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Workout Wednesday – Lower Body Hamstring Focused

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Legs Hamstring Focused

There was a big moment last night between Donny & Kevin. Kevin is still pretty terrified of Donny, but we are working on it. Donny will pull him up onto his lap and pet him, but Kevin never willingly jumps up there. Yet.

Last night Doug and Kevin were playing (as in Doug was chasing Kevin around the house). Kevin wanted to get away so he jumped onto the bed with Donny & I. Donny started talking to him and Kevin walked up and licked Donny’s hand! It may not seem like much, but this is a big deal! Kevin will barely even LOOK at Donny, let alone acknowledge him like that. [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday: Bicep-Tricep Supersets + 5 Minute Cardio

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Bicep Tricep Supersets

Happy Wednesday! More importantly happy birthday to my mom! She was almost a St. Patty’s Day baby, but not quite. Happy Birthday mom! I hope you have a great day.

This week’s workout combines strength supersets with a little cardio burst. The same format can be used for any training split or even a full body workout, but I chose to focus on biceps and triceps this particular day. Here is Bicep Tricep Supersets + 5-Minute Cardio. [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday – 30-Minute Tabata

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Tabata

Have you tried tabata before? Or done a tabata-style workout before? I love it. I need to do it more often!

Tabata is a type of HIIT training method with short bursts of high-intensity moves mixed with periods of rest. True tabata is done 20 seconds of work (as hard as you can go) followed by 10 seconds of rest and you complete 8 rounds, so four minutes total. It seems quite easy because you only have do to 20 seconds of work. The difficult part however is that the rest period is only 10 seconds, which in the last few rounds feels like two seconds! [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday: Strength-Power Supersets

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Strength-Power Supersets

Well it has been three whole days and we still have Kevin! He is still scared of us and every person he meets, but he is getting better. He got a bath last night and did fantastic! I put him on our bed when he was dry and he snuggled with us all night. It makes me so happy!

He couldn’t have a bath right away because of being neutered. You have to wait 10 days after they are neutered before you can bathe them. Kevin was neutered last Friday and then ran away Sunday. Once we got him back he was one stinky unit, but we couldn’t wash him! Hahaha we made it and now he is clean as can be. No more smelly Kevin. Yay! [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday – Leg & Back Supersets

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Leg & Back Supersets

I am not sure why I’ve never trained legs and back together, but I have been missing out! I have done trisets, giant sets, and circuits working both back and legs, but never done just the two bodyparts together. I really liked this Leg & Back Supersets workout!

I actually did this workout last Saturday. I definitely recommend doing this workout with a little fuel. By that, I mean eat something! I think I would have found this difficult and I wouldn’t have been able to lift as heavy if I had tried this on a weekday without any real food in my stomach. It amazes me how different I feel working out on Saturday’s when I have had breakfast prior to exercising. [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday – Lower Body Trisets

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Lower Body Trisets

What do I love about training lower body? How powerful I feel when I can lift really heavy. I dig it. As much as I love lifting as heavy as possible on lower body, occasionally I like to change it up. In this Lower Body Triset workout you won’t be able to lift quite as heavy because each triset has a cardio burst included to work your legs in a different way.

I really liked this workout – it got me sweaty, to say the least. Honestly, I was completely beat by the end. [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday – 28-Method Bicep & Tricep

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28-Method

Today’s workout uses a 28-method training technique. Why? Because today is my 28th birthday!!! It only makes sense, right?!?

I had never used the 28-method before and it was quite difficult! I have mentioned 21s before, where you do 7 half reps from the top, 7 half reps from the bottom, and 7 full reps. Well this is a similar technique, but taken one step further. [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday: Back Training Mixed Methods

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Back Training - Mixed Methods

Yesterday was a fun day, especially for a Tuesday! I got a new cell phone, which is always fun. I upgraded to the iPhone 6 and I like it so far. Not too different from the 5 so I can manage it for now!

Even more exciting than a new phone, we surprised my dad yesterday with an early birthday present. We managed to find four relatively-well priced tickets to the AFC Championship game this weekend as the Broncos take on the Patriots! [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday: Arms & Abs Circuit

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Arms and Abs Circuit

Do you watch The Bachelor? There is a small group of girls that I am friends with that get together each week to watch it. We actually haven’t gotten together for one it in quite a while (2 or 3 seasons maybe), but we did last night. We try to meet Tuesday nights and then watch the recording of Monday’s episode. At first we started watching it Monday night, but we would end up talking too much and miss a bunch!

It is really fun, even though I’m not a Bachelor-die-hard. We usually eat and drink wine and make fun of all the crazies on the show! There are a few on there that seem a bit whacko. Surprise, surprise. [Read more…]

Workout Wednesday – Legs – Quad Focused

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Legs - Quad Focused

I am really excited for this weekend because Donny’s office is having their company holiday party. They actually were kind enough to postpone it until after Donny was feeling better from surgery! They are having it at Guard and Grace in Denver, which is a modern steak house. The “Guard” in Guard and Grace is for Troy Guard, the owner of the Tag franchise through Denver (Tag, Tag Raw Bar, Tag Burger Bar, etc). [Read more…]