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Workout 12/22
Chest Press on Stability Ball 1x12@30
Bent Row 1x12@30
Squat and Overhead Press 1x12@15
Hammer Curl on 1 Leg 2x12@15
Skullcrushers on Stability Ball 1x12@20
Cross Chop with Squat 2x12@20
Pushups with Leg Lift 7
Reverse Fly 1x12@20
Step Up with Front Raise 2x12@10
Bicep Curl 1x12@25
Dips from the Bench 1x12
Obliques on Stability Ball 2x10
Ball Bridge - 45 secs
Crunches on Ball 1x12@6
Hip Raise (Legs on Stability Ball) 1x12
Tai Chi
Chest Press on Stability Ball 1x12@30
Bent Row 1x12@30
Squat and Overhead Press 1x12@15
Hammer Curl on 1 Leg 2x12@15
Skullcrushers on Stability Ball 1x12@20
Cross Chop with Squat 2x12@20
Pushups with Leg Lift 7
Reverse Fly 1x12@20
Step Up with Front Raise 2x12@10
Bicep Curl 1x12@25
Dips from the Bench 1x12
Obliques on Stability Ball 2x10
Ball Bridge - 45 secs
Crunches on Ball 1x12@6
Hip Raise (Legs on Stability Ball) 1x12
Tai Chi
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I hate when teachers take off, holidays notwithstanding ...
you're doing amazing stingo!
keep up the great work
just not today!!
its christmas for christs sake!!
have a great one
keep up the great work
just not today!!
its christmas for christs sake!!
have a great one
12/25 Christmas
No workout today Just hanging out and listening to music and such til I go to my aunt's place for dinner. Heard about this CD on NPR and really enjoyed the sound bite I heard - and ended up loving the whole CD. Updated funky mixes of some of the standard carols, along with some originals. All with Collins' sense of fun and play. One of my favorite Christmas CDs.
No workout today
Just hanging out and listening to music and such til I go to my aunt's place for dinner. Heard about this CD on NPR and really enjoyed the sound bite I heard - and ended up loving the whole CD. Updated funky mixes of some of the standard carols, along with some originals. All with Collins' sense of fun and play. One of my favorite Christmas CDs.
Christmas festivities
It was enjoyable indeed - family got together for both christmas eve and day. We celebrated Wigilia (Christmas Vigil) on Christmas Eve, complete with the breaking of the oplatki (blessed wafers) and customary toast (both presided over by yours truly). Dinner consisted of shrimp scampi, carrots, baked potatoes and what tasted like ginger muffins as well as irish soda bread. Dessert was Jimmy Carter cake and peanut butter pie. (they tasted similar but the JC cake had a lighter than air filling inside - truly tasty (no worries, I had the peanut butter pie Christmas Day, along with assorted cookies)). Wine, the preferred adult beverage, was enjoyed in the form of Hogue Cellars' Riesling (750 ml), Naylor's Red (750 ml), Cavit's Pinot Grigio (1.5 litre) and I think one other. Of all the wines listed in this and the paragraph below, I'd had the riesling (a now customary favorite of la famiglia), the pinot grigio, and the chardonnay. The others were a bit of an experiment with wines made closer to PA (NY state actually) and they proved quite nice, if a bit sweet. (The taste of the infamous Concord grape was not far from the palate, but it was an agreeable sweetness to be sure.)
Christmas Day brought everyone together again, this time for roast pork, mashed potatoes, and baked sweet potatoes, carrots again, but this time server cold with a dressing on them that was quite tasty, as well as baked onions. Cranberry bread and another type of bread were also on offer. Dessert consisted of the leftovers of the previous night's festivities plus assorted cookies. The wine flowed freely too - a 1.5 litre bottle of Bully Hill's Grower's Red, a 1.5 litre bottle of Rosemount's Chardonnay and a 750 ml bottle of Mirrassou Merlot were disposed of during the dinner. After dinner was devoted to my aunt's playing the piano and some time afterward, my own rendition of Christmas Time Is Here (which still needs work dang it), which all present gathered around the piano to sing.
So yes, I'd say it was quite a delightful way to spend the holidays - I wish everyone the same.
It was enjoyable indeed - family got together for both christmas eve and day. We celebrated Wigilia (Christmas Vigil) on Christmas Eve, complete with the breaking of the oplatki (blessed wafers) and customary toast (both presided over by yours truly). Dinner consisted of shrimp scampi, carrots, baked potatoes and what tasted like ginger muffins as well as irish soda bread. Dessert was Jimmy Carter cake and peanut butter pie. (they tasted similar but the JC cake had a lighter than air filling inside - truly tasty (no worries, I had the peanut butter pie Christmas Day, along with assorted cookies)). Wine, the preferred adult beverage, was enjoyed in the form of Hogue Cellars' Riesling (750 ml), Naylor's Red (750 ml), Cavit's Pinot Grigio (1.5 litre) and I think one other. Of all the wines listed in this and the paragraph below, I'd had the riesling (a now customary favorite of la famiglia), the pinot grigio, and the chardonnay. The others were a bit of an experiment with wines made closer to PA (NY state actually) and they proved quite nice, if a bit sweet. (The taste of the infamous Concord grape was not far from the palate, but it was an agreeable sweetness to be sure.)
Christmas Day brought everyone together again, this time for roast pork, mashed potatoes, and baked sweet potatoes, carrots again, but this time server cold with a dressing on them that was quite tasty, as well as baked onions. Cranberry bread and another type of bread were also on offer. Dessert consisted of the leftovers of the previous night's festivities plus assorted cookies. The wine flowed freely too - a 1.5 litre bottle of Bully Hill's Grower's Red, a 1.5 litre bottle of Rosemount's Chardonnay and a 750 ml bottle of Mirrassou Merlot were disposed of during the dinner. After dinner was devoted to my aunt's playing the piano and some time afterward, my own rendition of Christmas Time Is Here (which still needs work dang it), which all present gathered around the piano to sing.
So yes, I'd say it was quite a delightful way to spend the holidays - I wish everyone the same.
Workout 12/26
30 Minutes Fat Burner, L10
Had a talk with my de facto trainer (the gal who set up my program) and we agreed that I need to up the cardio as well as look for a new goal - something not related to weight. So gonna have to put my thinking cap on for this because as of right now it feels kind of directionless, which doesn't help motivation much. If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to share.
30 Minutes Fat Burner, L10
Had a talk with my de facto trainer (the gal who set up my program) and we agreed that I need to up the cardio as well as look for a new goal - something not related to weight. So gonna have to put my thinking cap on for this because as of right now it feels kind of directionless, which doesn't help motivation much. If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to share.
I've said this before stingo, but it's true: you have to write reviews. The way you explain things is just perfect! So glad u had a good time. I'm sure everyone loved your playing! I know, we are our worst critic, but I'm sure itw as great!
As for your workout, dont look at me. LOL I will leave that up to the "experts". LOL
I'm sure everyone loved your playing! I know, we are our worst critic, but I'm sure itw as great! As for your workout, dont look at me. LOL I will leave that up to the "experts". LOL
Workout 12/27
Chest Press on Stability Ball 1x12@30
Bent Row 1x12@30
Squat and Overhead Press 1x12@15
Hammer Curl on 1 Leg 2x12@15
Skullcrushers on Stability Ball 1x12@20
Cross Chop with Squat 2x12@20
Pushups with Leg Lift 8
Reverse Fly 1x12@20
Step Up with Front Raise 2x12@10
Bicep Curl 1x12@25
Dips from the Bench 1x12
Obliques on Stability Ball 2x10
Ball Bridge - 1 minute
Crunches on Ball 1x12@6
Hip Raise (Legs on Stability Ball) 1x12
Pilates
30 Minutes Forest Walk (Treadmill), Max Speed 4.5, Max Incline 4.0
Chest Press on Stability Ball 1x12@30
Bent Row 1x12@30
Squat and Overhead Press 1x12@15
Hammer Curl on 1 Leg 2x12@15
Skullcrushers on Stability Ball 1x12@20
Cross Chop with Squat 2x12@20
Pushups with Leg Lift 8
Reverse Fly 1x12@20
Step Up with Front Raise 2x12@10
Bicep Curl 1x12@25
Dips from the Bench 1x12
Obliques on Stability Ball 2x10
Ball Bridge - 1 minute
Crunches on Ball 1x12@6
Hip Raise (Legs on Stability Ball) 1x12
Pilates
30 Minutes Forest Walk (Treadmill), Max Speed 4.5, Max Incline 4.0
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come over for a bell and then we'll burn it off, hiking Central Park!
I always think of The Fisher King when I think of Central Park... "I like New York in June... How about you?"
Yeah, I think I will have to write down EXACTLY what my goals are so I can see the progress - or lackthereof - and get myself motivated. I know I want to eat better, but aside from that, I'm not sure.
Firts off, lemme say: Good to hear your Xmas was great! Wish you a blast of a New Year!
About goal, what's wrong with your old goal? New year doesn't mean you have to get new goal does it? Unless your old goal doesn't sustain you anymore, and that have to come from you not the trainer.
Hm.. about goals, how about living healthy? I know you already do that, but perhaps putting it on teh spotlight will make it different. More emphasis.
Oh, if he mentions cardio by means that he wants you to burn more fat, how bout isolating some areas and make it a target in measurement instead of the whole body weight?
iono, im just blabbling
There's nothing really wrong with the old goal just that my "trainer" (a woman) wants me not to focus on weight - either body weight nor lifting weight, and instead concentrate on form and balance for now. My stated goal of holding 250 seems to be holding, but I'd prefer something different other than another weight loss goal. I've dropped 90-some pounds so far, so it's clear I can do it - just need a direction to go in to make it happen. Thanks for the advice though, I appreciate it.