What I'm Reading This Week #34
Hello you sassy beast! Ready for another flip flappin' fantastic weekend? Yes indeedy, Ally Sheedy. It's been a week of working ahead for me as I try to work on ideas for holiday posts. I know, no one is ready for Christmas but spit balling stuff is actually getting me excited for the season. I like to try to give myself the month of December off from writing new posts (except updating weekly happenings) so all I have to do is respond if needed. It lets me take a little mental break during the holidays to try to enjoy what I can then hop back into the new year hopefully rested and ready to roll. We did book our 30th anniversary trip, which is the same one we had to cancel this year and of course got travel insurance. It's just nice to have something to hopefully look forward to and it makes you go "where the heck did 4 1/2 years go?" because it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating our 25th. Do people even celebrate their 30t...
or Supreme 90 Day
which is WAY harder than I gave it credit for. I think this will be a good one to keep things interesting!
That sounds really great! I do Curves (blech), but also 2 nights a week I do Curves w/ Zumba instead of the regular circuit and I really like that. I have also been doing 30 day shred as "plan B" for days I can't make it to Curves.
ReplyDeleteMy preference is to go for a long walk, but I generally don't have the time so I need something with a higher time/calories burned ratio. Plus when I walk I tend to skimp (or skip) the strength part and with a circuit workout it's built right in so I can't.
What an excellent idea! I think that may just be the perfect way to keep myself from getting bored.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your journey and your thoughts with the world.
I've been doing circuit training from day one (Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred was my first exercise DVD and I still use it now). While I still love my dvds (JM and Bob Harper) I've started making my own routines, too.
ReplyDeleteI use my stepper as a weight bench and try to alternate upper and lower body. My latest routine is three rounds, where round one and two are different and three is both combined.
I get in chest presses, rows, curls, tricep stuff, walking planks, pushups to weighted t-stands, squats, deadlifts, abs (upper and lower) and usually end it all with some step aerobics.
I used to do Curves and at the time I really liked it. This should be a good program for you. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI like videos. I'm a very creative person generally speaking, but when it comes to exercise, not so much-lol! I do enjoy some good circuits when someone is telling me what to do :).
ReplyDeleteWith a bum knee and a missing little toe, I am not good at floor exercises, yet. I do, however, ROCK in the water. Two weeks now of not missing a week day. I had gotten slack and have not gotten back to the kind of dedication I once had. They teach a 45 minute class that is mostly cardio. We adjunct it with water jogging into the strong jet stream and doing routines the physical therapists there helped me devise for upper, lower, and core, using the paddles, water dumbbells, balance boards, noodles (for lower), leg weights. I guess if circuit training can be done in the pool, that's what we're doing! OYE but my upper tummy muscles are yelling at me. lol It feels SO good to be back on track. I'm nowhere even in the same realm as you and your Mr, but for where I am, I'm doing much, much better with my consistence. Thank God Leah and her hubby moved here. I will roll my lazy hiney over in the morning and go back to sleep instead of getting to that 7:30 a.m. class, but I WON'T let my friend down, so off I go every morning, lest I disappoint her. It's working! lol
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