Workout : Getting Complicated

Okay, i will be posting less now that school is officially back in session.  The last two weeks my Coach has been back to work, not full time, but more and more, and now this Tuesday marks the beginning of real school for him, students and all...  So our workouts will be less, his workouts at the big gym will be happening more, but hopefully i will still get both workouts and clean food...  My goal is two posts a week - one workout and one fuel idea!

Our last workout i posted on fitocracy, and i honestly don't even know how to begin to title it.  But i will try to describe it.

First of all, squats (i just used the bar, which weighs 45 lbs).  Coach T is trying to get me to squat LOW - and lighter weight makes this easier for now, for me to learn the proper mechanics.

I did 20 low bar squats.

THEN,

barbell presses - i started with two barbells each weighing 15 lbs, but Coach moved me up to 20 lbs each.  I guess i am getting stronger.

I did "as many reps as i could" per set - four sets.

THEN,

a ladder - this time, ring pull ups and then to the mat for pushups - i did ten of each, then nine of each, then eight, 76,5,4,3,2 and finally a set of one and one.

I am really liking Fitocracy.com for the intangible encouragement.  I know it's basically like a robot telling you you're awesome (okay, it *is* a robot telling you you're awesome...) but somehow the random allotment of "points" that might push you to the next "level" seem to be a motivating factor for me...

And now, to get back to my workout!

Workout - Magnificent Seven! (or three...)

Today we started out with high hopes...

Here we go!

Coach T named our workout "The Magnificent Seven", but once we got started (immediately after supper, which was weird), we realized that three sets would be more doable...

This workout is a little more complicated, so i will link to explanations for each exercise.  I would post video of me doing the exercises, but i don't think that would be very pretty ;)...  Especially the burpees.  Painful!!!  Funny how i hate them just as much as i did in elementary school - the awkwardly undignified name titters at an involuntary bodily function, and the exercise itself is probably the least graceful and flowing of all exercises (except when Coach does them...)

And..... here's the workout!

The Magnificent Seven

Coach version  :                              Mama version:

Seven sets of....

Handstand  pushups                        Shoulder presses with 20 lb db
Push Press                                       Push Presses with 20lb db
Knees to Elbows                             TTapp "putting organs in place"                                                      
                                                        & half frogs
Deadlift 225                                   deadlift 15lb kettlebell
burpees                                           burpees
kettlebell high pull 50 lb               kettlebell high pull 15 lbs
chinups                                          bodyweight rows

We've got passes to our local pool, so i told Coach we should add a little incentive - once we are done our workout, we'll go swimming!  He's on summer vacation right now, and we're missing three children (birthday party, and two at Oma's house), so we took the five that remained to the Multiplex.  Not a good workout, as one of those is only six weeks old, but so relaxing on a hot summer day, after a sweaty workout!  If you can find something that will be an incentive, it sure helps motivate you to get out there, get the exercises out of the way.  All the better if it's something that doesn't cost any money :)  Because hopefully you'll be working out a few times a week!