Cardio Day- Get up and move that body

Here is another day to a new week. I love Sundays- as that is my body's day of rest from the previous week of workouts and muscle's being used to their maximum. Love and hate it!

This morning began with my usual 5 minute warm-up and then stretches to get me going. I then did 30 minutes of cardio on the treadmill. Today I walked at a 12 incline and switched to a 3 incline. I did that for the 30 minutes. I usually walked at the 3 incline for 1-2 minutes. I was really dripping with sweat towards the end. It felt wonderful! I then ended with 1 minute of v-sit crunches and then 50 bicycle crunches. My abs were burning at the end. I could hardly do a crunch. I then ended with the superman and stretches.

I feel great! I have decided to go vegetarian for a month. I found a book called "Food is a Wonder Medicine" The power to heal is on your plate. It is based on the New Four Food Groups which are: Grains, Vegetables, Fruits and Legumes. This is all the foods that I have in my food storage, so why not use them. I will have to buy fresh fruits and veggies, but I have all the grains and legumes. I will convert to soy milk and tofu instead of cheese, milk, butter and eggs. I am looking forward to this new change.

"Be all you can Be" and "Become what you used to Be"

Arms Day!

Good Morning,
Today was working out the arms day. Here is my routine. Enjoy!

Warmup- Run 3 minutes on treadmill
Stretches: Lower-back, seated hamstring stretch, straddle stretch(middle, left and right), Right and left hamstring stretch, gluteal stretch.

Arms: Push-ups x10(regular), pull-ups(wide grip)x10, push-ups (wide)x10, pull-ups(close grip)x10, push-up(close)x5, pull-ups(alternate grip)x10

Cardio: Run 3 minutes on treadmill

Triceps: Dips x10, bi-cep curls 7-7-7(blue bands), plank for 30 seconds. Repeat 3 times. The last plank I held for 1 minute.

Shoulders: Blue Bands (golds gym)
Lateral Raise x10, shoulder press x10, squat row x12, chest fly x12- repeat 3 times. Squat row and chest fly I use a black and pink band together.

Abs: V-sit with going side to side for one minute. Bicycle for 30 seconds.

Stretches: Superman x10 on each side, straddle stretches, right and left gluteal stretch, lower back stretch, left and right quad stretch.

Protein Shake: 3 T. protein powder, 1 cup water, 1/2 c. blueberries, 2 scoops fiberwise(melaleuca brand of a metamucil)

Cardio Day

Okay, it is a must for me to do some sort of cardio everyday- Today I chose to do treadmill cardio. Here is my routine:

Warm-up- 5 minutes
Stretches: lower-back stretch, seated hamstring stretch, straddle stretch, left and right straddle stretch, right and left hamstring stretch, gluteal stretch, lower-back stretch, right and left quad stretch, upper body stretch, arm circles, shrugs and neck turns

Cardio: walk/jog on treadmill for 25 minutes.

Cooldown: about 2-5 minutes it depended on how long I was jogging as to how long I need to get my breathing back to normal.

Crunches: 50

Superman: 20