meaok77 wrote:On down time (or active rest days) I have been assigning exercises to each room of the apartment, so whenever I go into the bedroom, for whatever reason, I have to do 12 reps of biceps, triceps and shoulders. If I go into the bathroom, I do 12 reps of push ups (Weird place to do them I know) using the sink counter...I place heals against the opposite wall and lower and raise myself in a push up using the sink counter (lol). Kitchen is for squats and leg lifts (12 reps). Whenever I go into the living room I have to either jump rope, jumping-jacks, jog in place for 1 minute (or longer if I can push myself...I'm also thinking of adding the bur-pee exercise into this part), when I am done doing this and want to sit down I have to do 12 reps of some sort of ab workout
This is a brilliant idea!! Creative too. congrats on the size 16 goal. Keep it up, you are doing great!
Thanks. I got the idea from that bodyrock.tv website. The woman that does the exercise videos stated that they have an iron gym bar hanging from their bathroom door, and whenever she or her husband use the bathroom, for any reason, they have to do as many pull-ups as they can before entering the bath room. We have an iron gym bar as well, but since I cannot do a pull-up to save life (lol), I modified it by doing the pushups. Zuzana (bodyrock.tv) also stated that whenever she or her husband want to use the computer they have to do dips (I think...went to find the video, and of course I can't find it) before they can sit at the computer. This gave me the idea to split each room up into certain exercises stations since I can't always do 20 minutes +/- of weights and cardio with the baby around. It works for me because I can get in a good amount of sets without feeling like I have to schedule weight/cardio workouts around daughter. Plus, if I'm not up to doing a full workout, this allows me to still get some sort of workout in. Then I can concentrate on 20 minutes of cardio while she sleeps if I want without feeling like I hadn't done anything with weights. Today I get to try the 20 minute, 5 part (4 minute each), interval cardio that they have posted on bodyrock.tv. Wish me luck...I think I'm going to need it.
Lost a button on favorite size 16 pants. Didn't lose it because the pants were too tight...they are just old so it looks like the thread just wore out. Don't know where I lost the button... but it was a while before I started noticing pants were falling down (had to put a safety pin on pants to hold them together/up). When I went to check the zipper and buttons, that's when I noticed the button was gone. Luckily, I have a pair of "too large" "M" pants in a "goodwill" bag. The pants are the same color and have buttons, as decorations, on them. So out come the sissors and thread, time to do some cuttin' and sewing.
Edit: also, today I am doing a 100 rep "superman (or supergirl) challenge. But I am waiting for the significant other to come home from work so we can do it together. It'll be interesting to see how long this takes me/us to get through them...
Lesplease wrote:I did that one this afternoon, too! (:
We haven't done it yet. SO just got out of work, we gotta run to the grocery store then I'm going to drop it on him that we're going to do this challenge ("oops...sorry hun, didn't I tell you we're BOTH doing this?" )
shoulders hurt just thinking of doing it. I tried to do the 600 side step ups. Oy! That was two days ago and hamstrings are still hurting! I didn't even get through the 600...I think I lost count around 60 before I quit.
meaok77 wrote:On down time (or active rest days) I have been assigning exercises to each room of the apartment, so whenever I go into the bedroom, for whatever reason, I have to do 12 reps of biceps, triceps and shoulders. If I go into the bathroom, I do 12 reps of push ups (Weird place to do them I know) using the sink counter...I place heals against the opposite wall and lower and raise myself in a push up using the sink counter (lol). Kitchen is for squats and leg lifts (12 reps). Whenever I go into the living room I have to either jump rope, jumping-jacks, jog in place for 1 minute (or longer if I can push myself...I'm also thinking of adding the bur-pee exercise into this part), when I am done doing this and want to sit down I have to do 12 reps of some sort of ab workout
This is a brilliant idea!! Creative too. congrats on the size 16 goal. Keep it up, you are doing great!
Finally found the video that inspired me to do this as well...
For anyone interested. (thanks lesplease for posting this site in another thread...I'm addicted to the workouts on here now! )
Lesplease wrote:Brentyboy is an advocate as well. I didn't really get into it until I moved to Miami and gave up gym membership. It's done a lot to help keep me in shape, especially because I'm more strapped for time now that I'm back in school full time. I just don't have 2 hours to run to the gym, work out, get home and shower! Agh! I'm glad you like it so well. I find her extremely motivating (:
I hear you! I have been looking for something to keep me going for the past month or so. We also gave up our gym membership due to finances being tight (only one income with me staying home with our baby). The baby is another thing too...I just don't have time to exercise the way I would like to with her running around, so I have to do it while she naps. Zuzana's site allows me to do exactly what I've been wanting to do, and I can do it in the time I have. Plus, I notice I get excited to see what tomorrow's exercise/challenge will be, and I like that she will show you different variations if you're a beginner/intermediate/advanced.
I get bored from doing the same workouts even if I spread them out, I know what the workout is going to be like and it gets tedious for me, thus I get bored and want to stop. That site has kept me going the past few days. I like the challenges.
I went to costco and bought 25lbs rice. Then I went to the grocer and bought a pack of gallon sized freezer bags. I also used duct tape.
Fill up a gallon bag with rice (I ended up with about 7) about halfway. Push the air out and seal it. Then stick that in another gallon bag, again push out the air, then fold over the excess space to make a small rectangle o rice. Tape this down, and then along the sides if you wish.
Repeat for all the rice, like I said I ended up with about 7 bags.
You can stick the bags into a tote or a duffel (I'm quite the little seamstress so I actually made a canvas duffel for mine), and VOILA! Sandbag! This way you can take out and add weight as needed (: I also have an old backpack that I use for things like lunges and squats, so I don't have to hold it. I took pictures of entire process. The rice was about 8 bucks, the bags 1.50 and the fabric I bought I got on sale (I bought a yard, and then some heavy duty thread) and spent less than 10. All told, it was about 20 bucks for clever new bag (: I had the duct tape leftover from hula hoop project, so all of bags are pretty and match hula hoop (:
If you're curious PM me or something and I'll put them up on photobucket so you can see them (:
This is exactly what I was going to do, so I know exactly what you're talking about! LoL Only instead of a duffle or tote, I was thinking of using a...LMAO...diaper bag. We got two when daughter was born. We use one but the other is just sitting in the closet. I got thinking I could fill it up, and because it has two zippers that meet in the middle, I could put a luggage lock (one of the tiny ones) on the zippers to keep them from unzipping. Since there is only the one strap, I was going to sew on two more on each end.
If I do this, I 'll have a Winnie the Pooh sand/rice bag.
I am so sore that I can hardly walk! Taking today off to rest (I don't want to pull anything), and tomorrow I will play catch up with "Hot Warrior Workout" and whatever the challenge is. quadriceps feel like they were hit with a couple of 2 by 4's. lol
240 lunges today. Couldn't do the Jumping Lunges (300 reps) due to a bad knee, so I did regular lunges. quads feel like they are on fire!
(waiting for Tuesdays workout to be posted...still have to do that!)
Something is definately changing if I can do 240 lunges (120 lunges for each leg). Before I wasn't even able to do 50 without getting winded.
Told bf about wanting to make own sandbag. I forgot I have a reebok duffel under our bed that is not being used (perfect for a homemade sandbag!). He's all for it, and since he works at a hardware store he's going to get me the ducktape I will need. He also suggested, to save a little money, that I use uncooked beans instead of rice. I told him that was fine since a pound is a pound so I don't care if it's rice or beans that I use in duffel. Just need to fashion on a few "handles" onto bag and I'll be good!
Yesterday we took a trip to Oregon to get a fish tank (early Christmas gift from me to him) that I found on craigslist. Last night we ran to the pet store to get gravel for the tank. 50Ibs of gravel (2 bags of 25Ibs each). I took a bag and he took a bag. He was concerned I would have a hard time carrying the bag. 2-3 months ago...it would've been, now, not so much.
Thanks Les! I'm a day behind her exercises though. Couldn't do the exercise she posted today (daughter woke up from her 3 hour nap just as the new workout posted on the site!), so I'll have to do it tomorrow...which is fine as long as legs will let me do it!
bf used to have a Gold's Gym weighted vest that I got him for Christmas last year. You could adjust the weight on the vest by taking the weights out or putting them in. He lost it when we moved (I think it's still at his sisters house...where we lived during the move transition). It'd be nice if we could find it again. I 'd use that during lunges and possibly burpee's or pushups. Then I could use the duffel the other stuff.
Lesplease wrote: thing have a weight vest too (: I like it, it's kinda fun. That's what I use when I'm up visiting him.
As fr the workouts, I just run a day behind her anyway, since I find it's easier. That way I don't have to wait for the new one to post. I also have a running list of the ones I like so that if she doesn't something I don't like or I would rather do a workout than a "challenge" I have them up and ready to go (:
That is an excellent idea to have a list of the ones you like so you can alternate with ones you don't like or don't want to do.
lol I don't have a dip station either. I did this pilate exercise where you lay on your back and make big circled with your legs to alternate the knee crunch with the dip station.
congrats on the size 16 goal. Keep it up, you are doing great!
I got the idea from that bodyrock.tv website. The woman that does the exercise videos stated that they have an iron gym bar hanging from their bathroom door, and whenever she or her husband use the bathroom, for any reason, they have to do as many pull-ups as they can before entering the bath room. We have an iron gym bar as well, but since I cannot do a pull-up to save life (lol), I modified it by doing the pushups. Zuzana (bodyrock.tv) also stated that whenever she or her husband want to use the computer they have to do dips (I think...went to find the video, and of course I can't find it) before they can sit at the computer. This gave me the idea to split each room up into certain exercises stations since I can't always do 20 minutes +/- of weights and cardio with the baby around. It works for me because I can get in a good amount of sets without feeling like I have to schedule weight/cardio workouts around daughter. Plus, if I'm not up to doing a full workout, this allows me to still get some sort of workout in. Then I can concentrate on 20 minutes of cardio while she sleeps if I want without feeling like I hadn't done anything with weights. Today I get to try the 20 minute, 5 part (4 minute each), interval cardio that they have posted on bodyrock.tv. Wish me luck...I think I'm going to need it.
but it was a while before I started noticing pants were falling down (had to put a safety pin on pants to hold them together/up). When I went to check the zipper and buttons, that's when I noticed the button was gone. Luckily, I have a pair of "too large" "M" pants in a "goodwill" bag. The pants are the same color and have buttons, as decorations, on them. So out come the sissors and thread, time to do some cuttin' and sewing. 
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