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Workout Wednesday – Lower Body Hamstring Focused

March 23, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

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…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: exercise, strength, train, wednesday workout

Workout Wednesday – Leg & Back Supersets

February 17, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

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…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: strength, train, wednesday workout

Workout Wednesday – Lower Body Trisets

February 10, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

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…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: exercise, lower body, strength, train, trisets, wednesday workout

Workout Wednesday – Treadmill Incline Intervals

February 3, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

Yesterday was pretty wild weather-wise in Colorado. We had a huge snow storm! I still have to work even if there is a blizzard (the radio biz stops for no one!). However, basically every single school was closed in Northeast Colorado. In fact, most of them are closed today too! Wild.

The wind howled all. night. long. and the roads were pretty bad in the morning yesterday so I didn’t make it to the gym. I thought about going to my parents and I also thought about doing a quick at-home workout. I didn’t sleep very well Monday night so at one point I woke up in the middle of the night and decided I’d just go over my lunch hour. Brilliant. I was already in town so why not. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cardio Tagged With: cardio, exercise, train, wednesday workout

Workout Wednesday – 28-Method Bicep & Tricep

January 27, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

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…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: exercise, strength, train, wednesday workout

Workout Wednesday: Back Training Mixed Methods

January 20, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

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…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: exercise, strength, train, wednesday workout

Workout Wednesday: Arms & Abs Circuit

January 13, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

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…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: abs, arms, exercise, strength, train, wednesday workout

Workout Wednesday – Legs – Quad Focused

January 6, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

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…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: exercise, legs, quads, strength, train, wednesday workout

Workout Wednesday: Chest Supersets

December 30, 2015 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

Chest Supersets

The countdown is on to 2016. Holy cow, it is almost here. I’ve have a fantastic 2015 and I cannot wait to see what this next year brings! We have a lot of plans, yet minimal real plans….if that makes sense. There are plenty of things we want to do and a few trips we have planned (shockingly), yet we have a lot of things not set in stone. It will be a good year. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: chest, exercise, strength, superset, train, wednesday workout

High Rep Bicep & Tricep Supersets

December 23, 2015 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

High Rep Bicep Tricep Supersets

Christmas Eve is tomorrow, meaning Christmas is in two days! Are you ready?!?!?! I wrapped presents last night, which I always love to do. I didn’t have very many but I made them count. I had a few that were oddly shaped and I didn’t want to put them in a box, so I basically threw wrapping paper on them and taped wherever! I’ll just tell everyone that Donny wrapped those…. hahaha just kidding Donny. I’ll take credit for them. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Strength Training Tagged With: biceps & triceps, strength, supersets, wednesday workout

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