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SATURDAY,  September 27th  2014
M+2 for the long day, they go pick apples in the pm but I stay at home, don't like the sun.

10h36 SYNERGIE 1/12  ~SMALL GROUP FITNESS with Olivier Blouin
Last time I did this was december 18th 2013.. but just for one class, and it went like this. 3 sets of
45 secs / 15 secs rest — 40 secs / 20 secs rest — 30 secs / 30 secs rest. But now it's the instructor who chooses the program..

This time I signed up for a full session.
60
mins  / AveHR  137  82% / MaxHR  158  96%  / 489 cals / 35 % fat /
54 mins InZone (75%+)
There's only 2 of us, Kevin from Amélie's fitness classes who now trains with Olivier in private sessions as well. There is no class next week, but I tell Kevin that I'll be there doing this same program if he wants to join me.
Today went something like this  :

1 min / 20 secs rest — 1 min / 20 secs rest — 1 min / 20 secs rest
Speed ladder : 3 push-ups + jumping jacks to the end
Plank : with 1 sec runners

TRX : 
hamstrings - on back, lift butt, bend legs 1 sec 

Kettle ball :
walking lunges w/ alternating militairy lift 10-15 lbs
10 burpees / 2 mins rest
45 secs / 15 secs rest — 45 secs / 15 secs rest — 45 secs / 15 secs rest
Speed ladder : 3 jumps and a burpee
Wall
: chair with hammer curls  8 lbs

Plank
 : Alternate Bird-Day  
Kettle ball :
Swings : 
various
Plank 2 mins ( I could have done alot more) / stretching

BED AT 1h30 A M

SUNDAY,  September 28th  2014

planned 7h00 PM BALLROOM DANCE PRACTICE   at HOME
30 mins Rumba & Waltz, what we'll do in class with Gabriel

BED AT 10h30 PM

MONDAY,  September 29th  2014

4h37 BUNS OF STEEL ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin Maude
WU then 52 mins  / AveHR  141  84% / MaxHR  162  97%  / 370 cals / 30 % fat / 46 mins InZone (75%+)
Maude teaches Power Cardio on Tuesdays, so she mixes PC with buns of steel. Good mix.

5h37 CARDIO MILITAIRE ~ GROUPE FITNESS with Amélie Martin (ABSENT)
58 mins+  / AveHR  121  72% / MaxHR  151  90%  / 320 cals / 45 % fat / 26 mins InZone (75%+)
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8h00 PM BALLROOM DANCE PRACTICE   at HOME
30 mins
Just dance..

BED AT 10h30 PM

WENESDAY,  October 1st  2014

4h36 ZUMBA ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
55 mins+  / AveHR  126  75% / MaxHR  149  89%  / 328 cals / 45 % fat / 33 mins InZone (75%+)
Feeling good, but not easy for the core.

BED AT 10h30 PM

THURSDAY,  October 2nd  2014

7h00 PM VOLLEYBALL with Gabriel at EURÉKA school ( 15 players but no more than 7 per team, Sylvain, Gaby and others offer to sit out a game) play until 10h00 — last games 4 vs 4
OK but a little nervous.. .

BED AT 11h30 PM but get up later..

FRIDAY,  October 3rd  2014
Very tired, didn't sleep well

NOON BUNS OF STEEL ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
60 mins  / AveHR  115  69% / MaxHR  157  94%  / 378 cals / 45 % fat / 28 mins InZone (75%+)
Main course : 3 bolcks of :   3-4 exercises 15-20 times ( ie back lunge with biceps curls L & R , one legged jump squats L & R , power squats ) then speed ladder.. repeat. 

planned BED AT 9h30 PM

SATURDAY,  October 4th  2014
 

10h36 SYNERGIE extra/12  ~SMALL GROUP FITNESS with Olivier Blouin
Olivier told us he'd be absent.but do the same class as last week with Kevin.
LOL Peeve.. there is a girl who is doing exercises on the painted speed ladder but not using them. there is at least 20' x 20' open space where she could move to but she seems insulted that I ask (very diplomatically) that she move over a bit! LOL


Today went something like this  :
 

1 min / 20 secs rest — 1 min / 20 secs rest — 1 min / 20 secs rest
Speed ladder : 3 push-ups + jumping jacks to the end
Plank : with 1 sec runners

TRX : 
hamstrings - on back, lift butt, bend legs 1 sec 

Dumbells :
walking lunges w/ alternating militairy lift 12 lbs
 2 mins rest
45 secs / 15 secs rest — 45 secs / 15 secs rest — 45 secs / 15 secs rest
Speed ladder : 3 jumps and a burpee
Wall
: chair with hammer curls  12 lbs

Plank
 : Alternate Bird-Day  
Kettle ball :
Swings : 20 lbs

BED AT 10h30 A M

SUNDAY,  October 5th  2014

4h15 PM BALLROOM PRIVATE LESSON  at Studio de danse Harmonie ~ Louise Harrison
60 mins with Gabriel — next class Sunday, October 19th  at 4h15 PM.
This time, Foxtrot only :)

7h30 PM BALLROOM DANCE PRACTICE   at HOME
30 mins Rumba & Waltz, what we'll do in class with Gabriel

BED AT 10h30 PM

MONDAY,  October 6th  2014

4h40 BUNS OF STEEL ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
50 mins  / AveHR  130  78% / MaxHR  159  95%  / 315 cals / 35 % fat / 36 mins InZone (75%+)
more of a Cardio Militaire than usual on Mondays.. but I like it.
 

Amélie CrossFit Style
25 Squats
25 Full Squats
25 Jump Squats
60 Crunches
50 1 leg hamstring butt lift
50 1 leg hamstring butt lift
30 Russian twist DB 8
20 secs Plank
20 Squat - Rameur DB 8s
10 Burpees
10 Push-ups
10 Jumping jacks
2 mins rest
20 Squat - Rameur DB 8s
20 secs Plank
30 Russian twist DB8
50 1 leg hamstring butt lift
50 1 leg hamstring butt lift
60 Crunches
25 Squats
25 Full Squats
25 Jump squats DB 8s

5h40 CARDIO MILITAIRE ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
53 mins+  / AveHR  128  77% / MaxHR  159  95%  / 326 cals / 40 % fat / 31 mins InZone (75%+)
I ate my snak at 2h30 PM and with the big BoS class I'm dizzy and really feeling bad. Ask Amélie for some Gatorade that I add to my water. (I forgot mine) Skip the Cardio WU. The rest goes well.

round 1 ) 5 stations, 90 secs / 15 secs rest

round 2 ) 5 stations, 90 secs / 15 secs rest

round 3) 5 stations, 60 secs / 15 secs rest

each round  includes :

1) 4 lengths of speed ladder
2) 1 cardio
3) 1PU variation
4) 1 squat and Press variation
5) 1 crunch or Mary-Kath variation

BED AT 10h30 PM

WEDNESDAY,  October 8th  2014

4h36 ZUMBA ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
after WU 44 mins+  / AveHR  121  72% / MaxHR  148  89%  / 238 cals / 45 % fat / 23 mins InZone (75%+)
too many stops between songs and to many participants for the size of the room.

BED AT 10h30 PM

THURSDAY,  October 9th  2014
Annie's Birthday (1972) but she's absent from Volleyball.

7h00 PM VOLLEYBALL with Gabriel at EURÉKA school ( 14 players ) play until 10h00 — last games 5 vs 5
ok, but I feel stiff from the flu / Mike will replace Jade who is now working on Thursdays. Gaby is careful with his back, and I think it  makes him a better player — calmer.

BED AT 1h30 AM

FRIDAY,  October 10th  2014

NOON BUNS OF STEEL ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
Talk with Francine Campbell as I leave. She just signed up a month ago. good for her to start :)
53 mins  / AveHR  124  74% / MaxHR  156  93%  / 347 cals / 40 % fat / 33 mins InZone (75%+)
Main course :

6 exercises : 1 round of 45/15 secs then 3 rounds of 20/10 secs

6 exercises : 1 round of 45/15 secs then 2 rounds of 20/10 secs

finish with long plank and killer glutes.

Manou comes in the evening 'til tomorrow afternoon. :)

BED AT 10h30 PM Manou comes 'ti tomorrow afternoon. :)

SATURDAY,  October 11th  2014

10h36 SYNERGIE 2/12  ~SMALL GROUP FITNESS with Olivier Blouin
53 mins  / AveHR  136  81% / MaxHR  160  96%  / 417 cals / 35 % fat / 46  mins InZone (75%+)
We are 3 this week. Amélie and Kevin take private training with Olivier during the week., for sprints, I'm proud to suggest ot Olivier that next time we do them diagonally. The room length is really too short, for safe stoping, but ok for just practicing fast starts.
Today's main course went something like this  :
 

1 min / 15 secs rest — 50 secs / 20 secs rest — 45 secs / 20 secs rest
Room center : 5 cones : run center to corner. stay low
Plank  : I ask Olivier to tell me at ½ time and do them 1 leg.

Kettlebell : 
1 arm swing 20 lbs.. 10 lbs on 3rd round

Floor :
3 squats / 1 PU burpee
3 mins rest with explanations for next block
1 min / 15 secs rest — 50 secs / 20 secs rest — 45 secs / 20 secs rest
Soft ball : High wall throws with 14 lbs SB
Room Lenght
 : walking lunges with dynamic knee lift / technical

Med ball
 : Slam ball with 10 lbs MB
Dumbell :
one leg stiff leg dead lift and row (my pet peeve)
3 mins rest with explanations for next block
45 secs / 10 secs rest — 45 secs / 10 secs rest — 45 secs / 10 secs rest
Room Length : Sprint  and Jog or Walk back
Wall
: chair with hammer curls  8 lbs

Floor & Med ball
 : Triceps Push-ups on MB / on knees for me  
Swiss Ball :
Tirage de talons, tenir 2 secs.

SHOPPING  : Au Grand Bazar de Granby
 

Wilson SBR Strap Knee Pads

Last year I tried finding Volleyball Knee Pads in St-Hyacinthe. Nothing good for me, either too tight, or I felt my knees crushed when I squat. I tried Gaby's, those from Walmart, from a sports store and a pair we won in a raffle at the end of Gaby's Cometitive Volleyball Leage year.
I was just about descouraged when didn't find any larger ones in Granby today. Even the XL were too tight. Then at the last minute I decide to give these a try, even though they were marked "Junior/Jeune". They fit! and even better, they were on sale! (19,99 $ instead of 24,99 $) I WOULD like to have, or at least try the "adult" size though instead of the "youth"

The innovative SBR™ Knee Pad is one of the first removable Velcro®  knee pads designed with a volleyball player in mind.  The padded knee pad is made with breathable Lycra®  material treated with an anti-microbial protection for complete softness and protection during play.

 

BED AT 8h30 PM with the aide of one Sominex

SUNDAY,  October 12th 2014

TRAVEL TO
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

4h30 AM car trip 3 hours 30 mins + (including 4 mins at customs)
Get up at 4h00 am, our pacs are already in the car. We eat light breakfast and leave at 4h30. at about 7h30 we eat cereals in the car.. Gaby has some trouble digesting at the start of the hike

MOUNT JACKSON 15/48 and Webster  loop
HIKING  start : 8h00 AM  AM finish at 2h28 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 19 lbs including 3 liters of  water.. Come home with 1,5 l..
ASCENT    
TOTAL LENGTH   miles
TOTAL
TIME   about 6 hours including long stops and conversations


TEMPERATURE
cold but not windy until we get to the top of Jackson where we are in the clouds, and the wind is strong. The sun comes out by the time we get to Webster.

Aches & Pains : really feel my last two days of trainging.. quite glad that it was a moderate hike today. just perfect.

Left :
The red leaves had fallen, the yellow ones where still on the trees, but at the top of Mount Jackson, we couldn't see far so we looked closely at what was beautiful and rare. Just for these two pictures the hike was worth it!

Below : to Mount Jackson first, then over to Webster and back down.

TRIP HOME

BED AT 10h00 PM M+2 arrive later

MONDAY,  October 13th  2014

4h40 BUNS OF STEEL ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
to be updated : 50 mins  / AveHR  130  78% / MaxHR  159  95%  / 315 cals / 35 % fat / 36 mins InZone (75%+)
just an example of a class that Amélie did at the EC workshop this week-end :
an aérobique dance choreographie..
I don't like it and go do some cardio for 10 mins near the end.

5h40 CARDIO MILITAIRE ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
We do an example of a class that Amélie did at the EC workshop this week-end :

Tests : I'm with Steve who weighs 175 lbs
1) Walk around room up stairs to stage down stairs to finish walk around : carrying partner on our back.
2) Squat holding partner's hands who is also  squatting - 2 mins - I tell girl to come with us to be 3 .
3) Declined push-ups on someones squatted quads, We're un-even so I do it feet on the stage
4) Seated people with body surfer on top. I help with the people at the end of the row instead of doing it.
5) trust : run across room, trusting someone will stop you before you run into the wall (new for me, nice)
6) trust : lean into circle of people (old classic)
7) flexibility : sitting foot to foot with partner  hands together
8) arms : pull-up on partner's hands while lying down. partner is standing over us.
9) cardio circuit : partner exercises then run.. repeat with other exercises : ie) plank, partner passes under
10) abs : lying down with knees bent, partner holds right hand & left knee and stands with 1 foot on our abs - 1 minute

BED AT 10h30 PM

WEDNESDAY, October 15th 2014 

7h30 PM  P90X  ~ HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton —  OFF-Program  # 06 Kenpo X
Well, let's say "most of it". but I do do some upper body TRX and change some of the movements to more Volleyball-like ones and try my new volleyball knee pads for a while.

#06 Kenpo X
saunders stretch cycle warm-up

1- Twist & Pivot — 25 each side
2- Twist & Pivot with Hook & Upper Cut — 25 each side
3- Jabs — 20 reps + 10 doubles each side
4- Jab / Cross — 25 each side
5- Jab / Cross / Hook — 25 each side
6- Jab / Cross / Hook / Uppercut — 25 each side

cardio break — 60 sec

7- Step Drag / High-Low Punch — 20 reps +10 doubles each side
8- Jab / cross Switch — 20 reps
9- Hook / Uppercut Switch — 20 reps
10- Knee Kick — 20 reps + 10 doubles each side
11- Ball Kick — 30 each side

cardio break — 60 sec

12- Side Kick — 30 reps each side
13- Back Kick — 25 reps
14- Three-Direction Kick — 72 reps
15- Side Lunge With High Sword / Low Hammer — 15 reps each side
16- Step Drag / Claw / Low Punch — 15 reps + 10 doubles each side

cardio break — 60 sec

17- High Block — 30 reps
18- Inward Block —30 reps
19- Outward Block — 30 reps
20- Downward Block — 30 reps
21- Star Block — 16 reps

cardio break — 60 sec

22- Front Shuffle with High Block / Low Punch — 15 reps + 10 doubles each side
23- Knee / Back Kick — 15 reps each side
24- Front & Back Knuckles / Ball Kick / Back Kick — 10 reps each side
25- Hook / uppercut / Low Side Kick — 10 reps each side
26- Elbow Series — 30 reps
27- Vertical Punches — 100 reps

cardio break — 60 sec

cool-down & stretch

Aches & Pains :  just above and below the inside of both my elbows. Probably from carrying Steve on my back and holding his legs on Monday.

BED AT 11h30 PM 

THURSDAY,  October 16th  2014
Both
Nathalie and Dominic's Birthday this week at Volleyball.

7h00 PM VOLLEYBALL with Gabriel at EURÉKA school ( 12 players ) play until 9h55 — last 3 games 5 vs 5
ok but a little disappointed in some games when I don't get to play much and drop into some sort of daze. Have fun in the last 3 games when I play more. / my Knee pads are good.but haven't really used them except for one save that I do with a knee lift LOL.. Next week I need to take a coffee before coming to play.

BED AT 11h30 AM

FRIDAY,  October 17th  2014

NOON BUNS OF STEEL ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
58 mins  / AveHR  121  72% / MaxHR  154  92%  / 318 cals / 45 % fat / 28 mins InZone (75%+)
Good WU but long stop before starting the main part while the exercises are explained. I feel goo and confident, which is much more than I can say at volleyball !

Main course :
 

45 secs / 15 secs rest then bonus and again 30 secs / 10 secs rest
1 Squat, leave DB on floor, stand, squat, take DB and stand with biceps flexion
2a Arabesque with hip extension, left
2b Arabesque with hip extension, right
3 Elastic at feet, double side step and touch diagonal back
4a lunge, touche floor with and, extend leg, lift arms, left
4b lunge, touche floor with and, extend leg, lift arms, right
5 ½ sit-up with DB over head, or not.
6 DB Russian twist with legs off the floor
7 Side plank with hip lift
8 Side lunge , touch floor with DB, stand with militairy press
9 Front Squat kick
10 Sumo Squats, lift heels each time, finish with 10 secs Sumo jump squats
11 Back lunge with DB biceps
12a on the back , hamstrings, left
12b on the back, hamstrings, right
13a on all 4s, leg lift to the side, 90°, left
13b on all 4s, leg lift to the side, 90°, right
14 45 secs : Double jumping-jack & Burpee // 30 secs : Burpees
15 45 secs : Triceps push-ups 2 up 2 down // 30 secs : 4 down, stay down 3 up 1

7h30 PM BALLROOM DANCE PRACTICE   at HOME
45 mins Rumba & Waltz, what we'll do in class with Gabriel

BED AT 10h30 PM

SATURDAY,  October 18th  2014

10h42 SYNERGIE 3/12  ~SMALL GROUP FITNESS with Olivier Blouin
60 mins  / AveHR  138  83% / MaxHR  158  95%  / 416 cals / 30 % fat / 46  mins InZone (75%+)
We are 3. with Kevin
 and Jean-Yves B who says after class that he'll sign up. Olivier planned his class during class.. I really have trouble with the endurance, wish we had a few more seconds, I think we'd work harder/better with longer rests. Maybe I need to slow down a notch to adujst to endurance work.  Today's main course went something like this  : (right exercises but maybe not exact order)
 

1 min / 15 secs rest — 50 secs / 20 secs rest — 45 secs / 20 secs rest
TRX : push-ups and lift each knee 2 sec
Speed ladder  : quick feet forwards , 2 step in each wrung

Very High Setps : 
PU burpee, jump forwards, jump on step

KB :
Squat and militairy press
3 mins rest with explanations for next block
1 min / 15 secs rest — 50 secs / 20 secs rest — 45 secs / 20 secs rest
TRX : one arm row , alternate each 5
Room Lenght
 : walking lunges with militairy KB  press

Speed Ladder 
 : Sideways moving plank
High Steps :
feet on both sides lenghtwise, jump  center
3 mins rest with explanations for next block
30 secs / 10 secs rest — 30 secs / 10 secs rest — 30 secs / 10 secs rest
Floor : Plank with alternating knee bends holding  2 secs
Soft
Ball : High throws to the wall - 14 lbs

Cones
 : 3 in-line : center do 3 PUs, run to each end & back High Steps : Step-up ,  dynamic high knee, alternate every 3

Talk about over training with Kevin after class. Later surf on The 65 questions version of Profile of Mood States. Not the same but interesting.

7h00 PM BALLROOM DANCE PRACTICE   at HOME
1h15 mins chacha & Waltz, Foxtrot, quickstep, bachata

BED AT 11h30 PM

SUNDAY,  October 19th  2014

4h20 PM BALLROOM PRIVATE LESSON  at Studio de danse Harmonie ~ Louise Harrison
60 mins with Gabriel — next class Sunday, November 2nd  at 4h15 PM.
Foxtrot and Samba.. good class .

BED AT 10h30 PM

MONDAY,  October 20th  2014

4h37 BUNS OF STEEL ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
52 mins  / AveHR  115  69% / MaxHR  145  87%  / 258 cals / 45 % fat / 21 mins InZone (75%+)
Some new variations of lunges.. :

  1. Sprint start position, bring back left leg to outside right hand 3 times / lunge position bring body up straight, hands in the air.. repeat 15 times, then change sides.
  2. Lunge position, touche straight fingers to the floor in front 3 times, / lunge position bring body up straight, hands in the air.. repeat 15 times, then change sides.

5h40 CARDIO MILITAIRE ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
48 mins  / AveHR  114  68% / MaxHR  152  91%  / 240 cals / 45 % fat / 21 mins InZone (75%+)
quite a long steps WU  and then the main course :

12 exercises 1 mins each non stop. / repeat.

  1. Burpees,
  2. FLoor mountain climbers,
  3. Push-ups,
  4. 3 squats then jump squat sideways over 8" steps (or jump squat)
  5. Floor hamstring curls (lift bum) one leg straight and low
  6. Stand one foot each side of 8" steps. jump to center of steps one foot in front of the other, jump down repeat  changing front foot 
  7. Back lunges with bicep curls
  8. Squats with triceps
  9. Crunches and variations
  10. Sumo squats with military and Arnold Press
  11. Plank
  12. Superman

 BED AT 10h30 PM

TUES DAY,  October 21st  2014

come home from work after noon.. sleep.. sleep get up a little around super time and go to sleep early.

BED AT 9h00 PM

WEDNESDAY, October 22nd 2014 

Inflammation nation- is inflammation good or bad?  exerts..

Over the past year or so, the idea of making sure not to inhibit the training effect has risen in popularity.  The old concept was that as soon as the workout was done, everything possible was done to recover for the next workout.  In practicality this made sense, as if we could recover for the next training bout, we could get more intensity and volume out of that session.  Now, the pendulum is swinging to the other side.

Take NSAIDs, impair adaptation.  One particular study by Machida M and Takemasa (2010) found that giving a dose of ibuprofen to mice who were on a 4 week “running” program, blocked mitochondrial adaptations that would normally occur.

However, in humans the results are more mixed. Several studies (Peterson et al. ) have shown no impact, while a few (Trappe et al.) have shown actual improvements in strength characteristics, particularly in older adults.  Unfortunately, most of the human studies have been in regards to strength gains and not endurance adaptations.

The speculation for why the difference in outcomes rests in the participants and design of the studies.  In the studies finding improvements in performance or strength, the participants were all older (50+).  So there is speculation that taking a NSAID allowed for improved strength gains because of either a decrease in pain perception from taking the drug, or by impacting protein degradation.  It makes sense that older people would have shift in how their bodies adapt.  Older individuals are generally have a higher state of inflammation, meaning they generally have low level inflammation to some degree going on.  It’s possible that by taking NSAIDs, they dampened this down so that now the body can respond like it normally would to a workout.  Additionally, if pain perception is modulated

7h30 PM  P90X  ~ HOME FITNESS with Tony Horton —  OFF-Program  # 06 Kenpo X
just move to music instead of the WU and Cool Down

#06 Kenpo X
saunders stretch cycle warm-up

1- Twist & Pivot — 25 each side
2- Twist & Pivot with Hook & Upper Cut — 25 each side
3- Jabs — 20 reps + 10 doubles each side
4- Jab / Cross — 25 each side
5- Jab / Cross / Hook — 25 each side
6- Jab / Cross / Hook / Uppercut — 25 each side

cardio break — 60 sec

7- Step Drag / High-Low Punch — 20 reps +10 doubles each side
8- Jab / cross Switch — 20 reps
9- Hook / Uppercut Switch — 20 reps
10- Knee Kick — 20 reps + 10 doubles each side
11- Ball Kick — 30 each side

cardio break — 60 sec

12- Side Kick — 30 reps each side
13- Back Kick — 25 reps
14- Three-Direction Kick — 72 reps
15- Side Lunge With High Sword / Low Hammer — 15 reps each side
16- Step Drag / Claw / Low Punch — 15 reps + 10 doubles each side

cardio break — 60 sec

17- High Block — 30 reps
18- Inward Block —30 reps
19- Outward Block — 30 reps
20- Downward Block — 30 reps
21- Star Block — 16 reps

cardio break — 60 sec

22- Front Shuffle with High Block / Low Punch — 15 reps + 10 doubles each side
23- Knee / Back Kick — 15 reps each side
24- Front & Back Knuckles / Ball Kick / Back Kick — 10 reps each side
25- Hook / uppercut / Low Side Kick — 10 reps each side
26- Elbow Series — 30 reps
27- Vertical Punches — 100 reps

cardio break — 60 sec

cool-down & stretch

Aches & Pains : left quands and right knee feeling week in specific spots.. worries me...

BED AT 11h30 PM 

THURSDAY,  October 23rd  2014

7h00 PM VOLLEYBALL with Gabriel at EURÉKA school ( 14 players ) play until 10h00 — last 2 games 4 vs 3
***I tell myself (over and over) that I come for the social aspect of the evening and that tomorrow and Saturday I have big classes at the gym that I really like and can go all out, so I don't mind too much when I don't get to play as much as I'd like to. / Besides, my right knee hurts in the back when I straighten it as I move back.. scary.
***A first for me, à couple of times I manage to call out to whom I'll pass. with the name, last week I could just say " à toi".. and before that, nothing.. so I'm quite happy. What I have to do is when we are in position "think" of the two possible players' names.. to have them in my head already.
***lend my Running shoes to MT who forgot them.

planned BED AT 00h30 AM

FRIDAY,  October 24th  2014

NOON BUNS OF STEEL ~ GROUP FITNESS with Amélie Martin
Talk with J-Y and Samantha.. try to get Samantha to tell her husband Miguel to come to Synergie on Sat. mornings.
498 mins  / AveHR  129  77% / MaxHR  156  93%  / 295 cals / 40 % fat / 35 mins InZone (75%+)
Main course : I love this type of training.// in red.. this is why it's
Buns of Steel, not Cardio Militaire
 

Long circuit.. one person per station — 2 mins between each block — in red this is why it's Buns of Steel, not Cardio Militaire
Block 1 : exercises 60 secs each & just enough time to change stations 
2 squats, jump squat
Squats with  biceps DB 10s
Step-ups on 20" stage - right foot
Step-ups on 20" stage - left foot
Squats with triceps on the side.. DB 8s
Power squat on 10" Step (Jump over, turn, jump over)
Block 2 : exercises 60 secs each & just enough time to change stations
2 squats, 2 back lunges down from 9" steps
Gliding side lunge to the right
Gliding side lunge to the left
Step-downs from 9" steps with DB 10s
½ sit-ups
Block 3 : exercises 60 secs each & just enough time to change stations
Squat with military press DB 12s
Summo Squats with biceps
Burpees with push-ups and jumps
Triceps push-ups
on 4 on floor, lift leg at 90°
Block 4 : exercises 60 secs each & just enough time to change stations
Russian twist with legs up, DB 8
Summo squat jumps
Squat and extend leg diagonal back , wgt 10 lbs
Ski, ski, squat / but I do 4 Mary-Kathrines, 2 squats..
Squat summo & mover (déménageur) DB 15

8h45 PM BALLROOM DANCE PRACTICE   at HOME
1h00 mins chacha, samba, merengue, rumba

BED AT 10h30 PM

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