My own workout

So for an assignment we had to create our own short 10-15 minute workout. I came up with a circuit workout that your supposed to record how many reps you can do in a 60 sec period of time. 

Here's the workout:

- Push up side jumps ( push up then jump legs UP to side) 1 minute
- Break 30 seconds
-  Push up knee elbow crunch: in upward pushup position and then bend same arm and knee together in air - modified is on elbows and only move knees up to sides 1 minute
- Break 30 seconds
- Jack knife crunch 1 minute
- Break 30 seconds
- Burpeees 1 minute
- Break 30 seconds
- Monkey press ups: butt in air, with one leg in the air, and do push up - modified is put both legs on ground and pike push up 1 minute

- Break 30 seconds
-  Ski jumps over mat 1 minute
- Break 30 seconds  
- Frog jump 1 minute
- Break 30 seconds 
- Exercise ball mountain climbers (leg goes on outside of ball) 1 minute 

Yea this is really hard, those 30 second breaks are life savers. =)

This took about 15 minutes.

Hotel Workout

So last week I had to miss class because of an interview. However, I still managed to put in a work out in my hotel room before the day started.

I didn't come up with this one on my own, I found it on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPbUO84jx0k

It was a mix of abs and upper body. =) There are other videos for hotel room work outs but I like this one the most, because it was short and effective.

The Workout

So Yesterday I went on a "long" run.
(Well long for me) I managed to get up earlier than normal and ran around for about 30 min.
 Then when I got back I did my 8 min abs routine.
1) crunches
2) bicycles
3) cherry pickers
4) leg lifts
5) side crunch left
6) side crunch right
7) planks
8) alternating lunges

Again the 2 sets of 8 min abs a day is really working, in class I barely felt the ab exercises. However I need to work on my lunges, we only did a couple and my legs are killing me.

Oh and there are a bunch of 15 min workouts on youtube that I'll probably put into my every day routine. That way I'm doing 15 min plus the 8 min ab one after another. =)

Fall Break

Its Break!!!
Well for almost everyone but me...
I still have a lot of work to do for my thesis and project and other project and test and interviews...and well sleeping and breaks are just going to have to wait.
However my goals from the last post are still going well, i'm eating healthier. I stopped eating the temping goodies at Rice Hall. I also have been doing the 8 min ab thing when I can't make it to the gym.
Today I only went on a mile jog along with the ab work out. And that is all I had time for.
Tomorrow I think i'll go for a two mile jog and see how fast I can complete it.

Getting in Shape for Halloween

So this is inspired by Halloween Season. My roommates and i are planning on being teenage mutant ninja turtles...Sexy Teenage Mutant ninja turtles. Anyway, we are all planning on getting in shape together. But if my recent schedule is any indicator of how hectic the next couple of weeks be, I won't have the time to work out with them. =( But I figure if I do at least a couple of exercises a day no matter how stressed I am, i'll still get in shape.

New Goals for the Month:

• Work out every day
• Do 8 min. abs every morning
• Do 8 min. abs every night
• Take the stairs in rice
• Don't eat BAGELS from RICE! (This is going to be tough since i live there)
• Try to eat around than 1200 cal. a day
• Don't eat after 9pm (that's when all my unhealthy eating happens

Now that I have set goals, and a set marker (the weekend before of Halloween) Losing weight won't be so hard. =)