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.
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 workoutSheFit 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 minSheFit 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
Thinks with Spinks 