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Today’s Workout

30 minute doggy walk

The hardest and longest 1 hour vinyasa I’ve ever done stick a fork in me i’m done

Today’s Workout:
  • 1 hour of a nonstop vinyasa flow, a la Kathryn Budig.
  • A few more rounds of pincha, scorpion, and handstand.
  • 20 each leg side kick thingies (where you stand straight and lift your leg to the side)
  • 50 squats

ow. i’m tired. exhausted. chugging my protein and hopping in the shower. I’ve got 4.5 hours of work ahead of me tonight!

Tracked a Workout for 753 pts

  • Dumbbell Bench Press:
    • 25 lb x 9 reps (+56 pts)
    • 20 lb x 9 reps (+52 pts)
    • 20 lb x 11 reps (+54 pts)
  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl:
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+34 pts)
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+34 pts)
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+34 pts)
  • Push-Up:
    • 10 reps (+19 pts)
  • Barbell Squat:
    • 75 lb x 12 reps (+69 pts)
    • 80 lb x 7 reps (+65 pts)
    • 75 lb x 10 reps (+67 pts)
  • Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press:
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+51 pts)
    • 15 lb x 11 reps (+50 pts)
    • 15 lb x 10 reps (+49 pts)
  • Exercise Ball Crunch:
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
  • Plank:
    • 60 sec (+27 pts)
    • 60 sec (+27 pts)
    • 60 sec (+27 pts)

Today’s Workout:
Tracked a workout for 677 pts
  • Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press:
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+42 pts)
    • 20 lb x 8 reps (+41 pts)
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+42 pts)
  • Barbell Squat:
    • 75 lb x 15 reps (+62 pts)
    • 80 lb x 12 reps (+62 pts)
    • 75 lb x 12 reps (+60 pts)
  • Dumbbell Flyes:
    • 10 lb x 12 reps (+22 pts)
    • *12 lb x 10 reps (+22 pts)
    • 10 lb x 12 reps (+22 pts)
  • Exercise Ball Crunch:
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
  • Dips - Triceps Version:
    • *18 reps (+52 pts)
    • 15 reps (+41 pts)
    • 17 reps (+48 pts)
  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl:
    • 15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+34 pts)
    • 15 lb x 13 reps (+35 pts)

I haven’t done weights in 13 days. All I have to say is “ouch.”

Today’s Workout:
  • 1 hour of vinyasa
  • Walking around Marine World (aka Six Flags) for 4 hours!

However I may have cancelled out the walking with my yummy cup of cookies n’ creme Dip ‘n Dots :)

My aunt, uncle, and two little cousins and I took a spontaneous trip to Six Flags today and it was super fun! We got season passes too so that’s bomb.com!

Hope you all had good days too! Sorry my blog has been kinda slow lately, I’ve been insanely busy with stuff and seeing friends. :) 

Today’s Workout:

Tracked a workout for 363 pts

  • Elliptical Trainer:
    • 0:10:00 || Broke a Sweat (+54 pts)
    • 0:12:00 || Moderate (+90 pts)
    • 0:08:00 || Intense! (+80 pts)
    • HIIT
  • Dips - Triceps Version:
    • 15 reps (+41 pts)
    • 15 reps (+41 pts)
    • 16 reps (+45 pts)
  • Body Weight Squat:
    • 15 reps (+12 pts)
    • Sore hamstring was bothering me :\


Short workout today. I have to go meet a friend in an hour so I gotta hurry up and shower! It surprisingly felt really good to do a really good and sweaty cardio workout again. I had sweat dripping down me like crazy. I need to start doing cardio more than I have been. Weight lifting is just so much more enjoyable :( bleh!

Today’s Workout:

Tracked a workout for 978 pts

  • Barbell Squat:
    • 70 lb x 12 reps (+58 pts)
    • 70 lb x 12 reps (+58 pts)
    • 70 lb x 8 reps (+55 pts)
  • Dips - Triceps Version:
    • 15 reps (+42 pts)
    • 15 reps (+42 pts)
    • 15 reps (+42 pts)
  • Leg Extensions:
    • 90 lb x 12 reps (+19 pts)
    • 100 lb x 10 reps (+19 pts)
    • 90 lb x 12 reps (+19 pts)
  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl:
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+34 pts)
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+34 pts)
    • 15 lb x 13 reps (+35 pts)
  • Dumbbell Lunges:
    • 15 lb x 15 reps (+43 pts)
    • 15 lb x 15 reps (+43 pts)
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+41 pts)
  • Dumbbell Bench Press:
    • 20 lb x 12 reps (+72 pts)
    • 20 lb x 10 reps (+67 pts)
    • 20 lb x 10 reps (+67 pts)
  • Russian Twist:
    • 25 reps (+16 pts)
    • 25 reps (+16 pts)
    • 25 reps (+16 pts)
    • w/ 15 lb weights
  • Elliptical Trainer:
    • 0:05:00 || Broke a Sweat (+27 pts)
    • 0:15:00 || Moderate (+113 pts)


Today was my first day back to weight lifting in over a week! Holy cow. I’ve been doing nothing but yoga lately so it felt good to work on my strength again. But I’m going to keep up my yoga too. :) I’m prepared to be very, very sore tomorrow.

Today’s Workout:

blehhh worst workout ever.

i decided to attempt some weights anyways and barely did anything and could barely muster up 15 min of cardio. i woke up this morning feeling AWFUL because of my allergies. I can’t breathe and I feel like I’m in a fog. Whhhhhyyyy do we live in the allergy capital of the woooorld?

I’m gonna go swimming to make up for it, and maybe do some yoga videos tonight.

Tracked a workout for 325 pts

  • Dumbbell Bench Press:
    • 20 lb x 12 reps (+72 pts)
    • 25 lb x 6 reps (+58 pts)
  • Barbell Squat:
    • 75 lb x 10 reps (+59 pts)
  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl:
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+34 pts)
  • Elliptical Trainer:
    • 0:05:00 || Broke a Sweat (+27 pts)
    • 0:10:00 || Moderate (+75 pts)
Today’s Workout:

Tracked a workout for607pts

  • Running (treadmill):
    • *0:05:00 || 0.47 mi (+29 pts)
    • warmup
  • Leg Extensions:
    • *90 lb x 12 reps (+19 pts)
    • 90 lb x 10 reps (+18 pts)
    • 80 lb x 12 reps (+17 pts)
  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl:
    • 15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
    • 20 lb x 4 reps (+27 pts)
    • 15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
  • Exercise Ball Crunch:
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
    • 20 reps (+15 pts)
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
  • Barbell Squat:
    • 80 lb x 8 reps (+59 pts)
    • 65 lb x 12 reps (+56 pts)
    • 65 lb x 10 reps (+55 pts)
  • Standing Dumbbell Calf Raise:
    • 15 lb x 25 reps (+26 pts)
  • Body Weight Squat:
    • 25 reps (+21 pts)
  • Russian Twist:
    • 35 reps (+22 pts)
    • *35 reps (+22 pts)
    • w/ 15 lbs
  • Elliptical Trainer:
    • 0:15:00 || Moderate (+113 pts)

*= PR

Uh, I will be sore tomorrow. That Jack3d really jacked me up.

Today’s Workout:

Tracked a workout for692pts

  • Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press:
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+33 pts)
    • *20 lb x 9 reps (+33 pts)
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+33 pts)
  • Sit-Up:
    • 20 reps (+13 pts)
    • 20 reps (+13 pts)
    • 20 reps (+13 pts)
  • Dumbbell Bench Press:
    • 20 lb x 13 reps (+74 pts)
    • *25 lb x 7 reps (+63 pts)
    • 20 lb x 11 reps (+70 pts)
  • Body Weight Squat:
    • *50 reps (+42 pts)
  • Dumbbell Side Lateral Raise:
    • 10 lb x 10 reps (+43 pts)
    • 10 lb x 10 reps (+43 pts)
    • 7 lb x 10 reps (+42 pts)
  • Running (treadmill):
    • 0:05:00 || 0.45 mi (+26 pts)
    • warmup
  • Elliptical Trainer:
    • 0:20:00 || Moderate (+151 pts)

Did much better today! I wanted to focus on cardio because I’m incredibly sore in my lower body, but I decided to do some upper body training anyways. Set three personal records today as well! :) And I’m going swimming later too, so great exercise day!

*= PR

Today’s Workout:

Tracked a workout for 478 pts

  • Yoga:
    • 1:00:00 (+234 pts)
    • A mixture of different kinds of yoga.
  • Barbell Squat:
    • 100 lb x 1 reps (+32 pts)
    • 65 lb x 12 reps (+56 pts)
    • 65 lb x 10 reps (+55 pts)
    • my 100 was more like 1/2 squat… I was too nervous to do it without someone there to make sure I wouldn’t fall.
  • Dumbbell Lunges:
    • 40 lb x 18 reps (+52 pts)
  • Barbell Bench Press:
    • 45 lb x 6 reps (+49 pts)

And I’m going swimming tonight too! I love days where I workout a lot because then I get to eat a lot. Omnomnom. My weight time was pretty short. Yoga seriously wears me out! 

Today’s Workout:

Tracked a workout for 440 pts

  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl:
    • 15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
    • 15 lb x 10 reps (+33 pts)
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+34 pts)
  • Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press:
    • 15 lb x 12 reps (+33 pts)
  • Upright Barbell Row:
    • 45 lb x 8 reps (+26 pts)
    • 45 lb x 10 reps (+27 pts)
    • 45 lb x 7 reps (+25 pts)
  • Dumbbell Side Lateral Raise:
    • 10 lb x 8 reps (+42 pts)
    • 10 lb x 10 reps (+43 pts)
    • 10 lb x 10 reps (+43 pts)
  • Elliptical Trainer:
    • 0:05:00 (+19 pts)
    • 0:10:00 (+40 pts)
    • 0:10:00 (+40 pts)

I wanted to do more but I was so exhausted today. My allergies are KILLING MY WORKOUTSSSS. I HATE it! I’m so fatigued all the damn time! I even took a full scoop of Jack3d today. Tomorrow I’m going to wake up, eat breakfast, take a scoop and a half, and kick my own ass no matter what.

Today’s Workout:

Tracked a workout for 458 pts

  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl:
    • 15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
  • Elliptical Trainer:
    • 0:05:00 || Broke a Sweat (+27 pts)
    • 0:15:00 || Moderate (+113 pts)
    • 0:05:00 || Intense! (+50 pts)
  • Dumbbell Bench Press:
    • 20 lb x 12 reps (+72 pts)
    • 20 lb x 10 reps (+67 pts)
  • Russian Twist:
    • 27 reps (+17 pts)
    • 25 reps (+16 pts)
    • w/ 15 lb weights
  • Body Weight Squat:
    • 30 reps (+25 pts)
  • Bent Over Barbell Row:
    • 65 lb x 12 reps (+36 pts)


Even a short workout is better than no workout. I wish I could’ve done more but I’m running late to meet a friend! Shower time!

Today’s Workout:

Another not good workout day. I’ve had no energy lately! I have no idea why! I had a great breakfast, got plenty of sleep, and had the day off yesterday. It’s so frustrating. I used to be able to do weights for an hour. I think my allergies are a big problem. I’ve felt so cloudy headed lately. Hopefully once allergie season starts dying off I’ll be back to normal… I’m gonna check out pre-workout supplements today. I had coffee this morning but it did nothing.

  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl:
    • 15 lb x 15 reps (+35 pts)
  • Exercise Ball Crunch:
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
    • 25 reps (+19 pts)
  • Leg Extensions:
    • 55 lb x 20 reps (+16 pts)
    • 70 lb x 15 reps (+17 pts)
    • 80 lb x 12 reps (+17 pts)*
  • Dumbbell Lunges:
    • 40 lb x 25 reps (+56 pts)*
  • Body Weight Squat:
    • 35 reps (+29 pts)*
  • Elliptical Trainer:
    • 0:05:00 || Broke a Sweat (+27 pts)
    • 0:15:00 || Moderate (+113 pts)
    • 0:05:00 || Intense! (+50 pts)

*PR

Today’s Workout:
  • Running like a mad woman on the beach playing with my dog, chasing and running with kites, and going down the length of the beach twice! 

Uh, best workout ever? I love the beach. I’m so glad I got to spend my birthday at my favorite place on earth with my family and dog! I’m super sunburned (AGAIN, ugh!) and worn out, but it was fun. 

Time to bake sweet potato fries! :) 

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