Day 26 of 90

Last time for workout #4. I gave it my all today and pretty much did all of the exercises. It felt great after I was done - sweating like crazy which I love.

We're going away for the long weekend tomorrow so I had to plan how I will fit in my exercises. I will do my last cardio1 before we leave tomorrow morning. Sunday is my rest day so that works out good. However, Monday we may either be at the trailer or down in Brockville. Hopefully we'll be in Brockville where we'll be staying in a hotel room so I can take my computer and the dvd and do the workout there. If we're still at the trailer it will be pretty hard to do it. Worst case scenario, I wait until Monday evening when we check into the hotel and do it then. I'll see. I just don't want to miss a workout. Especially because I'll be starting the new workouts and I'm excited about that.

I ate pretty well today. Jillians blueberry  muffin for breakfast. Salmon sandwich and soup for lunch. And then I got really lazy and just had the rest of the salmon and soup for dinner. Hmmm. Not much variety in there! Add in a couple of glasses of wine and 1 Smirnoff ice and I'm all set for the weekend!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Day 25 of 90

Today was my final Workout #3. Even though it is the longest workout (at 36 minutes) the time seems to go by fast. Before I knew it I was doing the last exercise and it was cool down time! I'm not doing any of the planks or push-ups so that makes it a little easier.

After that, I went to my physio appointment again and repeated yesterday's workout in addition to a few more stretches. I really enjoyed my time there. I was there for almost 2 hours.

My lovely daughter Jessica left such kind words for me on her blog yesterday. I am so glad that I have her in my life.

I bought some good snacks to have - trail mix and those chocolate covered pretzels, as well as some pita chips that look tasty.

Have a good night!

Day 24 of 90

I can't believe I'm almost done of Phase 1. Just one more time to do workout 3 and 4 and cardio 1. I'm going to miss those workouts since I'm just starting to get used to them!

Today was Cardio 1. Finally I can get through the running man. It makes such a difference if I just hold my core strong and tuck my abs in. Amazing. I still work up a sweat doing this cardio but I can get through it all.

After cardio, I went to physiotherapy where I worked on various core and shoulder exercises for 1 hour. It was pretty intense and the muscles in my right arm started shaking and giving out near the end. I wear a heart monitor and do either steps or bicycling to get myself into my optimum heart rate (120 to 144 bpm).

The exercises I am starting out with to rebuild the strength in my upper back/neck/shoulder area are:

Using the machines, I do 3 sets of 12 each:

• leg presses - @ 40kg
• lateral pull downs - @30kg  (love these!)
• dips -  @30kg

Using the ball, I do the following exercises 5 - 10 times each

• Back extensions - improves low back strengh
• Reverse fly - strengthens upper back and shoulders and improves posture.
• Rear shoulder raises - improves upper back posture and rear shoulder strength
• Dynamic core mobilization - improves back strength and stability

I also do a few others that I don't know the names of. I'm going to try to go a few times a week because it's nice to have qualified people around to help me with my form and posture.

Looking forward to tomorrow - workout 3 for the last time! Just when I was starting to like it.