Anny’s BodyBlog

 I am so mad….. on myself! I lost my precious iPod with all cool energizing and motivating music. All my thoroughly selected collection is GONE! But it is more important that it was my Birthday gift from my husband and I was so happy to get it and now I am so sad to workout without it. And, I know for sure that I will not be able to get a new one because we have agreed that next iPod will be his iPod and it would be unfair to get another iPod for myself while he never had one.
I still can not believe that after a left it in the Step Studio in the club somebody took it and never returned it to front desk. I still have a little hope that people are hones and they will get it back today or tomorrow. Well, well, well…. the weather in LA is sad with me L
I will learn again how to stay motivated and focused without my crazy beats of techno and rock. May be I will start talking to people around me again. LOL.
Have a good day everyone and keep your stuff near you J

I just got back form incredible fundraising event – 14th Annual EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women.
60000 people participated today in 5K RUN/Walk in Downtown LA running or walking through the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum tunnel onto the Olympic field. 

What an inspirational, uniting and fun environment! All of my friends including me received plenty of good energy and motivation from all of those people and speeches. By the way Eva Mendes, Jessica Alba and Sheryl Crow appeared and spoke in opening ceremonies. It was so easy to run 5 K together with a huge crowd and feel that make difference in fighting against women breast cancer. Next time I am definitely participating again! That was a great start for great weekendJ. Here you can learn more about the event http://www.revlonrunwalk.com/

I am so loving working out early in the morning. It is so fun to drive empty 405 freeway in Los Angeles. Ha!  That is one of the biggest advantages – no traffic, which is almost impossible for LA area. My wrist I better, so now my complete and heavy shoulder and back workouts are back. Tomorrow is going to be my first in last two weeks yoga workout. It is probably going to be hard for me to hold certain poses after the break. LOL!My cardio sessions are increased in time. I am now at 45 minutes minimum during the week and I do HIT on Saturday and 1 hour of cardio on Sunday. I am probably loosing fat – I need to measure myself. But I feel great!

How is everyone?
I just got back from doctor. And guess what - I needed to have my wrist cyst drained. It is all because of typing, snowboarding and sports. The doctor told me that I am overusing my hand. I am in wrist support now struggling to publish this post lol.

The main thing I can not overload or move the wrist at all for at least one week!!!! That means that I am not doing yoga tomorrow and my back, bi and tri workout is not going to happen. So I am thinking to devote whole week to legs and cardio or may be I could come up with upper body workout without using my wrists. Any ideas anybody?

Take care!

I think time flies by too fast nowadays. I cannot believe it is Friday! This week was very productive and it is not over yet. Yes – I am officially a fitnessholic! In February I have started everyday GYM weightlifting and cardio sessions. I am totally into it now. I cannot live a single day without some serious physical activity.

Along with my CPT studying I am learning and implementing my knowledge and I am seeing lot of progress.
Todays weight mark is 122 pounds – it is great and my butt is getting harder. LOL
 

I was always active but now I feel that I enjoy and love to go to GYM; As a result I am getting closer to my target without focusing on it too much. In the past I did it because “I HAVE to exercise and look good”. But it is not about sacrifice it is about NEW freedom!

Live is good! ;D Enjoy your weekend everyone!

I am studying to be a Personal Trainer now. I am taking ACE course. A lot of people recommended it to me. Initially I thought that with my experience and dedication I will be able to finish it in 12 weeks. But I forgot about one little thing: my first language is Russian and I have a little bit of trouble reading and pronouncing medical terms for muscles, bones and internal body processes. So it is going slower than I expected.
I am actually very excited to get on this path. I was thinking about it for a while and only now I feel that I am ready to help people to achieve their goals by overcoming all possible challenges. I am ready to put myself out there for anyone who’d like to improve their lifestyle; to become healthier, more active, less stressed and more positive J
So I am planning on passing the exam in the end of May. Then I will tell you ALL about it.
 

Meanwhile, I keep myself focused on training my body to have lean and toned appearance. My husband is very concerned about it because he likes my curves and he thinks that I will loose them. I do not want to disappoint him – so I lift heavy on my weight training days. LOL!
 

TODAY 6 am – 7:15 am
Back, Biceps and Triceps

Did have a chance to do 20 minutes cardio afterwards. Have to wake up tomorrow and run on the beach!!!
Have a FIT weekend everyone!

My progress is obvious!! I know it is suppose to happen when you stay on track and keep yourself focused.
Weeks fly by very fast because of my intensive workouts and hectic work schedule. I try to do something new every week to keep metabolism high and surprise my body. Bosu and different balance boards could make your triceps kickback very challenging J… and I am loving it.

I take creatine and L-glutamine, CLA multivitamins, vitamin C and E.  I have a lot of energy so when we carpool with my husband I ask him to drop me 3-4 miles before home and I run to home so I can get extra 20-25 minutes of cardio and fresh air. He thinks I am crazy but I have an excuse - Marina Del Rey, CA (http://www.visitthemarina.com/ ) such a nice area to run or bike!
My cardiovascular endurance is something I need to work on. I am not very good at long and fast runs. Even if I run 6 miles an hour I get tired and breathless after 25 minutes. If I switch activities thought with a little break for water I can do another 20 minutes. So I think it is great idea to switch cardio machines every 15-20 minutes to give me better chances for long and effective cardio.

Oh my! What a crazy couple of week I had!
First of all I have been going to GYM 5 times a week and that is on top of my 10 hours a day work, company layoff (I made it through) and new responsibilities.

My husband and I stay very active on weekends as well. So there was no time for a quality rest. Did I mentioned we are very active couple:)? We snowboard, sail, wakeboard, play tennis… Wait there is a story behind this… So, the last thing we were in to, was ATV riding. We were super excited and drove 5 hours to Glamis just to try it and…(well).. spend a whole Saturday in the Emergency Room.

Now it is all seams like a bad dream but back then we thought it was very serious.
My dear husband decided to do a jump with ATV… (and he did!)… he landed on his head so hard that his helmet cracked and the ATV landed right on top of him. He could not move. I drove him to the closest medical room. Another 5 hours in ER were a good lesson: fear and soul-searching. Thanks to God and to bodybuilding (yeah that is right!!) nothing was broken, but back and chest muscles were torn badly.

“Thank your helmet and your strong and big muscles!”- That was the doctor words. So pals and gals, bodybuilding is not only making you look good but also can save your life.

BTW: My husband is recovering and already hitting the GYM 3 times a week – he bikes . He does not wake up at 2 am and then at 5 am anymore to ask me to make him medical massage or to take pain killers. He will be all right soon and I will get good night sleep!

Can anyone explain me how personal trainer cam motivate his client? – For me it is easy: Fit and Lean, Fun and Serious about working out. Well…. How come then, there are GYM trainers who do NOT look fit at all? They should be in a good shape to give us an example to follow. 

I personally do not understand how skinny guy can motivate his client to grow huge or how girl with cellulite and big butt can push her client to do cardio and get lean. But I see it every day - that does not make any sense for me!! And nowadays every gym is full of “out of shape personal trainers”. I just think it is wrong….    

I spend almost 30 minutes today in front of the mirror to figure out what are my weak places. And I seam to store all my cheat meals in my abs and thighs; I also need to shape up my shoulders.
I know you will tell me that I need to work on every body part at least once a week. I will do so, but I need to pay special attention to my shoulders, abs and thighs. I measured myself and noted down the numbers in the profile so I can follow my progress later.
Here is the plan:

• incorporate abs workout in every other workout and perform 3 different exercised to target upper, lower and oblige muscles.
  
• load shoulders supersets of compound and isolated movements
  

Example
Arnold Press superset with Cable Lateral Raise
Barbell upright row SS with Dumbbell Front Rise
Dumbbell Shrug SS with Rope Cable Row

• perform two leg workouts a week. First workout is heavy compound movements like squats, Romanian dead lift, extensions, and curls and Second: Light workout with high amount of repetitions: lunges, plie squats, step ups  and butt blaster J
  

And yes I still will do my cardio and triathlon session on Saturday.
I did a little shopping here and got some Creatine, L-glutamine, protein, CLA and EFA in order to avoid overtraining.
Wish me good luck and a lot of energy!