The Hair Dryer Challenge Workout
I changed my training plan for this week by swapping Wednesday and Thursday. The Metabolic Circuit I did on Tuesday beat me up pretty good, so I did the right thing and made Wednesday a rest/recovery day. I did about 20-25 minutes of stretching, which felt really good. So today was my second strength training workout of the week. Instead of a HIIT cardio session at the end, I decided to do 4 sets of each superset. I may be over-doing the cardio. My upper body was DEAD after today’s workout… I could barely hold the hair dryer to dry my hair! My arms should really be wiped by the end of the day after carrying around a baby all day. This is why moms have buff arms. Here’s a quick rundown of today’s workout:
Superset #1 – 4x thru
A) DB squats
B) Stability ball roll-out
C) Plyo-push-ups (I actually did some on my toes!)
Superset #2 – 4x thru
A) Side-step lunges (My outer glutes are going to be hurtin’ tomorrow from these.)
B) Lying tricep French press
C) Stability ball knee tuck w/ push-up
Superset #3 – 4x thru
A) Split squat with a toe-to-calf tap
B) Close-grip DB chest press/fly combo (DBs held together for chest press, followed by a fly)
C) Tricep push-ups w/ feet on stability ball (Reps in each set were taken to failure)
The third superset was tough! Doing tricep push-ups after the chest press/fly combo thing was brutal! But that’s how us tough chics like it!
My new nutrition “rules” are working out great. Having my 10% deviation from the rules already planned out really helps… especially with mindless snacking. If I need to snack on something, I usually bust out a handful of carrots or a few pieces of celery. Just goes to show that snacking is not about hunger; it is more about just putting something in your mouth because it’s there.
I’m taking the kids to Red Robin tonight. We are going with another mom friend and her kids. I was checking out RR’s website to see what’s on the menu these days that will still stick with my nutrition rules (or close to it). There site is pretty cool actually… you can create your order to determine what the calories/fat/carb/protein count will be. You can even add/remove condiments. So they give you no excuse from not knowing or planning ahead even when you eat out. Looks like the grilled salmon burger w/o the Bistro sauce and a side salad is the best choice. It’s not totally aligned with my rules, so I’ll probably count this as my 4th deviation for this week. Go check it out: http://www.redrobin.com/home/customizer
