Disclaimer - if anyone is thinking of getting this workout please note that it is not for someone who hasn't worked out in a while. This workout is HARD. I know me and Jenn say we are lazy and haven't worked out in awhile and while that's true it's true for our fitness level. We aren't completely lazy and we still run and do other stuff so while this workout is a challenge for us it's not too much.
On to day 4 - cardio recovery - my new fav! It was a slow workout and much needed. It was more of a stretching workout today although not easy but not fast paced like the other workouts. I still was sweating and I couldn't do all the moves as long as they did on the dvd but it was much easier then the past 3 days. I enjoyed the stretching because I'm not very flexible and I needed it!!! I slapped a bunch of bengay on my legs last night which ended up being too much becuase my legs were burning and then freezing because of the menthol in it. I was exhausted yesterday - I took a nap at lunch and wanted to go right to sleep when I got home. I pretty much sat like a zombie on my couch. Getting up at 5am is hard when you are not use to it. I use to be okay with it last summer from doing boot camps but I got out of practice. Hopefully next week will be easier.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
PAIN! (JENN)
All I have to say is Thanks to my friend from HS, TIGER Balm is AWESOME!!!
Don't have this particular container but have the patches with the lotion already on it and they are wonderful!!!!! Have them on my claves and it feels GOOOOODDD!!!
Off to sleep! ^am comes early to bust my ass.....INSANE!!!
Don't have this particular container but have the patches with the lotion already on it and they are wonderful!!!!! Have them on my claves and it feels GOOOOODDD!!!
Off to sleep! ^am comes early to bust my ass.....INSANE!!!
Sweet Lord in Heaven!!! (jenn)
DAY 3 this workout is just that!! Freaking Insane! I feel like crap anyway b/c my loving little girl definitely gave me her cold! SO when I got up this morning I didn't want to do anything but craw back into bed! BUT I pushed myself b/cI know that Kelly and Stacey are counting on me to do this with them!
The warm up itself was hard and I wanted to die and then he gives you these most wonderful 30 seconds to get a drink or water and cool down till he goes into something else and kills you again! I love those 30 seconds!! LOL! I treasure them like no other seconds! LOL! Everyone was still sleeping when I was done so I turned on Netflix and watched a 40min show(that is my little reward to myself after i workout) and stretched some more! then I got a shower and then soaked my poor little calves in Epsom salt! OMG!!! this stuff is the most amazing stuff every! I fill the tub just enough to cover my legs with water so hot i should have blisters and some salt! Then I sit and soak. It will not take away all the aches and pains but it relaxes and HELPS alot! I totally recommend it for anyone who is working out! my calves should be so much tighter then they are but they are just a little sore and I think tonight I will soak again!
Once I got abby off to school I took Marissa, rocky and my nephew Chris to Lortimer(sp) park and we did a 1 1/2 mile hike! And my legs still feel good! I am feeling good about these workouts. I still want to get a yoga dvd for Me and Abby to do, does anyone have any suggestions? I was looking at the two i posted above! Let me know if anyone heard of them and what they think!
Off to make lunch for the little monkeys!!
Pain is fear leaving the body. The fear= fat(thank you Stacey for that!)
Oh yeah everyone you will being seeing my friend Stacey who was the most awesomeness( I know not a word) person who copied the dvd's for us! She is also doing them and asked if she could blog with us! So you will see a post from her!!! Welcome Stacey ANN!!!!!!
Tomorrow Cardio Recovery....I have a feeling that it won't be as easy as I am thinking!!
The warm up itself was hard and I wanted to die and then he gives you these most wonderful 30 seconds to get a drink or water and cool down till he goes into something else and kills you again! I love those 30 seconds!! LOL! I treasure them like no other seconds! LOL! Everyone was still sleeping when I was done so I turned on Netflix and watched a 40min show(that is my little reward to myself after i workout) and stretched some more! then I got a shower and then soaked my poor little calves in Epsom salt! OMG!!! this stuff is the most amazing stuff every! I fill the tub just enough to cover my legs with water so hot i should have blisters and some salt! Then I sit and soak. It will not take away all the aches and pains but it relaxes and HELPS alot! I totally recommend it for anyone who is working out! my calves should be so much tighter then they are but they are just a little sore and I think tonight I will soak again!
Once I got abby off to school I took Marissa, rocky and my nephew Chris to Lortimer(sp) park and we did a 1 1/2 mile hike! And my legs still feel good! I am feeling good about these workouts. I still want to get a yoga dvd for Me and Abby to do, does anyone have any suggestions? I was looking at the two i posted above! Let me know if anyone heard of them and what they think!
Off to make lunch for the little monkeys!!
Pain is fear leaving the body. The fear= fat(thank you Stacey for that!)
Oh yeah everyone you will being seeing my friend Stacey who was the most awesomeness( I know not a word) person who copied the dvd's for us! She is also doing them and asked if she could blog with us! So you will see a post from her!!! Welcome Stacey ANN!!!!!!
Tomorrow Cardio Recovery....I have a feeling that it won't be as easy as I am thinking!!
Day 3 - - can your legs seize up? (Kelly)
Day 3 - Power cardio and resistance - umm yeah I'm going to die. This workout is hard!!!! The moves themselves aren't always very hard - okay I lie they are - but its the repetition and speed that you do them that kills. Like Jenn said in her post on facebook - you learn to love 30 secs - that's the rest time you get in between the 3mins drills and it's the best 30 secs ever!!!! As much pain as I'm in , I am enjoying these workouts because I've been lazy over the winter (besides running and even that I slacked on) so it feels good to feel my muscles working again.
I stopped at Walmart on my way into work to pick up some G3 (the gatorade protein drink)
- - I hate protein drinks and bars - I can't find one I like but I can stomach this if I cut it with water. Also picked up a yogurt and choc milk (did you know choc milk is a GREAT recovery drink? - I didn't either but it is). Oh yeah I also got my self some pain cream for the back of my legs - just something I can put on at night so I don't wake up and fall out of bed =) 
I stopped at Walmart on my way into work to pick up some G3 (the gatorade protein drink)
- - I hate protein drinks and bars - I can't find one I like but I can stomach this if I cut it with water. Also picked up a yogurt and choc milk (did you know choc milk is a GREAT recovery drink? - I didn't either but it is). Oh yeah I also got my self some pain cream for the back of my legs - just something I can put on at night so I don't wake up and fall out of bed =)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Insane!!!(Kelly)
Okay so me and Jenn are great at trying new gimmicks, exercises, products, you name it we try it. Soooo.... since we can't get ourselves to a bootcamp (it's hard for Jenn because of Brian's shift work sch ) we have to find something else besides running. We get bored easy so its good to try new things =) Anyway I have the P90X but I got to say not a big fan - I really don't like the guy who does it and without the chin up bar you miss out on a lot of the exercises so a BIG THANK YOU to Stacey for letting us use her Insanity tapes!!! Insanity is another workout you see on the infommercials so we thought WHY NOT? 60 days of crazy cardio workouts with core training.
It began yesterday with a 25 min fit test which I completed but barely. I was sweating so much and felt like I was going to throw up - I guess I'm a little out of shape. Today was day 2 Plyometric cardio and boy was that fun. I woke up at 5:10 am and was sore from yesterday but I had to do it. The warmup was 15 mins of what I would call a hard workout followed by insane (yes I'm going to use that word a lot b/c it's appropriate) 25 mins of cardio with stretching. I was drenched with sweat - you would have thought I was outside in the rain. I had the window open fan on and water but I still was soaked with sweat. So today I will be stretching A LOT at my desk to try and keep my body from completely seizing up =) Join me on my journey of insanity.......
It began yesterday with a 25 min fit test which I completed but barely. I was sweating so much and felt like I was going to throw up - I guess I'm a little out of shape. Today was day 2 Plyometric cardio and boy was that fun. I woke up at 5:10 am and was sore from yesterday but I had to do it. The warmup was 15 mins of what I would call a hard workout followed by insane (yes I'm going to use that word a lot b/c it's appropriate) 25 mins of cardio with stretching. I was drenched with sweat - you would have thought I was outside in the rain. I had the window open fan on and water but I still was soaked with sweat. So today I will be stretching A LOT at my desk to try and keep my body from completely seizing up =) Join me on my journey of insanity.......
LONG TIME!!!!!! (JENN)
Good morning everyone! Well i hope everyone else is having a good morning b/c I just got my ass handed to me by a workout dvd!!!
Well lets start from the beginning! It has been a long time since I have blogged. I have been a little stressed the past month or so...first it was training for the broad street run! Which I am proud to say Kelly and I finished it together at 1 hour 53 mins.....I wanted to be under 2 hours and it was...lol. Not by much but still it was under! Next year we would like to cut that time down to 1 1/2 hours. Which I think is totally possible. But we also, b/c we are crazy, want to do other events. We would like to try to do a Mud run with obstacle, and there is a triathlon in august that we want to do too. So since we have been doing nothing but running we thought we need to get the rest of our body's in shape in order to climb walls and swing on ropes and crap like that.....So we(Kelley, Stacey and i) started the INSANITY workout. Today was only day two but WOW, it really kicked my ass and I am looking forward to Sunday b/c that is my day off!
So after stressing about broad street I then started to stress about Abby and her school.....Long story made short....b/c of her learning disabilities they feel she would do better in an other school. At first that was a scary thing for me b/c we like the school she is in.....but we have to do what is right for her. So i have had some up and down days and eating has not been good..........I have gained back any weight I had lost from before.
That was very hard for me to admit...i am embarrassed, ashamed and feeling like i let myself down!
What I thougth was funny was that Kelly read an article that said you can be fit and Fat...I started thinking...but in the long run i am not happy being over weight. I tried telling myself that it is not a big deal. But for some reason it is to me! I want to keep this weight off and being a stress eater it is hard!
I know that A LOT of people yo yo with their diets like I do. And every time I say this is it...i am going to get to my goal and stay there.....then once I start hearing people say...WOW you look great...I start to slack. I almost want people to shut up and when am where i want to be then they can tell me how great I look! LOL! I know that sounds f'ed up but that is me! LOL! I want to be able to put on clothes and feel good about it and not....wow this is too tight or this shows my fat. I know I won't be model material...but I just want to feel good about myself. So my biggest challenge right now is to not eat when I get stressed! I am going to work on that and working out 66 days a week!
And with being supportive for both Kelly and Stacey and having their support is going to be a big help!
I have to go stretch some more b/c I feel like my muscles are going to explode!
Have a great day everyone! I will try and post something if not everyday but maybe every other!!!
And maybe when we are done the INSANE workout! We will post some before and after pictures.....That is a BIG maybe!!!
Well lets start from the beginning! It has been a long time since I have blogged. I have been a little stressed the past month or so...first it was training for the broad street run! Which I am proud to say Kelly and I finished it together at 1 hour 53 mins.....I wanted to be under 2 hours and it was...lol. Not by much but still it was under! Next year we would like to cut that time down to 1 1/2 hours. Which I think is totally possible. But we also, b/c we are crazy, want to do other events. We would like to try to do a Mud run with obstacle, and there is a triathlon in august that we want to do too. So since we have been doing nothing but running we thought we need to get the rest of our body's in shape in order to climb walls and swing on ropes and crap like that.....So we(Kelley, Stacey and i) started the INSANITY workout. Today was only day two but WOW, it really kicked my ass and I am looking forward to Sunday b/c that is my day off!
So after stressing about broad street I then started to stress about Abby and her school.....Long story made short....b/c of her learning disabilities they feel she would do better in an other school. At first that was a scary thing for me b/c we like the school she is in.....but we have to do what is right for her. So i have had some up and down days and eating has not been good..........I have gained back any weight I had lost from before.
That was very hard for me to admit...i am embarrassed, ashamed and feeling like i let myself down!
What I thougth was funny was that Kelly read an article that said you can be fit and Fat...I started thinking...but in the long run i am not happy being over weight. I tried telling myself that it is not a big deal. But for some reason it is to me! I want to keep this weight off and being a stress eater it is hard!
I know that A LOT of people yo yo with their diets like I do. And every time I say this is it...i am going to get to my goal and stay there.....then once I start hearing people say...WOW you look great...I start to slack. I almost want people to shut up and when am where i want to be then they can tell me how great I look! LOL! I know that sounds f'ed up but that is me! LOL! I want to be able to put on clothes and feel good about it and not....wow this is too tight or this shows my fat. I know I won't be model material...but I just want to feel good about myself. So my biggest challenge right now is to not eat when I get stressed! I am going to work on that and working out 66 days a week!
And with being supportive for both Kelly and Stacey and having their support is going to be a big help!
I have to go stretch some more b/c I feel like my muscles are going to explode!
Have a great day everyone! I will try and post something if not everyday but maybe every other!!!
And maybe when we are done the INSANE workout! We will post some before and after pictures.....That is a BIG maybe!!!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
10K down 10 miles to go......(Kelly)
Last weekend Jenn and I completed our longest run for both of us ever and we did it together. We ran a 10K(6.2miles) out in Ambler and we did it in 1:07 - not too bad for our first time running that distance. It was a good run , the weather was nice and the turnout was good too. Gotta get a few more long runs in before our 10 miles on May 1st but I feel good that we will be ready to do it.
The weather seems like it is finally going to get nicer and hopefully stay nicer (after tomorrow) so getting more running in should be easier. I gotta get my cycling in too - I love to ride and it's a great alternative to working different parts of your leg muscles compared to running.
My ankles have been on the sore side a lot lately and I need to get that checked out but I think I'll wait till after the Broad St run - - in the meantime I've been taping them up and that seems to work out good. I tried this new tape on Sat called KT Tape - it's pretty cool and worked well (I just gotta get better at putting it on ) - - Check it out - you can use it just about everywhere and it comes in some cool colors. Jenn used it on her knee and elbow.
Well gotta get ready to leave work and head to Jenn's to get a night run in......
The weather seems like it is finally going to get nicer and hopefully stay nicer (after tomorrow) so getting more running in should be easier. I gotta get my cycling in too - I love to ride and it's a great alternative to working different parts of your leg muscles compared to running.
My ankles have been on the sore side a lot lately and I need to get that checked out but I think I'll wait till after the Broad St run - - in the meantime I've been taping them up and that seems to work out good. I tried this new tape on Sat called KT Tape - it's pretty cool and worked well (I just gotta get better at putting it on ) - - Check it out - you can use it just about everywhere and it comes in some cool colors. Jenn used it on her knee and elbow.
Well gotta get ready to leave work and head to Jenn's to get a night run in......
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