March Total Body Madness

It's the first of the month. Do you know what that means?

YUP! It's time for a new monthly challenge!

 My Fab Ab Feb group was a huge success. By the end, everyone was able to do 100 sit ups/crunches! I'm so proud of all the participants! Way to rock it guys!

For March, I thought we could do more of a total body workout. I named the group March Total Body Madness and it is 100% FREE for ANYONE to join. So, what are you waiting for? Jump over to facebook and request to join the group! Here's the link to request to join the CLOSED facebook support group: March Total Body Madness

Here's the full schedule of our workouts:

As you can see, we are going to be doing a LOT of jumping jacks, sumo burpees, and side planks! Talk about a total body workout!

Oh Yeah Baby! It's gonna be a good month!

I wanted to make sure that everyone knows how to do these exercises, so here's some great videos that I found on youtube that demonstrate each move:

Jumping Jacks - If you don't know how to do these, you need to go back to gym class in 1st grade ;)

BUT there is a way to make them tougher, more challenging, and just basically take it up a notch. They are called Air Jacks and Chalene Johnson does them in her TurboFire videos all the time. Here's a video I found that someone posted about TF HIIT 15. At minute 1:35 you can see the difference between regular and air jacks. They might just kill you ;)




Sumo Burpees:




Side Plank:


So, let's get going and punch March in the face! BOOM!

<3,
Kell

Weeks 1 and 2 - CLX/TF hybrid

Week 1 and 2 are in the books. I am SO glad I switched out my programs. I love Chalene. I missed her. I need to workout with her every day.

There is a "real" hybrid schedule for ChaLEAN Extreme and TurboFire, but I'm not following it. I like to have my weight lifting and rest days to be the same days each week. So, I do my weights on Mon, Wed, and Fri followed by my rest day on Sundays. I thrown in cardio/abs on Tues, Thurs, and Sat, sometimes taking one of those days off to rest.

This is what my schedule looked like this past 2 weeks:

Monday - Burn Circuit 1
Tuesday - Fit Club (Total Body Core Class)
Wednesday - Burn Circuit 2
Thursday - Rest
Friday - Burn Circuit 3
Saturday - TurboFire HIIT 15 and Ab Ripper X (P90X)
Sunday - Rest
Monday - Rest (I was sick)
Tuesday - Burn 1
Wednesday - HIIT 20 and Ab Burner
Thursday - Burn Circuit 2
Friday - Fire 45
Saturday - Burn Circuit 3 and Ab Igniter
Sunday - Stretch 40

I liked this schedule. I don't like missing workouts on Mondays but it just kinda happened. I guess you can't choose when you get sick. Luckily I can switch out my rest days pretty easily. I really need to add in more ab work. Like, 3 times a week. If there's one area that I need the most help with, it's my midsection. Two babies and an extra 80+ pounds have not been nice to my middle!

So, here's what I'm planning on doing this upcoming week:

Monday - Burn Circuit 1
Tuesday - Fire 30/Ab Igniter
Wednesday - Burn Circuit 2
Thursday - Fire 45 EZ and Extreme Abs
Friday - Burn Circuit 3
Saturday - HIIT 20 and Ab Burner
Sunday - Rest

Week 3 - HERE I COME!

New jeans

The time has come. I officially needed a new pair of jeans, and it's finally for the RIGHT reasons!

My "fat" jeans won't even stay on my body. My pre-pregnancy jeans go on and off without unbuttoning or zipping them - not to mention, when a certain sneaky 3 year old comes into the room and pulls on my back pockets, I no longer am wearing my pants!

So what did I do? I went to Target and got me some NEW JEANS! And they FIT! Without a muffin top I might add! I guess that's what losing 21 pounds does for you :)

Now, I'm gonna do something I didn't really want to do, but I just have to. The difference in 21 pounds is just amazing. Here is my "before" pic and my "current" pic. Thoughts???

<3,

Kell