6-25-2012 ZWOW #1…Beast Mode!

Hello again everyone!

Boy does it feel good to be back and blogging again.  I’ve got to keep working out my writing muscles too 🙂

I had a fantastic workout this morning–it was REALLY tough.  I totally underestimated the difficulty and intensity of the first ZWOW partly due to the fact that Zuzana had taken quite a bit of time off of her strict regimen for personal reasons, had put on some weight, and lost some of her strength.  I thought “well I’ve been at this for a while…I should be able to KILL her time!”  Boy was I ever wrong.  I seemed to have forgotten how driven and beastly Zuzana is.  She powered through it like a machine–even with reduced strength she completed this tough workout faster than I could.

Workout: ZWOW 1 <——–That’s the link to the workout 🙂

Mood: Determined

Workout Breakdown

Divebombers (10)

Burpees (5)

Side to Side squat leg lifts (40)

Burpees (5)

Side Plank Lifts (10 each side)

Burpees (5)

One Leg Pistol Squats (10 each leg)

Burpees (5)

This is one round.  Do a total of three to complete the workout!

My time: 31 min and 39 sec!  That beats my time for my last attempt at this workout by 6 min.

I know I could probably still push harder because there were gaps of time where I stopped to breathe that I know I could have been moving, but I was huffing and puffing so I’ll enjoy the improvement as it comes (lol).  Watch Zuzana’s video for instructions and demonstration.  If you have any questions about any of the exercises, feel free to leave a comment and I will answer you quickly 🙂

I’m looking forward to tomorrows run and the first day of week 2 of my C210K program!  It will be hot as Hades so hopefully I won’t pass out on my trail 😦  You know it’s too hot when you consider waking up at 6 on your day off just so you can run during the coolest hour of the day.  Ugh.  I will also be doing the second ZWOW, so look for that as well!  I hope you enjoy this workout and I would love to know everybody’s scores/time.  It’s fun sharing workouts with friends so that everyone is doing the same thing at the same time and let’s face it: the competition is addictive!  Good luck!

Sweat HARD!

❤ Lauren

Blog Overhaul!

I am still alive!

Work and school, and now a second job as a vegan chef have kept me insanely busy!  I underestimated the size of the bite I took when I committed to posting my workouts every day… it was a lot of work!  I am still committed to my blog (although I have been invisable for quite a while now) and I still want to share my fitness experience and progress here–all this to say: I’m BACK!  I’ve changed my routine and strategy which will therefore require an overhaul and reconstruction of my blog as I am no longer following Zuzana’s bodyrock workouts in order.

A brief summary: I realized that although my strength was greatly improving through my bodyrock journey, my endurance was still pathetic.  I realized it would be necessary to incorporate some endurance training in addition to my strength workouts so I have incorperated running.  I am currently following a C210K (Couch to 10k) running program and just completed my first week, so it will be fun to give you updates on that as well!  Rather than follow Zuzana’s old bodyrock workouts, I decided it would be more fun and rewarding to follow her current project: ZWOWs.  Her new workouts are fresh, exciting, more balanced, and in my opinion, more fitness oriented. 

I recognize that this change sort of thwarts the entire purpose of this blog which was sort of a Julie and Julia project model, but I hope you’ll stick with me because I feel like I still have so much to share 🙂  Instead it will be more of a fitness diary.  I will still post about what I do, but may not be able to sit down at my computer, write a summary, post links, and edit pictures every day.  Such a project is a serious undertaking 😛

So this is me… at day 1 again 🙂  Hoping a rejuvinating overhaul is just what we all need. 

I HAVE made progress however 🙂  I have lost about 10 lbs (after I first weighed in at 132 I actually gained 4 lbs and hit 136), and am now roughly 126lbs.  I have lost inches and toned up–the results have been so very rewarding.  Now I just need to become as fit as I look (haha).  I will post progress pictures within the next couple of days and we can all check in with each other.  Until then… KEEP SWEATING!

It’s good to be back 🙂

❤ Lauren