Workout Log (15)

(Originally Posted on 2013/04/30 at indianajane87.wordpress.com/)

Tuesday – Lower Body

Recumbent Bike: 5 minutes, resistance 8

Barbell Squat: 45#x8 Warm-Up, 75#x8, 8, 8

Stiff Legged DL: 65#x8, 8, 8

Leg Extensions: [Start 4#] +50#x8, 8, 8

Lying Leg Curls: 30#x8, 8, 8

Standing Seated Calf Raises: [Start 60#] +25#x12, 12, 12

Lying Leg Raises: 15, 13, 13

Exercise Ball Crunches: 15, 15, 15

Recumbent Bike: 5 min, 5 resistance; 5 min, 8 resistance; Cool-Down: 5 min, 1 resistance

Walked Luna.  Would have gone longer but it was hot and she has an ear ache so I didn’t want to strain her too much.

Workout Log (14)

(Originally Posted on 2013/04/29 at indianajane87.wordpress.com/)

Monday: Upper Body

Recumbent Bike Warm-Up: 5 minutes, resistance  8

Bench Press: 50#x12, 12, 12

Bent Over Barbell Row: 40#x12, 12, 12

Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 15#10, 10, 10

Skull Crushers: 30#x10, 10, 10

Barbell Curl: 30#x10, 10, 10

Recumbent Bike: 15 minute intervals of 8 and 3 resistance, first 5 minutes were 4 minutes resistance 8, 1 minute resistance 3 and remaining 10 minutes were 3 minutes resistance 8, 2 minutes resistance 3.

Recumbent Bike Cool-Down: 5 minutes, resistance 1

When I was in the weight room, I noticed another girl doing similar workouts to what I was going to be doing for the day.  I glanced over a couple times as she went on to each new exercise and could guess what she would do next, accurately.  When I was going over to the rack with the dumbbells, I said to her that I believed we were doing the exact same workout.  She said she found it on BodyBuilding.com and I asked if it was Jamie Eason.  She said it could be but I knew it had to be.  Thought that was pretty funny.

In the evening, I took Luna for a 1 mile walk to grab the mail from the mailbox.  It’s starting to get pretty hot out here.  Should be fun once it hits full-on summer.  It’s almost 2100 and it is 89°F out right now.  Feels like an oven outside every time I open the door.

Workout Log (13)

(Originally Posted on 2013/04/27 at indianajane87.wordpress.com/)

Friday’s workout: Lower Body

Recumbent Bike warm-up: 5 minutes, 8 resistance

Dead Lift: 65#x12, 12, 12

Leg Press: [Start 60#] +20#x10, 10, 10

Dumbbell Lunges: 15#x12, 12, 12

Seated Calf Raises: [Start 60#] +25#x12, 12, 12

Dumbbell Shrugs: 15#x12, 12, 12

Decline Crunches: 15, 15, 15

Hyperextensions (replaced with Good Mornings): 45#x 10, 10, 10

This concludes week 1 of Jamie Eason’s Female Fitness Bible workout.

I love how empty the weight room is at one of the gyms between 0900 – 1100.  They’ve designated that time for women only.  And I am one of the few women that go during those hours that uses the weight room instead of living in the cardio room.  It’s awesome.  Don’t have to wait for equipment to open up.

After the gym, I grabbed Luna and met up with a friend, her boxer and baby for a walk.  It was nice having someone to talk to for a change.  It was pretty hot and I didn’t realize until later that day that I had gotten a nice pink hue to my face.

Workout Log (12)

(Originally Posted on 2013/04/25 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

Today’s workout focused on the upper body.  Like Monday and Tuesday, I warmed up on the recumbent bike at resistance 8.

Dips: -80# body weight x 8, 8, 8

Pull Ups: -95# (first 5reps of 1st set) -110# body weight x 8, 8, 5    [I drew a frowny face next to this one.]

Lat Raises: 10#x10, 10, 10

Triceps Push Downs: 60#X10, 10, 10

Cable Curls: 40#x10, 10, 10

Recumbent Bike: 15 minute intervals (3 mins resistance 8, 2 minutes resistance 3).  5 minute cool-down, resistance 1

Workout Log (11)

(Originally Posted on 2013/04/23 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

This morning I weighed myself at 145.8!  Helloooo 145.  Well, basically 146.  But it has been a while since I even last saw that number.  Doesn’t seem like much but a few changes have made a difference.  Eating better and being more active.  And so far so good.

Today’s workout was lower body.  As mentioned in Workout Log (10), I followed the same routine but for Tuesday.  First I warmed up for 5 minutes on the recumbent bike at resistance 8.

Barbell Squat: (45#x 8 warm-up) 65#x8, 8, 8

Stiff-Legged Dead Lift: 65#x8, 8, 8

Leg Extensions: 50#x8, 8, 8    [This piece of equipment had a sticker that said "Start 4 lbs"... not sure if that means I add 4# to my weight for the total or not.  If anyone knows, please leave a comment so I know for future reference.  The seated calf raise was the same but with 60# start.]

Lying Leg Curls: 30#x8, 9, 9

Standing Calf Raises (did seated today): 20#x12, 12, 12   [+60#??]

Lying Leg Raises: 12, 12, 12

Exercise Ball Crunches: 15, 15, 15

I finished with 10 minutes on the recumbent bike alternating between resistance 8 and 3 with a 5 minute cool-down at resistance 1.

We took longer on our walk because I ran into one of my friends walking her baby and dog.  It was nice catching up.  The weather was nice for the walk.  Sunny, slight wind but warm.

Workout Log (10)

(Originally Posted on 2013/04/22 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

Today is a day I can actually be proud of.  Why?  It was the first time in about a year since I had been to the gym.  It felt great considering I’m sick.  Well, C thinks I may have allergies.  Possible but I’m hoping it’s just a cold as I originally suspected.  But my mom told me she was around my age when she started having seasonal allergies.

I decided I would start doing Jamie Eason’s Female Fitness Bible.  So far I really enjoy it.  Monday is Upper Body.

Recumbent Bike: 5 minute warm-up, Resistance: 8

Bench Press: 30#x12, 40#x12, 12

Bent Over Barbell Row: 40#x12, 12, 12

Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 15#x12, 12, 9

Skull Crushers: 30#x10, 10, 10

Barbell Curl: 30#x12, 9, 9

Recumbent Bike: 15 minutes intervals, Resistance: 3, 8

Recumbent Bike: 5 minute cool-down, Resistance: 1

After I got home and had a protein shake, I took Luna for a 3.6 mile walk.  Pretty hot out today.

Didn’t realize how many days it’s been since I last posted.  Not really workouts but here are my MapMyRun walks and run.  Same day that I ran, I also did the Rittr Labs app for sit ups.  The sets were: 28, 26, 29, 28, 28, 26 = 165.

Yesterday, I did the sit up and push up apps.

Push Up sets: 11, 11, 13, 11, 11, 9 = 66

Sit Up sets: 28, 26, 29, 28, 28, 26 = 165

Now I’m all caught up for the past week.  No news on the ASVAB, yet.

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Workout Log (9)

(Originally Posted on 2013/03/25 at indianajane87.wordpress.com/)

I keep a “to-do” list on my phone.  For the longest time, I had “Pass APFT” on there.  Today, I am very happy to say that I crossed that off my list!  *insert crazy person happy dance here… too tired to actually do so*

I’ll let this picture do the talking.  If you click on it, you’ll see two previous test results with today’s at the top.  Pass!  And you know what?  That’s only 90 points away from a perfect score.  I think I’ll get there.  With a little extra work and some time.

I tried something a little different with my push ups today.  Instead of pumping out as many as I could before needing a break (front lean rest position), I did 5 at a time, taking a rest in between up until I could only do 2 and then 1 at a time.  Not sure I liked that since it takes some out of me just to be in the rest position.  I kind of like the idea of just getting as many as I can and then two at a time until I can’t do any more.

As for my run, you can see I did it on the track again.  Since I’m having trouble knowing when exactly to stop, I’ve changed the setting on MapMyRun from minutes (it updated me every 5 minutes with my distance, pace, and time) to distance (it should now update me every mile).  It’s next to impossible to see the screen outside in the sun and before I could hit the pause button, the screen went blank and that little extra time kept running.  So from my computer I looked at exactly the 2 mile mark and it said 18:34.

Here’s proof!

I’m glad I pushed myself to run until I was finished.  That’s right, boys and girls, this moi didn’t walk.  It was still an incredibly slow pace but now I have no excuse to walk for the next time.

Now that I got that out of the way, I can focus on studying, cleaning and getting to the clinic.  I need to get a release form so that my previous doctor’s office can fax over my medical documents since I cannot seem to find those anywhere despite my mom saying she gave them to me prior to me getting married and moving out here.  I’m going to need them so I don’t have to get every shot under the sun and the biggest reason; because I tore my ACL in 2004 and had surgery for that.  I know I had those documents when I enlisted with the Marines in 2008 but they seem to have gone missing.  I do have an appointment set up to have a physical to be cleared that way, just in case I can’t find the original documents.  But the hunt continues for those because I know it will only help to have them.

Workout Log (8)

(Originally Posted on 2013/03/22 at indianajane87.wordpress.com/)

This morning I did the Tabata Something Else CrossFit workout.

Pull Ups: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0 = 7

Push Ups: 10, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5 = 45

Sit Ups: 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6 = 54

Squats: 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12 = 89

Total Score: 21

The lowest set per exercise is the number you base the total score on.  So for pull ups, since my lowest was 0, I received a 0.  For push ups it would be 4, sit ups is 6, and squats is 11.  My husband didn’t inform me about the scoring until just now.  Which is fine.  But I might have tried to be more consistent with number of reps per set.

The pull ups were jumping pull ups and I aimed for 1 each because each time was hurting my hands.  Round 8 I didn’t get myself up all the way.  20 seconds isn’t a long time to workout but when you get to the 10 second rest, you’re wishing that was longer!  I definitely was.

Immediately after the tabata workout, I took Luna out for a 3 mile walk.  We were leisurely again since the walks are mostly for her.  I let her smell things often since I knew that just having sensory overload would tire her out just as much as the walk itself.  More or less.  May or may not go for a second walk later in the day.  Just depends on if she starts to get restless.  I need to study for the ASVAB, though.

A Sort Of Workout Log

(Originally Posted on 2013/03/21 at indianajane87.wordpress.com/)

  Went for a mile run with Luna today.  It wasn't terrible but immediately after I finished, my stomach started to hurt.  This has happened before but not recently.  Not sure why it does that.  Maybe I didn't warm up enough (or at all).  I can't remember but I may have had a little trouble keeping my breathing pattern even.  Not a great run, and not my fastest time.

  After lunch Luna and I went for a 3 mile walk.  Another warm day so she was pretty tired after, even though we were at a very leisurely pace. While grilling dinner, a hummingbird came to the feeder several times.  The first three times I didn't have my camera or phone so I missed out but I was patient and waited after grabbing my camera.  Thankfully he came back and I was able to snap a few pictures.  One of the perks of living in the desert, I guess.  We may not have many critters around but some of them are pretty cool.  Like wild donkeys.

Not a very exciting day and I was hoping to do more in terms of working out.  C made fun of the blog post title when he saw it since he knew I didn't do much more than a short run.  I guess he's right in finding the humor in the title... not very worth of a "Workout Log" title.  Therefore it went from "Workout Log (8)" to "A Sort Of Workout Log."  Much more realistic.

Workout Log (7)

(Originally Posted on 2013/03/17 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

For today’s workout I decided to go ahead and do another PT test.  C thinks I should start doing it once a week to see how I improve.  I’ll probably aim to do that since it will force me to run 2 miles more often than what I’ve been doing.  To pass the pt test, I need to get at least a 60 in each section giving me a score of 180.  But even though today’s score came out to be 189, since I failed the sit ups, I still failed the overall test.  Didn’t know that before but good to know.

I improved my push up score by two since the last time (28).  My sit ups decreased at 44 (I really need to just do sit ups every day).  And for my 2 mile run, I went to the track instead of running through the neighborhood.  I liked it because I was able to zone out and not worry about hills or crossing streets.  I’m glad that my run did improve (mostly because I didn’t have to deal with the incline and hills that I have to deal with on my normal route.  I lost track of how many laps I completed and went a little over 2 miles.  I completed my 2 mile at 19:28.  That’s 3 minutes off from the last test!

The rest of the day I’ll spend studying for the ASVAB.  I take it on Tuesday so I’m hoping that I’m as prepared as I can possibly be.  Wish me luck!  I’m not completely sure what MOS I want but once I know my scores, I should have a better idea as to what jobs I qualify for and taking time to learn about the ones that interest me the most.

Workout Log (6) & Recruiting Station

(Originally Posted on 2013/03/11 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

This morning I used the Rittr Labs apps to workout.

Push up sets: 11, 11, 13, 11, 11, 9 = 66

Sit up sets: 28, 26, 29, 28, 28, 26 = 165

Squat sets: 24, 23, 27, 24, 23, 19 = 140

Today I made my way down to the recruiting station to continue the paperwork process.  Turned in my “homework” of pre-screening questions to SSGT H and we went over it a bit.  I still need to track down my medical documents in case the Indianapolis MEPS did not send the local MEPS here my old, expired documents (which still could be helpful in terms of having records of the hospital where I had my ACL surgery done).

I had my height and weight recorded.  Apparently the standards are much more lenient pre-shipping than post-BCT.  At 150 lbs, I’m within the height weight limits for my age.  That’s fine and dandy, but I still plan on losing weight before shipping so I can guarantee I make weight and because I think I could really benefit from a little weight loss.  I also had my fingerprints taken.  That was new to me.  When I went through the process in 2008, the only time I did the fingerprints was at MEPS.  Apparently this is something new as of 3-4 years ago.

While SSGT H was recording my height and weight into the computer, he was talking out loud.  ”Height, five four.”  For some reason in my head, I was thinking, “That’s not right.  I’m 64 inches, not 54 inches.”  So I said something.  He just kind of looked at me for a second and then said, “Are you sure you’re going to do well on the test?”  God I hope so!  I told him I’d just let him do his job and then we both laughed.  At least he has a sense of humor.  I’m scheduled to take the ASVAB Tuesday the 19th.  I have to be at the recruiting station by 0730.  Which means I have to leave my house no later than 0630.  Should be a fun day… but at least I don’t have to go all the way to the MEPS (4-5 hrs from here) to take the ASVAB.  It’s only about 45 minutes from the recruiting station.  Guess who will be going to bed really early on the 18th…

Workout Log (5)

(Originally Posted on 2013/03/05 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

Today I did the first PT test I’ve done since December of last year.  It can easily be summed up in one word:  FAILED.  But that’s okay.  I still need to run consistently and do more sit ups. But I have at least advanced with my push ups.  I’m not expecting much since I have yet to still find my workout groove and do everything consistently.

My push ups went from 19 on 2012DEC30 to 26 today.  That gives me a score of 72.  I increased by two since the last test to 50 on the sit ups.  A score of 60.  And my run was once again terrible.  I came in at 22:28; one second more than last time.  That’s a score of 31.  Kind of bummed there wasn’t even any improvement there but I’m honestly not surprised.  My total score is a failing 163.

This is the first workout since Thursday February 28.  Yesterday I spent about the whole day cleaning the house.  From about 9am when C left for work til about 1730 to finally sit down and study.  And I mean cleaning the house.  Used the Bissell carpet cleaner to shampoo the carpets.  Everything was going great for the first half of the living room.  Until the vacuum decided to leak the cleaner into a puddle on the carpet while I was waiting for the first half to dry a bit before moving the furniture onto it to finish the second half.  Now there’s two puddle marks that I need to figure out how I’m going to get out.  Cleaned the baseboards in the living room and half-bath.  Cleaned that as well.  Thoroughly.  I think this counts as a workout in itself.

Walked Luna for about 2 miles on two short walks.  The first time was only to the mailbox to drop off a birthday card I should have put in the mail yesterday.  The second walk was a little over 1.5 miles in a huge square.  Figured she deserved a walk since we’re leaving her home alone while we go to a Hail & Fairwell tonight.

So since this post is already fairly random, I’ll go ahead and put this in.  I recently found a recipe for whey protein pancakes.  Sounds unusual but they turned out pretty good.  I followed the Apple Strawberry Blueberry Protein Pancakes recipe but used chocolate whey  protein powder instead, omitted the blueberries since we didn’t have any, and substituted the coconut flour for almond flour.  I think the next time I make them, I’ll use the blender to insure the apple is fully blended into the mix.

And to wrap this post up (rambled on long enough), today marks my husband and my (legal ceremony) 2 year anniversary.  And he definitely surprised me with flowers and chocolate covered strawberries.  I think a girl could get used to this.  But it gets better.  We have a trip coming up that I’ll post about once we’re back from it.

Workout Log (4)

(Originally Posted on 2013/02/28 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

Today is already a better day than yesterday.  Got my workout in before noon.  I’ll likely add updates later to this post if I take Luna for a long walk and/or if I do the Rittr Labs app for sit ups.  My arms are pretty spent from the presses and past push up workouts to even consider push ups.  It’s an awesome 61° outside right now with it supposed to be getting up to 66°.  Friday, Saturday and Sunday are supposed to be 74°, 73° and 75°, respectively!

So for today, I did squats, press, and dead lifts.

SQ – Warm Up : 2(45# x 5), 50# x 5, 65# x 3, 90# x 2, Working Set : 3(100# x 5) 

PR - Warm Up : 5(45# x 5), Working Set : 3(50# x 5)

DL – Warm Up : 2(65# x 5), 95# x 3, 110# x 2, Working Set : 3(130# x 5)

Hopefully that’s not confusing.  Sets(Pounds x Reps).

Update: Took Luna for a walk.  We went 6.01 miles.  It took us a little under 2 hours to complete, including potty stops, stops to smell everything, and stops to try and find the lizard that ran away.  Burned a little over 500 calories on this walk.

 I was feeling pretty good at the end of the walk.  Up until I got to my door to find an envelope pushed into the door from housing.  I guess my neighbors, whom I’ve never met, complained to housing about Luna barking.  I’ve done what I can to prevent it but lately she refuses to come in (around 1830-1930) because there’s other dogs down the street barking.  The last few days I’ve been putting her bark collar on, as well.  But apparently she’ll have to wear that from the moment she wakes up to the moment she goes to sleep.  Poor Luna.  I guess I’m annoyed because they could have just as easily come by and talked to me directly.  Or left a note.  But no, now we have a “record.”

I might call housing tomorrow to find out at the very least when the complaint was made since she hasn’t barked today, and barely barked the last couple days due to the collar.  I highly doubt they’d tell me who made the complaint…  After I join, we’ll be living off post.  At least where at all possible.  Because with us both being in, if we lived on post, they’d take both of our BAH.  I’ve enjoyed living on post up until lately.  I guess I’m just anxious to get out of here and on with my life.  So maybe the small things are bothering me a bit more than they should.

Workout Log (3)

(Originally Posted on 2013/02/25 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

MapMyRun has an interesting feature called “Live”.  It allows you to have people track your walk, run, hike, whatever while you’re doing it.  I’ve had it set to be on and off on various workouts with seemingly no one tracking.  When I went on my run, I didn’t notice whether or not the setting was on.  I decided since I was sans dog, I would listen to Pandora.  With my ear-buds in, I thought I heard someone saying my name but I shrugged it off since I don’t know anyone in that part of the neighborhood.

On my way back after doing about 1.7 miles, I saw in a distance an older woman waiting outside.  Again, I shrugged it off.  Until she turned toward me as I got closer and started clapping.  Cool.  A nice lady that likes to cheer on random, struggling runners.  So I politely thanked her.  But then she spoke.  ”Are you (insert my name)?”  Okay… this is weird.  ”Yeah.”  Then she goes, “I’m tracking you!”  And holds up her phone.  I kinda laughed and kept running.  I still cannot decide if this is funny or kind of creepy.

I don’t know what it was but I moved slower than the last time I did the 2 mile.  I don’t really care that it took me 22:16 to complete.  The fact of the matter is that I did complete it.  I went out and ran and I’m glad I did.

After finishing my run, I walked a bit before going home to cool down.  Then it was the dog’s turn.  Together we walked about 1.6 miles.  In total today with walk and walk/run I burned about 350 calories.

Workout Log (2)

(Originally Posted on 2013/02/24 at indianajane87.wordpress.com)

Rittr Labs apps again.

Push up sets: 11, 11, 13, 11, 11, 9 = 66

Sit up sets: 28, 26, 29, 28, 28, 26 = 165

I definitely struggled on the push ups by the 3rd set.  But I pushed on and completed all of them without compromising my form.  So I’m happy with that.  My chest and arms are still sore from Friday’s push up workout.  I do take a little extra time to rest between sets than what the app puts in place.  I need that extra little rest time.  I rated that workout with “It was too hard.”  So the next time I use the app, the workout will be the same.  Even though I finished, it was still a struggle.

For some reason, sit ups are mentally harder for me.  I just don’t want to do them.  My dog licked my arm while I lay on the ground dreading the last set.  I felt defeated.  But I told myself that I would just push through and then I’d be done.  I’d feel better about myself for finishing than if I just said screw it.  And I do.  Except now I’m not looking forward to running.  It’s just one of those days.

As for my run… I think I will postpone it for now.  Until later today.  I’m just too tired.  It’s my fault.  Didn’t consume enough calories this morning, probably.

Update: Just finished my run.  I was aiming for a mile but I couldn’t see the screen on my phone to see if I had made it.  Just short of a mile at .97mi.  Took the dog with me and stopped once for her to eliminate and got slowed down at the halfway point turn around due to a dog being on the other side of the street that she wanted to say hello to.  My time was 8:54.  And apparently burned 117 calories.

Also, I don’t understand how MapMyRun tracks the distance.  The top of the image, it shows .97 miles but in the distance box, it shows 1 mile.  I’m still basing it off of the former.  The last time I ran a mile, I did it in 9:36.  So despite the dog slowing me down a bit (though I honestly think she made me keep a more constant pace) and struggling with my breathing/keeping that consistent, I didn’t do too bad.

Update 2: Did 3 sets of 5 rep jumping chin ups on gymnastic rings.  The first set was my personal best since I started doing them a couple weeks ago.  But on the second and third set, I wasn’t pulling myself up as high as I did in the first set.  But I’m very happy with the first set since it’s proof to myself that there is improvement.