Week of May 18 + The Importance of Tempo

Monday - TT for beginners (did this one with JP for support) + HIIT squat jumps
53:00min
473cals
HR Max179/146 avg

I love having a workout buddy! I'm hoping that all this exercise will turn her into a junkie like me! LOL

Wednesday- BOOTCAMP!! I decided that I needed to kick it up a notch, so I joined a local bootcamp for women. It was fun I guess, the worst and best part was the measuring. It FORCED me to do it. Sigh... not fun. But it's not supposed to be, is it? It's only 4 weeks, we'll see how it goes. But anyway, check out these stats!! HOLY COW!!!
1:09hour
787cals
HR Max 209/ 168avg

It was definitely intense. Not sore today (thurs) but that's because I worked out again with JP. Add to that... my PINK GYMBOSS timer came today so I can do all sorts more Intervals!! :) YAY!

LOL- I had to contact the instructor because her caliper measurments for me had me at 13% Body Fat! LMAO- if I was that fit (not to mention the fact that's like Olympic Athlete BF%) I wouldn't need to go get sweaty with 20 other women!! She took them again on Sat and lo and behold... I'm more like 18.1% waaaaaaaaaait a second, even that seems weird. SIGH- those tests are so inaccurate!

Inches Measurements:
Upper Arm left 11"
Upper Arm right 12.5"
Chest 37.5"
Waist (bellybutton) 32.5"
Hips 38.5"
Buttocks 41.25"
Upper Thigh left 24.5"
Upper Thigh right 24.5"

Caliper Measurements (OUCH did this hurt)
Tricep 10
Tummy 8
Thigh 24

Body Fat and Weight
Age 32
Weight 166lbs
Body Fat % 18.1
Fat Weight 30.1
Lean Mass 135.9

By this weirdo calculator I'm still within an athletes' BF%... hmm... it suuuuure doesn't feel like that. I don't even know what a good goal weight is for me. How's that for messed up? Trying to reach a goal I haven't even defined. SIGH. I was once down to 148 (before I met DH and gained "happiness" weight) and I don't think I was done losing. I was running 3 miles a day/ 5 days a week though, I'm done with the endless cardio. Plus, I was skinny fat with no muscle, no thanks. I need to do some more research to find a good goal weight.

Ladies- any ideas? How did you decide your goal weight?

Saturday - BOOTCAMP! (forgot to turn off my monitor till I got home, so the stats are slightly skewed- but I did ride my bike so...)
1:38min
973cals
HR max 197/ avg 155

As tough as these bootcamp sessions are, I'm never sore the next day. What's up with that? From the calories I burn it's not like I'm not working hard, and I try not to wuss out so what gives?

Link of the week- The Importance of Tempo during your workouts
For a relative amateur like me, I found this article pretty useful. Turbulence Training lists tempo's for workouts and since I had no idea why or how...

http://www.gain-weight-muscle-fast.com/weight-training.html

Also some great info about breathing and rest periods. Maybe it's all stuff you know, but if not, pretty basic info we should all have! :)

Day 30- Cardio CHECK POINT

oh yeaaaaaaaaah! F*CK YOU DREYA ROLL! :) Woooohoo... I did two! No hands ma! :) The rest I did one handed. Oh yeah!
I'll admit that I skipped the yoga section today, it was all I could do to get my workout in. I joined right after yoga and then I tacked on a 10 min run after the end of the vid. I'm glad I did. Will update this post with measurements later. GREAT accomplishment today! :)

Here I go with measurements:
Since Day 1

• Weight: NO CHANGE!!! Grrrrrr!
• Chest: -0.5 "
• Waist: Bellybutton -1.0"
• smallest part of my waist -0.5"
• Hips: -1.0"
• Right Thigh: No change
• Left Thigh: No change
• Right Arm: No change (I'm ok with that- I don't want big guns)
• Left Arm: No change (again, that's OK)

So there you go. I've lost a total of 3" overall and NO WEIGHT. Which is a little annoying but that's ok cause I'm stronger, still having fun and Dreya Rolls are gettin' DONE!