Week 3

I didn't stay true to the RevAbs workout schedule this week, but did manage to workout 6 days this week, and regardless of what workout I do, my end results are really what matters to me. Week 3 of my RevAbs workout and fitness journey started with the Total Strength and Mercy Abs workouts on Monday. I decided to use a resistance band instead of weights for the workout and boy were my arms sore the next day from the lunges with shoulder press. I found that with dumbbells, I was able to lift them overhead no problem, but the resistance bands were pretty difficult and really pushed my muscles to work hard to straighten my arms over my heads for the press.

Tuesday and Wednesday I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and took Ethan for an hour walk with the stroller both days. The trails surrounding our house has lots of hills and add to that the heavy stroller, it was a pretty good workout as we jogged and walked.

Thursday I did the Power Intervals workout and felt great with the cardio. Friday I took Ethan to the rec center for a swim. He loved the water. It was only his second time at the pool, but this time he had so much fun and splashed in the water and kicked around.

On Saturday, my husband and I spent the entire day at the dealership. Initially, we were just going to drop off my car, a Lexus IS250, for an oil change and to check out some of the used vehicles there not really expecting to buy a car that day. I had been leasing my car and still had 10 months left on the lease. We found a used 2002 Lexus RX300 that was in very good condition with low mileage. My husband's awesome negotiating skills got the sales rep to get us out of our lease and got us a great deal on the SUV. We were very excited to get a more practical vehicle for our family. The dealership was awesome and had great customer service. We were also in a hurry to get to church as I had to teach Sabbath school, so they went through all the paperwork as fast as they could and I made it in time to teach my class. Well, although it was a long day, Smitty and I knew that we had to work out. We both decided to do the P90X Chest and Biceps workout as I wanted some strength training and in particular to work on my arms. The workout was much needed. I can feel it even today. We finished the Chest and Biceps with Ab Ripper X.

Today, I spent the day relaxing with my son and also got some housework in. We then went to dinner with my husband's aunt and cousin. We came home around 8 and I had to put the baby to bed. I always get my workouts in late at night around 9 or 10, but I guess that just works with my schedule better. I almost didn't want to do my workout tonight and didn't feel like doing a DVD workout for the night so I improvised and created my own routine.

I did a 30 minute kickboxing workout. First, I warmed up with 2 minutes of continuous jump roping..great cardio!. Then I briefly stretched out (especially my already sore arms from yesterday's workout). I used my free standing kick bag for the workout and started with 10 reps each of the following:

#1 - Jab, right round house kick
#2 - Jab, cross, switch round house kick
#3 - Jab, cross, left hook punch, right round house kick
#4 - Jab, cross, left hook, right upper cut, switch round house kick

Then 10 right round house kicks, 10 left round house kicks

10 reps of the following:

Left hook, right upper cut
Right upper cut, left hook
Jab, cross, right knee
Jab, cross, switch knee
Jab, cross, right knee, right round house kick
Jab, cross, switch knee, left round house kick

10 left front kicks, 10 right front kicks
10 left side kicks, 10 right side kicks

25 jumping jacks
10 knuckle push ups
15 full sit ups

I repeated the circuit again a second time.

I finished the workout with punching drills:
30 seconds alternating punches in a sitting/horse stance
30 seconds left jab, 30 seconds right jab (with the last 10 sec punching as fast as possible)

The it was a cool down and stretch to finish the workout, which again took about 30 minutes total from start to finish.

Week 2 of RevAbs (restart)

I decided to restart Week 2 of my RevAbs workout last week due to all the interruptions I had. Also, I probably will be blogging my updates weekly instead of daily now.

Anyways, last week I got 5 of 6 workouts in.

Monday I started with Power Intervals and wasn't able to work out on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday I had actually tried out the new Tony Horton One On One workout I got in the mail - Cardio Intervals. It's a 40 minute cardio workout that includes 20 different exercises that are 30-60 seconds each. You repeat the circuit twice. It included moves from Tony Horton's P90X. It was a great cardio workout, you especially get more out of your workout if you truly push yourself.

Friday I did the Fire Up Your Abs workout.

Saturday we took our son swimming for the first time. I think he was taking everything in. He wasn't scared but I think because everything looked so new and strange he was just studying the place. We took him to the Trails Rec Center where they had fountains, a lazy river and a big slide. Of course we didn't take him down the slide, but we took him through the lazy river a few times. I got to swim a couple laps but that was the extent of my workout for the day.

On Sunday, I did the Power Intervals workout and half of the P90X Ab Ripper X workout.