Fit(ter) for the Fourth Update
Last week, I said I was doing a four week “Fit(ter) for the Fourth Challenge. I just looked at the calendar and saw that the 4th of July is four weeks from yesterday.
Silly me…I have an extra week.
Last week went well. I got in all my workouts except for one and I reached one of my goals- multiple dead hang pull ups. Woot woot! Yep, yesterday morning I knocked out two. I actually should be able to do many more by now because two and half years ago I shocked myself by doing multiple pull ups when I didn’t think I could do one. Then for some reason (life) I quite doing them and lost them. Quick. It took MONTHS to be able to do just one again. For me, developing upper body strength has been like connecting to the internet with dial up. S.L.O.W.
My workout plan for this week…
Monday – Full Body Workout w/kettlebells and suspension trainer (Done and my glutes are worked.)
Tuesday – Taekwondo w/some sparring and Walk with a friend (Done)
Wednesday – Full Body Workout
Thursday – Sparring and walk
Friday – Full Body Workout
Saturday – Rest
Sunday – Rest
The schedule may not look much different from last week but I’m always doing different full body workouts and “cardio”. Here is my cardio from last Tuesday when Brent and I headed over to the beach for a short workout while the boys were in their taekwondo class. We didn’t have much time so we did a short 20 minutes circuit but we enjoyed laughing and sweating together as the sun took off for Japan.
Ropes 40/20 (40 seconds of work/20 seconds of rest)
Swings 40/20
Sprints (We sprinted to a nearby sand dune and back. It took about 30-40 seconds)
We set the gym boss at the desired intervals (40/20) for 20 rounds (2o minutes).
Short and simple. That’s what I’m all about. (Quite literally.)
Me working the rope. (Glad the lifeguard wasn’t on duty.)
Swings and pugs
(Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE this guy?)
The dark bring spots in the distance was where we sprinted to and back. Brent likes to let me “think” that I can win and then takes off leaving me in the dust sand. Punk.
I hope your week is going well!!!!
Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn
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where is the summer going?!
too too fast huh?
for this misfit anyway.
Great job on your workouts! You’re kicking butt & taking names. I can’t hang w/ much more than a few miles of running right now. Blah.
You may have mentioned your love for him once or twice. 😉
Your view is infinitely better than anything I saw while working out in the gym this morning during the thunderstorm. Lucky duck.
Awesome job on the pull ups!!!
Love the beach workout pics!!! Gorgeous!
I can totally see Brent doing that! Pull ups… You got that one. Now I really need to go work out today.
Nice job on the pullups!! Super jealous you get to do swings, ropes and runs on the beach. that looks like a ton of fun!!
ps…found your blog from a friend of mine. I really like it!
Thank you for stopping by, Nikki. I feel pretty blessed to have so many incredible places to workout near my house. One of my favorite things to do is go run up this big sand dune. I’ll do kbs at the bottom, run up and down, then more kettlebells. It’s intense and the views are out of this world.
I love that pic of you on the beach with the ropes! Powerful and beautiful!
Thanks friend.
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Been a lurker on your blog for almost a year and every post has either inspired me or helped me pull through those ch-ch-ch-changes as you have said. Your kettlebells workouts are very inspiring and they have definatley made a positive impact on my fitness and weight loss goals. Thank you for your awesome website and if possible can u post a little on your rope workouts? They look very fun!
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Absolutely first rate and corpbp-eottomed, gentlemen!