Float & Sting!

 ..... Float like a butterfly, 

sting like a bee .................

With all the training sessions I did in May and June, I earned a free session so today, I worked with Russell -- and yep, you guessed it, we did boxing!  We warmed up with shadow boxing, 25 reps of each different punch, then moved on to the punching bag.  I was throwin' 'em hard n fast, Marcos came over and said "You've got a helluva punch!"  I just grinned, and hit some more.   

Then there was the "Ali footwork" - dancing my feet around one of those workout "ladders".  Then came the situps - sitting up then throwing a one-two punch, and back down again.  For a minute. (I always forget to breathe! lol)  *whew*  We did the entire circuit three times, switching it up just a bit, but wow......  


It's now six hours later, and I am so feeling the effects of this workout! 
(To be honest, I felt like I could crawl in bed and go to sleep at 5:30pm!!! hahahaha)  

Any way to make a workout feel like playtime is great!

-Lauren Conrad

The 1--2 Punch!

Life seems to throw us one--two punches often, and they're no fun!  Luckily, the only one--two punch I threw today was at the gym; boxing with my trainer was on the program!   It's a lot of fun, for sure, but so very complicated at times.  I forget to keep both hands up; I can toss a pretty mean punch; I get all confused when its a combination of punches.  All in all, its quite a workout though!  Russell says its like dancing... um, yeah, that explains a lot  about my boxing. hahahaha

After 20 minutes of boxing with some silly ab work thrown in, it was Bicycle Burnout time.  This was 20 minutes on the stationary bike, pumping away while holding 10lb weights in each hand and doing bicep curls and shoulder presses.  Then we tossed an 8lb medicine ball back and forth -- yes, while I was still pedaling away!!  Then came the burn:  increase the resistance every 15 seconds until I'm close to passing out, then bringing the resistance back down every 15 seconds so I can breathe again!   lol  Yep, lots of hard work today, but totally worth it! 

I spent my lunch hour in the gym trying to gain some mileage, too.  Every mile logged is that much closer to the beach for me!  the Goal is 384 miles, and I am currently at : 80.75 -- Getting closer!!

It was also Weigh In Wednesday...... drum roll please ..... (or like Russell, cow bell clang!!!)  I lost 4.5 lbs this week!  Woooo Hooooo!!  (I am convinced now that diet soda does me in --- is it because of the artificial sweeteners?  Or something else in the drink that makes me crave other "bad for me" foods??)

So... when life throws you a few one--two punches, pull on some gloves and throw a few back its way!  Its not hard to do-- but you have to do a little each day in order to reach your goals .... if I can do it, so can you!

Boxing!!

Wow!  Today, I got my first boxing lesson!  How cool is that??  So it's Monday, and a typical work day's end, and time to head to the gym.  Being Monday, I'm always a little ... blah about working out, mostly ready to slog through my routine and get home, cuz that's how Mondays are.  All changed and ready, I hop on the treadmill and get going. 

I was only a few minutes into it when a young guy comes over and introduces himself (and right now, my mind is a blank as to what his name is -- how bad is that??)   He asked a bunch of questions and I answered, and he said "How about a free training session today?"  Well hell.  Sure!  I answered. (and then I wondered if that was the smart thing to do ???? hahah)   He tells me "Get warmed up, I'll be ready in 4 minutes, I'm gonna grab my gear."    I didn't think anything of it, assuming it would be the usual equipment. Turns out, its boxing gear!   The whole time, he's chattering away about nothing, and fitting the gloves on my hands, and I'm sure the look on my face was like "Whaaaattt?"  And we start in, soft swings at first, boxer's stance, and he's dancing away and telling me to come and get him, keep punching, don't stop ... I'm sure you get the picture!  For 30 minutes, we kept going and going, changing stance, changing from a punch to an upper cut then back again.  First time I ever had permission to hit a man....  lol

Any time you're ready, Mike Tyson.... bring it on! 
This gal's rarin' to go!
(laughs ... yeah, right!)