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In January, when the new Urban Active being built nearby opens up, there will 5 or 6 of my morning workout buddies going there.  In the meantime, a couple people are doing Fast Track again, a couple people are going to the gym they already belonged to, and T activated her Urban Active membership early and has started going to one already open.  I decided this week to join her - it just wasn't happening on my own.  I didn't want to get up early, didn't want to work out later in the day, and didn't want to control my eating.  The thought of gaining back everything I worked so hard to take off was unacceptable.  Now I am rededicated to taking care of myself. 

Urban Active is really, really nice.   Tons and tons of cardio equipment, a cardio theater, spinning room, lap pool, walking track, children's area (I think that might be a good winter break activity), and my favorite - 20 in 20.  They have 20 machines set up and a one minute timer clock so you can do a circuit in 20 minutes. (It isn't crowded at 5:00 am so we did what we wanted however.)

Today we did:

• 10 minute elliptical warmup (LOVE the Precor 100i!)
• 2 machines twice
• 5 minutes elliptical
• 2 machines twice
• 5 minutes elliptical
• 2 machines twice
• 5 minutes elliptical
• 2 machines twice
• 5 minutes elliptical

Wednesday 9.24.08

• Treadmill: 4 minutes 3 mph/1 minute 5 mph/1 minute 6 mph/1 minute 7 mph for 4 cycles
• 100 Crunches

Monday 9.22.2008

Did my version of intervals (walk/jog/sprint) on the treadmill:

• 5 minutes at 3 mph
• 1 minute at 5 mph
• 1 minute at 7 mph

5 cycles for a total of 35 minutes

Week Ten/Thirty Cardio Week

Day 1:

• 5 miles on bicycle
• Triathlon: 4 miles on bicycle, 600 steps on elliptical, 10 minutes on rower
• 50 crunches
• stretching

Day 2:

• 10.1 miles on bicycle
• 9.6 miles of walk/jog/sprint on bicycle
• 50 crunches
• stretching

Day 3:

• overslept and not feeling well

Day 4:

• feel like utter crap

Day 5:

• 9 minutes bicycle
• group photo
• 13 minutes bicycle
• individual photo
• 5 minutes bicycle
• 15 minutes elliptical
• stretching

Day 6:

• 10 minutes elliptical
• 30 minutes bicycle

Week Nine/Twenty Nine B Day

• 5 miles bicycle
• sidesteps on the treadmill
• rower
• sidesteps on the treadmill
• rower
• 1 mile on bicycle
• crunches on exercise ball
• left side bends holding weight
• crunches on exercise ball
• left side bends holding weight
• 150 steps on elliptical
• outer thigh abductor
• crunches on ab bench
• outer thigh abductor
• crunches on ab bench
• 1 mile on bicycle
• tricep pulldown
• leg curls
• tricep pulldown
• leg curls
• 300 steps on elliptical
• stretching

Week Nine/Twenty Nine A Day

• 5 miles on bicycle
• leg extensions
• chest press
• leg extensions
• chest press
• 1 mile on bicycle
• lateral pulldown
• crunches on bosu
• lateral pulldown
• crunches on bosu
• 1 mile on bicycle
• right sidebends with weight
• inner thigh adductor
• right sidebends with weight
• inner thigh adductor
• 150 steps on elliptical
• reverse crunches
• bicep curls
• reverse crunches
• bicep curls
• 2 miles on bicycle
• stretching

Week Nine/Twenty Nine D Day

• 5.6 miles on bicycle
• left side cable pull
• cable pull on exercise ball
• left side cable pull
• cable pull on exercise ball
• 150 steps on elliptical
• shoulder press
• high step left foot on
• shoulder press
• high step up left foot on
• 150 steps on elliptical
• left side crunches on ab bench
• overhead tricep pull
• left side crunches on ab bench
• overhead tricep pull
• 1 mile on bicycle
• prone pullups
• chest press cable pull
• prone pullups
• chest press cable pull
• 2 miles on bicycle
• stretching

Week Nine/Twenty Nine F Day

• 5 minutes bicycle
• 5 minutes walking on treadmill
• 5 minutes bicycle
• left side crunches on bosu
• skull crushers
• left side crunches on bosu
• skull crushers
• 1 mile on bicycle
• back extensions
• left bicep curl
• back extensions
• left bicep curl
• 1 mile on bicycle
• left leg extensions
• left side lateral pulldowns
• left leg extensions
• left side lateral pulldowns
• 1 mile on bicycle
• plank
• left tricep curl
• plank
• left tricep curl
• 2 miles on bicycle
• stretching

Week Nine/Twenty Nine E day

• 12 minutes warmup on elliptical
• jack knife crunches
• right tricep curl
• jack knife crunches
• right tricep curl
• 1 mile on bicycle
• right side crunches on bosu
• right side calf raises
• right side crunches on bosu
• right side calf raises
• 1 mile on bicycle
• chest press
• shoulder raises
• chest press
• shoulder raises
• 150 steps on elliptical
• right side bicep curls
• right side leg extensions
• right side bicep curls
• right side leg extensions
• 1 mile on bicycle
• right side lateral pulldown
• right side lateral pulldown
• stretching

Week Eight/Twenty Eight E&F day

• 5 minutes on elliptical
• 2.5 minutes on bicycle
• 2.5 minutes on rower
• 2.5 minutes on bicycle
• right bicep curl
• left bicep curl
• 150 steps on elliptical
• right leg curl
• left leg curl
• 150 steps on elliptical
• crunches
• different crunches
• 150 steps on elliptical
• right lateral pulldown
• left lateral pulldown
• 1 mile on bicycle
• plank
• jackknife crunches holding medicine ball
• 150 steps on elliptical
• right tricep curl
• left tricep curl
• 1 mile on bicycle
• right side crunches on bosu
• left side crunches on bosu
• 150 steps on elliptical
• stretching

Week Eight/Twenty Eight EF day

6 miles on bicycle

plank

jackknife crunches

140 steps on elliptical

right tricep curls

left tricep curls

140 steps on elliptical

right side crunches bosu ball

left side crunches bosu ball

150 steps on elliptical

right calf raises

left calf raises

1 mile on bicycle

chest press

skull crushers

150 steps on elliptical

shoulder raises

back extension

150 steps on elliptical

right bicep curls

left bicep curls

stretching

Week Eight/Twenty Eight Cardio Day

Thank goodness, because my calves are killing me.

• 10 minutes elliptical
• 2.5 minutes bicycle
• 10 minutes elliptical
• 2.5 minutes rower
• 10 minutes elliptical
• 2.5 minutes bicycle
• 13 minutes elliptical
• stretching

Week Eight/Twenty Eight

• 5 minutes/300 steps on elliptical
• 5 minutes/2 miles on bicycle
• 2.5 minutes on elliptical
• plank
• jackknife crunches
• 1 mile on bicycle
• right tricep curls
• left tricep curls
• 140 steps on elliptical
• right side crunches bosu ball
• left side crunches bosu ball
• 1 mile on bicycle
• right calf raises
• left calf raises
• 140 steps on elliptical
• chest press
• skull crushers
• 1 mile on bicycle
• shoulder raises
• back extension
• 140 steps on elliptical
• right bicep curls
• left bicep curls
• 1 mile on bicycle
• stretching

E&F Day

• 10 minutes/600 steps elliptical
• plank
• jackknife crunches
• 1 mile on bicycle
• right tricep curls
• left tricep curls
• .8 miles on bicycle (instead of 150 jumping jacks)
• right side crunches bosu ball
• left side crunches bosu ball
• 100 steps on elliptical
• right calf raises
• left calf raises
• 1 mile on bicycle
• chest press
• skull crushers
• 100 steps on elliptical (instead of 150 jumping jacks)
• shoulder raises
• back extension
• 100 steps on elliptical
• right bicep curls
• left bicep curls
• 1 mile on bicycle
• right leg extension
• left leg extension
• stretching

End of Week Seven/Twenty Seven

I'm down two pounds this week!

• 15 minutes/900 steps elliptical
• 5 minutes/2 miles bicycle
• 5 minutes/575 meters on rower (I *think* we're supposed to hit 600 meters)
• 5 minutes on another elliptical
• 2.5 minutes walking on treadmill
• crunches, crunches, crunches. regular crunches, reverse crunches, jackknife crunches
• plank
• stretching

Week Seven/Twenty Seven

• 10 minute warmup on treadmill and elliptical

He split us into groups of three, my group's rotation was:

• 10 minutes of strength work: chest press, leg press, crunches on bosu ball (so yeah, a little over three minutes of each exercise. ouch my arms.)
• 10 minutes/600 steps (or 575 in my case) on the elliptical
• 10 minutes/4 miles on the bike
• 7 minutes walking on the treadmill
• Stretching

Coach S showed me how to put my knee strap on correctly so hopefully that will help.

Week Seven/Twenty Seven F day

• 10 minutes elliptical
• plank
• left tricep curl
• plank
• left tricep curl
• 2 1/2 minutes on the treadmill (Coach S made me get off "your running days are over" yeah we'll see about that)
• 2 minutes on the elliptical
• left side crunch bosu ball
• left calf raises
• left side crunch bosu ball
• left calf raises
• brisk walk around the gym (inside)
• skull crushers
• brisk walk around the gym
• back extensions
• brisk walk around the gym
• skull crushers
• brisk walk around the gym
• back extensions
• brisk walk around the gym
• left bicep curls
• brisk walk around the gym
• left leg extensions
• brisk walk around the gym
• left bicep curls
• brisk walk around the gym
• left leg extensions
• brisk walk around the gym
• crunches
• brisk walk around the gym
• left lateral pulldown
• brisk walk around the gym
• crunches
• brisk walk around the gym
• left lateral pulldown
• brisk walk around the gym
• stretches

Week Seven/Twenty Seven F day

• 20 minutes on the elliptical
• plank
• left tricep curl
• left side crunches bosu ball
• left calf raises
• skull crushers
• 2 minutes elliptical
• back extensions
• left bicep curls
• left leg extensions
• left lateral pulldown
• 15 minutes walk/jog/sprint on bicycle (5.6 miles?)
• stretches

Today's to-do:

• dental appointments for Z & E1
• house cleaning and laundry well, the kitchen/eating area are cleaner
• force kids to clean their rooms

B took the big kids to a late showing of Clone Wars last night; I really really really hope they sleep in today.  I am so not in the mood to deal with grumpy, surly children. 

Week Seven/Twenty Seven

• 35 minutes treadmill (3.5 mph at various inclines)
• jack knife crunches
• right tricep curls
• right side crunches bosu ball
• right calf raises
• chest press
• can't think of the name
• right bicep curls
• right leg extension
• right lateral pulldown
• stretches

It did feel good to get back to the gym and I think I'm over my "poor me" funk. 

Today's to-do

• Get a knee strap at CVS
• Get E1 a messenger bag at Justice

Oh my aching tentacles.

It was fun helping out at the gym yesterday; I know they really appreciated it and they bought everyone pizza!  All the trophies had been taken down and cleaned (we're talking hundred of trophies); our job was to put them next to the walls where they'll go back up (a ton are getting donated to Special Olympics who can re-use them).  Z then did some vacuuming and E1 cleaned some equipment.  They and the other kids managed to spend quite a bit of time however jumping on the trampoline.  Then three or four of us stood around telling one poor guy where to put the trophies. Fun!  I was fine until I helped fold up the big inflatable used for birthday parties - totally wrenched my knee.  Boo.

So no, I didn't go in this morning.  And I'm wondering how on earth I'll be able to run a 5k on Sunday.

We have one of "those" weekends coming up:

The kids and I all have dental appointments, three birthday parties, a soccer game, a Jonas Brothers concert and a Crew game.  All. on. Saturday.  Aye Carumba

Week Six/Twenty Six

• 10 minutes on treadmill (5 walking 5 running no incline for either)
• cable pull right side*
• crunches*
• bicep curls*
• high step-up right foot*
• 10 minutes on treadmill (started at 6.5 and went up .1 every minute)
• right side crunches on ab bench*
• rower pull*
• chest press*
• lateral pulldown*
• 5 minutes on treadmill (6.5 mph)
• stretching

*Normally we do however many reps we can in a set time period.  Today we all had to do them in sync and hold for 3 seconds. I thought the chest press was going to kill me. 

My knee threatened me with grievous bodily harm if I went to the park (and it's now dark at 6:00) so yet again, no extra laps.  I am so bummed and I really hope this isn't a permanent thing.  Discovering that I liked running - something relatively easy that burns calories - was such a pleasant surprise.  To not be able to do it has been very disappointing.

Today's to-do:

• An email went out that E1's gym was looking for volunteers to help clean up the gym so I offered my services and also E1's and Z's (Z was thrilled, let me tell you).  E2 is going to the drop off place for a few hours.

Last night was Open House for E2's preschool.  I think she'll have a really good year and a lot of fun.  The space allocated to the preschool area is very small and there will be some distractions from the kids in the drop-in area.  So those are the negatives.  The positives are that E2 really likes Miss T (who ran the summer program), Miss T is very organized and has made the most of the space available, and E2 should have fun with the Skill Builder Curriculum but still learn a lot.

This & That

Whaddya know, I get a lot more done when Z is hogging the computer all day.  Dishes have been washed, laundry is in full swing, the car has been de-trashed, vacuumed and washed. 

Did not go workout yesterday or today. My knee hurts and I do not want to weigh in.  I HAVE to go tomorrow and I am going to force myself to run a lap at the park to see how I do/it feels. 

Yesterday sucked.  Aside from my period starting and a general feeling of cranky despair, I bumped into someone from behind and yadda yadda yadda got a ticket.  Snarl.

Week Five/Twenty Five

• 50 fun-filled minutes on the elliptical!

Did not go to the park afterward. The knee brace, heating pad, motrin, resting it, using it - nothing really seems to make my knee better.  I guess the good news is, it isn't getting worse.

Ordered E2's birthday cake yesterday.  They (Kroger's) don't have MM Clubhouse or Little Einsteins cakes, and they were out of the supplies for the Lego cake, so E2 settled on a Go Diego Go cake.  (She wanted pretty much every cake in the book.)  And then I had to explain about 50 times ("Where's the cake?") that we would be picking the cake up on Sunday.

I did not talk to E1 yesterday; she called after I went to bed. B said she got to go tubing a lot yesterday and she abruptly ended the call because it was time to play "capture the flag".

Today's to-do:

• Pack for trip

Aw crud. Just remembered that today is turn in all your school forms, pay your school fee, pick up your supply boxes, get your school picture taken, find out who your teacher is and sign up for back to school conferences day.  Bleh.  I hate filling out all the forms. HATE.   Nothing has changed since Z started kindergarten. Our address, pediatrician, cell phone #'s, everything is the same. Why do we have to fill out the same crap year after year after year.  Get computerized already people. 

Boo

My knee is still messed up; walking up stairs is particularly painful.  So, no, no workout or laps today.

Z & I are dropping off E2 at her summer program and then heading over to the dealership to get the van looked at. (Z was pretty grumpy about having to log off his Pirates game.)

E1 got to go tubing yesterday and (instead of vault) her group got to do the ropes course.  She hasn't made any new skills but she feels she is has nailed most of her level 5 skills.  I didn't get a whole lot of info out of her.  How was lunch? Good. How was open gym? Good, but I only went to part of it. How was the luau party? Good, but I got blinded. And so on.  She did call (sobbing that she wanted to come home :( )after I went to bed - apparently she and two other girls had a little misunderstanding; B gave her some good advice so I'm sure she's fine. 

Week Five/Twenty Five Cardio Week

• 15 minutes on the treadmill (5 walk, 10 run)
• 10 minutes on the bicycle
• 10 minutes on the elliptical
• 7 minutes/3 laps around strip mall
• 5 minutes on the bicycle
• 25 crunches/10 pushups/25 crunches/10 pushups/25 crunches/10 pushups/25 crunches/10 pushups
• Stretching

My left knee is really ouchy for some reason so no laps at the park today.

To-do Today

• More laundry
• Bag up clothes going to Goodwill
• Work on kids' closets - organize, start coming up with a list of back to school needs

Monday Monday

Stayed up last night til B got home so I was way too tired to get up and workout or run this a.m.

To-do today:

• E2 to summer program
• Z to soccer practice
• Laundry
• Bag up clothes for Goodwill

Not a good morning.

Up a pound.  I think I'm just going to lose/gain/lose/gain the same couple of pounds over and over and over.

After a 15 minute cardio warm-up, Coach S made us go outside to play a game.  It involved a big exercise ball, goals, and that horrible, horrible feeling of being back in elementary school gym class.  To top it off, one of the women rolled her ankle. 

I did not go to the park, but I did stop by Krispy Kreme.  That is definitely something I need to work on.  Whenever something happens, my response is that I deserve ________. And that _______ is never "broccoli" or "to run on the treadmill".   

Today's to-do:

• Kiss E1 and B goodbye; they're off to Tennessee. Double check spelling of Tennessee; it doesn't look right.
• Take Z to his soccer scrimmage.  Be a grouch and say "No" when he asks to stay and watch the other games. (It's our club's friendlies day - lots of scrimmages and spiritwear sales and rahrahrah and I totally do not feel like going.)  Hooray - he didn't ask.
• Decide to put off cleaning until tomorrow.
• Feel guilty about eating Krispy Kreme doughnut.  Eat another one. Or four.

Week Four/Twenty Four D day

• 12 minutes treadmill (walking on incline)
• chest press cable pull
• left side cable pull
• crunches on exercise ball using cable pull
• shoulder press with weights
• 2 laps around strip mall
• high step ups left foot on
• crunches on ab bench left side
• overhead tricep pull
• reverse flies
• 2 laps around strip mall
• chest press cable pull
• left side cable pull
• crunches on exercise ball using cable pull
• shoulder press with weights
• 2 laps around strip mall
• stretching

Today's bonus(es) at the park: a. it was deliciously cool and b. when I was in the turn lane, I almost got in the other lane and just went home.  SO glad I didn't!

I realized last night that over the course of the year, E1 had brought home not one, but TWO of those flexible ice packs.  My shins are being iced right now. 

Today's to-do

• Take Surly to soccer camp
• Take Cranky to her summer program
• Take Snotty to gymnastics conditioning
• Enjoy 45 quiet, child-free minutes
• Wonder when the hair minimizing shave gel I've been using is going to start actually minimizing hair
• Get a few more things E1 needs for camp

Week Four/Twenty Four C day

• 666 steps on the elliptical (no wonder my iPod ran out of juice...)
• lateral pulldown
• cable pull left side
• horrible crunches on this exercise disc thingy
• bicep curls
• 2 laps around strip mall
• high steps ups right foot on
• crunches on ab bench right side
• rower
• crunches
• 2 laps around strip mall
• chest press
• lateral pulldown
• cable pull left side
• horrible crunches on this exercise disc thingy
• 2 laps around strip mall
• stretching

Went to the park and did a lap. Planned on doing more, but without my iPod I talked myself out of it. Forgot to set my watch so I don't know how fast I went.  Today's bonus: nice & cool which makes the humidity way more bearable and it smelled really fresh out. 

To-do today:

• Z to soccer camp
• E1 to gymnastics practice
• I have GOT to do laundry today
• Clean bathrooms
• Mop kitchen/eating area/living room
• Wonder when E2 will quit acting like a colossal crabapple
• Figure out what E1 needs for camp and go to Target went to Meijers which was a mistake. I don't know where anything is there and I don't really like the Meijer shopping experience.

Bah. Cleaning can wait until tomorrow.  Chauffeuring and dealing with cranky kids all day has exhausted me.

Yay! and Ewwww!

I got my cholesterol test results back:

	3/3/2008	8/1/2008
	beg of wk 3	end of wk 23
cholesterol	242	158
triglycerides	155	47
hdl (good ch)	32	54
ldl	179	95

I am soooo happy!  Talk about incentive to stay on a healthy track!

And, for the 10,000th time, I hate summer and I HATE BUGS!

Week Four/Twenty Four Cardio Day

• 20 minutes on the treadmill (10 walking on incline, 10 running on no incline). The last couple minutes I was going at 7 mph which was a mistake because we did a
• Triathlon: .5 mile on treadmill/300 steps on elliptical/2 miles on bike. I finished first but couldn't celebrate because it was time for
• Walk/Jog/Sprint for close to 15 minutes and I think only two or three of the intervals were walking and I was hoping we were done but no it was time to do
• 20 pushups and 25 crunches and finally!
• Stretching

After all that cardio I was considering skipping the park anyway; ended up gabbing in the parking lot for 45 minutes and came straight home.

To-do Today:

• Z to soccer camp
• E2 to summer program
• Take E1 to see Kit Kittredge movie?  Nah, no superfluous driving today
• E1 to gymnastics
• Start getting E1's stuff organized for next week's camp
• laundry
• bathrooms
• Sign E2 up for ballet

~*~   Please keep Grandpa B in your thoughts and prayers this week.  He will be undergoing tests to determine a treatment plan for the blocked artery in his leg :(    ~*~

Week Four/Twenty Four D day

• 20 minutes cardio (half walk on incline, half run no incline)
• chest press cable
• left side cable pull
• cable pull seated on exercise ball
• shoulder press
• 2 laps around strip mall
• left foot high step up
• crunches on ab bench left side
• tricep overhead pull
• leg curls
• crunches on mat
• 2 laps around strip mall
• reverse flies
• stretching

Did three laps at the park.  It was cloudy and dark but there were still quite a few walkers/runners and a dog that did not like me.  Today's bonus: the storms made it rather muggy but it still smelled nice & fresh out.

To-do today

• Z to camp unless it isn't done storming
• E1 to gymnastics practice
• clean a bathroom or three.
• signed E2 up for fall gymnastics class
• updated wall calendar with various goings-on
• signed up for membership at Urban Active (doesn't open for several months)

Week Four/Twenty Four C day

• 30 minutes cardio (5 minutes 3mph/15 incline, 5 minutes 3.5 mph 10 incline, 5 minutes 6.5 mph/0 incline, 5 minutes 3 mph/0 incline, 5 minutes 6.5 mph/0 incline, 5 minutes 7 mph/0 incline. or something like that)
• right side cable pull
• incline crunches
• bicep curls
• high step ups right foot
• 2 laps around strip mall
• crunches on ab bench right side
• rower
• chest press
• pulldown
• stretches

Did one lap at the park b/c my right ankle is tight and again being visited by *snap* *crackle* *pop*.  Today's bonus: it was cool out. Muggy, but cool.  I noticed the sun is starting to come up a little later.

To-do today:

• Z to club camp
• E2 to summer program
• Drop off E1's USAG membership renewal app and check at gymnastics; sign E2 up for a fall class?
• Stop by Urban Active's preview center and see if their new member special is still available.
• Do a load of towels.

End of Week Three/Twenty Three

I'm down two pounds for a total of 58!

Today we did 15 minutes of cardio (I alternated between walking on an incline and jogging at 0 incline) and then we were outside in the parking lot: walking, brisk walking, sidestep squatting, race walking, walking backwards, jogging, walking and doing shoulder presses or bicep curls, etc etc etc all while holding 8 pound weights. Ay yi yi are my arms jello-y. 

I came home to get the big kids so we could all go to the park but Z's legs "feel weird" and E1 feels pukey and E2 is awake.  So we'll hang out and let B sleep in a bit.

Week Three/Twenty Three

.5 miles on treadmill 3.5 mph/10 incline & 3 mph/15 incline

• rower
• crunches on exercise ball with weight
• left side bends
• outer thigh abductor
• 2 laps around strip mall (I took it easy and finished last out of the six people he made run outside. Coach S asked me why I didn't win. Told him I ran 4 miles last night and was tired and he told me it was all in my head.)
• crunches on ab bench
• tricep pulldown
• bicep curls
• leg extensions
• 2 laps around strip mall (I came in second)
• sidesteps on treadmill
• rower
• crunches on exercise ball with weight
• left side bends
• 2 laps around strip mall (I took it easy and came in fourth or fifth.)
• outer thigh abductor
• crunches on ab bench
• tricep pulldown
• bicep curls
• 2 laps around strip mall (He staggered us, I was fourth to go and came in first. I don't really care about winning but when the gauntlet is thrown down, I'll take it up.)
• stretching

I decided I deserved a day off and did not go to the park. I've got a five miler scheduled for mid-September so I don't start slacking off.

To-do today:

• E2 to her summer program; hopefully they can keep her longer because I can't be in two places at once.
• Me to doctor for annual check-up and a fasting blood draw and I am SO hungry.
• Z to soccer camp*
• E1 to gymnastics conditioning: need to turn in her medical release and pay meet fees.

*B is going to help me out and drop Z off

Week Three/Twenty Three A day

I'm sorry I didn't go yesterday - it was Cardio Day - 50 minutes of walk/jog/sprint.

• .5 miles treadmill 3 mph 15 incline
• lateral pulldown
• crunches on bosu ball
• right sidebends
• inner thigh adductor
• 2 laps around strip mall
• reverse crunches
• bicep curls
• tricep pulldown
• leg extensions
• 2 laps around strip mall
• hold plank position
• chest press
• lateral pulldowns
• crunches on bosu ball
• 2 laps around strip mall
• right sidebends
• inner thigh adductor
• reverse crunches
• bicep curls
• tricep pulldown
• stretching

Meh

To-do, today

• E2 to her summer program
• Z to soccer camp and conditioning
• email gym to let them know E1 won't be there (puked at practice yesterday)
• load of laundry
• mop kitchen

Skipped gym & park - decided to make today a rest day.

You know, I thought this summer was going to be full of fun activities, trips to the park & indoor pool, etc etc.  Instead it has turned into one long list spent at the gym or in the van. Boo.

Week Three/Twenty Three B day

• .5 mile treadmill 3 mph incline 15
• rower
• crunches on ball with weight
• rower
• crunches on ball with weight
• .5 mile treadmill 6.5 mph incline 4/3
• leg curls
• crunches
• leg curls
• crunches
• 2 miles bicycle
• left side bends
• outer thigh abductor
• left side bends
• outer thigh abductor
• .5 mile treadmill 6.8 mph incline 1/0
• crunches on ab bench
• tricep pulldown
• crunches on ab bench
• tricep pulldown
• stretching

Skipped the park today.  My shins are feeling better but my ankle sounds like a bowl of Rice Krispies!

To-do today:

• finish up laundry Eh, quit caring
• van needs new tire Took two freaking hours
• z to soccer camp Yes, but he wasn't happy about it
• e1 to gymnastics practice Yes, but she wasn't happy about it

Week Three/Twenty Three A day

• .5 mile on treadmill
• lateral pulldown
• chest press
• lateral pulldown
• chest press
• .5 mile on treadmill
• leg extensions
• crunches on bosu ball
• leg extensions
• crunches on bosu ball
• .5 mile on treadmill
• right sidebends
• inner thigh adductor
• right sidebends
• inner thigh adductor
• .5 mile on treadmill
• reverse crunches
• bicep curls
• reverse crunches
• bicep curls
• stretching

Went to the park and did one lap. Today's bonus: had the park all to myself.

Today's to-do:

• E2 to summer program
• pry three days of mail out of mailbox
• laundry
• z to soccer conditioning

Burpee

This is one of the things we did at that boot camp class I went to:

                                      video link

I thought they were really hard.  That's when I realized I do NOT like exercises that involve jumping. 

Week Two/Twenty Two

• 10 minutes on treadmill 3.5 mph incline 10
• 6 minutes on elliptical with incline
• lateral pulldown
• treadmill
• crunches on bosu ball
• jumping jacks
• right side bends
• elliptical
• inner thigh adductor
• stepper
• reverse crunches
• bicycle
• bicep curls
• rower
• leg extensions
• bicycle
• crunches
• sprints outside
• chest press
• boxing
• stretching

This is a bosu ball:

No one who uses it actually looks like this:

It is really, really nice out - cool and breezy - so I went to the park with the intention of getting a long run.  Ended up doing a measly half-lap.  My lower shins/ankles are bothering me and are super tight.  The rykä shoes I got back in February are for walking, which was fine when I stuck to the elliptical. Now however I think I need a bit more support & cushion. 

Today's to-do:

• enjoy the air-conditioning
• E2 to her summer program
• E1 to gymnastics maybe NOPE(she woke up in the middle of the night claiming she was puking.  B dealt with her - I fell back asleep as he got out of bed)
• laundry - got nothing done yesterday

Today's complaints:

• Soccer conditioning starts tomorrow so Z will miss several sessions of that and B is absolutely swamped at work; the timing of this weekend couldn't be worse.
• Unless it was E2's birthday weekend: E1 needs picked up from her camp on Friday, there's a soccer tournament in Cincy that weekend, there's a 5k run I'd like to do Saturday morning, E2's birthday is on Sunday, B *may* have to leave for L.A. on E2's birthday, and something else I'm forgetting.  *grumble grumble*
• PMS stinks.
• E1's attitude stinks.
• The area from my belly button to my knees still needs a LOT of work.   
• Humidity stinks. Literally and figuratively.

Week Two/Twenty Two "B" day

• 5 minutes elliptical
• 2 miles on bike
• 5 minutes on treadmill 3 mph incline 15
• rower
• treadmill
• crunches on ball holding weight
• jumping jacks
• right side bends
• elliptical
• outer thigh abductor
• stepper
• crunches on ab bench
• bicycle
• tricep pulldown
• rower
• leg curls
• bicycle
• sidesteps on treadill
• boxing
• 5 minutes on treadmill 6 mph
• stretching

Skipped the park - raining.  The storms blew through pretty quickly but brought NO relief from the mugginess.  Our air conditioner system is definitely goobered up - B found an ice blockage.  I didn't sleep well last night and E1 came downstairs after I got up and claimed she hadn't been to sleep yet.  It's pretty sad when you look forward to going to the gym to COOL OFF.

To-do:

• E1 to gymnastics
• laundry
• swelter

Week Two/Twenty Two "A" Day

• 5 minutes/300 steps elliptical
• 10 minutes on treadmill 3.5mph/Incline 10
• 1/2 mile on bike
• lateral pulldown
• treadmill 7.5 mph
• crunches on bosu ball
• sidestepper
• right side bends
• elliptical
• inner thigh adductor
• stepper
• reverse crunches
• bicycle
• bicep curls
• 5 minutes on elliptical with incline
• stretches

For the record, Z's traitorous coach (Coach S) took off his Crew jersey and sat with the West Ham fans at last night's game! Shocking! :P   And evidently, Crew Stadium personnel were not prepared for the 100 some West Ham fans that flew over for the game. I'm just wondering how many colorful phrases E2 picked up last night.....

Went to the park and did a quick lap.  Today's bonus: A biker and walker gave me a friendly wave as I trotted past them.  Most people won't make eye contact.  I'm guilty of that too so I always appreciate people who make the effort. 

Today's to-do list:

• E2 to her summer program.
• Get wipes.

Whoa, duuuuude!

Coach S just sent out an e-mail.  His Fast Track sessions have resulted in 555 pounds lost! Woot!

Rut-roh!

Up two pounds this week. *gulp*  I'm hoping PMS or constipation is to blame, but I'm thinking the true culprits are Bob Evans hotcakes and Wild Cherry M&M's and Buca di Beppo's gnocchi. Onward & upward!

• 20 minutes treadmill - mostly jogging but some walking with the incline at 10
• tricep pulldown
• rower
• leg extensions
• bicycle
• sidesteps on treadmill
• boxing
• rower
• treadmill
• crunches on ball
• sidestepper
• right side bends
• elliptical
• outer thigh abductor
• stepper
• crunches on ab bench
• bicycle
• 5 minutes/300 steps elliptical
• 25 pushups
• stretching

I can't wait until today is over.

• 5 minutes on elliptical with incline
• 10 minutes walking on treadmill with incline
• bicep curl
• rower
• leg extensions
• bicycle
• chest press
• boxing
• lateral pulldown
• treadmill
• crunches
• side stepper
• right side bends
• elliptical
• inner thigh adductor
• stepper
• reverse crunches
• bicycle
• ladders/suicides
• stretching

Ran a lap at the park.  Today's bonus: the full? moon was very pretty when I left the house and right before it set, it was huge and a cool orange.

Today's to-do:

load up kids in car, get Gatorade for the camper and apple juice for E2, fill the van's gas tank, take E2 to her summer program, pick up Z's friend I and take them to soccer camp, fill the mom's gas tank (cappuccino from Tim's), take E1 to gymnastics, go home, get back in car, pick up E1, pick up Z & I, take I home, leave Z at I's for a few hours, go pick up E2 *IF* they were able to keep her an extra hour (if not, be in 2 places at once because E1 & E2 are done at the same time), go home.    FUN times. 

Week One/Twenty-one "B" Day

• 5 minutes elliptical
• 5 minutes bicycle
• 5 minutes elliptical (going in reverse)
• tricep pulldown
• leg curls
• sidesteps on treadmill
• rower
• sprint around strip mall (2:16)
• crunches on ball holding weight
• left side bends
• outer thigh abductor
• crunches on ab bench
• walk/jog/sprint on elliptical
• eta: 100 crunches
• stretches

I only did one lap today. Not sure how realistic it is to do 3+ miles right after Fast Track - might have to make Sundays the day where I go for distance, or suck it up and run on the treadmill later in the day.  Today's bonus: the mist hovering over the little field of Queen Anne's Lace was just lovely.

This is the ab bench we use:

Week One/Twenty One

• 20 minutes elliptical/just over 1100 steps
• bicep curl
• leg curl
• crunches
• chest press
• lateral pulldown
• crunches on bosu ball
• right sidebends
• inner thigh adductor
• reverse crunches
• walk/jog/sprint on the treadmill
• stretches

And I went straight instead of turning onto the road where the park is, so here I sit.  No jog today, but I feel pretty good about the cardio we did this morning.

To-do

• E2 to her summer program
• E1 to gymnastics
• Z to soccer camp
• take big kids to see Surf's Up?? NO, Z doesn't want to see it again; not telling E1 about it
• closets  well, worked on E1's closet/room
• mopping

Argh!

Today the alarm didn't go off!  Grrrrr.  Decided to skip the park and try and do an interval workout on the treadmill later; hope I don't regret that decision.

To-do:

• Z to soccer camp
• E1 to gymnastics practice
• treadmill HAHAHAHAHA Yah, right.
• closets
• bathroom
• mop kitchen
• haircuts for all three kids

Bummer

Neither B nor I changed the alarm so I did not get up in time for Fast Track.  I did however get up in time to get my 3 miles in.

To-do list

• E2 to her summer program at the daycare
• Z to soccer camp
• mail forms to team admin
• schedule doctor appts
• schedule dental appts
• finish up kids' closets
• clean master bath
• send in Z's form/check for club camp