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Super intense Monday workout

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

Again, I welcomed this week with lots of sweat! I did a few minutes of jogging, just to warm up, and then I proceeded to my workout routine. The breakdown is below the table. Also, I shot another video but I still have to edit it. This time I did the whole workout. Not just the first round. I did and recorded all of that! It’s a really good cardio workout mixed with some weight exercises! Wait until you see it. I’m sure you’ll like it. Meanwhile, here is my morning part:

Rounds (1 minute)	Jump rope skips	Abs Crunches (with ball)	Push ups (on ball)	Romanian Dead lifts	KICKS	Plank
1	156	33	25	34	72 snap
2	143	37	34	39	74 snap
3	174	42	28	37	53 RR
4	158	34		36	61 RL	x
5	127	35		31	65 RR	x
6	127	34		34	72 RL	x
TOTAL	879	215	87	211	146/118/133	3 min

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Hikes in Griffith Park

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

Yesterday and today I enjoyed nearby Griffith Park scenery. I’m lucky because I have a great park with many, many hiking trails and it’s all in a walking distance from where I live. So yesterday I grabbed some light weights and completed 1 hour of power walking. It was a good workout engaging upper & lower body. It made me sweat, mostly because I went out a little afternoon when the sun was high. Today, I did the same trail without weights. It wasn’t as hot as it was yesterday, therefore I would consider it a “relaxing” walk, not a formal workout.

Enjoy your Sunday! Go for a walk or spent some time outside 🙂

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Long walk in the morning

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

Tsunami in Japan…. very sad and devastating.

I went for a very long and pleasant walk this morning. I didn’t want to hurt my already pulled muscles anymore, therefore I took it very easy. Later in the afternoon, I did three 90 sec. rounds of shadow boxing: 30 sec. of simple boxing technique, 30 sec of stationary running and boxing, last 30 sec. of shadow boxing holding heavier weights. Took 20 sec. water break and did a second round; and then 3rd.

Later in the evening I watched the news from Japan, and Tsunami aftershock here in California. While watching I held dumbbells and did some arm and butt workout. Very easy since I worked out my upper body yesterday. It’s hard to do anything when you witness that type of tragedy.

Here is a short video I recorded yesterday.

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Abs & upper body workout

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

My leg isn’t as bad as I thought – I hope. It still hurts my but I should be ok in about a week or so. I’ve postponed my high knee & running challenges until mid next week. Today I didn’t go to my kickboxing class, therefore I had to workout at home. I did a pretty good job. I divided my workout into 2 sections: abs and upper body. I did many crunches, then I moved on to exercises with weights, and final part, crunches on a stability ball. Second section involved lots of weight lifting: shoulder presses, push ups, biceps curls, triceps kickback etc,. I kept everything simple but I did a lot of reps.

Also, I shot another short workout video. I should be done & available to watch by tomorrow.

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Basic Kicking Techniques (fundamentals)

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

Today’s workout nearly killed me! And I totally mean it! Here is what happened: I did my morning workout routine for about one hour and after that I went out hiking. I did my running part yesterday, so today I just hiked fast for a little over one hour. However, it was getting hot by the time I got back home, therefore the heat from the sun add a little extra something… that made me sweat a lot! In the evening, I attended 2 karate classes (1 hour each). During the second class I wanted to bend down and stretch, when I felt a pop in the upper part of my leg….OOPS! Yes, I pulled my muscle – just a little I hope. Then I realized that I was already on my 4th hour of working out today. And I was still in pain from yesterday. I planned on doing some kicking tomorrow but most likely I will have to take it easy. Here is a short kicking tutorial video. If you want to follow some of my workouts, there are some basic instructions. I hope you’ll find it useful 🙂

Here is some of my today’s routine. It’s a very good combination of cardio & resistance. Try it; do it at your own pace and if it’s really difficult for you, try do 4 rounds.
1. Jump rope (fast!!!) – 1 min
2. Mountain climbers – 30 sec
3. Power jump squats ( little jumps-squats with weights; I had 15 LBs) – 1 min
~ REPEAT 6 times ~

That should be enough 🙂

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Butt & legs day :) – nicely done!

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

Another day of “torture”successfully completed. There greatest thing about it is that I did all workout in the morning so I had the rest of day to recover and do other things. And my diet today’s been awesome!

Here is my exercise report for today. Again 4- one minute rounds. Breakdown table is shown below. In addition, right after my routine, I completed my 2 miles run in 20min 48sec – I hope I will get it done under 20 min next time. After I completed the running part, I went on a 3 mile hike up in the mountains ( that’s a little over 1 hour). In conclusion, my legs and butt are killing me!

Also, I finished editing another short video, in which I demonstrate basic kicks. It will be posted tomorrow, so please step by

	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	TOTAL (4 minutes)
Step on chair lunge With two 10LB	22 (right leg)	25 (left leg)	25 (right)	25 (left)	97
Squat with 15LB	43	48	50	52	193
Roundhouse kicks	48 R	49 L			97
Front kicks			68 RL	74 RL	142

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Sweaty Monday

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

The title speaks for itself 🙂 I kicked off this morning with 6 – one minute rounds on a jump rope as fast as I could, having only 10-15 sec breaks between rounds. I counted my skips and all together I hit over 900! Then I did 4- one minute rounds of:
1. Traveling push ups on medicine ball (that I did on my knees); 128 push ups all together
2. Dead lifts (with 30 pounds weight) – total: 139
3. Crunches with a swiss ball passing from hands to feet to hands… total 173

Instead of taking breaks between the rounds, I did some stationary kicking; more cardio 🙂

Later in the evening, I planned to run a mile, but I was so burned out after my karate class that I barely had any energy to shower. Therefore I’m postponing that task till tomorrow.

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Rollerblading by the ocean

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

A very nicely spent day. I found a pair of my old roller blades yesterday. Therefore, instead of bonding with a treadmill I reunited with my dusty roller blades. I enjoyed every second of my 90 minutes treat 🙂

Anyway, here is a full body workout video. I’m going to do the same set again this week. It can be intense if you heavier weights. Check it out. It’s a good combination

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My body is sore from yesterday… but I keep going :)

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

What can I say, my body is sore from yesterday. Mostly my legs and I know it’s from running because I haven’t done it in a while. Damn, I hate treadmill it’s so boring! I will definitely need some strong motivation for this month! Parks are still muddy and it will rain on Monday again; therefore I’m stock indoors for a few days. I guess I will have to find a way to make a treadmill my best friend 🙂 I will try it again tomorrow.

Today, I worked out for about an hour and a half practicing mostly my karate moves. In addition I did 100 sit ups, 20 push ups, and a lot for punches (didn’t count).

Also, I shot a short video- Finally, yeee! Uploading takes hours, therefore it should be available tomorrow.

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Intense outlook for this weekend & Challenge #3

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Wolverine Lily

I announced yesterday that the next 3 weeks will be crazy! So it started today:
I went to a kickboxing class this morning – that’s about 45 min.
Later I did some conditioning exercises, which included
* 100 sit ups (2 sets of 50) with boxing gloves; throw 2 punches on each sit up- fast
* 120 kicks – left leg; 3 sets of each: (20 front + 20 roundhouse + 20 side + 20 back); first set slower/half speed, other sets fast. No breaks in a set.
* 120 kicks – right leg (same thing)
*10 min – shadow boxing with 2 pound dumbbells
* 2 miles on a treadmill (21.32 min; including warm up walk and a short water break); this definitively needs improvement
And of course I concluded my day with my high knees challenge: today I did 299 (that is 3 rounds:106, 98, 95 respectively), getting better 🙂

My new cardio challenge

As I mentioned before, it will consist of running outside and/or running on a treadmill ( weather dependent) every other day. There is a hiking trail nearby, which is about 2 miles long one way, mostly uphill and at some point pretty steep. I think it would be enough to conquer 🙂 I will be timing myself how long will it take me to go up and down whether it’s walking, hiking or running, I should do it within a smaller time range every time I go. My goal is to be able to run all the way to the top…..

On rainy days I will simply hit a treadmill and run for 2 miles; also recording my time

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I will be recording another video, in which I will demonstrate basic kicking techniques – excellent workout for your LEGS, glutes, core, and the rest of your body. Keep checking 😉

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