Week Four Do Over Day One Cardio

Sorry for the hiatus folks. I had a bit of an ankle injury. I skipped the last week and a half hoping rest would do the trick. It didn't. Luckily I have a physical therapist in the family and now I've got some nifty new arch supports. I ran two miles Saturday and Sunday with some pain. Today's Cardio however, I nailed it with little to no pain! I feel so glad to be back on a fitness schedule. I'm not really sure how I coped before BeachBody. It's such a large part of my life now that I feel like a part of me is missing without it.  So today's cardio came right back to me surprisingly. I'm not sure why I thought I'd forget or be totally out of shape in just a week and a half but I was fine. I nailed it.  My two favorite moves today were controlled squats and speed and agility.  (I miss speed 1.0) My two least favorite moves were lateral mountain climbers and switch kicks. I'm not sure that'll every change.  I'm hoping this week goes well, and I can move onto week five with no issues and then on to the beta phase. Scary!! I'm sure I'll be fine. I'm going to keep up my running three times a week since the color me rad is sneaking right up on me. Can't wait!

Interested in T25 or Shakeology? Find me on Facebook or visit my site!

facebook.com/miranda.hanscom.5

http://beachbodycoach.com/mamahanscom

 

 

T25 Week Four Day Three - Lower Body Focus

No sweaty pic tonight, I cooled off fast.  I was dripping sweat fifteen minutes ago but the nights are getting cooler here and I'm all dried off.  It's safe to say that my legs are done for.  The two miles outside with a  hill finisher pushing my twenty pound munchkin in his stroller followed by lower body focus was maaaaayyyybbbbeeee not a good idea tonight. Oh well, I survived.  The pulse lunges and hold lunges were definitely the worst part of this workout. I can squat all day long but lunges KILL me! I'm signing up for my fourth race tonight (this is only less than a one k, which seems kind of useless but it's in the dark with glow lights so it seems worth it anyway).  Needless to say, I burned too many calories today for what I ate so midnight (9:30 really) snack it is. Short blog tonight. Stay tuned for full body circuit again tomorrow (aka complaining about planks).

 

Interested in T25 or Shakeology? Find me on Facebook or visit my site!

facebook.com/miranda.hanscom.5

http://beachbodycoach.com/mamahanscom

 

 

 

Focus T25 Week Four Day Two - Total Body Circuit

I'm reserved tonight. That's because my fuel tank is running on empty. For some reason I was very tired before my workout. It might have had something to do with me rocking my baby boy to sleep in a dark quiet room. I thought, you know, I haven't had a rest day since Tuesday. Maybe I could just do Tuesday as my rest day? No. I need to follow the program unless I have something important come up that I just can't do it.  So I pushed play and yawned the whole first five minutes.  Again, I took breaks during the plank work but not as many as I usually do.  Total Body is the awesome workout where Shaun T works you like a dog until there are nine minutes left and then decides to do a Burnout. Yeah. Forgot about that little gem.  But for some strange reason, and I'm NOT complaining, I got my second wind during the burnout. I did all the moves with no breaks, even the plank oblique push ups. I usually die five seconds before he counts down 3-2-1. But not tonight. I finished strong. It's funny because floor sprints used to be my favorite part of level one, two, and three drills in Insanity but not so much in T25. Maybe that's because you do them for a whole minute straight (or is it thirty seconds that just feels like a minute)?  Either way, not a fan this go round.  I kept my promise to myself and didn't do a run tonight but I plan on getting one in tomorrow. Outside, where it's really running! And then I'll do some Lower Body Focus. My legs will just LOVE me.

 

Interested in T25 or Shakeology? Find me on Facebook or visit my site!

facebook.com/miranda.hanscom.5

http://beachbodycoach.com/mamahanscom

 

 

 

T25 Week Four Day One - Cardio

Hey guess what? Cardio still kicks my ass in week four! I've got three things to tell you. 1. I hated switch kicks in Insanity. 2. I still hate switch kicks in Focus T25. 3. If switch kicks will get me calves like Tania's I guess I'll do them and shut up.  That is what I got out of tonight's workout. Maybe at the end of the week I will actually take a rest day from exercise. I haven't had one since Tuesday night when I pushed my workouts back a day for the concert. I'm thinking my body needs a rest day. My legs need a rest day.  And let me go peek what's on the agenda tomorrow...total body. Well at least my legs will get a little rest and I can complain some more about how weak my arms are. Here's a thought, I could do total body tomorrow and then do some weight arm exercises? Yeah! Except my arms might be jello by the time I'm done. I could take breaks every hour at work and do some push ups? I think that might get me some strange looks from my co-workers. Maybe that's taking it a little too far? I think tomorrow I need to push play and then push myself to take a day off from running.  It's kind of become a habit. A habit I hate (only because I haven't gotten a chance to run outside). But I will make a vow to run outside and explore the route to the left of my house Wednesday when my six year old is gone to her dad's.  Then I'll feel better. I have no patience running on a treadmill unless I'm distracted with television.  When I'm outside, I get a calm peaceful patience that I just don't get in my basement. Plus I know I can't stop because I can't get home if I do. I can just hop off the treadmill.  It pushes me to run faster, get home quicker, better my time. So that's my plan for tomorrow. Complain about arms, eat well so I don't feel the need to burn extra calories running, and take a rest day (from running that is). 

 

 

Interested in T25 or Shakeology? Find me on Facebook or visit my site!

facebook.com/miranda.hanscom.5

http://beachbodycoach.com/mamahanscom

 

 

 

T25 Week Three Days Four and Five - Cardio and Full Body Circuit & Ab Intervals

I forgot to post yesterday and I just realized that I didn't post day three but I don't think I can remember that far back!  Sorry!  But in my defense I went full throttle running after my T25 workout to try and beat my Fitbit calorie goal for the day.  So first up, day four Cardio.  It was tough, I haven't been sweating as much this week because it's been very cool, barely 70 degrees.  But tonight was a different story. Despite the coolness, I still was a sweaty mess afterwards.  It was a great workout and much needed but I still say that Cardio is way too much like Lowe Focus to follow it or be done in the same day. I felt my legs dying from the Lower Focus the day before. Then, as if my legs hadn't been worked enough, I hopped on the treadmill and ran full tilt for two miles.  When I was doing a cool down walk, I checked my Fitbit and was under my calories burned by about 200.  Well, I wasn't letting that slip by, this was the closest I have come. So I decided to run/walk intervals for another mile and finally beat it at 10:30. Phew! Today (Saturday because I'm a day behind) I got right up while the rest of my family slept and did my double day. I knew I wanted the rest of my day to relax and I also knew how sore I would get from a three mile run so getting the workout done early means I wouldn't be doing it sore later! Total body circuit had me breathing heavy and panting.  It really is a great workout but again, any leg work lacked a little because of two full days of leg work. And of course you all know how I feel about the plank work/pushups.  I just suck at them and end up needing tiny breaths just to stretch and shake my arms for a second. But I pushed through it (wouldn't say I nailed it) and started on Ab Intervals.  Usually I love ab intervals because this is my problem area on my body from carrying my kids.  I usually like the cardio recovery but I was so cardio-ed out from last night and Total Body that I still felt myself dragging during the Cardio. But the ab work kicked my butt and the extra little arm work in plank also kicked my butt. Overall I'm tired and ready to spend the day with my family. Let's see if I can follow through with my goal of doing stretch on my rest day and I'll post about that. I honestly just forget, not that I don't want to do it!

Interested in T25 or Shakeology? Find me on Facebook or visit my site!

facebook.com/miranda.hanscom.5

http://beachbodycoach.com/mamahanscom

 

 

 

T25 Week Three Day 2 - Speed 1.0

Well, last night I had to take a day off. I couldn't drag my lazy butt out of bed to workout in the morning since we got home at 10:30 from the concert.  So I'm just going to move my days back one.  So today I did yesterday's workout, Speed 1.0.  Speed 1.0 is quickly becoming my favorite workout. I know I said it was hard to keep up but I've noticed it's not that, it's that I feel like I can't get my legs crossed all the way like they are on the tv. But maybe that's just all in my head.  Anyway, the workout is refreshing, not only for the breaks but for the light movements that we do. It's not all out cardio, it's not lunges until you die, it's not plank work until you die.  The stretches are amazing. AND I also did something new. Shaun T's blog this week was what kind of footwear you should wear for Insanity and T25.  He said unless he has to wear shoes, he works out barefoot at home. WHAT? That just sounds crazy but I tried it tonight. It wasn't half bad, we'll see how my feet feel after a couple of days of it.  If you aren't at home, he suggests a good pair of cross trainers. I need to find out if my Nike Flex are cross trainers. I think they may be.  So after I did Speed 1.0, I did two miles on the treadmill. I hate the treadmill but running outside today is not an option. It's easier for me to do on the weekends. Week nights are my family time, which is why I work out so late at night. Anyway, I'm excited to be back on track. I get such guilt for skipping a workout. I know it's completely illogical but I feel like I'm going to gain all my weight back from skipping one day (yesterday) or eating like crap (yesterday, hubby treated me to Chili's and I had 580 calorie Sweet & Sour Chicken, chips and salsa AND boneless buffalo wings EEK!).  But I didn't gain it all in a day the first time so I guess I won't this time either. HEALTY HABITS! Cheat days are so not worth it for me. Except for the chips and salsa, I did not enjoy my cheat meal last night quite enough for the calories I wasted.

 

Interested in T25 or Shakeology? Find me on Facebook or visit my site!

facebook.com/miranda.hanscom.5

http://beachbodycoach.com/mamahanscom

 

 

 

T25 Week Three Day One - Total Body Circuit

I'm back after a weekend of rest! Not really! On Saturday I ran down my road (very busy road, I hate running on it but I'm not over the angry hornet incident from the HS track).  Because of the hills I only made it a mile in 30 minutes! I was very discouraged.  On Sunday I got up and showered early. I almost decided to call my mother in law and tell her to never mind coming to watch the kids. I was not going to go out and runt the 5k.  Then I checked my facebook and saw my husband (who never posts on facebook) made a post saying how proud of me he was and how amazing I am because I was running my first 5k. Well, that made me decide I had to do it for him, for myself, and because it was on facebook!  So I went thinking I'd follow my C25k ap since I only did a mile in 30 minutes yesterday.  I started out running (usually it's a warm up walk) since everyone else was running too. I felt good, so I kept running, and running, and running. And I didn't stop. I ran the whole 5k, 3.2 miles in 29 minutes. I'm so darn proud of myself (I've bragged to everyone).  I honestly think if I hadn't done Insanity, I never would have had the endurance, leg strength, or breathing to do that. Insanity is not just for people trying to lose weight. It can enrich all sorts of things in your life. Ok, enough about all that, you are reading this blog for T25 info.  So that being said, total body worked my legs good today. And let me tell you it was nice to use my quads and hip flexors and warm up my legs. I've been so sore all day so it felt really good. I can probably go to bed relaxed now. As usual, my arm strength lacked in this workout and I found myself going into child's pose in the middle of plank exercises.  I swear this week I'll do some weights and push ups to build some arm strength. But looking at the calendar, it looks like this workout becomes more frequent in these last three weeks of alpha so I think that'll give me a decent base for beta. I better do some other work just in case though! Aaaaaand I still hate pikes. That's all for today!

 

Interested in T25 or Shakeology? Find me on Facebook or visit my site!

facebook.com/miranda.hanscom.5

http://beachbodycoach.com/mamahanscom