Happy Friday!  How has your week been?  Mine was NON-STOP fun like always!  Okay, I’m overly sarcastic this morning because I woke up feeling a little under the weather which I think is cruel and unusual punishment.  If you aren’t going to feel good, why not during the week, why does it have to be during the fun part of the week?  Hopefully, it will pass quickly.

Fitness

Unfortunately, my workouts were sub-par this week, mostly because I blew out my shins.  My shoulder/rib started feeling better when my shins decided they had enough high-intensity crap and started aching.  I foam rolled, iced, stretched and that helped but I think my appointment with Dr. K will help the most today.  Mr. Hungry has been walking Nala all week which has been a big help, but also makes me sad! Most of my workouts are still being inspired by the same IG account as last week.  I modify things here and there to fit my equipment and needs.  I still love the results it gives me, I still think it’s super boring.  Ultimately, though, I workout to get results, not for entertainment, so there is that.

Saturday – TI Fitness

Sunday – Orange Theory – great class, it was small so they made us do cardio first

Monday–

Circuit 1 (30-20-10)

• Pull ups with purple bad
• Seated shoulder press (12#DBs)
• KB Swings (35#)
• Step Ups unweighted 24-inch box

Circuit 2

• Resistance band lat pull downs 12-15
• cable chops x 15 each
• wall sit while bouncing ball x 15
• glute bridges with feet on bench, 10lb weight

Circuit 3

• 5 inch worms with push up
• 10 pivoting ball slams each way
• cable squats x 20
• Landmind shoulder press 15 each arm

Circuit 4 (6 minutes start with 2 reps add 2 every round)

• Bent over row
• bicep curl
• shoulder press

Bear Crawl Finisher

1 minute hold, 1 minute forward, 1 minute backward, 1 minute lateral left, 1 minute lateral right, 1 minute hold

Tuesday – REST

Wednesday – Upper Body ONLY – boy did my shins hurt

Circuit 1 x 3 rounds

• 15 Pull Ups with the green band
• 20 KB Swings #35lbs
• 20 Wall Balls #10lbs
• 15 Lateral Lunge and Press (12 each side) – #12lb DB

Circuit 2 x 3 rounds

• Resistance band lat pull downs 12-15
• 5 Single arm should press each side, 5 both (#15lbs – still testing the rib)
• 15 upright row to overhead press with KB (#18lb)
• hold lunge and bounce ball on either side 15 times on each leg

Circuit 3 x 3 rounds

• 15 TRX Inverted Rows
• Overhead to underhand single arm pull downs 12 each, got to #22.5lbs (cable machine)
• Squat with bicep curl, stand up to press x 15 #25KB

Circuit 4 x 3 rounds

• TRX Ab Roll Out x 15
• Pullovers with bar #35lbs
• 60 seconds opposite arm opposite leg

Thursday – 

40-30-20-10 increasing weight every round

• Elevated sumo squats (I did 25, 35, 44, 53 # KBs)
• Plank Push Up with Drag (I used 5lb plate x 2, 10lb plate x 2, did most push ups on my kneews)
• Touch downs
• Single Leg Deadlifts (total – I did unweighted bring my arms parallel with the floor, then 18#, 25#, 35#)

Friday 

Rest day so I can go get my shins taking care of!

Favorites

Quark was on sale last week at Sprouts.  I fell in love with the lemon flavor, taste like the lemon pudding my Grandma used to make! I’ve been throwing in a teaspoon of flax and hempseeds, plus topping with puffins!

Also loving that light pink gel nail color.

All about probiotics. 

24 of the best weight loss tips from internet healthy living gurus

Um eating cookies all week.  I finally had to give some to the neighbor lest we eat them all by ourselves.  Said neighbor is old enough to be my Grandpa so it feels appropriate to give him all the cookies.  I’m not kidding I asked him if he had any problem with almonds and I’m not kidding you his response was “I’m not allergic to any kind of cookies.”  Classic.

Super Bowls for the Super Bowl

Just in case you are looking for super bowl inspired recipes here is a list:

• 10 Healthy Recipes + 10 Nutrition Tips for the party 
• 7 Game Day Recipes + 7 Intuitive Eating Tips 
• Greek Yogurt Hummus
• Sriracha Hummus 
• Spicy Guacamole
• Tuna Quinoa Sliders
• Gluten Free Mini Corn Dogs
• Healthy Homemade Baked Corn Dogs (with video)
• Buffalo Cheddar Quinoa Bites
• Jamaican Jerk Wings
• Spinach Queso Dip 
• Oven “Fried” Chicken Taquitos
• 3.5 Layer Bean Dip 
• Gluten Free Buffalo Chicken Meatballs 

PLUS check back tomorrow because I have bonus recipes coming up!  A salad that men might actually eat on a day when they have sworn off vegetables aka the Super Bowl.

 

I have zero interest in the super bowl to be totally and completely honest, but I do like food and Lady Gaga so for that I will tolerate it.  Apparently this year Mr. Hungry doesn’t have a vested interest either (thank God) so no real plans were made, except hiking sometime this weekend, assuming I don’t come down with a huge cold and my shins cooperate.  What about you?