C3W5D48 8/23/12

This week was going well until last night and this morning.  For whatever reason my legs were tightening up especially my calves.   This morning when the alarm went off they still didn't feel right.  I decided to listen to my body and rest today.  I will push workouts one day and do legs tomorrow.

C3W5D53 8/19/12

Since I was one day behind my workouts I decided to do legs today.  Good workout, squats are so much fun now and my ABS are so strong!   Amazing what time and patience brings.

C3W5D54 8/18/12

After yesterdays garage sale I was pooped.  My mother in law was goigg to come help watch the kids and I was going to sneak out to get a workout in, but she was a no show.  Sat night we had some friends come over and cheat day started early.  I ended up not making it to the gym.  Although our friends didn't stay too late, we were exhausted and went straight to bed.  Will have to push workout to tomorrow.

C3W5D55 8/17/12

Today was garage sale day, so we were up early and going.  Last night was a late night prepping for the garage sale, so my goal of 530am was not going to work, however I was able to make it late morning around 1030ish.  Good cardio day followed by about 5 hrs of yard work.  So sure I burned off more calorie!   I made sure to east every few hours to keep body in right state.   Well time for bed, as day two of garage sales is tomorrow and need to get up for my early morning workout.

C3W5D57 8/15/12

So the streak ends at two... didn't make my morning work out.  We are remodeling are master bathroom and I had to paint, so our contractor could finish up the rest.  Well, I didn't get done until after midnight and when my alarm went off this morning I just couldn't get up.  The good news is that after finishing up the second coat tonight I went straight to the gym for cardio.  Tomorrow is another day, let's see if I can break the streak this week!

C3W5D58 8/14/12

Believe it or not I made it to the gym early again!  Not as early as yesterday,  but good enough to get my workout in.  I was in the door at 605am.  Of course I had a plan to change up my routine for weights,  but at the last second decided of it isn't broke don't fix it!  So last night before bed I created my routine in JEFit.  What's funny is I went with machine exercises,  but the first one leg extensions was broken.... it was a sign, so I went to barbell squats and it was awesome!  Low in weight for first time, but good baseline.  I will push myself on Sat.

C3W5D59 8/13/12

What a wonderful way to star off my fifth week, I made it to the gym in the early morning!   I was at the gym by 540 am on an empty stomach to complete my hiit and moderate bike ride.  I felt so accomplished and hope to continue the trend for the next 2-4 weeks.

C3D60 8/11/12 Part 2

Completed my split workout today.  Upper body completed and feeling pumped!  I have 40 minutes of moderate cardio Sunday and then will change up my exercises for the next four weeks, still haven't decided what exactly I'm going to do, but might veer off the BFL lifting for the next 4 weeks.  I'm thinking on lifting days, I may do circuit training along with increased low to moderate cardio and see how that works for me.  At the very minimum I may do two weeks just to see how my body reacts.  I really would like to focus on fat loss, but since I had to ease up on HIIT these last 4 weeks due to my healing calf, I want to get back up to hat high intensity.

C3D60 8/11/12 Part 1

Well feeling guilty and of course I should be, I decided to double up today and do a split workout.  Morning is cardio and late afternoon will be weights.  I'm glad to report that cardio is complete.  It's now later in the aafternoon and will be leaving shortly for the gym for my upper body workout.

C3D61 8/10/12

Caught up on some sleep, but was still exhausted.   I kept busy all day and when it was time to put my 3 yr old to bed, I fell asleep myself, whoops!

C3D62 8/9/12

Another long day and now workout again.  By the time I got up, prepped for presentation,  did obligatory lunch, dinner, it was straight to the airport.   The downer is I would make it home at 3am due to delays and such.  I slept 20 minutes on the flight, what a waste.  Straight to bed.

C3D63 8/8/12

Today has been a long day.  I was short on sleep but had a 4 hr flight to LA, I did nap here and there, but not very comfortably.   Unfortunately for me,  travelling west always has its downfall.   The day is normally extended much longer due to the time zone difference.   I didn't get back to my room until after midnight my time having to do an obligatory dinner.  Exhausted and having to be up early to prepare for a presentation made me decide that I should by pass the cardio.  This part drives me nuts, because I feel like at times I now put work first.  This can lead to derailment in my eyes, but must think positive.

C3D64 8/7/12

Time was tight as the day continued on.  So much to do and not sure when I would work out.  I have a flight early tomorrow and still haven't packed, but needed to make time.  Gym time was after 11 pm, finishing up a little after midnight, time to go pack and get to bed.

C3D67 8/04/11

You're only as good as your weakest link.   I've added 3 exercises totalling 9 sets of 15 reps of wrist exercises in hope of helping develop one of my issue areas.  I hope this works out for me :) I'm doing them on my cardio day before lower body day and hope it doesn't put a hamper on my upper body workouts.  Today was a good workout day, seemed a little drained, but again think it has to do with my lack of sleep.  Looking forward to a good cardio tomorrow and not sure what cheat day brings, but we will see.

My cool leg warmers

When I tore my calf I purchased some medical socks.  They are compresseion socks that supposedlty help with blood circulation and recovery.  I originally purchased them because I was travelling and on crutches and wanted a quick recovery.   I purchased my dress socks at CVS, but wanted something that I could use with everyday socks.   I did some research online and ended up picking these Zensah sleeves at my local Dick Ponds.  I don't feel they give as much compression as my CVS socks, but I'm a true believer that they help.  I wear them during the day and at night.  The funniest thing is that I  feel like I should have matching wrist and head bands for my Jazzercising lol...

C3D68 8/03/12

Finished my cardio late tonight, but under slightly less intensity.   Reading up on tight calves turns out I may have increased intensity to quickly.  I backed off my speeds for tonight and stretched afterwards.   Let's hope this helps!

C3D69 8/2/12

Great upper body workout tonight.  I feel energized and strong.  I've noticed that my 6 rep sets where I would struggle I end up completing with mind over matter, feels great.  I think what has helped is in the cases where I can complete my reps with the weight,  I lower to next lower weight to finish my reps.  This is referred to as drop sets.  Over the last few days my calves have been feeling weird.  Tight would be the beat way to explain it..  they have me slightly worried.

C3D70 8/01/12

Just finished up my cardio workout, feeling a little drained.  I'm lacking sleep and have yet to make a morning workout.  After more yard work, I ended up falling asleep last night and missed my lower body workout.