C-c-c-combo!

I like how I often talk myself into only doing the bare minimum workout. Self talk as I’m checking out routines says, “Oh, I’m kinda sore already… that looks hard… I’ll just do the one that looks easiest and pick back up tomorrow.”

And then once I actually get my ass off the couch I decide to go hard. 

Kind of stupid, but I’m not complaining.

In any case, tonight’s breakout was another Fitness Bender, Physical Fat Blast, plus Hottie Pilates Butt Burner Workout (which was awesome and THAT LADY IS 54 AND HAD 5 KIDS NO JOKE) plus the Mobility WOD I forgot yesterday (whoops).

To talk amongst myself… notes on Physical Fat Blast:
The first 10 exercises are timed, 10 seconds of rest, and 20 seconds max reps.
1. High Knees - no problem
2. Jump Squat - I’m lucky my neighors are insane partiers. *THUMP*
3. Right Lunge Jump - same as yesterday. This time I found it kind of hard to keep my balance just like Melissa, which was interesting
4. Left Lunge Jump - ditto above
5. Mountain Climber Cross - I think I end up doing this sometimes with mountain climbers anyway. NBD.
6. Lunge Kick (right) - I suck at lunges. Working on it.
7. Lunge Kick (left) - Ditto above
8. Double Mountain Climber (3 way) - Not enough coordination/space for this so I did a few to the side, but mostly in-outs
9. Side Jump (right) - Did not break my ankle. That’s successful enough.
10. Side Jump (left) - Didn’t break my left ankle either.

Rep exercises - stuck to the 10 per beginner level
11. Sumo Pushup - not as hard as I thought it would be. I really, truly am getting better at push ups which is amazing
12. Side Plank Low Leg Lift (right) - Not sure if I had proper form on these as I didn’t really feel the burn too much. Side planks murder my wrists.
13. Side Plank Low Lef Lift (left) - Ditto above.
14. Extended Situp with weight - Did not use weight, but felt it!
15. Get-up with weight - Again, did not use weight (they were in the other room because I was testing the scale calibration - is that weird?)
16. Triangle Twist (right) - Harder than you’d think I felt it in my legs surprisingly.
17. Triangle Twist (left) - Ditto above. My balance was worse on this side too.
18. Reach Through Abs with hip lift (left) - Skipped the dip and just threaded the needle instead.
19. Reach Through Abs with hip lift (right) - Ditto above.
20. Double Kick Back (left) - Good, not too hard, so I probably should have kicked higher.
21. Double Kick Back (right) - Ditto above.

Hottie Pilates Butt Burner Workout was awesome as a mentioned and definitely hurt so good. She does a bunch of crazy bridge work that I’ve never seen before, which was really cool to feel it targeting different areas.

The MWOD was kind of hard to find the line between the stretch and pain - and hard on my knee on the floor. Felt pretty good overall though. I did as directed - 2 minutes per side leaning, 2 minutes per side upright.

In other news, continued with the push-up alarms (except the one that popped up while I was working out, because, really, fuck that) and potty-break squats. Trying a few different things with the bathroom squats - tried a set of split squats (basically like lunges with only the up-and-down movement), did a couple sets of single leg squats on the edge of the tub (because I keep seeing The Physical Phoenix talking about how awesome Bulgarian split squats are and these are pretty similar) and threw in a set of 10 single leg squats (5 per side) though I cannot get anywhere as low as Zuzana. 

My traps have been sore (push ups) and my thighs somewhat. Hopefully my butt tomorrow! I have much more to say on this topic (and a post in drafts) but much of my butt muscle has currently atrophied from sitting on the couch all day every day. Sad. I remember at one point when I was doing a lot of working out when my butt was so muscley from working out that my pants started fitting funny.

Anyway.

Couple other quick notes. Bodyfat scale is reading about 22%, which if that’s at all accurate isn’t too bad. I’m not banking on that, but again, I am interested to have this information.

I did also update my measurements, which, as when I started exercising in like October have not changed. Whatever. If my fitness level is going up, that’s the main concern and my weight/size will follow. I could measure my arms/thighs/etc. but I get way too obsessive and I can’t deal with it.

Chest: 36.5”
Waist: 27.5”
Hipbone: 34.5”
Hips: 38.5”