I subbed step at 6:15 this morning and I am going to sub lower body bootcamp at 9:30. I'm planning to do stationary lunges, squats, and "supermans" for hamstrings. Simple yet painful...hehehe Then I teach piano in the afternoon.
Breakfast: quinoa crunchies, blueberry yogurt other meals: no clue yet
I'm going to do chest, shoulders and triceps today plus a cardio video. No other plans other than to finish up my last plastic surgery diary article and really TRY to motivate myself to do some marketing stuff.
Breakfast: peanut butter banana wrap
Snack: protein shake
Lunch: weekly chick-fil-a date with DH, frozen yogurt
Re: your question about kickboxing helping you defend yourself - they are useful things to know, but there are much more useful and effective ways to defend oneself as a woman. The problem with kickboxing and martial arts as tools of defensive is that they are usually used in a standing position. If you go toe-to-toe with a guy standing up, he will almost always win because 9 times out of 10, his upper body is going to be stronger than yours (not to mention, the adrenaline kicks in). There are self defense classes for women that teach you how to fight from the ground where you have the most leverage and power. Check out this link:
I did this class twice in Los Angeles and it was amazing. It was intense, frightening, and so educational. I strongly recommend taking a class like this. It was absolutely life-changing.
In time Jean, it'll just be there in your head and you won't have to remember ahead. Not to scare you, and it could just be me, but it took 2-3 years before I started feeling like I was on top of things when I taught. I will readily admit too that this was in large part due to the support and guidance I received from veteran instructors at the Y I was at then (which is why I love mentoring - I hope to pass along the same support & guidance I was so lucky to get).
I'm teaching Half & Half (Low Imp./weights); weight training; Low Impact/Core classes today. I'm excited as we're getting stablity balls at the gym I teach Wed. noonhours, for me to start teaching Ball class as of Oct. I have to say the ladies at that gym (its a tiny corporate facility, but the members are diehards) do wonders for my ego (like it needs any help sometimes). As you know I was pretty down in the dumps about a situation at one of the gyms I work for on Tues. Well, Wed. the corporate group told me they indended to petition mgmnt. to get me teaching 3 days (that's actually 6 classes) a week. Although I had to tell them this wasn't possible for me AND they'd get mighty sick of me it was just what I needed at that moment in time. Since then I've been officially asked to do more classes there and agreed to two extra days a month.
Breakfast: homemade oatmeal-flax jumbleberry mini muffins; hot lemon water
Meal 2: crushed wheat toast w/ PB; rose-green tea
Meal 3: possibly a Dragon Bowl from the vegan coffeehouse by the gym OR a pizza sandwich (italian Tofurkey, pasta sauce, vegan mozza)at home
Supper: Tofurkey/lettuce/tomato sandwich on crushed wheat bread; greek salad
Snacks: tortilla chips w/ salsa; #1 Son wants to make cookies so probably some of these; a few dark choc. covered coffee beans; tea
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I subbed step at 6:15 this morning and I am going to sub lower body bootcamp at 9:30. I'm planning to do stationary lunges, squats, and "supermans" for hamstrings. Simple yet painful...hehehe Then I teach piano in the afternoon.
Breakfast: quinoa crunchies, blueberry yogurt
other meals: no clue yet
I'm going to do chest, shoulders and triceps today plus a cardio video. No other plans other than to finish up my last plastic surgery diary article and really TRY to motivate myself to do some marketing stuff.
Breakfast: peanut butter banana wrap
Snack: protein shake
Lunch: weekly chick-fil-a date with DH, frozen yogurt
Snack/Dinner: cottage cheese, veggies
I'll have to see if that theory is true.
Those are dropsets. I love those...
Re: your question about kickboxing helping you defend yourself - they are useful things to know, but there are much more useful and effective ways to defend oneself as a woman. The problem with kickboxing and martial arts as tools of defensive is that they are usually used in a standing position. If you go toe-to-toe with a guy standing up, he will almost always win because 9 times out of 10, his upper body is going to be stronger than yours (not to mention, the adrenaline kicks in). There are self defense classes for women that teach you how to fight from the ground where you have the most leverage and power. Check out this link:
http://www.modelmugging.org/
I did this class twice in Los Angeles and it was amazing. It was intense, frightening, and so educational. I strongly recommend taking a class like this. It was absolutely life-changing.
In time Jean, it'll just be there in your head and you won't have to remember ahead. Not to scare you, and it could just be me, but it took 2-3 years before I started feeling like I was on top of things when I taught. I will readily admit too that this was in large part due to the support and guidance I received from veteran instructors at the Y I was at then (which is why I love mentoring - I hope to pass along the same support & guidance I was so lucky to get).
I'm teaching Half & Half (Low Imp./weights); weight training; Low Impact/Core classes today. I'm excited as we're getting stablity balls at the gym I teach Wed. noonhours, for me to start teaching Ball class as of Oct. I have to say the ladies at that gym (its a tiny corporate facility, but the members are diehards) do wonders for my ego (like it needs any help sometimes). As you know I was pretty down in the dumps about a situation at one of the gyms I work for on Tues. Well, Wed. the corporate group told me they indended to petition mgmnt. to get me teaching 3 days (that's actually 6 classes) a week. Although I had to tell them this wasn't possible for me AND they'd get mighty sick of me it was just what I needed at that moment in time. Since then I've been officially asked to do more classes there and agreed to two extra days a month.
Breakfast: homemade oatmeal-flax jumbleberry mini muffins; hot lemon water
Meal 2: crushed wheat toast w/ PB; rose-green tea
Meal 3: possibly a Dragon Bowl from the vegan coffeehouse by the gym OR a pizza sandwich (italian Tofurkey, pasta sauce, vegan mozza)at home
Supper: Tofurkey/lettuce/tomato sandwich on crushed wheat bread; greek salad
Snacks: tortilla chips w/ salsa; #1 Son wants to make cookies so probably some of these; a few dark choc. covered coffee beans; tea
That's cool to have students stand up for you.
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