Tonya's Check In--5/25--5/31

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Wow, I've been swamped with starting classes this week! I'm doing 4 classes right now, but 2 of those 4 are short sessions so they will be over the middle of June, which means that everything has to go at quadruple time because we're basically condensing 16 weeks of work into 4 weeks. In mid-June, I'll be through with these two classes (First Aid & CPR and US History I) but I'll be adding in another short session class (US History II), so I'm going to be rushed like this all summer! Anyway, classes start at 8am in Tifton, which is 30 miles from my house, so I'm up at what I call the buttcrack of dawn to get there on time. I know 6am isn't that early compared to when some of you workout, but it is early for me as I'm a night owl and prefer to go to bed at midnight. I'm done with classes at 2, but have to kill 2 hours there so I can work in the gym for an hour from 4-5. Luckily, they have a great gym there that I'll be using now that it is open (wasn't open last week until Wednesday), and a fully functional library with lots of computers to do some studying without the interruption of children at home. Anyway, I didn't get any videos in this week because of getting use to my schedule, so I'm trying to make them up today and complete my video rotation for May. I put in a Body Shaping compilation tape that I had down for today first thing this morning and messed with it for like 20 minutes before just throwing it away. I was suppose to do the whole tape (about 5 episodes of Body Shaping from ESPN back in the day), but wasn't able to do any of them because I couldn't get it to play anything but fuzz. Guess that is a good thing though because it meant I was able to get through what I missed this week. I'm still missing the pilates stuff I was suppose to do last week when I was dealing with the gym closing stuff, but thankfully, I'm done with that now. I will try to do some of the pilates stuff tonight before bed and maybe some tomorrow too, in order to catch up, but I'm not stressing over it if I do or not, cause I can always make it up at the end since I have a couple of weeks built in to my rotation. Although, I did get a couple more dvds at the Dollar Tree the other day that I now have to work in there too. What can I say, they have an awesome Dollar Tree in Tifton (you can get steaks there for a dollar!) and I can't walk through it without going to the video section. I passed on all the Body & Soul videos because I haven't really loved one of those yet, but they have like a half dozen new different ones. I also passed on a Baron Baptiste, even though I love his stuff just because it was on VHS and I'm trying to get switched over to mostly DVD purchases. Anyway, I got Hemalaya Behl's Yoga for Urban Living, Tantric Toning with de o, & Pilates for Wimps. I couldn't resist the donut on the cover of the last one! LOL So, anyway, here is my check in for the last week.

Sunday--5/25

Caribbean Core Pilates--2 practices--40 minutes

Cathe Step, Jump, & Pump (recorded from FitTV)--60 minutes

Aerobic Conditioning--Tamilee Cardio Power--20 minutes

Monday--5/26

Walked all over campus

Tuesday--5/27

Walked all over campus

Wednesday--5/28

Walked all over campus, Plus added campus walking to get set up to work at the ABAC gym

Thursday--5/29

Walked all over campus (My calves are really starting to regret the fact that my classes are on opposite sides of campus so I'm on the north side for my first class, then the south side for my second class, then back to the north, etc.)

Friday--5/30

Used the gym at ABAC for the following:

Bike while reading History--20 minutes

Weights--Upper Body--45 minutes

Chest Press--12 reps, 20#; 10 reps, 30#; 8 reps, 40#

Bench Press--12 reps, 50#; 10 reps, 60#; 8 reps, 70#

Pec Dec--12 reps, 20#; 8 reps, 30#

Lat Pulldown--8 reps, 50#; 10 reps, 40#; 12 reps, 30#

Row--12 reps, 30#; 10 reps, 40#; 8 reps, 50#

Nautilus Pullovers--12 reps, 70#; 8 reps, 80#

Nautilus Shoulder Press--8 reps, 60#; 10 reps, 50#; 12 reps, 40#

Alternating Twisting Bicep Curls--12 reps, 10# dumbbells; 10 reps, 13# dumbbells (they didn't have 12's so I held 10's and 3's); 8 reps, 15# dumbbells

Rope Pressdowns--12 reps, 10#; 10 reps, 20#; 8 reps, 30#

Hyperextensions--2 sets, 10 reps, no weight (just happy to have the equipment for these again!)

Supeset of Ball Crunches and Ball Obliques--2 sets, 25 reps, each direction

Incline Hanging Leg Raise--2 sets, 5 reps, no weight (these are tough!)

Stretch--10 minutes

Saturday--5/31

Co-Ed Training Jump Rope--20 minutes

Gotta Sweat Total Body--20 minutes

Fitness Beach Best of Cardio--20 minutes

Flex Appeal Chest & Shoulders--20 minutes

Aerobic Conditioning Tamilee Beginner Step--20 minutes (apparently the aerobic conditioning tape is a lot of Tamilee Webb stuff!)

Aerobic Conditioning Tamilee Tighter Assets--20 minutes

Hopefully, I'll get some pilates in tonight to stretch me out. My calves definitely need it! Tomorrow is suppose to be another compilation tape of Body Shaping, Caribbean Workout, and Yoga for Weight Loss. All next week is going to be Yoga Zone and I think I can squeeze those into the evenings before bed. Saturday is an hour with Gilad and more Yoga and Sunday is Cathe Kick, Punch, & Crunch, and a Caribbean. Maybe now that I think I'm in a routine, I'll be able to get them all done and start off June right!

Tonya