Deadlifts and Diamonds

Hump day, pump day, whatever you wanna call it--I hope that you're doing both today. Usually I do a PUMP Day workout, so checkout what I was up to yesterday at Gold's. No good, as usual.. ;)  WARM UP 1/2 mile run with Sprints! 6.0 incline, 7.2 speed 1 minute sprint, 1 minute rest X 5 WEIGHTS  Bicep Curls drop sets starting with 50 lbs.  Hammer Curls Bench Press superset with 15 pushups between each set Incline Bench Press Shoulder Press Bicep Curls sitting  Lateral Shoulder Raises Bent Elbow shoulder flys  Tricep dips and cable pull downs  I just love getting my arms nice and plump after a solid workout--ahh, feeling good. That's all for now! See you next time.  Do tell.... Let me know in the comments below.  What's your favorite arm exercise? 

              Happy Pump Day everyone! We are half way through the week and still going strong. This pump day is my last night with Andrew until he takes off for a wedding in Chicago so I will be doing an early evening run with him rather than hitting the weights today, but I'm still here to offer motivation and support for you all. For that extra bit of motivation and intensity, I have found that visualizing my workouts long before I hit the gym has helped me stay focused and alert during my workouts. By visualizing myself working hard and going for the burn, I can draw on that image and feeling and use it to drive my intensity during a workout when I feel I'm starting to fade. Visualizing and planning my workout ahead of time also helps me stay accountable to shorter rest periods, doing drop sets at the end of the last set, or any other lifting strategies I choose to focus on that day to keep me focused and working hard. It always helps to im...

Hello lovelies, I hope you're having an awesome 'pump day'. That's muscle pump, not shoes ladies, but yes, a hot pair of heels would be perfect to top off this day. :) After a solid workout, my baby cooked up a massive set of NY strips and popped open a glass of cabernet to celebrate my new job as a Print Account Manager. Woot Woot! I'm super pumped to get started next week!!  My interview was stellar and the team was so easy to talk to. It wasn't the type of interview with a 5 page list of behavior based questions from a panel. Whew. I have landed jobs in the past with a long interview, but really, who wants to go through that with every applicant? I was warmly greeted by two enthusiastic ladies who were actually a bit skeptical of hiring a new member, but they warmed up to me quickly. We chatted for a bit and I asked questions about the facility, which skills they were looking for in a new print manager, which projects they were working on and what we...

After a full day of jamming music and packing up my apartment for the big Houston move, I took a break to hit up Gold's for a Les Mills BodyPUMP class. Its a great high energy full body workout and it will definitely leave you sweaty, sore, and feeling amazing. Its been a few months since I've gone and I feel much stronger since my last class. My pushups and squats are stronger and more powerful now. When the instructor mentioned we would be doing tricep pushups I think I did a little victory fist pump-- Yesss Pushups! The only way to get better at pushups? Do more pushups! First, you'll hate it, then you'll crave it. :)

Lets get lifted ladies!   Here's my Hump Day workout. When all else seems to fail--just hit the gym. TREADMILL SPRINTS ON INCLINE 5 min walk 1 min Sprint at 6.0 speed at 5.5 incline 2min walk X9 last sprint at 7.5 speed Cool down :) PLANKS- 1 MINUTE EACH Plank Left Star Plank (side plank and lift arm and leg to look like a star) Right Star Plank X3 LEG PRESS 170 lbs 5 sets of 20 reps last set, drop to 130 to failure LEG EXTENSIONS (QUADS) 90lbs 5 sets of 12 reps last set, drop to 70 lbs 10 reps DEADLIFTS  70lbs 4 sets of 20 reps SQUATS ON BOSU BALL 50 For a full leg torch that will leave you sore for 2 days just pick your favorite hi energy song and blast off with jump squats to the end!