Since I’m temporarily not in track… and rugby… and I can’t go to soccer if my homework’s not done first… *quick cries*… I have to actually go a normal workout that doesn’t involve sports, which actually is quite boring to me, I have found.

But whatever. Fitocracy has gave me some insperation so this is what I did after school:

Jumping Jacks:
100 jumping jacks (+39 pts)
100 jumping jacks (+39 pts)
Crunch:
30 reps (+19 pts)
30 reps (+19 pts)
Push-Up:
5 reps (+9 pts)
5 reps (+9 pts)
Plank:
30 sec (+13 pts)
30 sec (+13 pts)
Bicycle (abs):
20 reps (+10 pts)
20 reps (+10 pts)
Body Weight Squat:
10 reps (+8 pts)
10 reps (+8 pts)
Body Weight Lunge:
15 reps (+24 pts)
15 reps (+24 pts)

What I did at the gym later today:

Leg Press:
145 lb x 10 reps (+29 pts)
145 lb x 10 reps (+29 pts)
Leg Extensions:
50 lb x 10 reps (+14 pts)
50 lb x 10 reps (+14 pts)
Machine Shoulder (Military) Press:
60 lb x 10 reps (+27 pts)
60 lb x 10 reps (+27 pts)
Machine Triceps Extension:
70 lb x 10 reps (+13 pts)
70 lb x 10 reps (+13 pts)
Seated Leg Curl:
70 lb x 10 reps (+16 pts)
70 lb x 10 reps (+16 pts)
Abductor Machine:
55 lb x 10 reps (+13 pts)
55 lb x 10 reps (+13 pts)
Ab Crunch Machine:
85 lb x 10 reps (+18 pts)
85 lb x 10 reps (+18 pts)
Lat Pulldown:
90 lb x 10 reps (+28 pts)
90 lb x 10 reps (+28 pts)
Seated Cable Row:
75 lb x 10 reps (+36 pts)
75 lb x 10 reps (+36 pts)
Machine Chest Fly (Pec Deck):
80 lb x 10 reps (+17 pts)
80 lb x 10 reps (+17 pts)
Machine Lateral Raise:
35 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts)
35 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts)
Machine Preacher Curls:
60 lb x 10 reps (+15 pts)
60 lb x 10 reps (+15 pts)

I wanted to do more but I only had a little over an hour and I really wanted to get some lifting done since I haven’t done it in a while. Oh how I miss free weights….

I go back and forth if I want to do the summer weight lifting program through our school. B/c I used to enjoy it but now I really don’t. I’d rather just do my own program. 
And last year I did it but I hardly ever went and I felt bad for not being committed to it. So I really don’t wanna join in this year if I’m not going to be 100% committed to it, but I don’t think I will be. :/

I don’t knoooooow. :(

I wish there was a gym closer to me that has free weights. All the ones in a 30 mile radius only have machines. And I know that both will help you reach your goal in becoming fit, but I just have a preference of free weights after using them for so long. 

Okay, sorry to be a cindy complainer or whatever. 

I hope you guys had a great day! :) I’m gonna try to search for some gyms in a 30 mile radius and hopefully get my chemistry done. :)

G’night! :D

So I’ve been gone for quite some time… doing stressful, school-related things.

But I’m back! And I have a fitocracy account, my username is rugbygal2013 so hit me up. :)

And people on there are so friendly. Yay! I love friendly people.

Okay, so I’ll try to keep posting random-licious stuff on here for you beautiful people.

Some sad news, though: My mom made me quit track and rugby b/c my grades are bad. :( But her and my coaches said that if I get them back up I can come back… even though it’s the end of the year.

But at least I have soccer… maybe? I haven’t asked her if I can keep going to soccer practice or not. :/

But I hope you guys are having a fab-tastic day and working out and being healthy and happy and such. :)

I’m in a good mood right now… maybe it’s b/c I’m in denial. 

Oh well. :)

healthylivingforyou:

Jenna Marbles - How Diets Work

More like, how diets don’t work. Haha. You don’t have to torture yourself with salads to lose weight… Just make yourself some delicious healthy food and exercise daily (Get some recipes ideas here!)

Not everyone has your willpower. This is how diets work for the average joe who is trying to diet. 

And she’s over exaggerating it for humor purposes. Jeesh.

mynuejeens:

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Protein Bars

• 2 cups Uncooked Old Fashioned/Quick Oats
• 1/2 cup Natural Peanut Butter
• 4 Scoops Protein Powder (I used ON Whey Vanilla Ice Cream)
• 4 tbls Milled Flax Seed
• 1/2 cup water

I warmed up my PB in the microwave for a few seconds to get it loose but other than that just combine everything in a bowl and mix well. 

Then press it into a baking pan or other square dish and put in the fridge or freezer for about a half hour.  You can put a little water on your fingers before pressing so it doesn’t stick to you.  Take the pan out of the freezer, cut the mixture into 8 or more bars, and wrap each individually or put in snack bags.  Done!

I’m leaving mine in the freezer since they were still a little sticky but the fridge is fine as well.

Next time I may add some dried fruit to change it up some.

This recipe makes about 8 bars

192 Cal | 16g Carbs| 8g Fat| 15g Protein| 3g Fiber

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healthylivingforyou:

Honestly, I don’t think I can give a great review on it because, well, I’m not and never have been fat. The idea of it is to show people who aren’t fat what it’s like and to make us “understand”… But I really don’t think I ever will unless I become fat. Truly, throughout a lot of the movie there…

Something about what she said in her review bugs me… I can’t pin it right now but something about it just ticks me off.

Kinda excited. XD
And I just got a Netflix account… how did I not have this in my life before?
Now I can watch Sherlock all I want.
Well, just for a month, really, bc my free month will be up then and I’m such a freeloader I don’t want to fork over 8 bucks to continue it…
I might, though. It’s pretty handy to have around.

beccasfitlife:

Watch these guns in action! Haha ;) this is my arms day superset of tricep ladder and barbell curls. Today I used the 40lb barbell because the 30 was missing, which explains me arching my back to get it curled. My form is usually better!

Yesss! Look at those guns!

Let’s talk about our abs of steel!

Having good abdominal muscles are important for lifting weights, b/c it helps you keep good form while you lift. Here are some great ab workouts you can do from home, w/ a friend and alone:

1. Bicycles
 These are good b/c they work a lot of muscles in your abdominals at once. Here’s what you do:
1. Lie face up on your mat and place your hands behind your head, lightly supporting it with your fingers.
2. Bring the knees in to the chest and lift the shoulder blades off the floor without pulling on the neck.
3. Rotate to the left, bringing the right elbow towards the left knee as you straighten the other leg.
4. Switch sides, bringing the left elbow towards the right knee.
5. Continue alternating sides in a ‘pedaling’ motion
Video: http://exercise.about.com/library/blbicyclevideo.htm
Modified Version (If these are too difficult (and there’s no shame in that!)): http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abmoves1_4.htm

2. Vertical Leg Crunch
 These are good b/c they work your abs and your obliques (sides). These are like regular crunches but your legs are in the air, forcing your abs to do more work.
1. Lie on the floor and extend the legs straight up with knees crossed.
2. Place your hands behind the head for support, but avoid pulling on the neck.
3. Contract the abs to lift the shoulder blades off the floor, as though reaching your chest towards your feet.
4. Keep the legs in a fixed position and imagine bringing your belly button towards your spine at the top of the movement.
5. Lower and repeat

3. Reverse Crunch
  This exercise is just a small movement but it brings a lotta of pain to your abs (the good pain!).
1. Lie on the floor and place hands on the floor or behind the head.
2. Bring the knees in towards the chest until they’re bent to 90 degrees, with feet together or crossed.
3. Contract the abs to curl the hips off the floor, reaching the legs up towards the ceiling.
4. Lower and repeat
*It’s a very small movement, so try to use your abs to lift your hips rather than swinging your legs and creating momentum.

 4. Planks
  Planks suck b/c they work your abs so good! These build great endurance in your abs and back. They are also good for building strength for push ups!
1. Lie face down on mat resting on the forearms, palms flat on the floor.
2. Push off the floor, raising up onto toes and resting on the elbows.
3. Keep your back flat, in a straight line from head to heels.
4. Tilt your pelvis and contract your abdominals to prevent your rear end from sticking up in the air or sagging in the middle.
5. Hold for 20 to 60 seconds
*If these are too difficult try doing them on your knees and build up to doing them on your toes.

5. Rock Balboas
Train like the Italian Stallion himself! :) This is what we call this exercise in weight lifting, anyways. After doing some research I see that there are a lot of diff. exercises called the Rocky Balboas. Anyways, this is what you do:
1. Get a friend/partner
2. One of you get on the ground like you’re going to do a standard sit up
3. When you come up, the other person (who should be kneeling right in front of your knees), punches your stomach 5 times
4. The person doing crunches should go back down and then repeat
These are great b/c they force you to flex your abs and keep them tight while you’re holding yourself up and while they’re punching them.

6. Roll Ups
I’m bad at explaining things, so after a couple attempts, I’ll just leave it up to this nice little chart-thing…. :)
 http://fat2abs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/exercises-for-abdominal.gif
Another form of this is to sit w/ your legs apart (as wide as you can spread them) and go down the same way in roll ups but to use your right hand to touch your left foot and your left hand to touch your right foot.

Here are some other great ab exercises:
Bodybuilding.com: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/hugo16.htm 
Health.learninginfo.org: http://health.learninginfo.org/abdominal-routine.htm 
Fitnessblender.com: http://www.fitnessblender.com/v/article-detail/10-Minute-Abs-Exercise-Routine-Home-Ab-Workout/4k/

For these exercises it’d be a good idea to do 2-3 sets and 20-30 reps to start out and then build up. If these start getting too easy, start looking for harder exercises to do, b/c what’s the fun in doing 5 sets and 50 reps (or something ridick, like that)?

Another important note, that doing these exercises while strengthen your abdominal muscles but it won’t make your abs show unless you already have low body fat. To be able to get more defined muscles you should also be doing cardio to burn fat and eating nutritious foods. Healthy eating makes up 70% of losing weight, and working out is 30%.

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Yesterday:

Got there late bc I went to rugby practice for an hour but when I got there the throwers (my crew) just got done w/ and intense workout. Then my coach turned to me and said “Alright, you get to do it too”. In all honesty I really didn’t mind. It was pretty hard but I wanted to do a hard workout. Anyways, here’s what we did:

1. Run to other side of football field and do 10 push ups
2. Run onto bleachers and run up and down all the steps and exit at the other end of the bleachers (we have pretty big bleachers at our school)
3. Run back to other side of football field and do 15 dips
4. Repeat 5x This might not seem hard but everyone just collapsed at the end. It was hard for me to throw afterwards bc my legs were just shaking.

Today’s Workout:

We weight lifted right after school (which ends at 2:20, we began at 2:30) even though track practice starts at 3.

1. Squats: 135lbs 3x7 (3 sets, 7 reps)
2. Bench Press: 95lbs 3x7 
3. Rows: 15lbs
4. Dips
5. A whole lotta abs

Today was awesome bc one of the part-time coaches was in there supervising us and said that if we worked really hard for 10 extra minutes he’d let us skip out on the team dynamic warm up, which we all hate. I mean, I know the benefits of it, but it takes a half hour to complete and it’s so mind numbing. We ended up doing some of the warm up bc our throwing coach showed up and we thought he wouldn’t let us skip but we found out he didn’t care. Then we threw until 4:45-5ish and I and to help the middle schoolers learn shot put, which sucked bc I wasn’t able to get any throws in for that. But I got some throws for disc in. :)

Anyways, this is a long post about nothing…