quick catch up

Busy times as per usual! Let's see, yesterday Miss S was unwell and my dearest hubs came home early so I could go and train - I trained lower body and did some cracking "acceleration" work on the bike. Ouch! Unfortunately I slept weirdly on my shoulder last night and my neck/shoulder area is giving me trouble now. Not good when you do a lot of computer work~ it will be the wheat pack treatment and gentle mobs. tonight and physio if no better in the am.

This morning I taught Bodystep (did 5 Tracks from Bodystep 47!) and did upper body. My shoulder was not bothering me at the time. Then Shannon and I met for our own little photo shoot. Our first choice of course was Jadey, but she has been super busy - so I assumed the role of photographer and took 100 shots of Shannon - now I will have a pic of her for everyday of my blog - but she looked fantastic and well, she's worth it :). We put on some great music (think "Fergalicious"!) and got down and had a bit of a groove.

I'm still on an asparagus bender. I knocked off two bunches today - one with lunch and one as a snack with some of my Thai Chicken Rissoles - who said eating well had to mean eating bland, boring food? I obviously need an intervention!

The other thing I meant to mention is that Cathe's new DVD arrived. I immediately did the kickbox/Bootcamp workout - 53 minutes of sheer heart pumping madness. Woohoo!

Thorough Pasting!

Week 2, Day 3 - p90x - Shoulders and Arms. I think that this is one of the most enjoyable DVDs of the entire series and after getting off to a creaky start (I get up at 5am and have to spend at least 15 minutes staring into space before I can begin), I really caned it! I was working so hard that I forgot that I was standing in front of the TV doing a fitness DVD - instead I was challenging myself to how many chair tricep dips I could nail in 45 seconds and trying to up my weight on the "Cohen curls". Then I followed this up with another walk, going via the local newsagent to pick up the Sunday papers.

I opened up the paper to read the news that Harry Potter - Book Seven is going to be released on July 21st. I am really hoping that J.K.Rowling does not kill off Harry. It would be nice to end the series on a triumphant note.

Back to the housework now - Sunday is my day for doing the major cleaning jobs - more time for training during the week. I'm also going to try making tuna burgers..should be fun!

Day 3 of the X

Today's workout was Shoulders and Arms - I was not looking forward to this one as I am still suffering nasty DOMS from the chest and back workout. Essentially the workout was four different giant sets done circuit style twice. There were some great variations on the bicep work and you can choose your rep range to suit your requirements. Most sets are 30 seconds to 1 minute long and at the moment, being back at the beginning after hols, volume is queen for me right now. I am beginning to feel my triceps already.

I posted this picture to remind myself of where I was last week - on the beach~! It is hot and humid here, which is unusual for Woop Woop, but there was rain last night which was a welcome sight.

I had a dream about Sue from Ideal Bodies last night. I rescued her cat! I don't know if Sue owns a cat, but we were trying to work out what to feed it and it kept jumping into our fridge every time we opened the door to eat our roast beef! I dream as if I am inside my body watching a scene unfold. Does that make sense?

Until next time :)