THE 2012 CHRONICLE

blogilates: Follow me and let’s do the whole routine together...

nejidori — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:27:26 -0400

blogilates:

Follow me and let’s do the whole routine together here. <— Click to see the video!!

<3 Cassey

Weighted squats are building a new butt for me. To celebrate,...

nejidori — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:46:57 -0400

Weighted squats are building a new butt for me. To celebrate, please enjoy four Charlies doing the butt dance.

Sing with me now, “butt butt butt butt…” ad infinitum.

redrumsyndrum:

I don’t even like Black Flag, I’m just really obsessed with It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

Lower weights, higher reps, let’s do dis!

nejidori — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:00:48 -0400

Lower weights, higher reps, let’s do dis!

I wish my Zumba class were 90 minutes instead of 60. Just sayin. Or, you know, I should just look...

nejidori — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:48:00 -0400

I wish my Zumba class were 90 minutes instead of 60. Just sayin.

Or, you know, I should just look for separate dance lessons to fulfill my childhood dream of being a dancer.

Q

nejidori — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:40:04 -0400

Twice a week Zumba + twice a week BodyPump. Should I do additional weight training after Zumba?

Fitocracy

nejidori — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:22:00 -0400

Aww, the community @ Fitocracy is so welcoming! I was able to get all of my tracking questions answered within 5 minutes. My username on the site is the_wild_ones. Follow me and I’ll follow you. Let’s motivate each other! :)

Yes? Yes.

Fitness Apps

nejidori — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:03:00 -0400

Just wondering if anyone uses fitness apps/sites. I just joined “My Fitness Pal” and “Fitocracy.” Love the former because its food database is massive. Dislike the former because tracking food may potentially harm my healthy relationship with it. Love the latter because it turns it into an online game, and who doesn’t like that. Dislike the latter because it has been difficult finding the name of strength training exercises. So far I only got dumbbell bicep curls and zumba logged for last Saturday. I couldn’t find “Dip Assists” or “Chin Assists” or “that behind the neck triceps pull up thingie.”

How do you track your strength training with Fitocracy?

Is there a list of common exercises with pictures and corresponding names from the Fitocracy database?

Oh, and how do I track my hour of bodypump class if I can’t remember all the exercises that we did?

April 30, 2012

nejidori — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:50:21 -0400

Body pump classes ain’t no joke! I was not expecting intensive strength-endurance training. I thought it just involved instructors walking around perfecting one’s lifting postures. Oops. Today my body is sore. Mostly in the thighs because they never get a workout beyond H.I.I.T. on the elliptical. Shoulders too because I quit lateral raises for a while…

But really, the worst thing about the class are the damn smelly gym mats.

food and fitness and stuffs

nejidori — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:38:00 -0400

I just joined my fitness pal and am diligently documenting my caloric intake. Today is a very typical day for a non-period week, which means I snack very little. Plus, I am changing my eating behavior so that I eat more for breakfast and lunch and sparingly for dinner. Today is also gym day which would include almonds and a banana for pre-workout and protein bar for post workout, and light dinner that is high in veggies.

So, it’s 4:36pm now. and I’m only at 600/1210 calories for the day. My intake looks like this:

So…have I not been eating enough calories this entire time? I’m kind of surprised.

You know what

nejidori — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:47:58 -0400

I just had my bf take a picture of my full body front and back. I really look like I have toned a lot. I don’t have any before pics to compare but just seeing my body now gives me a lot of motivation that I had lost earlier today.

Sometimes what you think you see in the mirror had already been filtered by your own prejudices against your body.

Just a thought.

I am…confused and totally defeated. I started working out...

nejidori — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:25:00 -0400

I am…confused and totally defeated.

I started working out on the exact same date as this girl. I go to the gym three times a week and do more weight training exercises than the four below. I do not look even CLOSE to the after picture. Am I not working out hard enough? How does one drop 26 pounds in three months and gain so much muscle? I don’t get it.

before-and-after-pictures:

From 165 to 139 pounds.

January 9th to April 15th.

10-15 minutes on either Treadmill or Elliptical, then

Main 4 exercises: Squats, Lunges, Lat pull downs, Seated cable rows.

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Follow for before and afters every day!

H.I.I.T.

nejidori — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:56:05 -0400

Upping my cardio workouts due to a discrepancy between muscle gain and fat loss.

Yesterday I did 30 sec hi / 60 sec lo intensity H.I.I.T. workout with 3 minutes of warm up and cool down. I did 11 reps of Hi-Lo, finished with 30 secs of hi and ended with 3 minutes cool down for a total time of 23 minutes.

I sweated.

A lot.

Then I lifted. I increased the weights for biceps curls from 8 lbs to 10 lbs (last Saturday) to 12 pounds (last night), for that behind the neck triceps lifts from 15 lbs to 20 lbs. Then I finished the night with some requisite glutes, abdominal workout, and dip assists.

Today I’m going to the gym again but just H.I.I.T., no weights.

Hmm. Never a good idea to eat an entire plate of sushi right before Zumba. 撑死我了。。。

nejidori — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:06:04 -0400

Hmm. Never a good idea to eat an entire plate of sushi right before Zumba.

撑死我了。。。

fitnesstreats: No-equipment “hands up” workoutThis workout can...

nejidori — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:03:36 -0400

fitnesstreats:

No-equipment “hands up” workout
This workout can help strengthen your spinal muscles while working on your balance using your core, glutes and legs. And maintaining your arms up during the whole workout will make your shoulders burn. Take your time to perform each exercise in a slow controlled motion.

20 squats

20 alternative backward lunges

20 walking lunges (or alternative forward lunges if you don’t have enough space available)

20 bird dogs

10 warrior III yoga poses on right leg

10 warrior III yoga poses on left leg

10 get down & up starting with right leg (stay in a squat position when you’re up, make those legs burn!)

10 get down & up starting with left leg

It will take you around 25 minutes to perform this circuit 3 times. Keep your abs engaged to protect your lower back!

For more information and ideas to warm up and stretch before and after this workout, please check out the whole post on my Wordpress-blog: www.fitnesstreats.com/2012/04/hands-up-workout

Oh that looks delicious! veganilla: Vegan Mini Pizzas: click...

nejidori — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:27:24 -0400

Oh that looks delicious!

veganilla:

Vegan Mini Pizzas: click here for the recipe.

Recipe here:...

nejidori — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:49:51 -0400

Recipe here: http://thegoldenyolk.blogspot.com/2010/02/tempeh-quinoa-burgers.html

Or click on picture!

prettybalanced:

Tempeh Quinoa Burger

tonned-tanned-fit: Cardio Planks to strengthen your shoulders...

nejidori — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:52:04 -0400

tonned-tanned-fit:

Cardio Planks to strengthen your shoulders and core!

zumba!~

nejidori — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:58:00 -0400

I think i found my cardio. Considering that last night was my first zumba session, and I only spent about 5~10% of the time standing still because I wasn’t able to figure out what the hell I was doing, I think I did pretty well.

Slowly, I will move up to the front of the class. For now, I am ok with standing in the back.

Question though for people with long hair, how do you get that shit tightly secured? I had to re-do my hair at least three times.

There's a first time for everything

nejidori — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:39:08 -0400

Trying Zumba for the first time tonight! I planned on trying it out a month ago, but was afraid of my lack of coordination. Now I have no more shame. LET’S DO DIS!

th3skinny:

a magical place where I think I look like this:

but I actually look like this:

That’s a lie. Carlton has rhythm.

(PS- Thank you all for your support on my last post. It was kind of overwhelming and made me really happy!)

th3skinny: I posted this in response to an ask, but thought I’d...

nejidori — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:13:00 -0400

th3skinny:

I posted this in response to an ask, but thought I’d repost on its own for your reblogging pleasure. Enjoy!