Jumping jacks, go. Squats, go. Cross countries, go. The Bear had a little ankle trouble on the cross countries, so hey, let’s do some more … squats, go. Warmed up, ladies?

Everyone was there today, save Ruth.

Pick up some light weights. Get ready for … a nice cardio day … I think that’s an oxymoron.

I can’t remember a thing we did today. I think ( Read more... )

I would say just the two of us CT sweet potatoes, but potatoes didn’t really figure into our workout conversation today. So Russkaya and the Bear did the workout, sans others.

We had already left to work out and didn’t know Chris wasn’t coming … but we soon figured it out. Luckily, the Bear carries all workouts printed in her gymbag.

It’s a Tuesday, ( Read more... )

Today we had a full house, minus Ruth. All for a Chris core-fest. Well, I’ll pretend that’s what it was. Since it was Friday, we did a little foam rolling first … just to remind ourselves of the importance of stretching those muscles.

Get your mats. Bicycles, go (actually, Chris had a false start, which was funny all by itself. He told us to do ( Read more... )

Today’s session was all about Chris. He’s in a very jolly “pre-vacation” mode that is full of anticipation: anticipation about eating pizza, drinking lots of delicious beverages and, of course, showing off the newly rediscovered six pack. Today he packed the six pack (and other goodies) into a tight shirt which also highlighted his guns and general ( Read more... )

Today, when I said to Chris that the CT potatoes had showed up … he said, no, the sweet potatoes of CT showed up.

Awwwwww (and no Lynda in sight …).

But I digress. Pick up heavy weights (10s for Jaynie and Russkaya, 12.5s for me, because the Bear was slow in grabbing the weights).

Hold your weights to your shoulders and commence with squats. Drop one ( Read more... )

Or, more specifically, who mashed my core potatoes?

The answer, at least today, was Jayne. She’s a task master of the highest order, and despite it only being her and me, she insisted on turning 45 seconds into a minute in multiple, repeated instances, and when you are doing planks, or v-sits, or the 8 gazillionth crunch, those additional seconds ( Read more... )

Today was cardio focus …

Warm up: Jumping jacks, go. Squats, go. Side lunges, go. Now, go get one heavyish weight.

Circuit One: goblet squats, go, drop the weight, 10 burpees, pick up the weight, hip hinges/thrusts with weights, then with weight in right hand, 12 push presses, switch hand, 12 push presses, drop the weight, 30 seconds mountain ( Read more... )

So today, in addition to our usual conversations about diet, weight gained over the holidays and potatoes (always), Chris got on his soapbox about setting goals. He thinks that our motivations are key to succeeding. Rather than just “showing up,” we should be thinking about specific things we want to achieve - or setting goals. Such as signing up ( Read more... )

I have for the past week been suffering from a nasty bout of headcolditis … I’m so done with that. Well, ok, I’m still recovering from it, but I did go work out today.

Core Focus Friday … focused on our core. We began with some foam rolling in which we rolled TPFs? Ok, I don’t know the actual muscle was because since I didn’t work out yesterday, my ( Read more... )

Today, we were back in our conversational and normal energy groove. Which is to say: Chris was making us work hard, and we were doing it. While chatting the entire time.

Count to 15? I don’t think so. Yappity yap yap … yeah, baby, we’re there.

Cardio focus today …

Jumping jacks, go. I can’t remember the rest. Except to say it contained all of the ( Read more... )