~~BuffMother! GET BUFF~~

Well…My MOJO is a flowin’
I had a crazy morning trying to get ready for the soccer game today…I was in charge of snacks, lol!  Sooo, you know what that means– CHAOS.
Gracie had a good game and Gramma was a great cheerleader!!  It was fun…and a beautiful day.  Since then I’ve been cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, etc…BUT tonight DH and I are going out on a date!!!  :yay:

working out today seemed automatic…
warm up
10 min r-bike
Cybex lat pulls
110×10
130×10
150×10x2

Rows
100×10x3

Ab roller crunches
25-35×3sets

pull ups
7,5

Bicep curls
55×5
45×10

seated db shoulders
25×10
30×10
30×10 (Arnold’s- arms together)
paired with seated hammer curls
25’sx8-10×3sets

hanging knee ups
10 front 3 each side
knee ups on bench
10+ 15 leg ups on bench

then 17 mins of intervals on the r-bike

Off to get pretty

-Michelle

Well HELLO~I had a productive day and am checking off all the items on my list (a shower is finally next!!)

My workout:
Warm up 4 min r-bike
Bench
45×25
95×10
105×10
105×8
paired with romain chair
leg ups x15 plus 15 knee ups (5front/5ea side)x3sets

Hammer flat bench
90×8
knee ups
90×6
knee ups

Hammer incline seated press
90×10
90×8
paired with
old school sit ups- 15full/30shorter/5 froggyx2sets
walking high knees 2xets (30m)

Dips
10, 8
paired with pose down cable bicep curls
30×10
40×9

Then a run on the treddy…VERY happy with my cardio ability considering my lax last couple months regarding it.
warm up 6.5 min 1-4
1min interval 8.5 , recover 1 min @6.5
repeat
2 min interval at 9.0
1 min @6.5
45 sec @9.5 plus 30sec @10.5
1 min recovery @6.5
1min interval at 9.5
1min recovery
2:10 at 9.5
cool down jog 6mph @6.5% incline
walk 2 min @6.5 mph incline…
Done!

Well off to clean up!!

-M

www.buffmother.com

I had a great workout today~ I felt GREAT!!!

warm up-
tanned
elliptical 6:30 felt really strong and energetic!!
Squats
45poundsx12 reps (low)
95poundsx10 reps
135#’sx10 10 reps
155×10
175×4
155×10
135×10

Calves in between sets of squats
seated calf machine
45poundsx20reps
80poundsx10reps
80×10x3 sets toes out, toes in, toes out
45×10 toes in

Dead lifts (romainian)
135 #’s x10×3 sets (last set feet wide toes out)
paired with hammer leg extension machine (one leg at a time)
45×10x3 sets (straight, out, in)

Smith lunges
90×10x3
laying side leg raises 15 reps each leg and Supermans between sets

Knee Extensions
110×10 slow full rom
130×10x2

2 sets of knee ups on bench in between 30 reps (20 front; 5 each side)

Leg Curls
80×10x2
75×10

Walking lunges (super booty variety of course!!)
55#on back x15 each legx2 sets

Very exhausted after that one!

Eats so far today(4pm):
PP
CC
G
F
T

The plan is to have some STEAK for supper (that’ll count for about 3P’s!!!)…and I’ll have some greens with it…either a salad or green beans.

Keep kicking tail!!!
Love
-Michelle

www.BuffMother.com

I am STOKED!!
I am getting things DONE today, lol!! the past 2 days I’ve been in a fog…don’t know what was up??? I honestly think it was a tish of a cold…my kids all have it a bit too~ I was just so tired!

Now today I feel like I’ve got some FOCUS~ and I’m super excited for getting my hair done at 11:45– I have roots BAD! and then I am going to workout after that! Yippie~! I am doing a back workout and going to work my body HARD!

My van has been in the shop the past 2 days, so I’ve been cramming the kids into Travis’ car~ what a pain…VANS are much better for little kids that can’t buckle themselves Laughing SO…I am going to walk and get my van this afternoon(it’s only a few blocks away)~ But still I am hoping it won’t be 200 degrees outside!
…………………………………
Well…Here is my workout REPORT~

warm up tanning
cybex pull down
130×10
150×10
170×7
150×10

2 sets of knee ups between

Hammer High lat pull
arms one at a time
70×12x3

Bicep curls w/barbell
45×12x3

knee ups on romanain chair
15 +15 leg upsx2sets

Lat pull downs w/v grip
90×10
100×10
110×10

Shrugs on smith
90×12x3
paired with hammer curls
20’sx8-10×3

Now off to the races~
-M
p.s. my hair looks good!

HI all~ well…My day yesterday went off track somewhere around noon, lol!
I was TIRED and DONE by 6:30….so I didn’t get my workout done, but that’s okay! I know some days things just don’t permit us to be SUPERHEROs, lol!!

So today I am DETERMINED to stay on TRACK!! I am home with my twins, they are such good little girls! Twins are really interesting to observe smile

I am refreshed and rocked Legs at the gym!! I should have been really strong as I weigh 4-5 pounds more than I did just 4 days ago from the NOXCG3 I’ve been taking
and NOW I’ve decided NO MORE creatine for me right now! I took if for a total of 5 days and that combined with the other 4 days on "old creatine" I am DONE! It served it’s purpose in helping keep me from "wicked" soreness, but it seems to give some joint stiffness/aches,  feet cramps and bloats me BAD!…so that’s enough this round of Creatine. The next time I take it I’ll go for another variety and see if I respond without quite so many side effects.

Here’s my leg workout
warm up: stair mill 4 mins only smile
Squats
45×20
95×10
135×7
155×6
135×10

no weight
50 full ones in a row

Barbell lunges
65×10x3

Dead lifts (stiff leg)
65×10x3

Hanging knee ups
15, 12, 10

Knee extensions (various foot positions)
80×15
120×10
130×10x2
Leg curls feet straight
70×10x2
80×10

That was it~ and I am trying to get my eats on track still… I think I need to go grocery shopping… It would really help to have more healthy choices on hand.

Toodles,
Michelle

First off~Thanks for all the congrats and kind words about my bodyspace member of the month interview…It has been so nice to feel the LOVE

It looks like summer is on full boar and ya’ll are really enjoying it, cuz’ it’s dead in cyberspace, lol! It was a lazy summer weekend around here too and we enjoyed all of it.

Yesterday we went for a walk up in Bella Vista around the lake a 1.8 mile trek followed by playtime at the park and McDonalds for lunch afterward. The kids had fun and so did I and GRANDMA….
Then today we spent sometime at the mall~ I returned a couple dresses and bought some RAINBOW flip flops~The kids were GREAT all day and we’ve all gotten some much needed rest.

ON tap for this week is continued “off” for me from workouts~ it feels really good to have a BREAK from the pressure to fit it in. I try to do this about twice a year- and I always come back stronger than ever! As for the kids, they’ll be busy with swimming lessons, Gramma’s last day here is tomorrow (sad)…and this is Gracie’s last week of preschool EVER!! She’ll get a week off before she starts kindergarten on the 6th- I am amazed, I thought the day would never come, lol!

~ I will join in on Booty challenge that’s going on in my RR on the 30th with that!! ! CAN’T WAIT!!

Yesterday I promised pictures…here they are! Some Pictures from this past b-day week

Have a great week~

Michelle

Cool AD!

My Oxygen magazine arrived in the mail this morning and LOW and BEHOLD~ I am in it!! on page 111…in the BODYSPACE AD!!  FUN to SEE

Good DAY~

Well with Grandma here we all enjoyed a bit of a vacation day…we relaxed in the morning, bathed and then went to lunch at On the Boarder….I ate a TON! I think I am still full, lol!

Then we watched “Love Comes Softly” then I headed to the gym leaving the kiddos with Grandma

R-bike 5 min
Bench
45×20
push ups 10
95×10
115×10
125×5
115×7

Incline hammer
90×10
110×7
130×6

Incline Flys
35’sx7
40’s x7
40′x6

Ab Knee ups- 4 sets (between above)

tricep push downs
70×15
100×10
110×10

Ran on the treddy for 8 mins- did 2 intervals …felt icky, so I did more lifting

Old School sit ups
pull ups 8
dips 10
Old school sit ups

Done!!
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I believe I have had a great month of BELIEF building this MONTH!! There is HUGE power in believing!! WE must believe we can have what we desire in order to ever see it happen. That is why we must learn how to believe. Simply saying positive things about your body, your workouts and you nutrition will enable you to start believing them. For instance if you look in the mirror and see a fat belly looking back- tell that image, YOU will be tiny and flat soon! That will help you start to believe that it will happen. By doing it continually you will take action towards making that happen and soon your belief will be a reality!! BELEIVE that you can be buff and don’t settle for anything less than a spectacular life!! You can live your dream!!! Believe it!!

My Day yesterday was good despite the change in plans. I cleaned in the morning a bit before the photoshoot~ which was good to have done, I also did a bunch of laundry, which now needs folding 

Greens for yesterday:
Ziga, Pea pods- way too many, lol!

Workout~
warm up u-bike 15 mins
Cybex pull downs
110×15
150×10
170×10
180×6
paired with knee ups
40(20front, 10sides)x3sets

pull ups 7
hanging knee ups- all the way up into a ball
15- hard!!

Standing BB shoulder press
45×10 front, 10 behind
65×10 frontx10×2
paired with bicep curls
45×10 bicep curls
65×5
65×4
45×10
added in between 2 sets of inverted pull ups 10 reps each and one more set hanging knee ups

Hammer High lat Isolateral pulls
70×10each armx3sets

Seated rows
90×15x2
110×10
120×8
paired with
25#plate front raisesx12×3

Ran- on treddy at 2%grade
a couple of intervals then steady at 9mph for 10 mins straight
a total of 20 mins

Good workout~ I will go to the gym around 1 to do a good chest workout with some intervals

Have a fun this LAST day of JUNE~ amazing!
BELIEVE~
Michelle

Belief quote for today:
"We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving. And we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing."
-Louisa May Alcott

Saturday continued….
Well, I got all my laundry DONE, folded and put away.  Then it was time to do my workout~ so off to the gym we went

got there and chatted for 15 mins with a fellow gym ratt then got a good 12min r-bike warm up

Chest press 70×15 warm up for
Bench
45×15
95×10x3 in a circuit with
10 push upsx3
25 situps x3

Incline flys
30×10
35×6, plus 30×4
35×5, plus 30×5
paired with
bench dips 10 focused on shoulder contraction at the end of each

Cable flys
30×10x2
paired with
tricep extensions
55×10x3

pose down Bicep curls
30×10
40×10x2
paired with cable flys
30×10x2

Bicep Curls
55×10x3
paired with tricep push downs
95 x10×3
burn out set
65×15

Then I did the elliptical
8 intervals mixed alternating 4- 30sec@14 moving arms as if I was running  and 4- 20sec@15 holding on ones….
total time 20 mins

That’s all!
greens today
ziga, pea pods, asparagus

Now to shower~
Michelle<em />

I believe in relationships…we are made for this purpose.  The reason God created man was so he could have "relationship"…that is AMAZING!  And makes me realize that the HAPPIEST times of my life have been when I am actively seek out relationships with other people.  I am a very independent person and have at times a tendency to isolate myself from interacting with others.  It is my natural "I can do it better by myself" attitude.  However, it is not very fun nor is it very rewarding when others are not involved in the process or the reward.  That’s why I love the Rally Room!  It keeps me in relationship with others and gives me a place to easily give my energy away through encouraging others!!  I love the REALATIONSHIPS I have been blessed with in TEAM BUFFMOTHER!!
So, yesterday I ended up playing kickball at Gunner’s field day- luckily I had taped my ankle in anticipation that I may have to participate.  I was surprised at how well I kicked, ran the bases and fielded the ball.  NOW,both my DH and SON think I am "faking" my sprained ankle now, lol!  I told them I just had adrenaline and I know how to get "up" for competition :hehe:

Then after supper I did a back, shoulder, bicep circuit style workout (all 8 exercises total of 3 sets)

1-pull ups: 13!!pb, 8, 7overhand wide
2-sit ups:3×50
3- bent over rows 30#’sx12×3
4-lateral raises 15’sx15-20 repsx3
5-one are db lat rows w/twist 30#x12×3
6- ab wheel 20,15×2
7- military press 25#’sx10×3
8- bicep curls 25×10x3

Then I rode the upright bike for just 5 mins (since I already did my intervals in the am)

I was BEAT and Luckily got to bed by 11:30 and slept in until 9!!
Now we are off to the gym for my last workout of the week, CHEST and intervals.

Have a super day filled with RELATIONSHIP~
OH and on SPIKE tonight the TUF finals is on–GO BJ PENN!!!

-Michelle

Belief quote of the day:
"You can do it if you believe you can!"
Napoleon Hill