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Saturday, July 16, 2011

My Workout..(catch me if you can)

I’m often asked what MY WORKOUTS are like. I’m honestly quite surprised how truly interested so many of my clients, friends, class participants and peers seem to be about what goes on


in my “private workout world”. You know, I guess it makes sense. A curiosity of how I torture myself when the lights are low, when all the crowds have gone and there’s no one there to police ME! Just me, myself and I and my own motivation to get the job done! Well, I’ll be completely honest. I tend to KILL IT! Yeah, it’s my job and I take it very seriously. There’s a trend now days of trainers and fitness Instructors who seem a little, oh, “less than fit”? But that’s for another day. SO, here it is. What I put myself through just Yesterday. Yep, that was Friday, July 15th , 2011…9:30 am. The place? I was in a client’s well equipped gym. In order to get the job done, I make deals. “yes I’ll train you and your husband back to back EARLY Wed. and Friday mornings but IF I need, may I stay and get my workout in before heading out for the rest of the day?” Answer is always a kind resounding YES..so, that was the locale and you know the time, so the following was my workout for a day when “upper body” was due to be done and cardio is always a given necessity as well. Hope this somehow inspires you, however; “DON’T NECESSARILY TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS, UNLESS YOU DARE”! (Ps. All weight training is done without rest and with a vengeance, as if someone is chasing me…is there any other way? Well of course there is, but for my goals, it’s the PERFECT EQUATION).

Run, One mile..speed 7.1, Jump off..Lat pull downs, Heavy- Rotation seated Bicep curls, 20 Lbs. dumbbells seated on ball , roll out to bridge on ball for Tricep nose breakers. Over to the decline bench and 30 rep. ab curl.

Run, Mile Two…all same speed. (a nice and sweaty 81/2 min mile). Back to same series of weights,

Run, Mile Three….repeat all weights again. THEN, a fourth set of all without the mile in between. Four sets down, back, bi, tri, abs and three miles completed. NEXT SERIES..

RUN, Mile 4…Reverse fly, Tricep pull downs, Bicep curls (from a bottom pulley. heavy), to a bent over Lower Lat row exercise. Hit the floor, reverse curl abs, 25/30 reps.

RUN, Mile 5…REPEAT last series,

RUN, Mile 6… REPEAT same series again. THEN, a fourth set of all without the mile in between. Four sets down again, 2 back exercises, and again bi, tri, abs.

Finally three more sets biceps(standing switch curls) and triceps (Double kick backs with hard anchored tubing ..STANDING ON ONE LEG – fun- fun- fun).Back and forth between the two. DONE>

WORKOUT SUMMARY; 6 Miles cardio Total.

12 sets(three exercises) on back, 12 sets(three exercises) on biceps, 12 sets(three exercises )on triceps, NO CHEST TODAY…and 200 reps hard abs.

Total time. ! 1 hour, 55 minutes. Close enough to say two hours flat.

SO… just another Friday. Hey, you could think it lame! Just answering the question...but now it’s our turn. What did YOU DO YESTERDAY!

Until MONDAY,

(I take Sunday off from all workouts and work if at all possible)I’m often asked what MY WORKOUTS are like. I’m honestly quite surprised how truly interested so many of my clients, friends, class participants and peers seem to be about what goes on

2 comments:

  1. A good core workout. I ran fairly quickly for 3 miles. I really want to work on my arm strength. My abs and legs are pretty solid, just hidden beneath some layers of fat.

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