I remember that being more fun then.)
50 Triceps Kickbacks - You all have seen or done these.
100 Real Sit ups - everyone's favorite
50 Belgium Squats - Your partner is in a front plank stance, and you put one foot on there back and do a 1 leg squat.
20 Parachute runs - Wrap a power band around you and your partner holds you back while you run.
20 Parachute Runs Backwards - Go figure same as before but running backwards.
50ea Sit up position twist..(Side to Side with Elbows touching the ground)
I am sure I missed some of the work outs or got the numbers wrong...Sorry; my mind isn't working at 5:30am
So, if that wasn't enough to wear you out... We finished the session with Abs 10 of everything.... And I mean everything, 10 crunches, 10 reverse crunches, 10 low leg extensions, 10 planks left , 10 planks right, 10 front planks, 10 front step out side planks, 10 front step out side planks with a jump. Love those Ab workouts...hehe NOT....
That officially ended the session then Mrs. Rachel say... "How want to go for a 10 run?" Now who do you know that actually wants to go for a run..hehe But several of us went. Now you have to remember that Rachel's runs are nice jogs through the country side... It is a combination of Jog, SPRINT... Job Sprint..... Literally by the time I finished the work out and the run my shirt and shorts were complete soaked with sweat....
Monday, June 22, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Only Boot Camp Day 3 - And the Hurling starts!!!!!!!
After reading about all the fun that I had this morning, I know you will want to sign up too..
You can do this at http://www.extremefittraining.com/
Been trying to come up with a snazzy title for this one. Something like "Friday Morning Nausea", "Beating Rachel comes with a price", "Rachel Made me hurl"... I will let you bet the Judge... Let me your thoughts....
Well Day 3 and I would love to tell you that it is getting easier... Love to tell you that the workouts are a breeze, Love to tell you that I am in such good of shape that I don't need this anymore. It would be easier to convince you that pigs can fly.
Well with the norm of the alarm clock going off at 5am and Kerri beating me to turn it off, grab my water, weights and don't forget the man's best friend wonder dog Zoey... And out the door we go....
Arrive at boot camp at 5:20 only to see Rachel's Sun shiny attitude talking about how much fun we are about to have as she is completing the setup of Sensation Stations... I call them Sensation stations because you are about to have sensations that your body has never felt before. The are not the enjoyable sensations but you know they are going to pay off... If you don't believe me ask Rachel... She is yelling it to us the entire time.... Think we have all drank the kool-aid.
Anyway... Please forgive me that I don't recall what these exercises are called I am a computer geek not a personal trainer. LOL...
So, the key to Sensation Stations is the one piece of exercise equipment half exercise ball. If you haven't see one of the Satan balls prey you never will heheh. So, everything is based on this one station who ever is at that station has to do 100 of them..(have to come to boot camp to know what they are!!!) So, why person X is doing the Satan Ball everyone else is at their station. Keep in mind it could take a minute in half or 2 minutes and half to complete the ball. So, you are doing things like Elevated Pushups, Dead lifts, Exercise ball side bends, Triceps extension, Football feet, Sky Jacks, Calf raises etc....
Now if this wasn't enough then about half way through Rachel calls for Sprints to the stop sigh and back.... After hearing her say if we don't make back with in 60's we do it again... Well obviously we are doing it again.... .This is were i made a mistake, this time Rachel ran and having a male ego, I couldn't let a her win, specially being the only male there (Come on guys...You need to be there)... So after Rachel and I have our little sprint right back to Sensation Stations... Well except for me... I had to take a walk through the woods and talk to a man about Buicks... Well that is what we called it in college when we went to throw up. Sprinting kicked my butt and I hate to say it but being the first to throw up was not on my goal list but it happened. It is what it is...
But I think if you don’t' throw up working out once in a while you are not working out hard enough. So Turn it up and get out there and sale some Buicks...
To top off the wonderful morning we ended up by doing Ab work... You have to love abs everyone wants that 6 pack abs... Well being the over achiever that I am I went for the whole keg.... j/k...
Well for our excitement for the morning, as if the working out with Rachel isn't enough we were graced with Shelby County Finest.... Unfortunately, someone didn't like the music or the 35 people with loud speakers as they were told... (Actually there was only about 14 of us and no loud speakers) The Sherriff was extremely nice but thought we were crazy...
You can do this at http://www.extremefittraining.com/
Been trying to come up with a snazzy title for this one. Something like "Friday Morning Nausea", "Beating Rachel comes with a price", "Rachel Made me hurl"... I will let you bet the Judge... Let me your thoughts....
Well Day 3 and I would love to tell you that it is getting easier... Love to tell you that the workouts are a breeze, Love to tell you that I am in such good of shape that I don't need this anymore. It would be easier to convince you that pigs can fly.
Well with the norm of the alarm clock going off at 5am and Kerri beating me to turn it off, grab my water, weights and don't forget the man's best friend wonder dog Zoey... And out the door we go....
Arrive at boot camp at 5:20 only to see Rachel's Sun shiny attitude talking about how much fun we are about to have as she is completing the setup of Sensation Stations... I call them Sensation stations because you are about to have sensations that your body has never felt before. The are not the enjoyable sensations but you know they are going to pay off... If you don't believe me ask Rachel... She is yelling it to us the entire time.... Think we have all drank the kool-aid.
Anyway... Please forgive me that I don't recall what these exercises are called I am a computer geek not a personal trainer. LOL...
So, the key to Sensation Stations is the one piece of exercise equipment half exercise ball. If you haven't see one of the Satan balls prey you never will heheh. So, everything is based on this one station who ever is at that station has to do 100 of them..(have to come to boot camp to know what they are!!!) So, why person X is doing the Satan Ball everyone else is at their station. Keep in mind it could take a minute in half or 2 minutes and half to complete the ball. So, you are doing things like Elevated Pushups, Dead lifts, Exercise ball side bends, Triceps extension, Football feet, Sky Jacks, Calf raises etc....
Now if this wasn't enough then about half way through Rachel calls for Sprints to the stop sigh and back.... After hearing her say if we don't make back with in 60's we do it again... Well obviously we are doing it again.... .This is were i made a mistake, this time Rachel ran and having a male ego, I couldn't let a her win, specially being the only male there (Come on guys...You need to be there)... So after Rachel and I have our little sprint right back to Sensation Stations... Well except for me... I had to take a walk through the woods and talk to a man about Buicks... Well that is what we called it in college when we went to throw up. Sprinting kicked my butt and I hate to say it but being the first to throw up was not on my goal list but it happened. It is what it is...
But I think if you don’t' throw up working out once in a while you are not working out hard enough. So Turn it up and get out there and sale some Buicks...
To top off the wonderful morning we ended up by doing Ab work... You have to love abs everyone wants that 6 pack abs... Well being the over achiever that I am I went for the whole keg.... j/k...
Well for our excitement for the morning, as if the working out with Rachel isn't enough we were graced with Shelby County Finest.... Unfortunately, someone didn't like the music or the 35 people with loud speakers as they were told... (Actually there was only about 14 of us and no loud speakers) The Sherriff was extremely nice but thought we were crazy...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Boot Camp Day 2
Before I start yes I know i skipped Boot Camp day 1.... But I couldn't move enough to type it....
After reading about all the fun that I had this morning, I know you will want to sign up too..
You can do this at http://www.extremefittraining.com/
Well for the ones that don't know I joined an exercise boot camp in an effort to cut some inches from the mid section... Day one was unbelievable tough and I hurt in places I did not know existed.
Well last night i played cards till 11 and not getting in bed till around 12:15. So, needless to say 5Am came early... And yes for those of you that know me I did say 5Am....
So up at 5, grab my shorts, shirt and shoes.... Oh yeah.. Zoey came alone for the ride.... And out the door we went...
Camp started at 5:30,
Warm Up: Indian Runs with a twist... If you ever did indian runs on the soccer fields these are a little different the line doesn't run but the person on the end does a Salomon Run through all the people. Now don't think if you are not running you are getting off easy.... ha... When each person starts to run you start a new exercise... Theses could be but not limited to ... Jumping Jacks, High Knees, Kick you Booties, Some kind of jumping exercise that I can't remember the name of.... etc... And that is just the warm up.... and your heart is already pounding through your chest.... BUT THE CALARIES ARE BURNING>>>>>
Now for the fun....
We choose a partner the first partner goes to the starting line of this Cone Square of Death (SOD) (Maybe not that bad). As they start there exercise which i think the first one was side frog jumps around the SOD. Now again don't think you are just hanging out if you are not SOD. You are doing Bicep Curls until you partner returns.... Thank goodness for fast partners hehe. The SOD exercise were things like, Frog Jumps Sideways, and Frog Jumps Forward, High knee Jog, Walking Lunges, Running backwards, etc.... While the others are doing Bicep Curls, Triceps Extensions, Mountain Climbers, etc...
If you haven't noticed the etc is there because I was losing oxygen to my brain and can't remember them.. I just do whatever Rachel say mindlessly.
So, after the this set of fun and calorie burning activity... Rachel notices that someone is missing from our Boot Camp... The poor person unfortunately lives close by... So what does that mean... Funny you should ask... It means Rachel leads us in a 30 sec walk, 30 sec jog and 30 sec sprint to her house.... I am so glad I live 5 miles away.. heheh
After our early morning visit with the boot camper that didn't make it... Bet they are there from now on..hehe We take a little jog to this nice big hill... I just love hills... Asked a mountain bike buddy one time while pedaling up bump who put this hill here.. His answer was GOD... Can't really argue with that one can ya... Ok back to boot camp. So, this hill is about to be conquered by all... Way to go Boot Campers... Back to our partners; First partner does a sprint to the top of the hill, while the other partner is doing Mountain Climbers and jumping lunges ( oh fun ). After those everyone takes a little run BACKWARDS up the hill... Hams and buts are burning like no other got to love it...
Once we finish that nice little jog back to the field. Once back there time for everyone's favorite is a nice set of exercises for abs... Side planks, Planks and Crunch holds while making circles and magic fingers to the sky...
The boot camp is awesome Rachel does a wonderfully job... Some of the things she thinks of can only come from a deranged exercise trainer... but it is awesome and you feel like you had a work out when finished.
LOVE IT!!!
Get out there and do something.....
After reading about all the fun that I had this morning, I know you will want to sign up too..
You can do this at http://www.extremefittraining.com/
Well for the ones that don't know I joined an exercise boot camp in an effort to cut some inches from the mid section... Day one was unbelievable tough and I hurt in places I did not know existed.
Well last night i played cards till 11 and not getting in bed till around 12:15. So, needless to say 5Am came early... And yes for those of you that know me I did say 5Am....
So up at 5, grab my shorts, shirt and shoes.... Oh yeah.. Zoey came alone for the ride.... And out the door we went...
Camp started at 5:30,
Warm Up: Indian Runs with a twist... If you ever did indian runs on the soccer fields these are a little different the line doesn't run but the person on the end does a Salomon Run through all the people. Now don't think if you are not running you are getting off easy.... ha... When each person starts to run you start a new exercise... Theses could be but not limited to ... Jumping Jacks, High Knees, Kick you Booties, Some kind of jumping exercise that I can't remember the name of.... etc... And that is just the warm up.... and your heart is already pounding through your chest.... BUT THE CALARIES ARE BURNING>>>>>
Now for the fun....
We choose a partner the first partner goes to the starting line of this Cone Square of Death (SOD) (Maybe not that bad). As they start there exercise which i think the first one was side frog jumps around the SOD. Now again don't think you are just hanging out if you are not SOD. You are doing Bicep Curls until you partner returns.... Thank goodness for fast partners hehe. The SOD exercise were things like, Frog Jumps Sideways, and Frog Jumps Forward, High knee Jog, Walking Lunges, Running backwards, etc.... While the others are doing Bicep Curls, Triceps Extensions, Mountain Climbers, etc...
If you haven't noticed the etc is there because I was losing oxygen to my brain and can't remember them.. I just do whatever Rachel say mindlessly.
So, after the this set of fun and calorie burning activity... Rachel notices that someone is missing from our Boot Camp... The poor person unfortunately lives close by... So what does that mean... Funny you should ask... It means Rachel leads us in a 30 sec walk, 30 sec jog and 30 sec sprint to her house.... I am so glad I live 5 miles away.. heheh
After our early morning visit with the boot camper that didn't make it... Bet they are there from now on..hehe We take a little jog to this nice big hill... I just love hills... Asked a mountain bike buddy one time while pedaling up bump who put this hill here.. His answer was GOD... Can't really argue with that one can ya... Ok back to boot camp. So, this hill is about to be conquered by all... Way to go Boot Campers... Back to our partners; First partner does a sprint to the top of the hill, while the other partner is doing Mountain Climbers and jumping lunges ( oh fun ). After those everyone takes a little run BACKWARDS up the hill... Hams and buts are burning like no other got to love it...
Once we finish that nice little jog back to the field. Once back there time for everyone's favorite is a nice set of exercises for abs... Side planks, Planks and Crunch holds while making circles and magic fingers to the sky...
The boot camp is awesome Rachel does a wonderfully job... Some of the things she thinks of can only come from a deranged exercise trainer... but it is awesome and you feel like you had a work out when finished.
LOVE IT!!!
Get out there and do something.....
Thursday, February 5, 2009
02/03/2009
Today was such a great day! Madilynn and I went to the Dentist early this morning. I know some might say that would not be a good start for a great day. But Maddie was so good and ready to get her teeth clean. It was her first time so she really didn't know what to expect. So we entered the dentist office without hesitation with all of our layers of cloths. It was freezing that morning..... The wonderful ladies at the front desk told Madilynn where the play room was and she was gone before I could say, "yeah go ahead" lol! While we were in the play room she heard this loud noise and she went to see what it was. Well, it was only another person getting their teeth cleaned. She asked, "Are they going to do that to me". My reply was that, You will have to lay in the chair but that noise is just the suction they use to get the water out of your mouth and then they will polish your teeth to make them nice and clean." I told her it makes a lot of noise but it would not hurt. Then she ask me if I will go first, so I agreed! They called us back and Madilynn had to take a pic of me in the chair...heheh! She watched for a while and then headed back to the play room. Periodically, she came in to check on me... She climbed in my lap a few times to see the Hygienist scrapping the plaque from my teeth... She was very fascinated by that.... Then it was her turn and jumped in the chair was ready to get her teeth cleaned. The Hygienist showed her everything she would be using and showed her how it worked...Kudos to the hygienist, she was awesome! Madilynn gripped the chair and opened her mouth and was ready to go. She did not cry, throw a tantrum or even flinch...she just held on to her chair and occasionally looked to see if I was still there. Such and angel!!!! As we left she asked if she could go get ice cream since she did so good. I told her after I pick her up from day care we would do something special since she was so good.
I picked her up around 5 and told her we were going to gymnastics and that she gets to participate....she couldn't believe it. So we headed to the gym...and she said this is my gym and where u go mommy is your gym.(SO cute) She changed and we headed to the bleachers to wait until they called her class. She kept asking me are they going to call my name...they called the class by age groups. Once they called her group she flew down to them and was the 2nd in line with the biggest grin on her face! The class was on their 4th week and this was Madilynn's first day. But that did not affect her one bit. She watched and listened and did as she was told! They set up a little obstacle course for the girls after their stretches. They started with a front tumble, then crawl through a tube, walk on a balance beam with hands up, then run and jump on the vault and landing with both feet. She caught on so fast. And the whole time waving at me and saying "I love you Mommy" and "I'm doing so good". Then they split into groups and went to the other parts of the gym! They walked on the balance beam and did a V-sit. At the end they stamp their hands and did a group hug! One of the things that was impressed with was at the beginning of class they gave each child some GERM X on their hands and then let them into class! Hallelujah!....there are so many germs and parasites out there that I have become a germaphobe! Madilynn did not want to leave... she asked if she could stay and watch...I think she is going to like it! Her treat for going to the dentist and being good was a trip to Dairy Queen! Is was that or she could buy something at the Dollar store but she has been wanting ice cream for a few days now so that is what she had!!!!
I picked her up around 5 and told her we were going to gymnastics and that she gets to participate....she couldn't believe it. So we headed to the gym...and she said this is my gym and where u go mommy is your gym.(SO cute) She changed and we headed to the bleachers to wait until they called her class. She kept asking me are they going to call my name...they called the class by age groups. Once they called her group she flew down to them and was the 2nd in line with the biggest grin on her face! The class was on their 4th week and this was Madilynn's first day. But that did not affect her one bit. She watched and listened and did as she was told! They set up a little obstacle course for the girls after their stretches. They started with a front tumble, then crawl through a tube, walk on a balance beam with hands up, then run and jump on the vault and landing with both feet. She caught on so fast. And the whole time waving at me and saying "I love you Mommy" and "I'm doing so good". Then they split into groups and went to the other parts of the gym! They walked on the balance beam and did a V-sit. At the end they stamp their hands and did a group hug! One of the things that was impressed with was at the beginning of class they gave each child some GERM X on their hands and then let them into class! Hallelujah!....there are so many germs and parasites out there that I have become a germaphobe! Madilynn did not want to leave... she asked if she could stay and watch...I think she is going to like it! Her treat for going to the dentist and being good was a trip to Dairy Queen! Is was that or she could buy something at the Dollar store but she has been wanting ice cream for a few days now so that is what she had!!!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
1/28/2009
Kerri's BDay Present
Today after picking up Madilynn we went to the Galleria to pick up Kerri's BDay Present. We got her a pair of ear rings and matching necklace. Madilynn was dead set on giving Kerri the necklace so I gave it to her to carry and she carried it to the car.
The priceless moment was when Madilynn was on the phone with Kerri and was telling her that she had a we got you a bday present but we can't tell you what it is.... Then she procceded to tell here we got you a present but it isn't Ear Rings... and it is not a necklace....
Sweet little girl,
Love my angel
Today after picking up Madilynn we went to the Galleria to pick up Kerri's BDay Present. We got her a pair of ear rings and matching necklace. Madilynn was dead set on giving Kerri the necklace so I gave it to her to carry and she carried it to the car.
The priceless moment was when Madilynn was on the phone with Kerri and was telling her that she had a we got you a bday present but we can't tell you what it is.... Then she procceded to tell here we got you a present but it isn't Ear Rings... and it is not a necklace....
Sweet little girl,
Love my angel
01/27/2009
A Day of Misbehaving
Well today was an interesting day….. It isn’t everyday that you get a phone call from your 4 year olds Daycare. She was having a hard time today being good. It started during circle time at day care when Madilynn wouldn’t sit still, then during nap time she wouldn’t go to sleep and continued to wake up everyone else. She had to spend nap time in the office so not to disturb the other kids. After nap time when she joined the class she would not stay in here seat. After a time in time out when she would not stay there, the directory of the school came down and told her that if she didn’t behave that she would have to call her parents. And what did my sweet daughter do…. Laughed at her. Laughed at the director of the daycare, at 4 years old. I can’t believe it…. But just wait it gets better. After picking her up early and getting to the car, I as her so were you good today? And she answered “Yes”…. Then I asked her if did you take a nap.. and I got another “yes”, then I asked her so you didn’t go to the office today… and she answered “No I was good daddy”…. So I looked t her and asked her “Do you want to re think those answers?” The look on her face was priceless , like a kid with their hand in the candy jar…
So after getting home we had a talk about what she had done and how she will act from now on….
Hate to say it, but I thought a lot of it was pretty funny on some things but if you don’t have control when they are 4 you will not have control when she is 15. Sometimes tough love is the hard love to give, but you have to do it.
Well today was an interesting day….. It isn’t everyday that you get a phone call from your 4 year olds Daycare. She was having a hard time today being good. It started during circle time at day care when Madilynn wouldn’t sit still, then during nap time she wouldn’t go to sleep and continued to wake up everyone else. She had to spend nap time in the office so not to disturb the other kids. After nap time when she joined the class she would not stay in here seat. After a time in time out when she would not stay there, the directory of the school came down and told her that if she didn’t behave that she would have to call her parents. And what did my sweet daughter do…. Laughed at her. Laughed at the director of the daycare, at 4 years old. I can’t believe it…. But just wait it gets better. After picking her up early and getting to the car, I as her so were you good today? And she answered “Yes”…. Then I asked her if did you take a nap.. and I got another “yes”, then I asked her so you didn’t go to the office today… and she answered “No I was good daddy”…. So I looked t her and asked her “Do you want to re think those answers?” The look on her face was priceless , like a kid with their hand in the candy jar…
So after getting home we had a talk about what she had done and how she will act from now on….
Hate to say it, but I thought a lot of it was pretty funny on some things but if you don’t have control when they are 4 you will not have control when she is 15. Sometimes tough love is the hard love to give, but you have to do it.
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