Day 34: Last day of Core Cardio & Balance

Last day!!!  O__O

Month 2 starts in 2 days.  I'm nervous and excited.  I can see a change in my body.

Then I eat.

Then it's gone.

LOL, not really, but my stomach sure does like to expand!  I think my arms and shoulders are looking good.  My thighs and legs look more toned.  4-pack kind of showing when I wake up!  Then I eat.  Then it's gone.  f(^o^;)


Core Cardio & Balance notes


WHOA.  Workout was a little tough and a little slow today.  Body's fatigued from yesterday's gym workout.  Thighs feel a bit heavy.  I took some videos.  Yes!  Multiple videos.  My baby bro came and started watching me (you can see me talk to him).  Then I started laughing at times... threw me off my game!

Anyways... enjoy!  It's been a while!

Exercise:  Warm-up stretches.  Short video.  Short segment on stretching.




Exercise:  4 right leg hops, 4 left leg hops, repeat; 8 jabs and hop to the other side, repeat; followed by... dun dun DUN!  Hip Flexor Burners (the ones I always talk about) ~ 30 seconds of hip flexion + 30 seconds of isometric hip flexion with pulses + 30 seconds of hip flexion with leg extensions!!!  Repeat on other side.

Exercise:  Standing obliques ~ same-side elbow to knee touches; Shoulder Burners ~ in sumo/plie squat while holding arms in 180 the entire time ~ 30 sec of "flapping" + 30 sec abdominal crunches with arm flys (open and close) + 30 sec overhead touches + 30 sec backward arm circles + 30 sec forward arm circles


My thighs were dying in this one!  

Day 10: Plyometric Cardio Circuit

This is my 3rd time completing this workout!

Today was tough.  Seriously tough.  I woke up feeling tired, then after eating a huge lunch... lethargic.  But!  I did my workout and am happy I did it.  Now I'm just hungry!

Favorite exercises:
~ Football drills:  They're so much fun!
~ Basketball jumps:  Killer by the 3rd set, but I really like doing them.
~ (In push-up plank position) Knees side-to-side jumps:  Killer again, but I like them.  It's actually my arms that get so worn out, that I can't continue jumping.
~ Jab punches, uppercuts, palm strikes:  These were fun!  ... and easy... ^_^;

Exercises that killed me:
~ Level 1 drills:  It was the push-ups.  Almost every time that circuit came up... I would miss the first set, get mentally together and join in.  I did my best though!
~ Power Squats:  Usually not a problem for me.  But something about today... these were just tough!  I felt like I couldn't get deep enough in my squat.
~ Mountain Climbers:  High knees are so tiring after a while!

I thought I'd take a video of the "Stretching" portion after the warm-up.

Just to warn you, the video is about 7-8 minutes long because the stretching takes about 6:30 min.

If you watch it, Shaun T misses a stretch/exercise.  Can you figure out what it is?  I realized this the second time I completed this workout.  That's the main reason I recorded myself.  If you can't see it, then I mention it at the end of the video!  Enjoy!