-I did Athena’s circuit workout. Contrary to the name of the workout, my butt does not hate me. But I was sweaty as hell gettin’ er done (hamstring still tight as a tiger)
-I ate this
-watched this
-made this
Funfetti cake batter blondies
-hung out with this
-and laughed at this
What did you do?
Top of the mornin’ to ya, folks!
It is finally the end of the week (let’s all pause to do a collective ‘phewwww’).
I have no workout for you today (but if you want one, check out my Workouts page!!!) partly because my body is dead. More specifically, my right hamstring. I don’t think I have ever pulled a hammy in my life until today. Cray-balls. But, I still want to get in some sort of activity since I plan on throwing back a few brewskies with T-t-t-tyler tonight.
Instead of a workout post, or a recipe (which I gave you last night) I thought I would provide a few bits of entertainment.
1. This video art is hilarious. I don’t know if it was better with the musical accompaniment, but I was laughing my little ass off.
2. Make this pizza this weekend. If you are like Jessica (and me) then you should make two and force your man to indulge as well. Hey man, I made you food. And it has meat in it. The other ingredients should be minor details for you and therefore you should eat it. Otherwise, there is a comfy looking couch over there that may become your new bed.
3. Ok, now I feel guilty. No workout post, but a pizza post?! That’s cruel. So, while your pizza is baking away, try this workout. It’s quick and easy. And you’ll sweat. And then be tempted to eat another piece of pizza..
We interrupt this post for some SUPER SAD news:
I hand washed my 2 new pink Lululemon pieces last night. And, well…
Actually, the bleeding was the least of my worries. The worst part was that the sweat from my workouts while wearing them STAINED. As in, my Wunder Unders permanently display swass and my tank shows awful back and ab sweat. I was torn apart last night. So much money spent on 2 pieces and both are ruined. You bet your bippy I emailed AND tweeted to Lululemon about my problems.
Enough of my ranting..I have an episode of What Not to Wear to watch.
I decided to post this pancake recipe TONIGHT in case it may come in handy for anyone’s breakfast tomorrow!
Protein Oat Pancakes
Directions
This is really pretty easy. Mix all the ingredients. Pour desired amount on hot skillet. Flip. Eat.
I topped mine with a drizzle of honey
Not pictured is the dallop of sunflower butter I used every few bites or so. These two cakes left me full for hours. I was able to bust out the workout I posted earlier, and I had energy to spare!
Speaking of energy, I attended the Global Energy Career Expo downtown today to see if there was any chance someone was looking to offer this American a job.
I talked to a few different companies- some of which were too small to bother with LMO’s (Labor Market Opinions, the process for which a foreigner can acquire a job) and others just referred me to their website to upload my resume. Kind of a downer, but at least I tried.
Just an FYI: If you read my posts through an e-mail subscription or Google Reader, click over to my site- it changed! Pretty, huh?!
A couple of announcements:
1.) I finally added a “workouts” page for easy access to all the workouts I post.
2.) I am officially nutcaseinpoint.com now! Aka: I bought my domain name. Probably not super exciting to anyone but me.
3.) My bestest friend is having a baby GIRLLLLLL and I can finally say it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On to the workout…
I have been spoiled. Teaching two outdoor bootcamps has really converted me to an outdoor worker-outer. So, because it is beautiful out, I am going to get my sweat on outside. My “block” to be exact.
My house is somewhere in this picture, I’m just not going to tell you which it is. But, it is somewhere along this makeshift track that I am going to use for my cardio portion of today’s workout. (Note: the ‘sides’ have a good incline. You just can’t tell in this 2-D pic)
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
I’m off to get this started..hope everyone is having a great Thursday!
This week’s bootcamp incorporated a few moves I learned from the strength certification course on sunday. Here’s what we did:
Run from steps of Y to the curling club parking lot (1/2 mile)
then we did running sets up the stairs
Everyone partnered up with only one piece of tubing between them. Partner one stands holding the end of the tubing with both hands straight out in front of them. Partner 2 stands to their right and grabs the other end of the tubing. On my call, partner 2 would do a side lunge away from partner 1 with a pull down of the tubing. The idea here is to force partner 1 to engage their abs and maintain their hold straight out in front of them. Partner two works upper body with the pull down AND the side lunge. After each partner takes turns to the right, we did a set of:
Then we repeat the partner pull to the left and head to the stairs for another set of stair runs (same as above)
Next, we did seated rows with the tubing. Sitting on the ground with feet stretched out in front, place the tubing over the top of both feet. Wrap each end around your foot and bring it through the middle (between your feet) Grab the tubing in a place where you have good resistance, chest high and pull the tubing towards you (squeezing the pencil between your shoulder blades). We did these for a slow count, slower count, pulse, and hold.
We then did skip jumps for a distance, then back pedal (x2), then SPRINT down and back (x2)
Arms were next. Standing on the tubing, we did all the way down and halfway up bicep curls, full motion bicep curls, pulse, and hold. Then we did tricep extensions (hold the tubing with left hand behind you- near the small of your back. Grab other end of tubing- there will be slack- and extend the tubing over your head. Keep your right elbow close to your ear! Then switch arms. Then, do another set of bicep curls.
Cardio next! 30 seconds mountain climbers, 30 seconds jumping jacks (2).
Then, I had the class do one minute of pushups. After the minute, we grabbed our stuff and quickly ran to a grassy spot closer to the Y to do yet another one minute of pushups. This was really challenging!.
For abs, we did a set of V ups- ending with V ups w/a Russian twist. Lastly, we extended out legs, feet together and flexed, hands behind our heads with elbows hugging the head and did quick pulse crunches with a hold on my count.
Stretch.
Jog the rest of the way back to the Y.
Done!
I quickly just jotted this down so I wouldn’t forget it (and because I am using it for today’s bootcamp as well. Obviously it’s a complete new set of folks. I wouldn’t be repeating a workout for the same people!)
If you have any questions on the exercises above, let me know and I’d be more than happy to help out!
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