Category: Fitness

Workout/Martial Arts 05/04/2020: At Home Workout I Am Loving, and Seeing Results

This week was blissfully quietly busy, uneventful (wait except for when our router died and we had no internet for all of 4 hours… the apocalypse is far less bearable without it. Also H can’t work from home without an internet connection so we fixed that fast.), and wonderful. I don’t know about everyone out there reading this, but this last 6 weeks has been a roller coaster, of emotions, anxiety, and uncertainty for me.

However, even if we are stuck at home I still have my goals and dreams. I had to change how I was getting there, but that is normal in life. You will run in to an obstacle and have to figure out how to adapt or stop. I don’t want to stop, I refuse to stop, so I adapt.

I hope you are all doing well. Anyway today is mothers day and I did my final workout of the week today. H has made breakfast, lunch, and is now making dinner. I have not had to set foot in the kitchen at all today. Happy Mother’s day to those of you out there that are mothers, mother figures, dads who are dad and mom, and any other type of mom forms.

I got 5 days of workouts in this week… some days it felt like an achievement to get out of bed and get everything else done. I am loving doing a calisthenic workout based on a word of the day. I got the idea from the SheFit challenge. I made my own graphic to do my own words.

Try it out if you want.

Here are my workouts for the week:

Monday 05/04/2020: 37 minute workout SheFit Challenge Day 29 one day left

Workout #1: I plan on doing some Muay Thai Training later… we will see if I can convince H to help me out.

I felt good today, Yay!

Only two more days in the #Shefit30 Challenge. It is Day 29! The words for today were E.N.D. and S.T.R.O.N.G. 👑 Shefit

I did this in a super set. Both words at the same time, with only a 30 second rest between each set. I did each set x 3 today.

Challenge:
E. 15 Push-Ups
N. 15 Jump Lunges
D. 30 Sec. Plank

S. 30 Sec. Fast Feet
T. 20 Hip Dips
R. 30 Crunches
O. 30 Sit-Ups
N. 15 Jump Lunges
G. 15 Burpees

Workout #2: 30 minutes – 1 mile run, and Muay Thai training.

After my run which was beautiful, I worked the bag today. Sadly I could not convince H to train with me today. Also I saw flowers I don’t know what they are, but I love them.

I focused on Jab, Cross, Hook combo, with knees on the bag burn outs. My goal was to move with the bag and avoid it. Trying to work slips, bob and weaves in, and getting out of striking range.

Tuesday 05/05/2020: 30 minute workout SheFit Challenge Day 30 last day of challenge

dead tired on the mat

I did not win anything during the challenge, but I did find a workout system that is loads of fun, and puts a lot of variety into my workouts.

Today is it. The last day of #SHEFIT30 CHALLENGE, its DAY 30! The words are O.W.N. T.H.E. C.R.O.W.N. 👑


I had an early morning. Today was working at the bakery day. So that means I get up at 4, and have to be in. I did not sleep well last night because a family member was up with GI problems last night. So I was exhausted when I got home. Fed the family lunch and then passed out. I powered through this workout and after I got going I had loads of fun.


I did it in a superset. All three words at once, then gave myself a 30 second rest between sets. Completing each set x 3


O. 30 Sit-Ups
W. 15 Supermans
N. 15 Jump Lunges
T. 20 Hip Dips
H. 10 Tricep Dips
E. 15 Push-Ups
C. 20 High Knees
R. 30 Crunches
O. 30 Sit. Ups
W. 15 Supermans
N. 15 Jump Lunges
What was your victory today? What did you push through and get done?

Also H says he can see changes in my body… woot!

Thursday 05/07/2020: 1 hour calisthenics workout and Muay Thai Training

Workout: 1 hour workout and Muay Thai conditioning

Really tired today. Woke up at 4 am went to work at the bakery today and with the events that happened today I did not get a nap in. So really had to push myself to get this workout in. But I am really happy I did. Wore one of my favorite shirts that says, “Fight like a Grrrl”.

Done in a superset, each superset done x 3

1) 10 Tricep Dips
2) 30 Sit Ups
3) 20 hip dips each side
4) 30 inclined pull ups
5) 45 seconds lift legs and arms off mat and hold
6) 20 Side Hops
7) 20 Push Up then lift opposite leg and arm

10 minutes of jump rope

3 minutes rapid kick on heavy bag left leg ( goal is speed and accuracy not power)

3 minutes rapid kick on heavy bag right leg
( goal is speed and accuracy not power)

Friday 05/08/2020: 38 minutes – Run and Calisthenics

Workout: 38 minutes- 13 minute 1 mile run and 25 minute calisthenics workout

#irunforahmaud

I myself am actually seeing some results. Like I actually see them! Woot! It’s nice to start seeing them again. Also got my run in before this freak cold front and possible snow storm in May happening tonight through this weekend.

I chose the word ZOMBIE for my workout today. Will add the alphabet workout list I made in comments.

Do these exercises as a superset. I did the whole word x 3.

Z) 15 Diamond Pushups

O) 30 Sit Ups

M) 30 Plank Jacks

B )20 Squat Jumps

I) 25 Standing Knee Crunches

E) 15 Push Ups

I love that I am seeing results, and that run felt good and faster. Part of my brain says it’s the clothing but. I am trying to ignore that small voice. I am going to try to enjoy this feeling.

Sunday 05/10/2020: 1 hour 30 minute calisthenics and Muay Thai training

Workout: 1 hour and 30 minute- 28 minutes calisthenics and 1 hour of Muay Thai training

Mother’s Day workout was fantastic.

The word I picked out today was: GET BUFF

I did both of these words in a superset with only 30 seconds of rest between the set. Do each superset x3

G) 15 Burpees ( I can tell I am getting better at these I can do 10 before I gmhave to slow down woot!)
E) 15 Push Ups
T) 20 Hip Dips

B ) 20 squat jumps
U) 30 Bicycle Crunches
F) 1 min Wall Sits (gave legs 10 seconds before starting second set)
F) 1 min Wall Sits

1 hour Muay Thai training:

Drills-
1) jab, cross, rear uppercut
2) jab, cross, rear uppercut, lead body hook
3) jab, cross, rear uppercut, lead body hook, cross
4) jab, cross, rear uppercut, lead body hook, rear leg kick
5) Perry incoming jab, return cross, jump offline to lead leg kick, dodging incoming hook.

It’s the little tweaks that we are working on like taking the seconds off of resetting between cross and rear uppercut that we are training. Or the making the transition smoother from cross to hop leg kick/dodge.

I am exhausted and woot!

Well that is it. That was my week of workouts. I can actually see progress… Where as before its hard to see I can see it now. Yay! I had what I thought was a normal week, but in retrospect there was a lot going on. The week was busy but it was not terrible. Not only did we need a new router, I made a lot of good food (chimichurri steak tacos, healthier mango sticky rice), and started my own yeast colony.

Tell me about your week. Let me know if you have any questions. Do you celebrate Mother’s day where you live? I think we should support and love those that take care of and love us.

Would you like a recipe for chimichurri steak tacos?

Thanks as always for reading. If you like this or other posts like this, like, comment and subscribe if you want to see more.

Pandemic Performance Conditioning 30 day Challenge

I would like your help friends: I need word suggestions

I had fun doing the Shefit 30 Day challenge. I decided to make my own. I still have two more days left of my current challenge. I figure I will start the next challenge 15th of this month.

However, I wanted to put these up and ask for suggestions for words. I write them down on a slip of paper will choose two a day out of a container. Doing these 6 days a week is the goal for me.

The first slip of paper will be the regular Workout Of The Day, and the second one will be from the Advanced Workout Of The Day. The regular workout of the day requires no equipment. The advanced requires some equipment (kb or dumbell, and resistance bands).

You are welcome to participate with me. Everyone is welcome. You are welcome to share the workout.

Some examples of words are – (challenge, Awesome, Foxy, etc.)

WOTD list
AWOTD List
Z got cut off, it should read high jump touch knees, high jump touch ankles, high jump touch toes.

I will put my words of the day up starting the 5/15/2020 on my Instagram account @sharpcupcake if you want to know the word of the day.

As always thank you for reading. If you like to, please comment. Feel free to subscribe and share with your friends. I am doing this for fun, but I would love to see pictures or comments if you guys are doing this, either here or on Instagram.

Workout/Martial Arts 04/27/2020: Crushing Watermelons with my Thighs, and Workout Based Word Of The Day (WOTD)

Hello fellow humanoids. This week has been eventful, in a good way. Which is nice. It kept my mind off of other things… cough COVID-19 cough… and made the week go by faster. Being an essential worker, you are not only exposed to well the contagion but you are also exposed to the less than wonderful parts of humanity especially when everyone is super stressed. So this week has been a good distraction for me.

Watermelon Crushing With My Thighs

I was asked to participate in a project. Hopefully I will be able to post or link to the final product when it is done. But suffice to say I have been practicing crushing watermelons with the might of my thighs. Bwahahah

SheFit Challenge And My Own Version

As I mentioned in my previous blog post I have been doing a challenge called #SheFit30 with @Shefit. This is a challenge where you have a set of exercises that are assigned to an alphabet letter. Each day for 6 days a word is chosen and an advance word is chosen. That is the workout for the day. I have been doing that workout coupled with my Muay Thai training I could do at home and it has been fantastic. To work up that sweat again, and to feel my body move like I am used to.

The challenge is ending on Tuesday of next week. =( And no I have not won any of the prizes for the challenge, but above that I am enjoying the workouts. I enjoy the variety, the challenging nature of them, and the fact that I sometimes when I create my own workouts avoid some exercises that I just don’t want to do that week. This removes that temptation, and acts like a coach for me. I can then just grumble a little and get on with it.

So I am thinking of posting on my instagram @SharpCupcake a similar alphabetized exercise list. Where people can give me ideas for words. I will write them down on a slip of paper, put them in a container and pull 2 out each day to create a calisthenic workout to go along with my other workout activities. Of course you can comment here with words as well, and I can add those to the container too. So what do you think? Is this a terrible idea? Putting my conditioning in the hands of readers is an interesting idea for me. =)

Anyway let me get down to my actual workout week and stop blabbering on.

My Workouts For The Week

Monday 04/27/2020: 35 minute workout SheFit Challenge Day 22

Day 22 of SheFit challenge
Whew this one had me drenched. It was great. 👍👍 Today’s word was F.L.E.X. And the advanced option was L.E.T.S. G.E.T.

As per their instructions I did the advanced part first to LETSGETFLEX.

I usually go to Muay Thai training 5 days a week when the world was not in a Pandemic. So I am familiar with tough workouts. This one reminds me of my trainer Tony.  This workout was a butt kicker. Thank you Shefit For posting this.

Shefit challenge —-

I did the whole LETSGETFLEX in a superset. I did each superset x3 Times. I let myself have 45 sec rest between sets.

L. 15 Mule Kicks
E. 15 Push Ups
T. 20 Hip Dips
S. 30 seconds Fast Feet

G.15 Burpees
E. 15 Push Ups
T. 20 Hip Dips

F. 1 min Wall Sit
L. 15 Mule Kicks
E. 15 Push Ups
X. 20 Side Hops

My baby girl tried to do it with me and said mama my legs feel like noodles. 😂 I was happy to have her as a partner working through this with me. She in the end decided to just do the parts she liked. lol

Also a protein bar is lunch cause I just can’t bring myself to make anything.

Monday 04/28/2020: 1 hour 20 minute workout – 40 min SheFit Challenge Day 23, and 40 min Muay Thai Training

Today is Day 23 of the challenge. The word today is G.L.O.R.Y. the advanced workout add on is A.L.W.A.Y.S.

Shefit challenge —-

As always I did both as a superset. 45 seconds rest between supersets.

Each Superset x3

A. 30 Star Jumps
L. 15 Mule Kicks
W. 15 Superman
A. 30 Star Jumps
Y. 25 Flutter Kicks
S. 30 sec. Fast Feet

G. 15 Burpees
L. 15 Mule Kicks
O. 30 Sit Ups
R. 30 Crunches
Y. 25 Flutter Kicks

Muay Thai —-

40 minutes of working the bag. Right as I got done training on heavy bag, H came back home with the sand bags to stabilize the heavy bag stand. Woot!

Took a video of me working on our new heavy bag. What a great workout today.

https://youtu.be/B-3heVDG3sw

Monday 04/29/2020: 57 minute workout– 32 min SheFit Challenge Day 24, and 32 min Muay Thai Training

Challenge Day 24! The word is C.H.A.R.G.E.D. and the advanced option is U.P.

Shefit challenge —-

I did both words as a super set, giving myself a minute rest between them. ( I really was tired today and did not want to do a work out. But I did it.)

32 minute workout:
Do the Daily 3-5x:
C. 20 High Knees
H. 10 Tricep Dips
A. 30 Star Jumps
R. 30 Crunches
G. 15 Burpees
E. 15 Push-Ups
D. 30 Sec. Plank

U. 30 Bicycle Crunches
P. 20 Reverse Lunges

Muay Thai —-

Then I worked the bag for 25 minutes… I know that is not that long, but I wanted to see how it felt with the sand bags. Not the same as the gym. Have to not put full force kicks into the bag still, but I can hit it hard enough. Yay! It felt good to hit it.

https://youtu.be/mjJkQbHxI3Y

Monday 04/30/2020: 53 minute workout– 33 min SheFit Challenge Day 25, and 20 min trying to crush a watermelon with my thighs

Challenge Day 25! The word for today is T.R.I.U.M.P.H. the advanced workout word is G.E.T. Then I took 20 minutes to try to crush a watermelon. 

Shefit challenge —-

I did this in a super set, both the word TRIUMPH and GET together. With 1 minute rest between.

Did super sets x 3 total

T. 20 Hip Dips
R. 30 Crunches
I. 25 Knee Crunches
U. 30 Bicycle Crunches
M. 30 Plank Jacks
P. 20 Reverse Lunges
H. 10 Tricep Dips

G. 15 Burpees
E. 15 Push-Ups
T. 20 Hip Dips

Crush Watermelon Practice —

Then I crushed a watermelon. It is not easy but it is a great workout for the legs.

I will put up the really sad videos lol. It took 20 minutes and was super soft around the areas where I was squeezing. H even tried and could not do it. No one tells you about the juice and where it can shoot if it breaks toward you. lol

https://youtu.be/wCDh7fZNz0E

Monday 05/01/2020: 1 hour and 20 minute workout– 35 min SheFit Challenge Day 26, and 45 min Muay Thai Training

H was nice enough to hold pads for me then I held pads for him.

It is Day 26! Word for today is C.O.N.Q.U.E.R. for the Shefit30 challenge, with the advanced word of Y.O.U.R. 

It certainly was a core day today.

Shefit challenge —-

I did both words in a superset and gave myself a minute rest between sets. Do each super set x 3

C. 20 High Knees
O. 30 Sit-Ups
N. 15 Jump Lunges
Q. 20 Squats
U. 30 Bicycle Crunches
E. 15 Push-Ups
R. 30 Crunches

Y. 25 Flutter Kicks
O. 30 Sit-Ups
U. 30 Bicycle Crunches
R. 30 Crunches

Muay Thai workout —-

1) Warm up combos – jab cross, jab cross hook, burn out elbows
2) Combo 1 – Jab, Cross, lead body hook, rear leg kick. (need to work on stepping into my hook to better get my body cocked for the lead body hook, then hop further into my leg kick, and post away around my opponent.)
3) Combo 2 – Jab, Cross, feeder backs up, feint lead teep to rear kick

Woot this was a fantastic workout, and now I must make dinner. My rabble is starting to rouse and get loud about food.

Monday 05/02/2020: 47 minute workout– 47 min SheFit Challenge Day 27

Today was SHEFIT30 Challenge Day 27!

I was feeling down about myself, and I was getting into my own head. I felt ugly, and just less. But I got up and did the workout anyway.

Today’s word is U.L.T.I.M.A.T.E. with the advanced word of P.A.T.H. 

As I have I did both words as a superset, with 1 minute rest between the super sets. I did each superset x 3.

U. 30 Bicycle Crunches
L. 15 Mule Kicks
T. 20 Hip Dips each side
I. 25 Knee Crunches
M. 30 Sec Plank Jacks
A. 30 Star Jumps
T. 20 Hip Dips each side
E. 15 Push-Ups

P. 20 Reverse Lunges each side
A. 30 Star Jumps
T. 20 Hip Dips each side
H. 10 Tricep Dips

Some days are just push through days. Today was one of them. My daughter decided to get on my back when I was doing push ups. Some days it takes all my will power to get up and go do the workout, and it is hard like having a pre-teen little girl on your back.

Whew that is 6 days of working out in my week and about 6 hours total. Its not nearly the same training as I was doing in the gym, however it is something. We are all working on doing what we can at home.

This week was fun. I had a fun project I was working on, that I hope comes to fruition. I had this challenge for the most part I was looking forward to, except for one day. I think we all have those kinds of days. The kind of day where I was tired and was not feeling doing the workout. However, I powered through.

Let me know what you think. What words should I add to the container of Workout WOTD (Words Of The Day) words? For instance, words like CHALLENGE, STRENGTH, and AWESOME. I will pick two word slips at random from the container each day. I will created an alphabet/exercise list and post it on my Instagram account. Most likely it will look like SheFits list, I may add some more but I won’t be taking away any exercises.

Thank you for reading, I hope you and your families/friends stay safe. Be kind to each other out there. We are all stressed and worried.

Workout/Martial Arts 04/20/2020: Started a challenge in the middle, but maybe I will win a free sports bra

Hello everyone. I started this blog to track my progress, document my journey, share some of my favorite healthy recipes, and share my love for not only my workouts but my main Martial Arts (Muay Thai, and Kali). I still use my blog for that. I also originally started the blog for just me. If other people read it that was fantastic, but really I wanted to have a place to put all my thoughts, and my journey.

However, with this pandemic, and being an essential worker has changed things, and the way I view this blog. While I have to leave the house to go to work, and to do supply runs. I feel isolated. (everything is quick, don’t linger, don’t touch what you aren’t getting, don’t socialize, and an air of anxiety) I think we all feel this when we are out getting essentials. So writing this blog has taken on a new role for me. I feel like I connect with some people around the world. I have readers from all over the world. I am amazed when I look at the statistics and see some from almost every continent, countries big and small, and even people in my own backyard.

So while you may be silent, or you may ask questions. I still feel like this world is connected. That being said if you want to just say hi even, please feel free to. I will respond as soon as I see it.

Anyway lets get back to my week of workouts. As my title states I started a challenge in the middle of the challenge. Lets see lets start from the beginning. The beginning of this week in workouts started out as a comedy of errors. Next I don’t use… wait (I have them set up)… I did not use a lot of different social medial applications. I used mainly FB, and have twitter attached to this blog (I almost never go into twitter). But other than that I just use FB and write up this blog. Well I also have a Instagram account, and it was brought to my attention (read, I actually looked at my Instagram account) that there was a challenge going on with my favorite sports bra company SheFit. The challenge is to do their workouts and if you post, #SheFit them you might be one of three winners a day that may win a bra, one of their pants or other accessories. You bet your bottom I am going to try and see if I get lucky.

If you are interested I have done a review of the SheFit bras on this blog. You can read it here. https://think.fitness.blog/2020/03/06/shefit-bra-review-are-the-ladies-locked-and-loaded/

So that is what I did for this week:

Monday 04/21/2020: 1 hour workout, and the comedy of errors that ensued

Workout: 1 hour I did the Workout Tony One of my trainers gave me. And three more exercises to round it out.

However, follow along with me as I tell you the tale of how everything was trying to get me to stop my workout or at least it felt like that.

Half way through my 10 minute jumping rope my jump rope broke. Yup. So I just held the broken end and kept going.

Then the speaker for my music ran out of battery. So I put my headphones on and kept going.

Finally as I am doing my Straight Arm Lat Pulldown with resistance band, my son noticed I was bleeding. I had blood on one hand but it was coming from the nailbed of my other hand. Bwahahah. I cleaned up and then finished my workout.

I will put my workout here:

Workout:
10 minutes of jumping rope

2 minutes for each exercise, 1 minute rest between, do 3 sets of each exercise.

Do the following continuously for 2 min
1) burpee, push-up, opposite knee to elbow, push-up, opposite knee to elbow, push-up, opposite knee to elbow, push-up, opposite knee to elbow, high jump, jumping jack

2) kettle bell high pull, burpee in kettle bell (I had to modify to burpee on floor my core not strong enough to do on bell), kettle bell swing

3) high jump touch ankles, high jump touch knees, high jump touch toes

#3 is still the hardest of them all for me. I have a lot to improve on with those.

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1) Banded squats x 30
2) Back Squats with Olympic barbell 95 lbs 3 sets of 10
3) Straight Arm Lat Pulldown with resistance band 3 sets of 20

Now to roll out my IT band cause it’s mad at me.

Not gonna stop for some stupid crap like blood. lol

Monday 04/23/2020: 40 minte workout, Shadow Boxing, My first Day but Day 18 of the SheFit30 workout

Workout: 40 minute

Missing my Muay Thai training so decided to do a SHEFIT workout. Part of their 30 day challenge. Today’s was A.M.B.I.T.I.ON.
3x the following:
A. 30 Star Jumps
M. 30 Plank Jacks
B. 20 Squats
I. 25 Knee Crunches
T. 20 Hip Dips
I. 25 Knee Crunches
O. 30 Sit Ups
N. 10 Jump Squats

It took about 27 minutes. I took a minute active rest (dancing) in between a full set (meaning all exercises done back to back).

Then I did 10 minutes of shadow boxing.

This was a great set! I love their bras they hold the girls and let me do all the jumping things without pain.
@SHEFIT #shefit30

Monday 04/24/2020: 35 minute workout, My second day but Day 19 of the SheFit30 workout

Workout: 35 minutes doing all exercises in a superset. I got this workout from #SHEFIT. It’s a 30 day Challenge. This is day 19, I wish I saw sooner. #SHEFIT30

I took 1 minute rest between each set.

Daily Exercise was: R.U.S.H M.E.G.O.

R. 30 Crunches
U. 30 Bicycle Crunches
S. 30 seconds Fast Feet
H. 10 Tricep Hips

M. 30 Plank Jacks
E. 15 Push Ups
G. 15 Burpees
O. 30 Sit Ups

Another fantastic workout. I normally don’t talk about the products I love. But I wanted to say I absolutely love SheFits sports bras. If you have problems with your girls during workouts this bra has been the best I have found. No more pain with my girls.

Monday 04/25/2020: 50 minute workout, My third day but Day 20 of the SheFit30 workout

50 minute workout:

#shefit30
Day #20 of the 30 day #shefit challenge.
I did both U.L.T.I.M.A.T.E. And J.O.U.R.N.E.Y. Workouts and they kicked my behind.

3x each set. I did them all in a superset. Then had 30 seconds break in between sets.

U. 30 bicycle crunches
L. 15 mule kicks
T. 20 hip dips
I. 25 knee crunches
M. 30 sec plank jacks
A. 30 star jumps
T. 20 hip dips
E. 15 push ups

J. 50 mountain climbers
O. 30 sit ups
U. 30 bicycle crunches
R. 30 crunches
N. 15 jump lunges
E. 15 push ups
Y. 25 flutter kicks

Whew what a great work out. Thank you for posting this challenge #shefit30

Today was day 21 for Shefit30 however, its a rest day. So that is it for this week. 4 days of workouts. I have 9 days left in this challenge, and I intend to follow through with it. I hope you are all staying safe, keeping sane at home, and socially distancing yourself. Look out for those whom you love and who can’t look out for themselves.

Incidentally I suppose if you want to see what I put on my Instagram my user name is @Sharpcupcake I don’t even know if that is the right way to point some one to your Instagram account. lol

Have a great day. Thank you for reading. Please stay safe, and if you want to feel free to comment, and or subscribe.
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Oh and look what just came in today. Squee!!! We have a new heavy bag and stand. I just need to get sand bags. But I can work the bag now, when my partner does not want to feed for me. More Muay Thai training. Woot!

Workout/Martial Arts 03/30/2020: A whole week off for an injury feels like an eternity.

This amused me, hope it did you too. Credit: MuayThaiMemeThai instagram

TLDR: I had to take a week off cause of my scoliosis, and strained my back. I wanted to train, but had to listen to my body because it was screaming at me. The hard part is when you are on the mend and feeling better, but need to take it easy so that it will heal all the way.

Waiting is the pits, we hates it

It may be because the quarantine. It may be because I am so used to training. It is probably both. However, I had to take this last week off because of an injury and it felt like and eternity. This comes from a chronic condition I have had since I can remember. If you are new to my blog, I have scoliosis, or curvature of my spine in my neck and back. I suffered a herniated disk that pushed on my sciatic nerve and had to take months to rehab it.

Because of scoliosis, I have to get regular adjustments to my back and neck just so that nerves don’t get pinched, and I can function without pain. I was training for my gyms Level 1 Muay Thai test, and was feeling great, so I had not visited my chiro in 6 months. I know this statistic because he told me when I went to see him. Lol

The last few months my hip has felt a little out of place. But I trained through it, because it was a minor nag, and nothing that was hindering me. Well last week I finished with a banded dead lift and that hip misalignment along with my scoliosis cased me to strain my back. Yay!?! … no ouch!

If you have never dealt with this kind of issue. Think about a bunch of rubber bands held in tension around your bones, those rubber bands are your muscles and tendons. When your spine is out of alignment, your rubber bands are holding the spine in tension, and sometimes the smallest tweak or wrong movement sends a catalyst of changes that causes the rubber bands to move, and pull things out of line. This causes pinched nerves (tingling, numbness, pain), pain, in ability for the joint to move correctly, and inflammation.

So what did I do to myself:

  1. I had two of my vertebrae in my neck out of alignment.
  2. I had a dislocated rib
  3. My SI joint was out of place
  4. 1 side of my hip was jammed
  5. Other side of my hip was dislocated (note: I can usually tell from slight pain, and I sometimes trip when walking on flat surfaces from misalignment.)

Needless to say, I have been rehabilitating my back. Laying flat, icing, Ibuprofen, plenty of water and went to my chiropractor in this last week. He told me I had not seen him for 6 months. I was doing really well. He was impressed, but I really should have gone in after my Level 1 test to get a tune up.

I am feeling loads better (I have some pain) and plan to be back on my training schedule next week. I may take it slow for the first days to make sure my back is holding up. But for this week I took it easy… even thought it was this side of torture, especially when we can’t get out to do anything else.

If it hurts why do it?

I post day to day updates on my other forms of social media, and was asked why I do this at all. The “this” being Muay Thai, Working out as much as I do, training at all. I am often asked this and one other question. Do I think training like this is hurting my condition/body more?

So lets just address these questions, because there are times where I wonder. I have mulled it over. Often times it happens when I am injured or my painful condition rears its ugly head.

Why do I train Muay Thai, and workout as much as I do?

  1. I do this cause I love the martial art.
  2. I train cause it is great for my body. I feel better over all when I train. My body stays limber, my mind stays sharp, I sleep better, I am learning about a culture I have grown to love, and I feel a sense of accomplishment.
  3. I have fitness goals I want to achieve.
  4. I would love to possibly one day pass on what I have learned. Pass on my love for this art.

Do I think training like this is hurting my scoliosis/body more?

I have wrestled with this question many times. Wondering if I am harming my back more. I can safely say that for me and my body, my Doctor has been amazed at my healing ability, and how flexible I am staying. He says I am leaps and bounds more active than 80% of the people in my age group.

  1. I don’t believe it is hurting my scoliosis more. If anything it is keeping me limber, helping me grow and condition my muscles to support my back more. (Doctors reports tell me I am not, and he is fully aware of my activities)
  2. I will not let my condition define me and stop me from living my life. I have long since decided that I could just sit on the couch. Keeping my back and neck safe. Avoiding things that could hurt it. In the end of my life, what would that life be like? What would I look back on, thinking… well I was safe, and did not hurt anything? That seems sad, to not live life because I am scared to get hurt. That is not to say I don’t stop to think about it some times. I think that is human to re-evaluate.
  3. I am much healthier now. I know how my body felt before I started my fitness journey and how I feel now.

Keep in mind, sore muscles, sore body due to exercise/exertions are completely different than structural damage. If I were damaging my body structurally I would not do that.

Now that I am on the mend waiting is terrible. Anyway thank you for reading, and I hope you and your loved ones stay safe in this pandemic. Get out there and move your body if you can. I will be back at it next week.

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Fuel your body during COVID-19: Easy Veggie Soup with Sausage – (use old veggies that look ugly/go bad)

the veg

Hello everyone. Yup I had a fridge full of the ugly veggies that I took pictures of for my previous fuel your body post. I wanted to do something with them, so I decided to make it easy on myself and make a veggie sausage soup. You can totally make this vegan with no sausage, but with my family of pre teens they will riot if I don’t feed them.

I had onions, carrots, cellary that was starting to look wilting, and one stalk even looked a little anemic. I had tomatoes that were not firm any more, bell peppers that were wrinkly and not as beautiful, and a staple in my house Yukon Gold potatoes. I had one container of chicken stock, but you can sub veggie stock to make it vegetarian/vegan.

Our stores still don’t have all the products we are used to. Our shipping is over loaded. So I bought what was on sale, and what I could find. When I got home I realized I bought beer bratwurst. So I just went with it.

This recipe can be altered to be:

  1. Vegetarian/Vegan

This recipe is:

  1. Gluten Free (unless you make the bred below)
  2. Dairy Free
  3. Full of Fiber
  4. Full of nutrients
  5. Low in fat
  6. Low in salt

Anyway it came out fantastic. So here is what I did.

Easy Veggie Soup with Sausage

Ingredients:

Yield: 8 servings

  1. 4 cups of stock Chicken/Veggie your preference
  2. 4 really ripe soft tomatoes chopped
  3. 4 cups of Yukon Gold potatoes chopped
  4. 2 cups of carrots chopped
  5. 4 stalks of celery chopped even the leafy tops
  6. 1 yellow onion chopped
  7. 2 green bell peppers or 2 cups chopped
  8. 1 tablespoon of ginger sliced about the top part of your thumb worth of ginger
  9. 2 cloves of garlic chopped
  10. 2 cups of water
  11. 1 tablespoon of salt
  12. Pepper to taste
  13. Beer Bratwurst 5 casing cut removed and sauteed

Directions:

  1. Saute onions, ginger till fragrant, add meat that has been removed from casing, and saute till cooked.
  2. Add hard veggies and the rest of the aromatics, carrots, potatoes, garlic, and celery. Stir together to heat.
  3. Add stock, and water, bring to a boil and lower heat to medium. Let cook for about 10 to 15 minutes.
  4. Add soft veggies tomatoes, and peppers. Let cook another 10 minutes.
  5. Serve piping hot. I made home made bread with it, and the family gobbled it up. It made enough to have it for two nights with 4 people.

I will put a link to the bread recipe I used. It is a no knead dough, that uses yeast.

Easy Rustic Crusty Bread with Tutorial {No Mixer, No Kneading}

This was a hit with my family. We had warm crusty bread. Delicious soup with so much depth of flavor. They gobbled it up.

I hope this post finds you and your family healthy and happy. Please stay safe, wash your hands, and take the precautions you need. Thank you for reading. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. Would you like to see posts about baking breads?

Workout/Martial Arts 03/23/2020: We exert so much energy into fear of failure.

This week in keeping up the workouts and martial arts has been surreal, and just as crazy. I have come up against some other hurdles to keeping my schedule. I am so tired of this pandemic messing up my routine.

What you may ask can be causing you to have troubles getting your booty into gear?

  1. Weather– its been alternately cold and rainy to 80 degree F days here. On the rainy days I have to wait till there is a break in the weather to go out.
  2. Husband, and children – various needs of my family, and making me tired and just want to be lazy.
  3. Missing my gym/classes being scheduled so I just show up and we work. I miss my gym Muay Thai and Kali classes. I could just show up and do my workout. Even if I was having a shitty day, by the time I got there I was there. Might as well just do it. Even if I was tired and not feeling it.
  4. Husband deciding not to go do a workout with you, makes it harder to make (at least for me) myself get my booty in gear.

Tuesday 03/24/2020: 1 hour – 1 mile run, Muay Thai

  • We always pay respect before we start

Workout: 1 hour of Interval run, and Muay Thai training.

I am not feeling it today. I made myself get up and go do the workout. But PMS is rearing it’s ugly head. Kids have been on my last nerve, fussing at me about just anything.

We worked on:

1) Jab, cross , lead hook, uppercut, cut stem knee.
2) Jab, jab, cross, long lead hook, rear kick
3) Jab, cross, rear upper cut, lead uppercut
4) Jab, cross, lead hook, rear uppercut

I did not want to do it but I did it. I am tired and been up since 3:30 am and had to go to work at the Bakery. But there you go. Sometimes I just do what I can and that has to be enough.

Thursday 03/26/2020: 1 hour and 20 mins – 1 mile run, Muay Thai

Workout: 1 hour and 20 minutes. We did an interval run 2 min run / 1 min walk. Took the kids to run with us.

Then practiced Muay Thai.

1) jab, cross, lead hook, upper cut, upper cut
2) jab, cross, lead head hook, rear body hook
3) jab, cross, uppercut, lead knee
4) jab, cross, lead head hook, rear body hook, c step out to rear knee
5) elbows and knee burn out

Whew I am tired.

Saturday 03/28/2020: 40 min – 1 mile run, Quad Band Workout

Workout: 40 minute workout 1 mile run and glute band workout.

I took advantage of the lull in the weather to go run it was beautiful. Not many people out.

Then I did a glute band workout:

All of these can be done without a glute band but the glute band makes it more challenging.
I did 4 exercises trying to get 15 reps each set and a total of 3 sets per exercise. I did it in a superset so no rest between each exercise doing all 4 before a 30 second rest.

1) single leg dead lifts 15 each leg: 15L,15R 15L,15R 15L,15R

2) on elbow plank kick backs 15 each leg: 15L,15R 10L,10R 10L,10R

3) fire hydrants 15 each leg: 15L,15R 15L,15R 15L,15R

4) donkey kicks 15 each leg: 15L,15R 15L,15R 10L,10R

Whew! I am tired. H did not want to come with so I did it on my own.

“She is poise she is grace” she so red in the face after workout. That is a sexay look.

So there you have it. I only got 3 workout days in. I was lazy on some days. Other days the weather was not working with me. Then family was wearing me out. I hate to have excuses, but that is what happened.

“We exert so much energy into fear of failure and then beating ourselves up when it happens that we have no energy left to be resilient. “

The Resilience Breakthrough: 27 Tools for Turning Adversity into Action by Christian Moore

This quote rang true for me. I compare, and chastise myself when I don’t add up.

I need to have the ability to see where I am at and to forgive myself if I fail or fall back. Sigh, I just want to keep up my training.

I am so happy that we did our level 1 test in Muay Thai before this. We, me, my husband, teammate, were talking about it. If I had to try to keep up our conditioning during this time it would be near impossible.

Anyway thanks for reading. Please keep safe. Keep disinfecting yourself and your family. Please feel free to subscribe, and comment if you want.

Gymshark Review: Ordered During COVID-19 Pandemic – Turbo Cropped Legging Cobalt

front view

First things first. I was not paid to do this review. I paid for the product myself with my own money.

Well I am amazed. I did not expect it to come so fast. I am sure that other people will not have the exact same experience. However, on their website, when you go to order they have a warning. Like any company would during this pandemic. So I expected to have to wait for it for a while, weeks even.

“Good news! We are still able to ship to your country, however due to ongoing challenges related to COVID-19 your order may be subject to courier delays.
Please keep an eye on our ‘COVID-19’ FAQ page for further updates.”

I saw that these pants were on sale. I have been wanting to get them for a while, love the color and the pattern. Did not want to buy full price cause I was worried I would not like them like the last ones I bought from Gymshark. I was willing to give them another chance.

I understand they have different fabrics, however since I am buying these on my own I cannot afford to try all the different styles. I just get what I can when I can.

I ordered it on 03/16/2020 and received it yesterday 03/19/2020. That’s three days. With the ability to see where the order is, I saw that the label was printed in Belgium, and it shipped out of Germany, then it got here. This happened all in three days. So regardless of what I think of the pants. I am about to go run in them, and then do my Muay Thai and Kali workout. I am very happy with the shipping. I would have understood if it took longer, but it did not thankfully.

Enough prattling on here is the review:

I love them. They fit well, they perform well, and they do what I need them to do when I am moving around. On top of it all they are my favorite color.

I put up pictures above, and in one of them you can see the silicon lining at the waistline. I was surprised about it and in the end happy about it. When I went running they did not slip at all. I did not have to adjust them at all.

Pros:

  1. Stay put when running, doing martial arts, I am sure when doing anything they will stay put.
  2. Very comfortable, fabric is silky, and compression is just right.
  3. Size is dead on for me.
  4. Waist band is nice and thick.
  5. The shipping was phenomenal.
  6. They were on sale
  7. The color. Oh that saturated cobalt blue is so beautiful.
  8. High waist (on me it is very high waisted, because I am short)
  9. I like the design.

Cons:

  1. I guess the only thing I would say could be better is if it had pockets.

I really had no problems with these so far. They are exactly what I wanted. When I run they stay in place. They move with me, and I love them.

Would I buy them again?

Yes I would. Maybe a different color, or maybe the same color cause I love the color so much.

Does this change my view on Gymshark?

Yes I am more willing to give them a try again. Of course when there is a sale.

This was my first review of them. My over all review and feelings about the first order was meh. I do not wear those pants to workout, I wear them to the bakery instead. They did not hold up well.
https://think.fitness.blog/2019/03/03/gymshark-review-doo-doo-doo-doo-gymshark/

Would I pay full price for these pants?

You know… I would. I like a sale better, but I would certainly pay full price. I work out 5 to 6 days a week normally so investing in great gear is important and helps to make the process more fun, and smoother.

  • side view
  • Side view of high waist
  • High Waist
  • rear view

So hopefully that is a little bit different post than most out there. It has been a crazy tumultuous couple of weeks. We don’t know what is going to happen from on day to the next. I am still trying to keep up with my training.

As silly as it seems having something come in, no matter if it is small is nice. It is something to look forward to. Something different to take the mind off of what is rolling around the corner.

As always, thank you for reading. At this time and during our social distancing. I feel like I have a connection to other people outside of my home. Even if it is just through my blog. My personal social media sites, or through email and snail mail. While we flatten the curve at least this is a place where we can write to one another.

So if you have questions, feel free to ask. Like if you like this kind of blog post. Also let me know if you want me to write about something else. Keep safe. Wash your hands, and hug your loved ones if you can.

Fuel Yourself During The Pandemic: Fresh or not so Fresh Fruits or Veggies

During this time of Pandemic fruits and veggies are getting hard to find. Maybe you stocked up and forgot about that bunch of broccoli in the back of your refrigerator, or those tomatoes are looking a little wrinkly.

How do you know what to eat and what to toss?

I am going to tell you some of the ways I look at our fruits and veggies. How I assess what I have and what we can use, and some ways to use them in your cooking. As a chef a lot of these would just be thrown away during times of plenty. The idea being you want to serve the best of the best to your clientele. However, we are also taught what is healthy, how to use all of the product you have, and what you can get away with trimming. We cover how to avoid food waste a great deal as well.

Grab a cup of coffee, tea, or what ever you are drinking its going to be a bit of a long blog.

As always use your best judgment, and stay safe.

These are some of the most common grocery, and produce items you can get here. If I missed something that is common where you live please feel free to ask, I will answer, and let you know if I have any familiarity with that product.

Cheese –

This is not produce but it is important. Hard cheese you can keep if it has mold on it. Rule of thumb is cut about an inch around and under the mold to remove the mold spot, then wrap in a new piece of plastic.

Dairy (like sour cream and yogurt), and Jam/jellies/preserves –

Throw these out. They may contain poisons, and toxins that are very dangerous. Never take chances with these.

Bread –

If it is moldy throw it out. The mold can be very dangerous on bread.

Hint: If you have the freezer space you can freeze your extra bread. Place it on the counter to come to room temp after freezing. It is better to buy fresh, but this can help stock up to stay at home.

Hard vegetables and Fruits you can generally cut away the mold and use.

(Example: Carrots, Bell Pepper, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, root veggies, etc.)

Produce and what to do with them:

Tomatoes –

  1. If your tomatoes are wrinkly and not firm they are good for cooking, sauces and soups.
  2. If they are moldy throw them away. Remember mold on soft fruits, berries, etc you should throw away.

Carrots –

  1. If your carrot is looking limp, feeling flimsy, and the tops/greens looking yellowish, and limp. They are good for roasting, cooking in soup, making a sauce, sauteing up.
  2. If your carrot is moldy, cut about inch around the mold off. If for instance at the tip, I just cut the tip off.

Onions –

  1. If your onion has a black sooty mold on outer skin, peel till you see new flesh/skin. If you don’t need that onion right away a new papery brown skin will form from the new skin you exposed.
    • That black, sooty-looking substance on the skins of onions is a mold. Aspergillus niger is its name. It is a common fungus found on onions in the field in and stored in bags at the grocery store. It is found on the outside of the onion and is typically harmless.
    • What to do if a bunch is touching an onion that has some mold. I remove both. Peel them down, and rinse them with water. Then dry them thoroughly.
  2. You can cook them right away but they are still shelf stable.
  3. If it is at all looking wet or slimy throw it away.

Broccoli –

  1. If your broccoli is browning on the crown in spots, and or the stalks looking warn and old. Trim the brown spots off and remove the stems.
  2. If it is at all looking wet or slimy throw it away.

Cabbage –

  1. If your cabbage is looking old and limp. You can use it in stir fry, soup, even roasted. Hard veggies and fruits you can cut off around and under any moldy spots about 1 inch in.
  2. If it is wet and slimy throw it away.

Greens –

  1. Lettuces and greens, tend to get wet and break down fast. So throw them away if they start looking moldy, wet, slimy.
  2. Should you throw away if it looks limp? If it has just lost its vigor but does not smell bad feel slimy you can try soaking it in cold water, to see if it crisps up and then use it.

Bananas –

  1. If the banana is moldy throw it away.
  2. If the banana is brown, bruised, almost black, you can still use it in baking, smoothies, fruit soups, etc.

Berries –

  1. If your berries, or other soft fruits and veggies are moldy throw them away.
  2. If your berries are just looking a little sad, but not moldy, that is a great time to puree them into a smoothie, or bake them into baked goods.

Mushrooms –

  1. If they are moldy throw them away.
  2. If they have dark spots use them now, in roasting, soup, sauces, baking etc. Use them in anything that they don’t have to be pretty.
  3. If they get wrinkly, they are drying out, and better to just throw away.
  4. If the are odorous or stinky throw them out.

Apples –

  1. If your apple bruised and ugly it is still ok to eat. Just cut off the bruised spot. Eat raw, or you can cook them down into apple sauce. You can grate them and use them in baking.
  2. If your apple has mold throw it away.
  3. If it is in a bag with others that have mold, throw away the offending apple, and take all others out wash them and dry them really well.

Oranges –

  1. If your orange has mold on it throw it out.
  2. If one goes bad in the bag what should you do? Throw out the moldy orange. Then wash the other oranges and dry thoroughly. Those should be safe to eat.

Peppers –

  1. If your peppers are wrinkly, you can still eat them. They would be great for roasting, in casseroles, sauces, or soups.
  2. If your pepper is a little moldy cut off an inch around. However, I tend to throw it out if the mold is found inside of the pepper.

Avocado –

  1. After you cut it the avocado and it gets brown/oxydized, you cut it a day ago and it looks terrible. It is still ok to eat generally. You can cut off the ugly oxydized parts.
  2. If it is moldy throw it out.

Here is an example of the dinner I made for my family with produce that was not the freshest. I used the broccoli, and carrots pictured above.

Tilapia, mushroom medley, carrots broccoli onion saute, and rice.

The list goes on, and on, and on, but I don’t have the time to go through every fruit and vegetable here. I hope this helps.

Be careful what you eat and use your best judgment. Stopping food waste is a great thing to learn. Consequently during this time of pandemic it may just help your food budget go further.

So when you venture out to get your supplies. Don’t fear the ugly produce. Eat the ugly produce. If it is a sad looking and all you can get, you can still use it. If nothing else throw it all in a stock pot with some water, and boil it down. Make a veggie stock to use in your other cooking.

Thank you for reading. Stay safe, and lets all flatten the curve by keeping our social distance. At least we can talk online right? Subscribe and comment if you want.

Note: Sorry for so many posts. I just wanted to get these out because I thought they could be helpful for so many people.

Workout/Martial Arts 03/16/2020: Working Out My Routine in This Pandemic

Everyone has been effected by this pandemic. Gyms are closed, schools are closed, people are working from home if they are lucky. Workers who are essential to the survival of the community are still out there working. One of my jobs is at a bakery. We are there, and I try to help others where I can. This is scary and I am starting to get overloaded with all the articles and media input on this pandemic.

The one thing that helps me, is to have a workout routine and goals. It helps me relieve stress, anxiety, and gets me thinking about something else. I made a commitment to myself years ago that I would stay on this journey no matter what. I have gotten through two medical scares. One was a kidney stone, and the other was a doozy uterine cancer. I can get through this.

Do we have to change up our routine? Yup, but change is good for your body. Also it gets you thinking about what you can do at home. So while I am still working out my workout routine during this pandemic, I am going to keep doing what I can with my head held high. I done a lot of reading and people I believe it is going to take longer than 2 weeks of isolation for this thing to blow over.

What works for me does not always work for other people, but having a routine and goals helps me have something to shoot for.

Tentative Workout routine:

  1. Run every day that I am going to do a workout (goal is to get better at running)
  2. Martial Arts- Muay Thai and Kali practice 3 times a week
  3. Full body plyometrics, and weight lifting 2 to 3 times a week.

Monday 03/16/2020: 2 mile run, Muay Thai, and full body workout

Workout #1. 2 mile run

Workout #2. 57 minutes Full body workout. Made H do it with me too.

Love my home gym… 

Workout: Do each Workout as follows
45 second, 15 seconds rest, 4 sets each exercise

  1. Goblet squats with a 20 lb kettle bell
  2. Walking lunges
  3. Revers leg push on bench (lay face down on the bench, with bent knees, push legs up squeeze glutes and hamstrings at top)
  4. Swiss ball hamstring pulls
  5. Swiss ball pikes
  6. Wall knees Muay Thai ( thank you Silvie Von Douglas)
  7. Wall jab, cross, uppercut, elbows Muay Thai (thank you Silvie Von Douglas)
  8. Leg Circles left and right
  9. Ball reverse crunches

I will put Silvie Von Douglas video here. This is where I got the Muay Thai wall knees and wall punches and elbows idea from.

Wednesday 03/18/2020: 1.5 hours, Run, Muay Thai

1.5 hours Workout/Muay Thai training

We went for a 1 mile run, then we worked on Muay Thai for a little over an hour.

I am so lucky that H and I train together, cause we know a great number of drills. So I feel like we can keep working Muay Thai. I have been feeling sad we have not been able to go to training. I miss Muay Thai training. We will try to keep up our training while we are socially distancing ourselves during this pandemic.

We worked the:

  1. boxing 20
  2. knees
  3. some kicks
  4. I found and worked on the fact that when I throw my crosses I turn my fist first and throw it. I only do it when I do the cross on its own. I should throw it out there and then turn it at the end. When I throw a jab, cross, I don’t turn it till the end.

I think it is important to keep up our training, and It is important for people to get exercise in. I know a lot of people are at home now without anything to do. Also you have a lot more time. I believe starting to get a workout into your daily schedule, now that you don’t have to drive anywhere if you are stuck at home would be great.

I however, want to caution, if you have not been doing a lot of exercise start slowly. Start by walking daily, or running twice a week, try some yoga there are youtube videos you can watch. You don’t want to hurt yourself right now, but get up and get some exercise in.

I took video of some of our training.

https://youtu.be/zsyb7vTXp5I

Friday 03/20/2020: 2 hours, Run, Muay Thai, and Kali

Workout #1 : 1 mile run. I listened to my trainers suggestions and ran differently today. I went for a mile run, 1 min run/ 1 min walk. My overall time was much better for the mile. One of my goals for this time is to get better at running. Woot! Thanks Khun Kru Krysta for the tips and motivation.

Hoping to get some Muay Thai and Kali training in later when H is off work.

Workout #2: 1.5 Muay Thai and Kali. I love having H here to help me work on my technique. I am not in any way an expert. But I am going to keep practicing.

Keep training and working through the pandemic. Don’t give up on your dreams during this time.

I have a video I am going to put up too.

Also I love these new pants from Gymshark.

Some of my training video

https://youtu.be/wyU7SZgEnZU

Sunday 03/22/2020: 45 minutes, Run, full body workout

Middle picture shows angled or seated pull ups and chin ups.

I could not drag husband along this time he was tired. He was working all weekend so I understand.

Workout: 45 minutes. I did an interval run like my trainer recommended 2 min run/1 min walk for a mile.

Then I did a plyometric workout:
1 min each exercise with 15 seconds rest between doing each 3 times

( Note: I did a seated or angled chin ups and pull ups because I am not strong enough yet to do them on my own. I hope to be able to do them one day. But either way it still worked my arms really well.)

  1. curb toe taps
  2. alternating jump lunges
  3. 1 1/2 squats with a pump in the middle
  4. seated pull ups/angled
  5. human pull overs ( anchor your arms and using your core and lats pull your straightened legs up and to your face. Think hanging leg pikes)
  6. seated chin ups/angled

That was it for this last week. I got 4 days of work out in. It is not my normal schedule and it may change again.

We have to be kind to ourselves. I have to remind myself of that. I am a get up and, go go go person. If we are not going what are we doing? Wasting time? But I know that this is new our life has changed and what we are doing has changed. I am taking into consideration when H wants to go and work out. I am working around him being home all the time. So I can’t do a loud HIIT work out at home where it may disturb him.

I have goals Running, and keep up with my Muay Thai and Kali.

Its going to be weird, its going to suck, but we are going to keep moving. Thank you for reading. I hope you have a great week. Please don’t give up on your dreams. Keep going, even if you have to change things, or post pone things. Keep dreaming and keep reaching. Stay safe, and all the love goes out to you.

Note: while I am running I am keeping social distancing. I just don’t get to near anyone and I don’t stop to talk to anyone. I just wave hi and continue on.