Okay, back to business! When I went to Ross to buy the aloha dress on Saturday, I saw that they had a 2-pack of Jari Love's strength training series, Get Ripped and Get Ripped to the Core for only $5.99. I already have Get Ripped (grrr I paid $20 for it too), but I was curious about the Core DVD so I went ahead and picked it up (if anybody wants to buy my extra GR DVD, lemme know! Hehehe special sale!).
Though her name sounds somewhat like that of a porn star (ummm, not that I know anything about THAT subject, hahaha...hmmmm), Jari Love is actually a very popular fitness expert, particularly knowledgable in the arena of compound training (working out more than one body part in a set). Not only is she a trainer, but she is also a mother of two, proving that yes, you can have babies and still get a ripped body if you work at it. :)
I didn't have enough time this morning to do the entire DVD, so I decided to do 1/2 hour when I woke up and then finish the rest when I came home this evening. I can't remember what I did this morning, but I believe it involved side squat/lunges, bent over rows and bicep curls, and other combos that just made me cry and sweat! The nice thing about this series is that there are about 3 other people in the video following along with Jari, each showing different intensities of the exercise. Of course, for the most part I follow the lady doing the lowest intensity (mainly because I only have 5 lb. weights, WHICH even those weights pretty much kicked my @$$. OWW! I bet I'm going to feel this tomorrow, for sure.
Could only walk from Chinatown to work this morning because of the stupid traffic. I did pick up a bunch of Choy Sum (grr which I forgot at work) and 2 dragonfruits, which were the cheapest I've seen it at only $3.25/lb. Too bad they were the white kind, I didn't know this until I opened it for a snack. Still yummy though not as sweet as the red or pink variety.
Did the usual walk around the office and then into town to get home. The bus stopped at the bottom of the hill, but I didn't walk it because I wanted to save my energy to finish the rest of the Ripped DVD. AAAAAAH I was sweating just standing there. More squats. Lateral raises. Rows. Abs! I actually did Abs. I was afraid they would lock up but they didn't; however I must be doing something wrong because I find that my neck gets strained doing abs. Or maybe it's getting strained trying to watch the DVD while doing the exercise? :s In any case I survived!
I hope to do this DVD three times a week in order to get my strength training in!
Tomorrow is EA Active day!
Breakfast: cereal, soymilk, banana
Snack: 14 almonds, 1/2 dragonfruit
Lunch: shredded rum turkey, flatout grain wrap, romaine lettuce, laughing cow cheese
Snack: edamame (soybeans)
Dinner: turkey long rice (yes, we have a lot of turkey leftover from my bro's friend), broccoli and cauliflower.
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