One of my favorite Nike commercials ever! This even features Ashlee (from So You Think You Can Dance Season 2) and choreography from Jamie King!! I remember somehow downloading the instructional videos and watching them over and over to learn the moves. 🙂
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Tuesday Evening Workout: Griffith Park Hike with Amandabot
10 min Booty Shaking Waist Workout- Lose inches off your waist by shaking your hips
One of my co-workers put me up on Tiffany Rothe. This looks pretty fun… Definitely in my queue!
Crossover Cable Machine at the Gym
I realized when I worked out with Amandabot that I really like the crossover cable machine at the gym. There are eight stations and many many exercises one can do on the cables — with different handles to adjust what specific muscle groups you want to target.
My usual go-to workouts are the triceps and biceps cable pull downs… I also like the lat pull downs… I like seeing my muscles work in the mirror… o___O Egotistical? I hope not — I believe it motivates me to push a bit harder. 😀
I do have to switch it up so I will be researching some new exercises to try out from Muscle & Strength’s instructional video library.
Post Workout Meal: Tilapia Salad
Do you ever have one of those days when you’re tired and just don’t feel like going to workout? I don’t think I got enough sleep last night and I was feeling hungry right after work. I planned to go to the gym right after work, but I made a pit stop at home. *Bad idea* I ended up lounging around for one hour. >___<
But good news! I got my booty off the couch and went to the gym!
My workout routine for Tuesday:
12 min treadmill warmup
Abs
300 crunches on ab machine (no weights)
100 vertical knee raises (no weights)
100 ab crunch machine (50-70 lbs)
Legs (3 sets below)
20 barbell squats (40 lbs)
10 barbell lunges ea (40 lbs)
20 dead lifts (40 lbs)
20 calf raises (no weights)
I stayed in the gym for about one hour. I felt tired and not-so-energized by the end of my first set of legs… I pushed through. But to tell the truth, I had planned on doing more sets and higher reps. x___X I guess that will wait until the weekend when I have plenty of rest!
To my fave part — post workout meal! I am so lucky to have people who can cook in my life! They share their recipes and teach me how to cook. At one time, my sister — Chef Banana — did tell me I was not allowed in any kitchen without supervision…
Times have changed. Chef Banana gave me some of Emeril’s Essence for my own cooking use. *Gotta love the Food Network* I used this delicious seasoning to cook a portion of tilapia with a bit of olive oil and made myself a salad! The kitchen did not burn down. I did not overcook the fish. And it did not take a long time! 😀
Looking forward to my Zumba class tomorrow! (and continue with the ab work)…
Sunday Workout
When something in life upsets you, go work out. And eat clean food. That pretty much sums up my Sunday.
I went to the gym — stayed for about one and a half hour.
Here is my gym regimen:
10 min stair warmup (my intensity level is not so high yet — work in progress)
Abs
125 ab crunch machine (50-70 lbs)
450 ab crunches
Legs (3 sets below)
10 squats on smith machine (50 lbs)
10 lunges on smith machine each side (50 lbs)
10 dead lifts with barbell (45 lbs)
40 calf raises (no weights)
10 push ups
*Bonus
7 smith machine squats (70 lbs)
As usual, the best part was the postworkout meal! Chicken with onions and peppers with roasted red potato cooked by Richef.
And as always, it was delicious!
iPod shuffle Added to My Gym Flow
Ebby102’s Zumba Routine: Work – Lil Jon
I’ve had this song stuck in my head for the past few weeks — ever since my Zumba instructors started incorporating this song into the class. I really like Ebby102’s routine — she is rockin’ it!
Zumba Mix By DJ Javier
I am always looking for good tunes to workout to — found a nice little upbeat par-tay mix for when I am in the Zumba mood at the gym! The best part about finding awesome mixes on Soundcloud is that you can download some of them!
Wednesday Night Workout: Zumba!
I look forward to the middle of the week because I have awesome Zumba classes on Wednesday and Thursday — I always sweat my booty off! And isn’t it fun to workout when you’re actually having a fun party!?
I’m pretty shy in class, but I stayed after a little while to give thanks for an incredible workout and to request a new song/routine for one of my fave Zumba songs — El Teke Teke by Crazy Design!
This song is fast and I know the routine my instructor comes up with is going to be killer!
Can’t wait until she begins to incorporate it into her class! 😀
Booty picture — grow booty grow… Sometimes, it’s hard to see the progress. In the image below, I can’t even tell anything has changed about my glutes…
My post workout meal — this is starting to become my fave time of the day — teriyaki style chicken and veggies with rice. Richef is talented at making delicious meals. How healthy teriyaki sauce is, I dunno… But I LOVE home cooked meals made from the heart. 🙂
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