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WEDNESDAY,  August 9th 2017

7h15 PM HOMEFITNESS - STEPS WORKOUT ~ SPARTACUS style
As usual Xoom as timer with SPARTACUS APP.  . routine on Blackboard, have music from ceiling speakers, have ceiling fan,  and  floor fan. Add to that water, a headband, a towel.  today : Steps at 10" goes well, feels good to be 10 lbs lighter

SPARTACUS :  1 min each.15 secs rests Do the whole thing 3 times
1 Step-up L/R
2 Traverses
3 Power Squats
4

 Dips (16" steps)

5 Skaters  
6 TRX Push-ups
7 Pneus rapides L/R   
8 Jump squats vb coordination
9 Butt lifts    
10 Corners

BED AT 9h00t, wake up at 3h00 am

THURSDAY,  August 10th 2017
One day at work
, just to see what's going on after my 4 weeks vacation

9h00 PM OFF Program P90X3 : Agility X  ~ 30 mins HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton
Too much stuff to do today, but I really want to do this. It's very late, and I need to do stretching so I adapt some of the exercises to low impact stretching.

P90X3 #2a    Agility X
1.  Explode & Hold
2.  Y Lunges
3.  Joel Jump Squats
4.  Toe Tap Skater
5.  Near 7 Farrs
6.  Ring around the posey
7.  Scissor Kick Jumps
8.  8 Sprint 3
9.  Plyo V Lunge
10. High Step Shuffle
11. Gump Jump Push Ups
12. Tap That Line
13. Jump Knee Jump
14. Triangle Lunges
15. Squat Jump Lunge
16. 3.4 Run
17. Long Jump Sprint
18. Plyo Line Push Ups

BED AT 11h30 PM but  don't sleep well and wake u p at 4h15.

FRIDAY, August 11th 2017

1h00 PM Off- Program P90X3 : MMX  ~ 30 mins HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton
Still tired from waking-up too early, but I at least want to do the WO  even if low impact so that all my muscles remember what moving/stretching is like.

ACHES & PAINS : my right arm still hurts  from just below the elbow up to the shoulder when I extend it.

P90X3 #5a           MMX
30 secs rest between rounds.

Round One   **Change Lead at 30 seconds

1. High and Low Jab/Cross
2. Hook/Uppercut/Front Knee
3. Triple Jab/ Cross/ Back Knee
4. Hook Elbow/Down Elbow

Round Two   **Change Lead at 30 seconds

1. Jab/Over The top Elbow/ Crescent Kick
2. Superman Punch/4-Punch Scramble/Sprawl
3. Lead Uppercut/Hook Elbow/ Snap Kick
4. Sprawl/Power Knees/ Hook and Upper Elbow

Round Three   **Change Lead at 30 seconds

1. Upper Back elbow/Hook Elbow/ Back Kick
2. Jab/Cross/sprawl/Hook/ Uppercut/Sprawl
3. Push Kick/ Snap Kick
4. Hook/Uppercut/Hook/ Uppercut/Sprawl

Round Four   **Change Lead at 30 seconds

1. Frt Leg Check/Frt Snap Kick/ Superman Punch
2. Jab/Cross/Sprawl/Scramble
3.Jab/Cross/Hook Elbow/ Over the Top Elbow
4. Gladiator/Sprawl/Jab/Cross/Hook/Uppercut
5, Burnout (Punch and Sprawl)

BED AT 8h30 PM with Dormex, I need this /  M+2 come late

SATURDAY,  August 12th 2017
M+2 all day, Albi & Lili PM with cake for Gaby
Bonne fête mon amour! je suis contente que tu aimes ton cadeau et que t'as eu l'occasion de l'utiliser durant notre voyage dans les Dolomites.( July 8th )

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BED AT 8h30 with Dormex,

SUNDAY,  August 13th 2017
M+2 until 12h30 :)

8h45 CARDIO: cross-country
30 mins 
 

Precor  EFX 546i

 

9h33 AM BUNS OF STEEL Group fitness with  Nathalie Archambault
Can't find my HR monitor Polar watch
Good classe to get back on track

BED AT 10h30 PM

MONDAY,  August 14th 2017

7h09 pm JOGGING from home: slow & steady
45 mins +  / AveHR  140  88% / MaxHR  155  97%  / 514 cals / 25 % fat / 39  mins InZone (75%+)
Found my HR monitor .. but didn't change my weight on it.. so the calories etc must be off. ( was at 145 instead of 138 lbs)

BED AT 9h30 PM

TUESDAY,  August 15th 2017

8h15 PM HOMEFITNESS - STEPS WORKOUT ~ SPARTACUS style
As usual Xoom as timer with SPARTACUS APP.  . routine on Blackboard, have music from ceiling speakers, have ceiling fan,  and  floor fan. Add to that water, a headband, a towel.  today : Steps at 10" - tired

SPARTACUS :  1 min each.15 secs rests Do the whole thing 3 times
1 Step-up L/R
2 Traverses
3 Power Squats
4

 Dips (16" steps)

5 Skaters  
6 TRX Push-ups
7 Pneus rapides L/R   
8 Jump squats vb coordination
9 Butt lifts    
10 Corners

BED AT 10h30 pm

WENESDAY,  August 16th 2017
I just realized that I forgot to upload alot of the pics of the Dolomites.. Still have alot to work on for my Dolomites log as well.

7h20 PM ~ HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton —  OFF-Program  # 02+ Kenpo Cardio +
With Gabriel who mowed the lawn just before.. good warm-up.

P90X+  #02+ Kenpo Cardio+
Warm-up

1a- jab, cross, shuffle
1b- hook, uppercut, shuffle
2- jab, step, cross
3- double hammer, lunge, sword
4- low block, hammer, front kick
5- side speed kicks

cardio or break — 60 sec

** repeat 1 to 5

6- jab, uppercut, back kick
7- claw, hammer, lunge
8- claw, hammer, front kick
9- back fist, hammer, knee kick, front kick
10- elbow, sword, back kick

cardio or break — 60 sec

** repeat 6 to 10

11- gladiator
12- spinning swords
13- spinning swords, back hammer
14- double sword, knee kick, back kick
15- high block, knee kick burnout

cardio or break — 60 sec

** repeat 11 to 15

cool-down & stretch

BED AT 10h30 PM 

THURSDAY, August 17th 2017

5h30 PM ZUMBA Group fitness with  Émilie
30 mins.. nice surprise that the Body Pump class was replaced by Zumba so I get to warm-up before the class, I was at the gym early just to move a little to help digest the extra oignons in my delicous salad..

6h00 PM ZUMBA Group fitness with  Émilie
6
0
mins.. same comment as in June "Some of it was more like Aerobic-dance.. that is with fitness moves on music, than Zumba. Less intense and less "dance" than with Maryse " but glad there was a class.

BED AT 10h30 PM

FRIDAY,  August 18th 2017

7h45 PM BALLROOM DANCE PRACTICE  at Home
STRESS & STUFF for 2½ hours look for a blue notepad with 1 week of Gaby's Trek notes in it that I "missplaced". Find the notepad but it's orange and in Gaby's rainjacket.

BED AT 10h30 PM

SATURDAY,  August 19th 2017

10h30 AM P90X  ~ HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton — OFF-Program  # 02 Plyometrics
I think I'll need a couple of weeks to get back into the shape I was before going on vacation, even though I lost 10 lbs and did a 12 day Trek!

#02 Plyometrics
warm up & stretch

1- Jump Squat 30 sec
2- Run-stance Squat
30 sec
3- Airborne Heisman
30 sec
4- Swing Kick
60 sec

repeat 1-2-3-4

water break 30 sec

5- Squat Reach Jump
30 sec
6- Run-Stance Squat Switch Pick-Up
30 sec
7- Double airborne Heisman
30 sec
8- Circle Run
30 sec each direction

repeat 5-6-7-8

water break 30 sec

9- Jump Knee Tuck
30 sec
10- Mary Katherine Lunges
30 sec
11- Leapfrog Squat
30 sec
12- Twist Combo
60 sec

repeat 9-10-11-12

water break 30 sec

13- Rock Star Hop
15 sec each side
14- Gap Jump
30 sec
15- Squat Jack
30 sec
16- Military March
60 sec

repeat 13-14-15-16

water break 30 sec

17- Run Squat 180 Jump Switch
30 sec
18- Lateral Leapfrog Squat
30 sec
19- Monster Truck Tire
30 sec
20- Hot Foot
30 sec each foot

repeat 17-18-19-20

water break 30 sec

21- Pitch & Catch
30 sec each side
22- Jump Shot
30 sec each side
23- Football Hero
60 sec

cool down & stretch

BED AT 10h30 PM

SUNDAY,  August 20th 2017

9h33 AM BUNS OF STEEL Group fitness with  Nathalie Archambault
Feel good

BED AT 9h30 PM (nap from 6h30 to 7h30!!)

upset stomach in the afternoon/evening.

TUESDAY,  August 22nd 2017
Garage for breaks check-up / Lots of desks/offices changing places at work. good for me :) / M+ML come for an hour in the evening.

EXPLAINING MAPS  : we got quite a few good comments about our maps on the Trek last month, so here are some tricks.

Each map was name with 2 numbers : in large #xx was the number of the original map and the smaller xx underneath was the number of the copy (section)

TRICK : We had only partial maps.. 11" x 17". NO, we did non cut up the valuable maps, but we color photo-copied them. and traced the trail in pink. Already this was interesting since the quality paper made them stronger than the original maps. I had about 12 pages. Every day I would take out the day's trail and put it in a large "zip-lock" bag. and the rest were safely tucked away in my pac. `

LEFT : I cut off all the boarders so that the maps could line up properly and somewhere near the trail I put matching arrows with the name of the "other" map.

LEFT : When maps overlapped I actually drew the overlap on EACH of the sections, and wrote the name of the map.. This REALLY helped alot.

TRICK : On the bottom left hand corner of each map I wrote the corresponding Latitudes& Longitudes, since very often they were cut off on the copies. We didn't use them, luckily we didn't get lost enough to need them!

BED AT 9h30 PM (nap from 6h30 to 7h30!!)

WEDNESDAY,  August 23rd 2017

7h15 PM HOMEFITNESS - STEPS WORKOUT ~ SPARTACUS style
As usual Xoom as timer with SPARTACUS APP.  . routine on Blackboard, have music from ceiling speakers, have ceiling fan,  and  floor fan. Add to that water, a headband, a towel.  today : Steps at 10" - Gaby had a big day at work but as I'm getting up to go down stairs, he decides to join me

SPARTACUS :  1 min each.15 secs rests Do the whole thing 3 times
1 Step-up L/R
2 Traverses
3 Power Squats
4

Triceps on back DB8s

5 Skaters  
6 TRX Push-ups
7 Pneus rapides L/R   
8 Jump squats vb coordination
9 Butt lifts    
10 Corners

VOLLEYBALL Gaby says we may not be enough for volleyball on Thursdays so we'll sign up for Wednesdays at St-Pie.

planned BED AT 10h30 pm

THURSDAY,  August 24th 2017

PLANNING

Gaby & I sign up for Volleyball in St-Pie on Wednesday evenings. / We're not sure there'll be enough players on Thursdays in Granby.. / I find it important to do a "reactive" activity.. does the word exist? anyways.. I mean an activity/sport in which we have to react.. not like hiking, running or weights.


7h17 HOME FITNESS  ~ Amélie Boot camp #1
53 mins  / AveHR  114 71% / MaxHR  1419 88%  / 399 cals / 45 % fat / 17  mins InZone (75%+)
including 4 mins WU

Amélie CrossFit Style
100 Squats DB8s
90 Crunches
80 Biceps DB 8s
80 Triceps   dips & DB8s
70 Jump rope
60 Squat Dev. Militaire DB5s
50 1 leg hamstring butt lift
50 1 leg hamstring butt lift
40 Russian twist DB8
30 Push-Ups feet 20+10
20 Squat - Rameur DB8s
10 Burpees
5 Jumping Jacks
~ 2 mins jog
5 Jumping Jacks
etc up again

 

BED AT 10h00

FRIDAY,  August 25th 2017

PLANNING Try to see how sitting on a swiss ball would be at work. My posture is devinately better..

BED AT 9h30 PM

At M's +2 with Gaby

SUNDAY,  August 27th 2017

9h33 AM BUNS OF STEEL Group fitness with  Nathalie Archambault
Very bad right arm.. maybe from too much on Thursday

BED AT 10h30 PM

tired... was going to go to the gym.. or train at home but didn't feel well BED AT 8h30 PM

Difficult day at work, too much to do../ Gaby buys new car, will have it on thursday  BED AT 9h30 PM

WENESDAY,  August 30th 2017

STRESS & STUFF : Home day: need some time to relax..an get back on track !11h30 am : read in my e-mails that new sec. gestion will start on Sept 18th.. late but good news.

1h30 PM ~ HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton  OFF-Program  # 02+ Kenpo Cardio +
I think that this is the most relaxed WO I have on DVD, but it feels good to move a little
..

P90X+  #02+ Kenpo Cardio+
Warm-up

1a- jab, cross, shuffle
1b- hook, uppercut, shuffle
2- jab, step, cross
3- double hammer, lunge, sword
4- low block, hammer, front kick
5- side speed kicks

cardio or break — 60 sec

** repeat 1 to 5

6- jab, uppercut, back kick
7- claw, hammer, lunge
8- claw, hammer, front kick
9- back fist, hammer, knee kick, front kick
10- elbow, sword, back kick

cardio or break — 60 sec

** repeat 6 to 10

11- gladiator
12- spinning swords
13- spinning swords, back hammer
14- double sword, knee kick, back kick
15- high block, knee kick burnout

cardio or break — 60 sec

** repeat 11 to 15

cool-down & stretch

ACHES & PAINS my right arm is better (nerve damage from bacpac ~July 26th) and so are my bicpes (Amélie August 24th) I think I'm back on track.

7h00 pm PARCOURS St-Pie: Presentation by Centre ADN's Karolanne & Isabelle

we do 4 out of 5  parks :
Parc Daniel-Johnson /
Wilfrid-Bédard /
Euclide-Lacasse /
Terrain des Loisirs /
Back to Daniel Johnson :

We do 3,5 km. but don't go to Parc Beau Vallon.. it would take too much time for the whole group.

3 exercises in each park. There's a stretching exercise suggested for each exercise.

With Gabriel, in the "jogging" group,  I'm the slowest. of the jogging group but the exercises are easy.

I tell the Directrice des loisirs that they should put all five exercise pannels up in the parc near where I live.. we could do one.. run a little do another etc. She says it's a good idean.. I just want it so that it is "accepted" to do exercises in the park.

BED AT 10h30 PM 

THURSDAY,  August 31st 2017
Good day at work

8h30 PM
30 MINS 
 P90X  ~ HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton — OFF-Program  # 02 Plyometrics
30 MINS  Other stuff.. TRX PUs & Rows / Steps / biceps / Crunches & AtoZ lower abs etc
It's late but I didn't want to train before taking Gaby to get his new car

STRESS & STUFF I get completely discouraged when I notice that the floor in front of the fireplace is as bad as when the guys came to repair it after botching up the work a first time..

planned BED AT 10h30 PM

FRIDAY,  September 1st 2017

TRAVEL TO
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

12h30 PM car trip  4 hours   including 25 mins at customs

With Gabriel

There's a group at the hostel doing the Washington,DC to Bar Harbor, Maine cycle route with the "Adventure Cycling Association" interesting but not for me.

BED AT 10h30 PM at : White Mountain Hostel, 36 Washington Street, Conway, NH

SATURDAY,  September 2nd 2017

ISOLATION, White Mountains, NH : 46/48, NE111 : 102/115
With Gabriel 
HIKING  start 6h35 am  10h15mins total
TOTAL DISTANCE : 22,9 km There and back
ELEVATION GAIN & DESCENT : 1185  m / 3888 ft
TEMP :
14-15°C and NO Wind!

Back-pack 19lbs : so nice that it was less than the 33 lbs I carried around in the Dolomites!

Via Rocky Branch trail, because we'll do the other trail once when we want to go to Boot Spur.

The trail is much easier than we thought elevation-wise, but I think the rock-hopping takes tole on our articulations.

This is truely the opposite of the Dolomites LOL. hiking beside streams and  "rock hopping"  on dry streams, wet streams and across streams.

Talk with people (1 guy and 1 couple ) for whom this is 48/48 ! and some for whom it's 46/48 like us. Also with someone doing the "grid" who's about at 470/576 !

BED AT 10h30 PM at : White Mountain Hostel, 36 Washington Street, Conway, NH

SUNDAY,  September 3rd 2017

9h00 PM car trip home  3h40mins   including 5 mins at customs

ACHES & PAINS my right knee is bad and the adductors on both legs.. probably from all the rock hopping. But also : I wore my old boots 1497g compared to those I had in the Dolomites : 907 grams..

BED AT 6h00 PM thought I'd just lie down for an hour ! but went trough the night!!

MONDAY,  September 4th 2017

PLANNING (( note 6 days later :  I will NOT count on using the Videos available at Energie Cardio  when there aren't any group classes. Asked an instructor to show me how it works, and it works fine.. but the 3 "classes" I looked at are really "cheap".. nothing like P90X or Insanity. ))

Energie Cardio now has Virtual Classes. 

on Facebook / msg

MLS : bonjour, j'avais entendu qu'il y aura des cours, sans instructeur, projeté sur les écrans durant le temps qu'il n'y a pas de cours de group.. c'est vrais?

EC : Bonjour ! Effectivement, les cours virtuels ont fait leur arrivée à notre centre. Nous vous invitons à passer nous voir afin qu'un membre de notre équipe vous explique le fonctionnement. Bon entrainement.

MLS :
oui, je vais demander.. mais juste me dire.. il y a un horaire.. ou c'est premier arrivé qui peut choisir? ou complètement autre chose?

EC :Premier arrivé, premier qui choisi, effectivement!

MLS :
J'ai lu " des cours allant du yoga à l'aérobie avec Josée Lavigueur en passant par le cardio-militaire seront disponibles " est-ce qu'une liste des cours virtuel est disponible?

EC :
Vous trouverez toutes les options sur l'écran prévu à cet effet dans la salle de cours en groupe. Le projet est toujours en développement, des cours seront aussi ajoutés éventuellement.
MLS : 

7h15 PM BALLROOM DANCE PRACTICE  at Home 
45 mins Chacha, triple-swing, Viennese Waltz, Samba, Merengue, Rumba .. just getting back into it.

planned BED AT 9h30 PM

TUESDAY,  September 5th 2017

7h30 PM P90X  ~ HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton — OFF-Program  # 03 Shoulders & Arms 
Gaby wants to do this one and I join in. I NEED THIS! My paper log says I NEED THIS

#03 Shoulders & Arms
warm up & stretch

1- Alternating Shoulder Press
2- In & Out Bicep Curl
3- Two-Arm Triceps Kickback

repeat 1 - 2 - 3

4- Deep Swimmer's Press
5- Full Supination Concentration Curl
6- Chair Dip

repeat 4 - 5 - 6

7- Upright Row
8- Static Arm Curl
9- Flip-Grip Twist Triceps KickBack

repeat 7 - 8 - 9

10- Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly — 16 reps
11
- Crouching Cohen Curl
12- Lying-Down Triceps Extension

repeat 10 - 11 - 12

Bonus round

13- In & Out Straight-Arm Shoulder Fly
14- Congdon Curl
15- Side Tri-Rise

repeat 13 - 14 - 15

Ballistic Stretches

BED AT 10h30 PM

WEDNESDAY,   September 6th 2017

7h45 PM P90X  ~ HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton — OFF-Program  # 02 Plyometrics
With Gabriel.goes OK

#02 Plyometrics
warm up & stretch

1- Jump Squat 30 sec
2- Run-stance Squat
30 sec
3- Airborne Heisman
30 sec
4- Swing Kick
60 sec

repeat 1-2-3-4

water break 30 sec

5- Squat Reach Jump
30 sec
6- Run-Stance Squat Switch Pick-Up
30 sec
7- Double airborne Heisman
30 sec
8- Circle Run
30 sec each direction

repeat 5-6-7-8

water break 30 sec

9- Jump Knee Tuck
30 sec
10- Mary Katherine Lunges
30 sec
11- Leapfrog Squat
30 sec
12- Twist Combo
60 sec

repeat 9-10-11-12

water break 30 sec

13- Rock Star Hop
15 sec each side
14- Gap Jump
30 sec
15- Squat Jack
30 sec
16- Military March
60 sec

repeat 13-14-15-16

water break 30 sec

17- Run Squat 180 Jump Switch
30 sec
18- Lateral Leapfrog Squat
30 sec
19- Monster Truck Tire
30 sec
20- Hot Foot
30 sec each foot

repeat 17-18-19-20

water break 30 sec

21- Pitch & Catch
30 sec each side
22- Jump Shot
30 sec each side
23- Football Hero
60 sec

cool down & stretch

BED AT 10h30 PM

THURSDAY,   September 7th 2017

7h10 PM VOLLEYBALL with Gabriel,  at EURÉKA school / Play 'til 9h30
we're  9 and talk quite a bit about recrueting other players. I have a back ache and I wonder if my left arm is still weak from the nerve damage from my packsack during the trek. but maybe it's just the begining of the season.

BED AT 11h00 PM

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