Day 21: Total Body Core

💥 WEEK 4!!! 💥

We made it! Last Total Body Core of this Phase. Yasss!! 

Who struggled with the 2 rounds, 15 reps each? This girl! Holy moly, that was rough! I struggled on the renegade rows when I was crushing 'em last week. I did all 15 pushups on my.freakin.toes! Boom! Both rounds, might I add. Tricep pushups also on my.freakin.toes!! I love progress, but I still struggled. I tried my damnedest so I'll still take it as a win.

Can you believe this is the last time we'll do this Total Body Core in Phase 1? We are on week 4. Let that sink in. We're almost a month in, almost done with phase one, and almost on to phase 2. Crazy!!

Are you enjoying the journey? I am so enjoying it. I love the food. I love the challenge. I love the sweat. I love the burn. 

Autumn really knows how to make you work for it! 😆

Tomorrow:
Day 22: Booty 

Week 3 Round Up

So I totally slacked on posting this week. 

I started feeling like crap and it really took it out of me. I had a sore throat with a touch of scratchy. Nothing too major because I can't handle a sore throat well at all. Add in the stuffy, icky head feeling and I was just feeling blah. The first day or two it hit me I had a fever. How fun! No body aches thankfully. I first thought it was allergies because I was sneezing my head off but allergies don't last this long. Right? lol Even though I was feeling icky I still knocked out each workout everyday to the best of my abilities. I'm pretty proud of that! 

Here's a quick recap:

Refer to Day 15's post for Total Body Core

Day 16: Booty

This one hurt!! Like for real pain. lol I was screaming so much the first round my cat came to check on me. She figured I was ok and started to attack my hair. Typical. 😹

Day 17: Cardio Core

Holy sweat!! Last week I didn't do so hot with this workout so this time I got more sleep and was determined to kick its ass. Then I got sick and I still wanted to kick its ass so I did the best I could. I pushed and I kept going when I wanted to quit and I totally kicked this workout's ass! I pushed so hard I hit 185 bpm and my max for my age is 187 😬

Day 18: AAA

You know Autumn loves to bring the pain so that little plank hold she added in was dirty!! lol I did 20s most of the time but I had to do 15s for the hammer curls. Had bad form with the 20s so I dropped to the 15s. Play it smart! Also, still doing push ups on the toes 💪 Last time wasn't a fluke! I can really do pushups on my toes now!! Only took me a year and nineish months. Progress!!
Look at my progress and take it in for a second. If you think you're not improving on some moves or in some areas and you get discouraged, don't!! We progress at a rate our bodies can handle. There's no how-to manual to operate our bodies or to tell us how long it will take to lose weight or build muscle. You just have to keep at it and keep your head in the game long enough to see the progress. Sometimes we don't even know we made progress until we try something we thought we couldn't do. Pushups have always been a frenemy of mine and now I am OWNING them. My range of motion may not be like Richardson's yet, or it may never get there, but I'm on my toes and that progress makes me happy and pushes me to keep moving forward.

Day 19: Legs

Autumn started out with 25s so I was down with trying that. 20s are getting easier, not easy, but easier. Yea, that was a big no for me. lol I was feeling icky and my left hand was giving me serious pain holding that 25. Like it hurt so bad I dropped the weight. So 20s and 15s for me on leg day. Still rocked it out. I even did one 30 for the squats to give my hand a little more rest. I squashed this workout while feeling crappy. #beast
Something that's helped me get through these workouts while feeling under the weather is my dad. When he would start to feel a cold coming on he would go for long run. I remember him being sick once growing up. When he was sick he was sick. It scared me he was so sick. My dad was the pinnacle of health so I took a tip from him and sweated it out this week and I'm glad I did. I think it helped me to not get worse.

Day 20: Cardio Flow
I wanted to see how much progress I had made with this workout, even though I hate it. Not love/hate it, hate it 😆😂 I didn't allow myself breaks and I did every move to the best of my ability and I survived!! I only took breaks that Autumn and the cast took and I hung in there.
Fun Fact: I had a dream about Cardio Flow the night before. Crazy, right? In my dream I'm doing spider push ups and they're crazy easy. So easy I don't feel any stress, any strain, any struggle. It's like I'm floating through the push up, easy like Sunday morning. Yea, that's not how it felt come Saturday morning. lol However, I did gain a little more range of motion in the pushups so a little progress happened!! Woot!

Sunday Rest Day (not day 21)

I get a lot done on Sundays now. More so than ever before, which I give a little credit to 80 Day Obsession. I knocked some chores off my to-do list and even did a little mini workout. Autumn posted a #commercialchallenge for people watching the Super Bowl #goeagles I am not watching it and just voting for the underdogs #sueme lol 

I just did one of each and it was fun, not easy though! lol Afterwards, I did Stretch & Release. 

Tomorrow:
Day 21: Total Body Core

WEEK 4, ya'll!!!

Day 15: Total Body Core

Wow, Wow, WOW!

That was so much harder than the last two weeks and all we did was move around the sets! I never knew that I would appreciate the moves spread out like that, but now I want them back 😆😅 Doing them back to back made it SO much harder! Who would have thought? Oh yea, Autumn 😒😆

I have a NSV this week!! I was able to do pushups on my toes!! TOES, people!! No knees, no modifications!! I did it all three sets too!! Sure my range of motion wasn't as good as Richardson's, but I did it!! Richardson is a pushup beast!!

I tried tricep pushups on my toes and got to the fourth one and had to drop to my knees. My form was bad and I knew I couldn't push it. We'll see how I do next week though! 

I did 20s this week for the most part. 15s on triceps because I still struggle with 15s, but I am getting better. I did 10s on the curve bicep thingy (lol) because that's already killer! Oh, and my side V-Ups are improving!!! One side is easier than the other, but like Autumn says, it's natural. I'm still pushing for progress!!

What a way to start Monday! Progress, sweat, and another day in the books! Good for you for pressing play!!

Tomorrow:
Day 16: Booty

Day 8: Total Body Core

WEEK 2, Y'ALL!!

So I totally got carried away with yesterday and forgot to make a post. I knew it would happen eventually I just didn't think it'd be so soon. 😆 Please forgive me for being human. 😂

Let's talk Total Body Core. Three rounds this time with only 10 reps each. What?! Sounds easier, right? Nope. It's good to change it up so your body doesn't get use to it and stop changing. However that means more work. What can ya do? This is our 80 Day Obsession!! 

I noticed that I was a little stronger this week! I went higher with my weights, basically in line with Autumn. Only a few times I went 15s when she went 12s. I use Bowflex weights and they only go in 5lb increments. I felt the burn and I loved it!! 

Let's talk burn. I burned some serious calories today. Like, crazy crazy. 

Look at that! 😮 I don't think I've ever burned that many calories from one workout. I was SO hungry all day. Every two hours like clockwork I ate. I even went to bed hungry. Crazy burn!! I kept my nutrition on point though. 🙌

I don't know if it's because it's the new and improved TBC (Total Body Core), but on Mondays I get some serious housework done. I just have to move and that means doing stuff around the house. I cleaned my bathroom. The tub is cleaned, which is very important! 😁 I got rid of boxes (just moved so they're everywhere 😒 I swear they multiply when we sleep!) and did a small load of towels. I did other little things too and felt great relaxing in bed before going to sleep. I feel like I deserved to relax for once. 

Tomorrow (or today 😆😉) is Booty day!! Day 9!! 

Day One Thoughts

High Freakin Five, ya'll!!! 
If you've made it through Total Body Core then pat yourself on the back and smile! It wasn't easy. I know from experience 😆

Just look at that calorie count! Proof that Autumn is evil! 😂 No, but really, she's great and I'm grateful for this program. It will push me passed my limits and make me become even stronger than before. I won't like every second, every minute, every workout, but I will do it all and be proud of me in the end. 

I'll be honest, there were some easy moves and some very difficult moves. The easy ones I know aren't truly easy because everything Autumn does has a reason behind it. I was grateful for the small "break". The hard moves, wow! They were hard. I did modify and I'm sure most people will in some way and that's ok. I just see it as a way to push me to become stronger and not modify eventually. 

I remember in 21dfx when I stopped modifying and tried the workout how it's supposed to be. I was scared that I would hurt myself or totally suck at it. However I did it without injury and without sucking! That was a moment of clarity and strength and success for me. I look forward to many moments like that with 80 Day Obsession!

Halfway through Total Body Core Autumn repeats everything. It feels like two whole workouts and that's because it is. It didn't get easier and I had to lower my weights some in the second round. I had to remind myself it's only day 1. Before I know it I'll be getting heavier weights because they're just too easy.

I look forward to day two. Who doesn't love working the Booty?
Stay tuned for my thoughts on Day Two!