Arms-Day #4

Yesterday I took a rest day mostly because it was such a busy day and we drove up to my parents to hang out with them for the night but my body did need a rest anyway. I am so sore BTW...which is good right? Well since I had the day off yesterday I worked out really hard today. I went in by myself again while the hubby stayed home with the babe. It seems as though hubby and I will only be able to go together probably once a week on the other days I will go at night or work out at home and he will do it during his lunch break or right after his classes before he comes home. But as long as we get once a week together that is pretty good right. Maybe we will even start playing racquetball together again. We will see.

Time: 11:20-12:42 pm- 1 hr 22 min

Cardio: Walk: 2 minutes- warm up 4.0 speed
             Run: 20 minutes- 6.0 speed
             Walk: 3 minutes- cool down 4.0 speed
     Distance: 2.35 miles
     Calories Burned: 265.4 cal
     Total Time: 25 minutes

Arms: Machine Weights
Overhead Press- 3 sets of 10 w/ 30lbs
Pull Downs- 3 sets of 15 w/ 50 lbs
Chest Press- 3 sets of 10 w/ 50 lbs
Triceps Press- 3 sets of 12 w/ 50 lbs
Arm Row- 3 sets of 15 w/ 50 lbs

Abs: 
Regular Crunches- 100 on stability ball
Side-Middle-Side Crunches- 100 on stability ball
Tucked Leg Lifts- 3 sets of 10
Piked Leg Lifts- 3 sets of 5
Full Body Side Crunches- 10, 20, 30, 30, 20, 10, 10 on each side rotating sides between each set

Oh and BTW I started running to Dashboard Confessionals today and it was pure BLISS! I don't think I can run to anything else anymore. They are amazing also I just went to their concert so that has made me want to listen to them all the time, but at any rate they are amazing and so easy to run to. They get me all pumped and make me want to push myself. I think that is why I was able to run further today :) Happy Exercising
            

Legs-Day #3

Time: 6:20-7:45 pm-1 hr 25 min

Cardio: Walk: 2 minutes- warm up 4.0 speed
             Run: 16 minutes- 6.0 speed
             Walk: 2 minutes- cool down 4.0 speed
     Distance: 1.87 miles
     Calories Burned: 210 cal
     Total Time: 20 minutes

Legs: Machine weights (At this point I forgot the write down the weights that I was doing all of these exercises by from now on I will have all the weights I did along with the sets and reps)
Leg Extensions- 3 sets of 10
Leg Flexions- 3 sets of 10
Hip Abductions- 3 sets of 15
Hip Adductions- 3 sets of 15
Leg Curls (Lying down)- 3 sets of 10 w/ 50 lbs
Standing Calf Raises- 3 sets of 10
Leg Press- 3 sets of 20 w/ 130 lbs

Abs:
Regular Crunches: 50 on the stability ball
Side-Middle-Side Crunches- 50 on the stability ball
Side to side Standing crunches- 4 sets of 25 on each side w/ 15 lbs
Lower Abs leg lifts- 3 sets of 10 with bent knees
                               3 sets of 5 in pike position

Arms-Day #2

Today I went on my own when Ty got home from school and once little M was put down for his nap.

Time: 7:30-8:45 pm- 1 hr 15 min

Cardio: Walk: 2minutes- warm up 4.0 speed
             Run: 10 minutes- 6.0 speed
            Walk: 3 minutes- cool down 4.0 speed

Arms: Dumbbell Free weights
Bench Press- 3 sets of 15 w/ 15 lbs in each arm
One Arm Dumbbell Row- 3 sets of 10 w/ 20 lbs in each arm
Shoulder Press- 3 sets of 10 w/ 15 lbs in each arm
Dumbbell Arm Curls- 3 sets of 10 w/ 15 lbs in each arm
Dumbbell Triceps Extensions- 3 sets of 10 w/ 10 lbs in each arm
Dumbbell Over the Head Triceps- 3 sets of 15 w/ 15 lbs

Abs:
Regular Crunches- 100 on stability ball
Side-Middle-Side Crunches- 100 on stability ball

First Day at the Field house

The field house is the name of the gym up at the U. BTW it is really nice and HUGE and BUSY! haha. I already love it though. They have a huge cardio area, Free weights, machines, racquetball courts, indoor track, and tennis courts. It is AWESOME! Anyway Ty and I were able to go today together but we were pressed for time so I wasn't able to get as much in as I wanted but it was a start. Ty's mom watched Maddux for about an hour while we ran up there to get some fitness in together. Can I just say I love working out with my honey :)

Time: 8:00-9:00 pm
Type: Cardio and Abs

Cardio: Walk: 2 minutes-Warm up
             Run: 10 minutes
             Walk: 5 minutes
             Run: 2 minutes
             Walk: 1 minute-Cool down

Abs: 
Ashley's Abs (This is what we called this sequence of ab exercises in gymnastics)
  10 straight leg crunches
  10 right knee bent crunches
  10 left knee bent crunches
  10 double count running crunches
  10 both knees bent crunches
  10 legs up crunches
  20 left to right crunches with legs up
  10 legs up crunches
  10 both knees bent crunches
  10 double count running crunches
  10 left knee bent crunches
  10 right knee bent crunches
  10 straight leg crunches

Full Body side Crunches-10, 20, 30, 30, 20, 10 on each side rotating sides between each set
Regular Crunches- 25

Here we go again....

Well it is official I am going to start to document all of my workouts on here for reference so when I need ideas I can come back to here to find a workout that I did. Let me start out by saying I am a huge slacker and my baby is almost 9 months old and I finally decided it was time to kick this body in the butt and get back into shape. I tried to get going about a month after he was born but then I was packing and moving and unpacking and it just seemed like I constantly had excuses then when we first moved up here I was really good about running again but then it got cold and I stopped. Well now I FINALLY got an awesome deal on a gym membership and so far so good. I was looking for a good deal and I just couldn't justify how much it was when we are in law school and money is tight until a friend of mine told me about the spouse pass at the U. Ty gets to go to the U gym for free because he is a student and I get to go for only $32 a semester so that is like $11 a month which is by far the best deal I have found. I was so excited and I got my gym membership today. I am so excited to get started tomorrow and to see what the gym is like. Since it is at the university there is no day care but I am going to go either in the evening when Ty gets home or during Ty's lunch break and on Saturdays when Ty is home so it is still going to all workout. Hopefully I will be able to get into a good routine and loose this baby weight. And yes I can still call it baby weight until he is a year old....and he isn't yet so there! :) Happy Exercising!

At It Again

I know I have been gone for a while. Last summer/fall I was training for a half marathon then I found out I was pregnant so that hasn't happened yet. I had the little monkey April 28th and I got the thumbs up from the doctor to be able to start exercising again :) It still has only been a month though so he wants me to take it slow and ease back into it. I would love to start running right away but I'm going to walk for a bit and ease back into my running. I want to then start training for a half marathon again and will hopefully be able to do that by this fall. My cute friend Kari and I decided that we are going to start walking the Canyon Trail here in Cedar City which is 3 miles and then we will work our way up to running it again. Thank you Kari for doing this with me and pushing me to get out there again. We started today and it was so much fun to bring little Maddux and go on a beautiful memorial day walk up the canyon with the stroller. It felt so good to exercise and I can already tell I am soon going to be addicted again. Beautiful weather, great company and great workout :)

Time: 1 hour
Cardio: Walk the Canyon Cedar City Trail (up hill, down hill and flat surfaces)

My first day back to a new me

Today was a good start of my long journey. Thanks to my friend Runge my new running partner I am more motivated and have started getting excited about my daily run again. Running is my me time. My time to think and to focus on myself. It is time I am able to forget about my stresses and release them through the energy. Also a new thing I am going to try is working out in the mornings. I used to work out at night and I just don't feel like I go as often at night and it keeps me up late whereas when I exercise in the morning I have so much energy and life throughout the rest of my day. And the best part is I feel happier.

Time: 1 hour and a half
Cardio: ran 3 miles on the Cedar Canyon Trail (about a 1/2 an hour)
Strength Training: Arms and Abs
-3 sets of 10 pushups
-3 sets of 10 tricept dips
-3 sets of 20 arm curls
-3 sets of 10 trisepts
-3 sets of 10 arm raises to the sides
-3 sets of 10 arm raises straight to the front
-3 sets of 10 arm raises straight to the back
-3 sets of arm pushes straight up
-3 sets of 10 arnolds

-100 regular crunches on the ball
-50 side-middle-side crunches on the ball
-60 side crunches on each side on the mat