Papaya for breakfast since it is supposed to help with digestion. Squeezed in a superhero workout before running errands. Korean BBQ and tofu soup for dinner, along with lots of kimchi and other veggie side dishes. Shaved ice with green tea ice cream and lots of fruit for dessert. 2 Mojitos to end the night.
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My Adventures in Guest Buffins: Tuesday
Last week, since both my aerial silks teacher and my trainer (codename: Buffin) were out of town, I took the opportunity to train with other gurus. Enter SoWo 1.0's resident badass and Quidditch master, Killercadoogan, who graciously offered to train me for a session to tide me over until Buffin returns. For the purposes of this story, I will hereafter refer to Kdoog as "Beast Buffin." Holy smokes. I've always had a healthy respect for the ambitious nature of Beast Buffin. We're talking about a guy who skipped marathons and went straight to running ultra-marathons, but now I humble myself before his badassness. I thought I had been trained before, but now I have been TRAINED. We started with a kettlebell session, where Beast Buffin showed me fancy full body situps (Turkish get-ups) that looked like choreography from Flashdance. After about an hour, he says he has something else to show me before we're done. I think I'm in for some reverse crunches or something. No. Beast Buffin pulls out a tug-of-war rope, lays it across the floor, lies down on the ground, holding onto one end, and tells me to pull him to me from across the room. The entire big boyz grunting section watched me pull BB across the room like we were an episode of Gladiators. I survived, and then BB told me to do it again. Twice. I figure after that, we MUST be done. That would be incorrect. Next he stands on a mat, tells me to grab his ankles, and push him across the room. At the end of the room, I have to go into a handstand, and then push him back across the room. We looked like an ant pushing a transformer. This time, I figure we ABSOLUTELY must be done. Again, incorrect. BB puts me on a stationery bike, and puts me through his signature cardio interval workout where I lift dumbbells while pedaling. It's the kind of thing that can be a workout on its own, but we did it at the end of all that other working out. I came home after the session, fell asleep over my lunch, and was sore for three days afterwards. Beast Buffin, we hereby award you a von Hottie Medal of Valor. Never has the von Hottness labored to get a man to cross a room to her and let him live to tell about it.
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Hey guys. Here are Adana's top 3 fitness questions from last week. I'll also post on the new challenge page later today:
1. What are your favorite toning exercises for streamlining/firming the legs?
My favorites are ones that are simple yet effective like squats, lunges, wall sits and calf raises.
2. Can you do kettlebell workouts on consecutive days or is every other day better?
Yes, you can do kettlebell workouts every day since they are a little more on the "cardio" side vs. strength training. However, they do work your legs,core and shoulders...so if you are sore or tired from the day before, try a different form of cardio to give yourself time to recover. Check back next week...I'm going to do a kettlebell workout!!
3. I sprained my knee and ankle about a month ago, do you have any strengthening exercises for these areas?
Ouch! Well, if you sprained them...the best thing you can do is stay off of it and avoid anything that will twist and turn that area. So, if you do any leg strengthening definitely avoid anything where you are jumping or twisting the leg and I would stick to things that put minimal pressure and weight on the joints and bones. Try seated leg extensions (with a machine at the gym or at home with no weight and high reps), lateral walk with a resistance band (keep the knees and ankles straight), lying leg lifts, bridges and deadlifts (keep the weight light so it doesn't bother your ankle).
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Wow...looks like you guys worked really hard this week! Great job! I'm glad we have so many over 75%!! Keep up the good work!
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I had 1/2 a bagel with 2 scrambled eggs & coffee ! I LOVE those high fiber bagels; all crispy & crunchy :)
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another alcoholic sunday. We went to the suburbs to visit Chef Louis and his spa+pool. The men roasted a leg of lamb on the bbq for 4 hours and drank beer in the spa. I was not in the mood for a total drinkfest so before I started drinking I went for a jog/walk and did some pushups in the park. It was hot and not fun, but I'm glad I did it. I also did an hour of weeding and transplanting for them because they are completely useless in the garden and it looked like a mess.
I woke up at 5am this morning with a headache, probably too much rosé. hopefully I will keep off the booze for a few days.
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Wow, it looks like a lot of people took Cari's "disappointed trainer speech" to heart :)
Now, I may be blind - but where is next week's challenge?
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Went on a long walk/hike today (counting it as 80 minutes, but was longer) and finished up the superhero workouts for the week (those spiderman pushup suck! :) ) Still no yoga or gym, but tomorrow is a new month so a good time to start again...
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Didn't get all my cardio in today, although i did do some stairs while at work. i really need to get back to more yoga. I'm not doing well on that goal at all...
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doubled my "drinks to date" on friday, but also did some good by volunteering. So that makes up for it right? :)
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Had an awesome day on Thursday - an unplanned work trip turned out to be way better than expected. The late night did keep me from the second half of my workout, but it was totally worth it. :) Even managed to keep the unplanned restaurant dinner healthy (uh, minus that beer...)
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alright - time for some catch up posts before the August challenges...Still didn't make it the gym this week (boo!) but I'm getting in a groove with doing everything at home. Maybe that will help next week?
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I had 1/2 of a high fiber bagel with 3 scrambled eggs & coffee !
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The challenge was really hard to knock out today. I am so sore.
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