Joy joy joy! The new Eoin Finn yoga video is at my house, waiting for me to view!
http://vancouveryoga.com
Now, if only I won the drawing for 5 days at Eoin's condo in Tamarindo, Costa Rica.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Not a Bad Start...So Far
My small dietary change this week was to change my daily candy bar for something a little healthier. So far I have been successful. I bought some already cut up celery and carrot chips, and have been chowing on them and some low-fat ranch dressing. The celery is particularly good. The carrots, not so much.
I had to kick myself in the behind in order to work out last night. Even then, I did an abbriveated leg workout, using the (20-25 min) leg only portion from Cathe Friedrich's Muscle Max, and not the full leg and cardio (50 min) PlyoLegs from Tony Horton's Power 90 Masters series. PlyoLegs has a definite dread factor working against it. Not as bad as Plyo X, maybe but it's still there.
Tonight is cardio, upper body, and abs. I plan on doing a Step Blast/Step, Jump and Pump circuit premix (another Cathe video). I do the aerobic portion pretty much as is, but in the place of the lower body weights, I have added some extra bicep, tricep, and shoulder work. And of course, I had to add some extra back work also, because Cathe is notorious for skimping on the back workout.
I had to kick myself in the behind in order to work out last night. Even then, I did an abbriveated leg workout, using the (20-25 min) leg only portion from Cathe Friedrich's Muscle Max, and not the full leg and cardio (50 min) PlyoLegs from Tony Horton's Power 90 Masters series. PlyoLegs has a definite dread factor working against it. Not as bad as Plyo X, maybe but it's still there.
Tonight is cardio, upper body, and abs. I plan on doing a Step Blast/Step, Jump and Pump circuit premix (another Cathe video). I do the aerobic portion pretty much as is, but in the place of the lower body weights, I have added some extra bicep, tricep, and shoulder work. And of course, I had to add some extra back work also, because Cathe is notorious for skimping on the back workout.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Goals
Hmmm... goals. Goals pretty much suck. I guess in a fitness blog, my first goal should either be 1) to lose x lbs and look totally hot, or 2) to be healthy and start a journey into my soul blah blah blah. Well of course I want to lose weight, of course I want to look hot, of course I want to be 80 years old and laugh at all of the other grannies in the nursing home because they can't get up out of their wheelchairs and do Dance Dance Revolution version 437.
I want to be healthier than I am, that's for sure. I know how to eat right, I just don't do it. I know how to put together a great exercise plan, but I haven't been able to stick to one for longer than two weeks.
My first goal is to make small, permanent changes in my diet every week for the next six weeks. I have already started last week by giving up Mike & Ikes, Hot Tamales, and other super-sugar candy. I'm strictly talking about pure, undiluted high fructose corn syrup here. This does not include Snickers, Peanut M&Ms or chocolate.
My second goal is to begin a fitness program and stick to it. Until the end of October, I plan to go on a cardio/endurance based rotation. Weights will only be 2x to 3x a week, and circuit-style, interspersed with cardio. Don't worry, after I slim down a little, I plan to incorporate a killer weight routine. But that's enough about goals, on to the routines!
I want to be healthier than I am, that's for sure. I know how to eat right, I just don't do it. I know how to put together a great exercise plan, but I haven't been able to stick to one for longer than two weeks.
My first goal is to make small, permanent changes in my diet every week for the next six weeks. I have already started last week by giving up Mike & Ikes, Hot Tamales, and other super-sugar candy. I'm strictly talking about pure, undiluted high fructose corn syrup here. This does not include Snickers, Peanut M&Ms or chocolate.
My second goal is to begin a fitness program and stick to it. Until the end of October, I plan to go on a cardio/endurance based rotation. Weights will only be 2x to 3x a week, and circuit-style, interspersed with cardio. Don't worry, after I slim down a little, I plan to incorporate a killer weight routine. But that's enough about goals, on to the routines!
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