Mini Boot Camp: Day 2

"Of course it's hard. It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great."-A League of Their Own

Feeling decently sore, but good to go for day 2. Day 2 is a long one...here's the plan:

First...THE WEIGHTS:

15 second breaks between reps and sets.

100 jumpropes
30 mountain climbers
30 jumping jacks
Plie squats (3x20)

What I wish I was doing

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."-Thoreau

Still feeling rough today, so I'm curling up in my bed with Netflix. No judging but I'm watching 90210 and it's the episode where people are getting asked to Homecoming dance. I'm quite disappointed in the creativity. When I was in high school, asking people to dances was a huge production, totally nerdy and cheesy stuff, but it was awesome. Kids these days really need to pick up the slack.

Anyways, it is a leg day, if I had the strength to actually exercise. I think the most activity I will be doing today is walking a block to the store to get soup.

Repeat 3x (15 sec rest between sets)

Arm and Cardio Workout

"At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't." -Andy Roddick 

Week 2 of this workout. I thought about shortening the breaks but I think any shorter and my arms wouldn't recover properly. Working out is definitely doing its job though-I'm not that sore from my full day of digging.


Repeat 3X (15 sec break between exercises):

Pushups (10)
Rocca Press (4)
Dips (10)
Bicep curls (15)

T.G.I.F

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't." -Jack Dempsey

Good news people-I am now employed and will not become homeless/starve to death!!! That is an amazing thing in this economy when so many are struggling.

If only we all could swim in money [Image]

Today is the amazing day of CrossFit! Get pumped because there's a timer involved. And whenever there's a timer you know its going to be a good one.

Maximum rounds in 20 minutes:
Burpees (5)
Pushups (10)
Situps (15)
Squats (20)

If it takes 2 seconds/exercise, you should be able to do about 11 rounds. And some of those exercises shouldn't take 2 seconds to do. So at minimum that's 55 burpees, 110 pushups, 165 situps, and 220 squats. No big deal.

Then we have the cardio portion. Note, I find when I do heavy ab workout immediately followed by cardio I get very bad ab muscle cramps. So I would give myself a good break on this one.

Cardio (20 sec break between sprints):
1 mile run
20 yard sprint + 60 jumprope
20 yard sprint + 10 burpees
20 yard sprint + 20 mountain climbers
20 yard sprint + 20 side to side line jumps
20 yard sprint + 20 jumping jacks
20 yard sprint
1 mile run

Leg Wrecking Day

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”-Lou Holtz

I'm going to be upfront here. This day is gonna be hard. The kind of hard where while I'm doing the workout my brain is like this "#@$@3 this exercise, @#$ #!@#$ #%$^#$%^ @#$%@#$%" (insert many many swear words), and afterwards my brain does this "Yeah that's right, I'm a badass. Check out what I just did." I'm a cocky individual: it's a family trait.

Repeat 3x (15 sec rest between sets)

Overhead squats (10)
Hamstring kicks (15)

Starting Strong

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there."-Venus Williams

Today's a big day. I get to hear about whether I got this kickass job or not. So I've got to start the day off right.

Mixing things up this training segment. Doing a burnout style workout for specific muscle groups. Today is arms/upper body, therefore it makes sense to have a Venus Williams quote for today. Seriously, that woman has some crazy jacked arms.

But really, check out those biceps-talk about some serious definition! [Image]

Repeat 3X (15 sec break between exercises):

Wasted Wednesday

"It's not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not." -Anonymous 

So I couldn't think of a good title for this so of course reverted back to my college days. I know, nothing to do with working out, but it has a nice alliteration to it. Not to mention it sounds more fun!

Newcomers, you've got the day off to nurse your soreness. Here's my workout for the day:

60 jump rope
20 jumping jacks
Back lunge w/ bicep curl (10/leg)
Hamstring kicks (10/leg)
Shoulder stability (2x45 sec/arm)
Suitcases (15)

Nice Little Circuit

 “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” -Joe Namath

Time to take a little breather and work out a tad. Here's my circuit for the day (~30 min):

Repeat 3X:
60 jump rope
10 burpees
Pushup to plank row (5 pushups)
Bicycle (20)
Front Lunge w/ DB Shoulder Press (10 total)
BW Squats (30)