Sunday, July 22, 2012
Well, it took me long enough to finally start this fitness blog! I've been wanting to start this blog for a while now, and I finally found some time in my schedule to start it. There are so many things I want to say/cover in my blog, but I guess I will keep it short and sweet for each post, so I have something good and useful to say for every post!
I'll begin with what my workout regiment was today. I am well aware that a majority of us LOVE Pinterest and it's actually really useful when you want to find a new workout routine. It's always good to try new things so you're muscles in your body are constantly working. I decided to try out this medicine ball workout I found.
If you can't see the photo (the photos aren't me! for those of you who are my friend's it's pretty obvious though haha) this is what the medicine ball workout consists of:
- Medicine Ball Burpee
- Sit N' Reach
- Russian Twist
- Basketball Jump Squats
- Medicine Ball Plank
- Toe Tap Soccer Drill.
So for my workout today, I started off with 18 minutes of warm up on the eliptical ( I sometimes do a 15x4 workout routine, where I do 15 minutes each on the eliptical, treadmill, stair master, and bike, but I am trying to up it to 18 minutes now!) and 18 minutes running on the treadmill. Then I started my medicine ball workout. I did 3 sets of the whole work out with 10-30 reps of each. I'll break it down for you so it's easier to see visually.
- 18 minutes elipitical
- 18 minutes treadmill
- Medicine Ball workout (3 sets)
- (10) Medicine Ball Burpees
- (15) Sit N Reach
- (30) Russian Twists
- (15) Basketball Jump Squats
- (30-45 sec) Medicine Ball Plant
- (20 each) Toe Tap Soccer Drill
- Mountain Climbers (4 sets, 25 each leg)
Needless to say, after that, I was drenched in sweat! Came home, had a nice bowl of "Life" cereal mixed with some granola with soy milk (lactose-problems), and a glass of water. I absolutely love having a great work out and then coming home and eating something healthy. I've been trying to cut out fried foods out of my diet lately, and it's gotten to the point that if I eat any sort of fried food, my body just starts going out of wack. My face starts effusing oils and my stomach just feels DISGUSTING. It's true when they say, "You Are What You Eat."
I'll try to post pictures of my meals and maybe when I get confident enough, some pictures of myself working out! Well I hope you guys enjoyed my first post, keep following for more!
"Don't let one bad day kill your confidence and progress."
Love it! I'm gonna try all these moves today!
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm so glad! Keep up the good work Erinn!
ReplyDeleteI did the medicine ball workout this afternoon on my lunch break and it was so hard! Yet very rewarding nonetheless :) I'm excited for your next posts Sara!
ReplyDeleteShayna, that's awesome!! Yeah definitely, my lower back is KILLING me after 2 days of doing it! And yes, just keep checking back for new posts :))
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