happy 13th! (do i just post on holidays now?)
Showing posts with label running. Show all posts
Showing posts with label running. Show all posts
Friday, July 13, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
inspiration.
what inspires you? what drives you to be the best "you" that you can be? what are your goals throughout your process, and how do you ID them?
i see a lot of inspirational and motivational messages every day through facebook, twitter, on TV, etc. and they all seem to stir up the same questions and answers. for me - i have several goals in mind to become a better person. but recently, i've found that if i focus on all of my goals at on e - it gets seriously overwhelming.
my wife christine showed me a facebook post from a beachbody coach who lost over 100 lbs doing a p90x/insanity hybrid. he said that you can't just go in and go through the motions. his name is kevin gauthier - and he said something that really stuck with me. he said you never start seeing results until you give it your all. if you were training for the fight of your life...if you were fighting for your friends, for your family - how hard would you push? how much longer would you go? how much intensity would you use? it's that mentality that gets results.
for some people, it may not be that serious. but for me - i know if i DON'T have that mentality, i end up dogging the shit out of my workout. and it makes me feel like ass afterward. and i may not notice killer results yet - but i do notice that some movements are becoming easier, especially when i push super hard.
i also have another inspiring tip - so there's this dress that i bought. it's a size 12. if you've seen pics of me, you know i'm a loooooooong way away from a 12 lmao. i first tried on this dress for my friend's senior dinner dance. i ended up not buying it and went for a red dress - which i regret now. so i check the torrid site again - and what do you know...the dress is on clearance!!!.....and 12's are the only sizes left. awesome. *eye roll*
so i said fuck it - and bought the dress anyway. the dress now hangs on my wall next to my vision board - and when i'm working out, i look at it. the entire time.
the goal is to be able to fit into the dress for new year's eve. so i have what - 5 months? two sizes? i got this shit.
so my tip of the day? keep your goals and what inspires you with you when you're working out, when you're eating, when you're forcing that huge ass bottle of water down, whatever. i guarantee that shit will push you.
i'll let y'all see the dress tomorrow when i do my vlog. good night.
i see a lot of inspirational and motivational messages every day through facebook, twitter, on TV, etc. and they all seem to stir up the same questions and answers. for me - i have several goals in mind to become a better person. but recently, i've found that if i focus on all of my goals at on e - it gets seriously overwhelming.
my wife christine showed me a facebook post from a beachbody coach who lost over 100 lbs doing a p90x/insanity hybrid. he said that you can't just go in and go through the motions. his name is kevin gauthier - and he said something that really stuck with me. he said you never start seeing results until you give it your all. if you were training for the fight of your life...if you were fighting for your friends, for your family - how hard would you push? how much longer would you go? how much intensity would you use? it's that mentality that gets results.
for some people, it may not be that serious. but for me - i know if i DON'T have that mentality, i end up dogging the shit out of my workout. and it makes me feel like ass afterward. and i may not notice killer results yet - but i do notice that some movements are becoming easier, especially when i push super hard.
i also have another inspiring tip - so there's this dress that i bought. it's a size 12. if you've seen pics of me, you know i'm a loooooooong way away from a 12 lmao. i first tried on this dress for my friend's senior dinner dance. i ended up not buying it and went for a red dress - which i regret now. so i check the torrid site again - and what do you know...the dress is on clearance!!!.....and 12's are the only sizes left. awesome. *eye roll*
so i said fuck it - and bought the dress anyway. the dress now hangs on my wall next to my vision board - and when i'm working out, i look at it. the entire time.
the goal is to be able to fit into the dress for new year's eve. so i have what - 5 months? two sizes? i got this shit.
so my tip of the day? keep your goals and what inspires you with you when you're working out, when you're eating, when you're forcing that huge ass bottle of water down, whatever. i guarantee that shit will push you.
i'll let y'all see the dress tomorrow when i do my vlog. good night.
Friday, July 6, 2012
burpies are the devil.
turbo report
friday, july 6th
week 6
workout today: fire 55 ez
weight loss to date: n/a
all throughout this program, i've been doing my best to improve and push myself. it's been the most challenging program i've ever done. and i mean, i've tried everything - from zumba, to hip hop abs, to dancing...hell, i've even tried a richard simmons workout (and got a glimpse of enough spandex to last a lifetime). and ever since i started doing turbo, i've noticed some improvements. for the first month, alee was my best friend (for those not hip to the turbofire cast - alee baytan [nee' vicencio] is the low impact girl, i.e. if you're a fatass beginner like i was, watch her). i couldn't jump worth shit, skis were NOT happening - and hell, don't even LOOK at me when double bobs are going on. eff that.
as the month progressed, however... i noticed that some of the moves were starting to get easier. i didn't feel as much pain when doing skis, i actuall started jumping during some of the high/low sequences...etc. but the one move that is still defeating me is the...
dun dun dunnnnnnn!!!!
...dreaded burpie.
burpies usually occur during a fire drill. a "fire drill" is when chalene (the turbo trainer) takes you on a 70-second ride through hell ie. pushes you to the max that you can go. you go H.A.M for about a minute, then you recover (aka pass out and die) a minute after. chalene has a way of sugarcoating shit. she likes to refer to the burpie as a "squat leap". i can hear her voice as i type this. it's almost like she's giving you an ice cream cone before you leap to sudden death. i'll demonstrate...
friday, july 6th
week 6
workout today: fire 55 ez
weight loss to date: n/a
all throughout this program, i've been doing my best to improve and push myself. it's been the most challenging program i've ever done. and i mean, i've tried everything - from zumba, to hip hop abs, to dancing...hell, i've even tried a richard simmons workout (and got a glimpse of enough spandex to last a lifetime). and ever since i started doing turbo, i've noticed some improvements. for the first month, alee was my best friend (for those not hip to the turbofire cast - alee baytan [nee' vicencio] is the low impact girl, i.e. if you're a fatass beginner like i was, watch her). i couldn't jump worth shit, skis were NOT happening - and hell, don't even LOOK at me when double bobs are going on. eff that.
as the month progressed, however... i noticed that some of the moves were starting to get easier. i didn't feel as much pain when doing skis, i actuall started jumping during some of the high/low sequences...etc. but the one move that is still defeating me is the...
dun dun dunnnnnnn!!!!
...dreaded burpie.
burpies usually occur during a fire drill. a "fire drill" is when chalene (the turbo trainer) takes you on a 70-second ride through hell ie. pushes you to the max that you can go. you go H.A.M for about a minute, then you recover (aka pass out and die) a minute after. chalene has a way of sugarcoating shit. she likes to refer to the burpie as a "squat leap". i can hear her voice as i type this. it's almost like she's giving you an ice cream cone before you leap to sudden death. i'll demonstrate...
this is how a burpie should look.
this is what it usually ends up like...
fail.
so my tip of the day is: practice makes perfect. i find that if there's something i'm having difficulty with in my workout i take the time to practice it when i'm not working out...so when that siren hits, i'm not surprised.
the mastering of the burpie will come. but for now...i'll just have to keep falling on my ass until i get it right.
so my tip of the day is: practice makes perfect. i find that if there's something i'm having difficulty with in my workout i take the time to practice it when i'm not working out...so when that siren hits, i'm not surprised.
the mastering of the burpie will come. but for now...i'll just have to keep falling on my ass until i get it right.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
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