Fit, Healthy, Happy

The hubs and I get our keys to our new house on Friday, so have been busy packing and getting everything ready for the big day.

It has been exhausting, and with all the course prep, teaching, and packing, I have been hard pressed for time to workout and to blog.

Monday I will return with a vengeance and will be making some major changes to my workout split and routine.

Wish us luck with a quick, easy move?

So, August is over (what the heck?) so I decided to have a look back at the goals I set for myself this month. Let’s see how it went:

GOALS FOR AUGUST

Fitness goals:

1. Lift 4x per week (new lifting split: Chest+Shoulders, Back, Legs+Glutes, Biceps+Triceps). CHECK! (Note: I did take off the last week because my body needed it). 
2. Bench press 75lb (x 5 reps). Semi-check? I benched 75lbx2 (but I have not done BP in 10 days, so who knows if it is a possibility)?
3. Squat 160lb (x 5 reps). CHECK!
4. Go to 3 Zumba classes (not necessarily for fitness, but because I enjoy them so much and it’s a great stress reliever!). CHECK!
5. Run 40 kilometers. NOPE. I think I ran about 20k?
6. Bike (outdoors) 60 kilometers. Biked 0km. FAIL. 
7. Do 20 push-ups consecutively (I can currently do 15-16 before collapsing into the floor). CHECK!
8. Do 5 unassisted dips (currently able to do 3-4). CHECK!
9. Do 3 unassisted chin-ups (close-grip). CHECK!
10. Do an ab circuit each week (I am currently slacking on abs, but it hasn’t seemed to matter because of all the work they get with my compound movements). CHECK!
11. Continue to log all activities on Fitocracy (it’s such a great resource/tool to have to ensure that I track all of my workouts and progress! If you do not have Fitocracy, I highly recommend it!).  CHECK!
12. Drink 80oz of water per day (I have been slacking on water consumption and have only been drinking 48oz or so a day. Of course I’ve been drinking milk and have water in my protein shakes, but do not count those).  CHECK (for the most part). 

Other goals:

1. Outdoor activity with Liam 5x per week (walk, park, swimming, etc.). [I would say every day, but that is not feasible since it rains etc.).  CHECK!
2. Date with Adam once a week. (Our 4 year anniversary is August 16th - must plan something fun for this!). CHECK!
3. Finish and submit Foucault social control paper. CHECK!
4. Finish and submit Health Economics cost-effectiveness revised paper.  NOPE! 
5. Prep Week 1 and Week 2 lectures for ALL courses.  CHECK!
6. Sell house. (Ugh, such a stressful process!). CHECK!
7. Complete 3 of the DIY projects I have on my list.  Completed 2/3.
8. Take Liam to the Zoo or to the African Lion Safari.  NO :( He did go to the petting zoo, does that count?
9. Take Liam to Bingeman Park in KW.  NO :( He did go to a huge splash pad with his Grandparents though.
10. Picnic and swimming at the beach.  CHECK. 
11. Find dress for upcoming family wedding on August 24th. (Not really a goal per say, but fun!). CHECK!
12. Get friends + babies together (before school starts up!). CHECK (kind of, I saw all of my friends with babies, and Liam had play dates with them, but they were on separate occasions!). 

All in all, a productive month. I wished there was more time to do more things, especially outdoorsy fun things with Liam, but the month (and whole summer really!) just disappeared.

I’m working on September goals, and will (semi) welcome the routine being back at work and school creates. 

What are your big September goals?

I’ve been lagging on updates - but it is because I have been insanely busy lately.

I have not worked out since last Friday, and have decided that I’ll take this week off. I have worked out 4-5x a week (sometimes 6 or 7 days!) for the last 4 months straight, and my body needs a rest. I have decided that after this rest week, I will do 1 rep max’s (next week) just to see where things are, and the following week I will start a new program (still lifting heavy, just switching things up to shock my body a little bit). I am excited about it.

Oh, and last night we got an offer on our house, which we negotiated and accepted (yay!) so now we just have zillions of paperwork to do the next few days in order to finalize things. We would get the keys on September 28th and then would have a few days to move in (we have our place until October 1st). Exciting, but stressful! Thank goodness this week is a week off of working out, since I have a ton to do with the house and with prepping for school (which starts next week - where the heck did the summer go?!).

I’ve been checking in, and keeping up with my favourite blogs, so keep on trucking along! Here’s to a great last few days of August, and checking off the last of the August goals.

In the past few days I have been able to check off a few of my August (fitness) goals (yay!) including:

1. Squat 160x5 (check!)
2. Do 20 push-ups consecutively (check!)
3. Do 3 unassisted chin-ups (check!)

If you told me even a couple of months ago that I would be able to squat 1.5x my body weight, do 20 push-ups comfortably, or do ANY unassisted chin-ups, I would have called you crazy.

Progress = feels so good!

I did a hard leg workout yesterday - and since I was a little bit strapped for time, I did not do much resting between sets, and did a number of supersets. By the time I left the gym, I was sweating like crazy, and when I got home almost collapsed when walking up the 2 steps in front of my house (literally). You know you’ve given it your all when you can hardly walk. 

I woke up this morning with DOMS (legs and glutes) and, like most fitblrs, welcome the pain. It means that my body is changing and getting stronger. There’s no better feeling than that.

Have a wonderful day all! 

Whoaaaa! How is it already August? More importantly, how are we already over a week into August. Esh!

I’ve been meaning to post these for a while, but have not gotten around to sitting down and thinking some goals through. 

GOALS FOR AUGUST

Fitness goals:

1. Lift 4x per week (new lifting split: Chest+Shoulders, Back, Legs+Glutes, Biceps+Triceps).
2. Bench press 75lb (x 5 reps).
3. Squat 160lb (x 5 reps).
4. Go to 3 Zumba classes (not necessarily for fitness, but because I enjoy them so much and it’s a great stress reliever!).
5. Run 40 kilometers.
6. Bike (outdoors) 60 kilometers.
7. Do 20 push-ups consecutively (I can currently do 15-16 before collapsing into the floor).
8. Do 5 unassisted dips (currently able to do 3-4).
9. Do 3 unassisted pull-ups (close-grip).
10. Do an ab circuit each week (I am currently slacking on abs, but it hasn’t seemed to matter because of all the work they get with my compound movements).
11. Continue to log all activities on Fitocracy (it’s such a great resource/tool to have to ensure that I track all of my workouts and progress! If you do not have Fitocracy, I highly recommend it!). 
12. Drink 80oz of water per day (I have been slacking on water consumption and have only been drinking 48oz or so a day. Of course I’ve been drinking milk and have water in my protein shakes, but do not count those). 

Other goals:

1. Outdoor activity with Liam 5x per week (walk, park, swimming, etc.). [I would say every day, but that is not feasible since it rains etc.). 
2. Date with Adam once a week. (Our 4 year anniversary is August 16th - must plan something fun for this!).
3. Finish and submit Foucault social control paper.
4. Finish and submit Health Economics cost-effectiveness revised paper. 
5. Prep Week 1 and Week 2 lectures for ALL courses. 
6. Sell house. (Ugh, such a stressful process!).
7. Complete 3 of the DIY projects I have on my list. 
8. Take Liam to the Zoo or to the African Lion Safari. 
9. Take Liam to Bingeman Park in KW. 
10. Picnic and swimming at the beach. 
11. Find dress for upcoming family wedding on August 24th. (Not really a goal per say, but fun!).
12. Get friends + babies together (before school starts up!).

Not too complicated, but all are things that I would like to ensure I get to/accomplish in the month of August. It’s going to be a busy one! 

Up and at ‘em!

I am going to try this out on Friday. It looks like a good all over workout for my de-load week. 

Complex:

Deadlift
Romanian Deadlift
Bentover Row
Power Clean
Front Squat
Push Press
Back Squat
Good Morning 

Basically, the first round you perform 6 reps of each movement, with no rest between movements. Once completed, rest for 90 seconds, then perform 5 reps of each movement, then 4, 3, 2, 1. 

Has anyone performed this (or something similar)? How did it go?