i took a little break from cardio this week and only incorporated it as a warm up for lifting days. i've been craving a good long run outdoors, but it's been so miserably hot and stormy (read: fiery, humid, and just gross). the treadmill just isn't doing it for me. plus, i bought a Groupon for bikram a while back and realized i only had until Friday to start my 1st of 10 drop-in classes. i haven't done bikram in a good 2 years!! it's one of my absolute favorite yoga classes, but my pockets just aren't deep enough to practice regularly.
anyways, so tuesday i went into bikram trying not to have super high expectations for myself, being that it's been a while since i've gone. i still practice yoga (mostly vinyasa flow, ashtanga and hatha) at home (just not regularly like i did a couple months ago), but bikram is quite a different animal. i expected needing to sit a pose or two out because my body isn't used to practicing in a room heated to 105F with 40% humidity. to my huge surprise though, i was able to get through all 26 poses sans break.
side note: it's absolutely incredible and disgusting just how much you sweat in hot yoga!!
ironically, thursday was a different story. i went at the same time as i'd gone on tuesday (7:30pm), and although i made it through, i did have to sit out one set of 3 poses because a title wave of nausea kept rolling in and out. my mind wasn't all that clam either. i found it tough to really stay in the moment at times... and to be honest, i just didn't connect with the instructor as much as i did with tuesday's. she read from the same script of course, but it really bothered me how she chose to make corrections. i'm used to the gentle-handed, whispery-voiced master yogi that floats about making delicate, yet strong handed adjustments and soft verbal suggestions. this instructor however, chose to make examples of yogis throughout the room with judgmental, lecture-like speeches... like, "you (directing her voice and eyes towards the victim of the moment) don't need water right now. water is unnecessary for practice. it is just another mental distraction, as well as a distraction to those around you who are working so diligently through their poses while you are sitting out sipping water." honestly, if a yogi next to me had to reach down and take a drink, i wouldn't hold it against them. if anything, i'd think he or she deserved a sip for working so hard. i mean it's 105F for crying out loud! so, yea, she made snotty little comments like that (that you could tell were targeted and meant to call that person out publicly) all throughout the entire practice. by the time savasana came, i was just glad to have her leave the room...
have you ever had an instructor (yoga, personal trainer, class instructor) that managed to crawl under you skin?
okay, so back to my workouts for the week:
tuesday
bikram
wednesday
back & bi
warm up:
15 minutes on the elliptical
back
* wide grip pull up (assisted):
8 reps (displacing 58lbs)
8 reps (2 sets displacing 52lbs)
8 reps (displacing 46lbs)
* close grip pull down:
60lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
70lbs 6 reps
80lbs 6 reps
* cable row:
60lbs 8 reps (4 sets)
biceps
* standing dumbell curl:
10lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
10lbs 6 reps
* incline bicep curl:
10lbs 8 reps 7.5lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
* dumbell preacher curl:
7.5lbs 8 reps (3 sets)
thursday
bikram
friday
legs and shoulders
warm up:
10 minutes on the elliptical
legs
* squats:
65lbs 8 reps
75lbs 8 reps
85lbs 8 reps
95lbs 8 reps *my most so far!*
* deadlift:
50lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
66lbs 8 reps
* leg curls:
40lbs 8 reps
45lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
* leg extensions:
50lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
60lbs 8 reps
* standing calf raise:
300lbs 15 reps
315lbs 12 reps
315lbs 10 reps
345lbs 8 reps
shoulders
* military press:
40lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
50lbs 6 reps (2 sets)
* dumbbell lateral raise:
7.5lbs 8 reps (3 sets)
* bent over reverse fly:
7.5lbs 8 reps
10lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
***
tunes:
okay, so lately i just cannot get enough of these songs when i'm working out:
zedd - clarity
teagan & sara - closer
jason derulo - the other side
***
life:
it's been a pretty good week. no real complaints.
my team celebrated my birthday on thursday (since it fell on a weekend day). i walked in to a desk decorated in a Breaking Bad/Grumpy Cat theme. it was pretty awesome. :)
they brought in strawberries, brownie bites, and this delicious wine that tastes just like chocolate! chocolate and wine, they know me all too well lol. it was low key and sans birthday-song lyrics just how i like it.
confession: i've never really been a fan of my birthday. too many eyes on me. too much direct attention. not that i'm shy, i just don't like being center stage. confession#2: not a fan of surprises... i try to like them (i really do), but the anxiety of "not knowing" is too much to handle.
well, i like real surprises. like the kind you have no clue about and that just happen. what i don't like is being told that there's a surprise waiting for me. it's not a real surprise if i know that something's coming lol! like when someone says, "you're going to LOVE the present i got you," a week before your birthday. that just gives me waaaaaay too much time to think about what it could be because i can't stand not knowing what's under the pretty wrapping paper. weird, i know. and it's probably tied to some deep rooted need for control, blatty blah, blah, blah... my fiance know this, so naturally he enjoys taunting me by dropping hints about presents or surprises to come. he spent all of yesterday parading two lovingly wrapped presents in front of me. what a turd haha! funny thing is that i know it kills him to have to keep presents a secret because he just wants to blurt out what he bought.
i must say, he did well. :)
i've been wanting this Breaking Bad tank ever since i saw it on Etsy.
and THIS... i have been going on an on (and on and on and on and on...) about wanting a multisport watch, and have had my eyes set on this beauty for quite some time. i put it on my wishlist just so i could go back and "window shop." never in a million years did i think i'd ever get it. but here it is! and i can't wait to test it out. :)
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| SO sweaty, yet so happy i made it through :) |
ironically, thursday was a different story. i went at the same time as i'd gone on tuesday (7:30pm), and although i made it through, i did have to sit out one set of 3 poses because a title wave of nausea kept rolling in and out. my mind wasn't all that clam either. i found it tough to really stay in the moment at times... and to be honest, i just didn't connect with the instructor as much as i did with tuesday's. she read from the same script of course, but it really bothered me how she chose to make corrections. i'm used to the gentle-handed, whispery-voiced master yogi that floats about making delicate, yet strong handed adjustments and soft verbal suggestions. this instructor however, chose to make examples of yogis throughout the room with judgmental, lecture-like speeches... like, "you (directing her voice and eyes towards the victim of the moment) don't need water right now. water is unnecessary for practice. it is just another mental distraction, as well as a distraction to those around you who are working so diligently through their poses while you are sitting out sipping water." honestly, if a yogi next to me had to reach down and take a drink, i wouldn't hold it against them. if anything, i'd think he or she deserved a sip for working so hard. i mean it's 105F for crying out loud! so, yea, she made snotty little comments like that (that you could tell were targeted and meant to call that person out publicly) all throughout the entire practice. by the time savasana came, i was just glad to have her leave the room...
 |
| but aren't we all?? |
have you ever had an instructor (yoga, personal trainer, class instructor) that managed to crawl under you skin?
okay, so back to my workouts for the week:
tuesday
bikram
wednesday
back & bi
warm up:
15 minutes on the elliptical
back
* wide grip pull up (assisted):
8 reps (displacing 58lbs)
8 reps (2 sets displacing 52lbs)
8 reps (displacing 46lbs)
* close grip pull down:
60lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
70lbs 6 reps
80lbs 6 reps
* cable row:
60lbs 8 reps (4 sets)
biceps
* standing dumbell curl:
10lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
10lbs 6 reps
* incline bicep curl:
10lbs 8 reps 7.5lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
* dumbell preacher curl:
7.5lbs 8 reps (3 sets)
thursday
bikram
friday
legs and shoulders
warm up:
10 minutes on the elliptical
legs
* squats:
65lbs 8 reps
75lbs 8 reps
85lbs 8 reps
95lbs 8 reps *my most so far!*
* deadlift:
50lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
66lbs 8 reps
* leg curls:
40lbs 8 reps
45lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
* leg extensions:
50lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
60lbs 8 reps
* standing calf raise:
300lbs 15 reps
315lbs 12 reps
315lbs 10 reps
345lbs 8 reps
shoulders
* military press:
40lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
50lbs 6 reps (2 sets)
* dumbbell lateral raise:
7.5lbs 8 reps (3 sets)
* bent over reverse fly:
7.5lbs 8 reps
10lbs 8 reps (2 sets)
 |
| hello muscles!! |
***
tunes:
okay, so lately i just cannot get enough of these songs when i'm working out:
zedd - clarity
teagan & sara - closer
jason derulo - the other side
***
life:
it's been a pretty good week. no real complaints.
my team celebrated my birthday on thursday (since it fell on a weekend day). i walked in to a desk decorated in a Breaking Bad/Grumpy Cat theme. it was pretty awesome. :)
 |
| i spent a good 5 minutes lol'ing |
they brought in strawberries, brownie bites, and this delicious wine that tastes just like chocolate! chocolate and wine, they know me all too well lol. it was low key and sans birthday-song lyrics just how i like it.
confession: i've never really been a fan of my birthday. too many eyes on me. too much direct attention. not that i'm shy, i just don't like being center stage. confession#2: not a fan of surprises... i try to like them (i really do), but the anxiety of "not knowing" is too much to handle.
well, i like real surprises. like the kind you have no clue about and that just happen. what i don't like is being told that there's a surprise waiting for me. it's not a real surprise if i know that something's coming lol! like when someone says, "you're going to LOVE the present i got you," a week before your birthday. that just gives me waaaaaay too much time to think about what it could be because i can't stand not knowing what's under the pretty wrapping paper. weird, i know. and it's probably tied to some deep rooted need for control, blatty blah, blah, blah... my fiance know this, so naturally he enjoys taunting me by dropping hints about presents or surprises to come. he spent all of yesterday parading two lovingly wrapped presents in front of me. what a turd haha! funny thing is that i know it kills him to have to keep presents a secret because he just wants to blurt out what he bought.
 |
| it's just screaming, "OPEN MEEEEE!!!" |
i must say, he did well. :)
i've been wanting this Breaking Bad tank ever since i saw it on Etsy.
and THIS... i have been going on an on (and on and on and on and on...) about wanting a multisport watch, and have had my eyes set on this beauty for quite some time. i put it on my wishlist just so i could go back and "window shop." never in a million years did i think i'd ever get it. but here it is! and i can't wait to test it out. :)
since i'm the birthday girl, i've been charged with planning out the entire day. anyone who knows me, knows i'm more of the go-with-the-flow, let's-just-do-whatever kinda girl. so having to chose what to do and where to go drove me a little nuts, but i think i have a pretty good day planned out.
first up is hiking! haven't been since february!!! should be a cardinal sin IMO...
next, is having a painting party at Color Me Mine. remember my crummy owl?? yea, gonna give it a second shot.
and lastly, dinner. heaven knows i LOVE to eat. and it's my birthday, so i'll chow if i wanna! ;)
any fun plans for the weekend?
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