Workout (June 2, 2011) Amazing Abs Workout by BodyRock

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I wanted to go easy on myself for June 2nd’s workout, but I didn’t think this would be too easy. I intentionally started at 11:00PM since the workout will only take 12 minutes. You won’t be able to savor any breaks during Part 1 and Part 3 in this workout. I actually didn’t savor ANY breaks (since I kind of did Part 2 a little different than what was explained by Zuzana—I think I misunderstood.

Part 1:

9 rounds of 10 second/10 second interval (Set Tabata Clock to WORK: 10 REST: 10 ROUNDS: 9)—Kick Ups and Mountain Climber Peaks *Do as many reps as you can during the 10 second interval (kick-ups for the first 10 seconds, and then for the next 10 seconds, do the mountain climber peaks, and then back to the kick-ups and so on.... Really push hard, okay? Especially with the Mountain Climber Peaks—peak as high as you can.

Part 2:

9 rounds of 10 second/30 second interval (Set Tabata Clock to WORK: 30 REST: 10 ROUNDS: 9)—Side Planks (Left Up), Side Planks (Right Up), Prisoner Get Ups *Do as many reps as you can during the 30 second-interval. 10 seconds for rest (and taking down your reps) I actually did this a little different. (Which is so weird) So I did the planks alternately for the 30-second interval and then for each 10 second-interval I did the Prisoner Get Ups! I was like, “Fuck, I can only do 2 reps of this shit per 10 seconds. I must be doing something wrong!” Turns out, I DID do it wrong. Hahaha! Don’t make the same mistake! It should go like this:

• 30 seconds: maximum reps Side Planks (Left Side Up)
• 10 seconds: rest and write down how many reps you finished
• 30 seconds: maximum reps Side Planks (Right Side Up)
• 10 seconds: rest and write down how many reps you finished
• 30 seconds maximum reps Prisoner Get Ups
• …and so on and on until you finish the 9th round

Here’s my record, anyway:

Round 1: 7 Side Planks (Left Side Up)

2 Prisoner Get Ups

Round 2: 7 Side Planks (Right Side Up)

2 Prisoner Get Ups

Round 3: 8 Side Planks (Left Side Up)

2 Prisoner Get Ups

Round 4: 6 Side Planks (Right Side Up)

1 Prisoner Get Ups

Round 5: 7 Side Planks (Left Side Up)

2 Prisoner Get Ups

Round 6: 6 Side Planks (Right Side Up)

2 Prisoner Get Ups

Round 7: 7 Side Planks (Left Side Up)

2 Prisoner Get Ups

Round 8: 7 Side Planks (Right Side Up)

2 Prisoner Get Ups

Round 9: 8 Side Planks (Left Side Up)

*The Side Planks are extremely challenging, I lost my balance a couple of times.

Part 3:

9 rounds of 10 second/10 second interval (same as Part 1)—Plank Jumps and Knee Hugs *Plank position, feet apart, then jump both feet forward; do as many reps as possible and then go down on the mat and do Knee Hugs right away; keep your legs off the ground! Keep it tight! Keep it in! “Hug your knees”.

That’s basically it! I didn’t sweat as much as I usually do when I do the 600 Reps Workout. So I hated this particular workout. Also, I did Part 2 quite wrong, which makes me feel like this didn’t count as a good workout. I vow to stick to difficult workouts starting tomorrow (June 3, 2011)

To understand this workout more, go to http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/05/31/amazing-abs-workout/

Arrivederci!

Workout (June 1, 2011)

After two consecutive days of doing the 600 Reps Fat Burner Workout by BodyRockTV, my muscle pain increased by about 50%. My legs, in particular, felt really sore. For my workout on the first day of June 2011, I went to jogging and biking around Malacanang. Malacanang is definitely the perfect place to go jogging. You just have to be wary of the cars that pass by. I had my earphones on but I made sure that I was alert all the time. My route--Mendiola all the way to General Solano Street. I jogged back and forth and worked up quite a sweat. I used my GymBoss App to record my time. (stopwatch)

Here is my time:

Lap 1: 10 minutes and 07 seconds of jogging + 1 minute of walking (rest)

Lap 2: 10 minutes and 59 seconds of jogging = 11 minutes

That’s about 20+ full minutes of jogging. Afterwards, I went biking in the same route for 10 minutes.

A total of about 30 minutes of jogging and biking exercise today. My legs felt much sorer when I got back home so I decided to skip doing a BodyRockTV exercise that night. My muscles needed time to repair themselves! And I know I’ve been pushing myself too hard, so I deserved the break for the night.

What workout did you do today?

Arrivederci!

GAME ON! BodyRock’s 300 Squats Challenge + Workout 05/26/11

So last Tuesday, Zuzana and Freddie posted a new workout challenge in www.BodyRock.tv It’s the 300 Squats Challenge. Being a person who likes being challenged (workout-wise), I decided to take it. Heck, anything with lunges and squats will surely squeeze the  calories out of you. I am actually starting to think that I’m addicted to the burning feeling in my muscles whenever I push hard. The surge of adrenaline is undeniable. Fucking painful but I just keep on going.

I was feeling extra weak today (May 26) since it’s that time of the month (and some girls might say I’m crazy to workout like a madman on the first day)  To tell you the truth, nothing is an excuse to me when I workout. I don’t act like a pussy and wiggle my way out of a challenge/routine just because I’m a woman. Never.

It was around 4:30 when I started with the challenge. I got my GymBoss App on my iPhone, set it up on StopWatch mode, got a little piece of paper and scribbled this down (see: below)  Heck yeah I wanted to beat Zuzie’s time! Imagine, she did 300 squats in only 10 minutes and 48 seconds. I swear Zuzie is like, Superwoman or something. So you can see I wrote “no cheating, duh!” Because I never really cheat. If there’s one thing I’m fucking serious about—it’s all my workouts.So I figured it would be too dragging if I count 300, 299, 288… Or even 1, 2, 3… What I did was write 30 10’s on the paper and put them all in boxes.

When the time started, I did 10 full squats, crossed out one box, 10 full squats, crossed out one box…and so on. I finished my first 100 full squats after 3 minutes and 56 seconds. I was looking at Zuzana’s time and I was like “I need to finish 200 more in 6 minutes!” And it was fucking impossible (during that time, ‘cause my legs were turning into jello) Reached 200 full squats by 8 minutes and 30 seconds. So I was hustlin’ and trying to speed up without losing my form (which was perfect, I tell you—not once did I cheat during this challenge) But it was impossible to finish 100 full squats in 2+ minutes. I had my last 20 squats and the timer was at 12 min 20+ seconds. Since I saw Zuzie’s time ending in 48 seconds, the OC in me told myself, you have to be done at 12 minutes and 48 seconds! So I worked my ass out and I finished at 12 minutes and 48 seconds…not a minute more!

So I’m 2 minutes behind Zuzana’s time. And I’ll be back to take this challenge once more…

You would think I’m done, right? Nope! I wanted to work on my upper extremities as well. 600 Killer Reps was the initial thought. But then I cut it to 300—leaving all lower extremity-exercises behind. I did:

1. 60 Push-Ups—did them on my knees
2. 60 Crunches with Extended Legs—every crunch felt like torture, but I sucked it up
3. 60 Tricep Dips—Burning triceps should be expected, as always
4. 60 Chest Lifts
5. 60 (30/30) Killer Side Crunches—amazing move, I tell you. Sculpts the abs tight! Like, really tight.

I finished this routine in 12 minutes and 26 seconds.

Workout time total—25 minutes and 14 seconds (05/26/11)

P.S. I got the fucking game on.

Arrivederci!

Up For Muscle Torture—forever

I was torturing myself working out earlier and I told myself it was worth blogging about. I started at 10:00PM—pretty late, huh? Well, it’s built in me this way. The earliest I workout is usually at 8; the latest at 10. I’ll be attending a fitness event in about 12 hours and I wanted to really work my ass last night. I decided to do two BodyRock workouts. Uh-huh, two! I’m that crazy—and I’m glad I am.

First workout: My Buns Hurt Workout

I needed to use the Tabata Clock for this workout. You can download it here. This workout is pure torture for your legs, thighs, and buns—I’m not even kidding. So brace yourself for about 12 minutes (+/- depending on your performance for the 1st and 3rd round) of pain. You see that puking clown right on the side of the timer? You’d be in soooo much tolerable pain that you’d want to punch him in the face—so better not look at all. I always modify the workouts especially if I don’t have the equipment or the move is just too difficult. So here’s the My Buns Hurt Workout…modified:

1. Do 40 reps of this routine—squat, lunge back while bringing both your arms at the back of your head (both hands with 2-pound dumbbells), go back to the squat, then lift the same leg sideward. Alternate the legs. So you’ll be doing 20 each. *By the 10th rep you’d feel your legs burn—but don’t you stop. Just keep going and going and going… I always push for continuous 40 reps. If I somehow need a short break, I stop at 20. ALWAYS HALFWAY. If I stop at like the 19th rep, I punish myself by doing an extra rep. (You’re discovering how crazy OC I am now.) It’s always been this way. Time yourself! So my record last night was 2 minutes and 52 seconds.
2. Second exercise, you need to set your clock for 12 rounds of 5 seconds and 15 seconds interval. So on the Tabata clock, you set WORK: 15, REST: 5, ROUNDS: 12. Just click START. You’ll be given 10 seconds “getting ready” time. And then you’re going to do this for the next 15 seconds: Jump your feet apart, together, apart, then jump high then down to the half squat position—do this over and over for 15 seconds. (1,2,3, jump) Keep your legs in the squat position all the time! Keep it low for maximum results! The next 5 seconds is for your break. It’s not really sufficient, but who said it should be? This is wonderful torture, baby! Suck it up! Finish all 12 rounds. I normally slow down on my 8th round. But speed up towards the end. Feel your legs burn.
3. Third exercise is the one I modified the most—Do 20 reps of this routine: squat, reach for the floor with both hands, turn your body over (position would be your body facing upward), and then kick up 5 times (alternating legs) Kick fast and continuously. After 5 kicks, turn around to the other side and kick 5 again. Finish 20 reps. I finished in  2 minutes and 36 seconds.  Your arms would kind of hurt too in this exercise—so build up those muscles!
4. Last exercise…always the hardest. Set your clock for 12 rounds of 10 WORK and 10 REST. You won’t be resting though. Both 10 seconds are for continuous sweat-dripping torture. Do 12 rounds of this—10 seconds of continuous lunges and then 10 seconds of continuous mountain climbers. Regular lunges, then go down, “climb the mountain”, step your feet rapidly for maximum results. Listen to Britney’s Till The World Ends song—it’s perfect for this particular exercise. You’d wanna go with the tune. I would normally be saying “Shit.” by my 5th round—it’s that’ difficult. But come on, push hard!!! When you finish 12 rounds, fall on the floor and breathe! It’ll feel wonderful!

I hope that was understandable! Go to the link of the workout itself if you want no modifications. So after this workout, I rested for 5 minutes, drank water and then proceeded to my next workout… I was dripping with sweat and the adrenaline rush was undeniable. Second workout: 600 Killer Reps Workout

You just need a regular timer (stopwatch) for this. Just time yourself from start to finish. Continuously. In my case it includes my short dancing in between and my 3-second water breaks. This is called the 600 Killer Reps since you will be doing 60 reps of 10 different exercises.

1. 60 reps of Burpees with Calve Raise*(see:link above) My change in this routine: I don’t raise my calves, I jump high instead—makes it more difficult, but fun)
2. 60 reps of One Leg Push-Ups (alternate legs) I do man push-ups. Knees off the floor.
3. 60 reps of Lunges (alternate legs) Do it continuously!
4. 60 reps of One Leg Jump (lunge back, bring your knee to your chest while jumping) 30/30 per leg.
5. 60 reps of Dead Man Lifts (My modification, I just stand on one leg, then “pulse/pump down” Touch the floor for 30 reps without losing my balance. 30/30 per leg. When I lose my balance, I start all over again. I want it perfect!
6. 60 reps of Tricep Dip (Down on the floor like a table, with your body facing upward. Bring your triceps down while kicking one leg upward. Alternate legs. Your triceps with burn—I tell you! You abs will also be working here.)
7. 60 reps of Prisoner Squats (Put your arms at the back of your head, and start full-squatting.) 60 reps—no cheating! THIS EFFECTIVELY TIGHTENS THE BUNS AND MAKES THE THIGHS LOOK LEANER! YOU WILL LOSE ALL THAT UGLY CELLULITE TOO!
8. 60 reps of Chest Lift
9. 60 reps of Crunches with Leg Extensions (extension of the legs makes it twice as difficult) I never stop whenever I want. I stop halfway—or punish myself with an additional rep.
10. 60 reps of Over the Chair Kick (30/30 per leg; imagine a chair in front of your, and just kick over it)

I finished the whole workout in 26 minutes and 11 seconds.
All in all, last night’s workout took 36 minutes and 59 seconds.
After working out, I hit the shower right away (I don’t believe in pasma) Nothing feels more rejuvenating than a refreshing shower after a great workout! Believe me, it won’t feel like torture when you wake up—maybe a few aches here and there, but you’ll feel strong and sexy and lean! It’s the best feeling!
Move your asses! Those calories aren’t going to burn themselves/self-destruct!
P.S. Compete with yourself. You’re totally going to gain from it.

Arrivederci!

Always Rushing

It's 12:26AM of April 30, 2011.

I just finished working out and eating dinner. I am so behind my schedule and I must say I am so not happy about it. I was supposed to blog about a lot of things yesterday but I never got the chance to, since everything was happening all at the same time and I couldn't sneak in a little personal blogging time. So what was I was going to blog about...

I did another tutorial yesterday, and I think I've fallen in love with bad ass looks! What do you think of bad girls? Care for a snapshot?

This look is inspired by the beautiful Nicki Minaj! I was going to go for the worn-down look for my hair but then again I figured I should add some attitude to it so I decided to pull my hair up and do the teasing! And because of this, I'm running out of hairspray! I need to pick up 2-3 bottles soon.  Ahhh...how I love high ponies and poufs. Yeah, yeah I know this may look slutty to narrow-minded people, but let me just say, I'm in character. I always play roles when I film! It's all part of it. Speaking of this look, I just finished editing the video today (by today I mean Friday) and Live Movie Maker is giving me a damn hard time saving. I tried re-saving for like 20 times and it still won't save! So as you can very much tell right now I've stopped trying, because if I try saving it again, my whole laptop will freeze on me and I'm gonna want to smack it down on my table again! I have freezing laptops! MSi is starting to suck. The video won't be up until this weekend, sad to say. But okay okay okay I'll try again later on...

I remember wanting to blog about my workout yesterday, since after over a week of continuously doing the My Buns Hurt Workout, I switched back to the 600 Killer Reps Workout (also by BodyRock). I have tweeted a million times about how much I love this workout! It's the perfect full body workout. And yesterday was another day one of it, and I'm soooo proud of myself for pushing myself! Ahh...every exercise executed perfectly. And I was dripping with sweat after just the first 60 reps of the first exercise! Which is super amazing by the way. [Here I am again blabbing about working out. If you find this boring, skip this paragraph! The next one might interest you more.] Not once did I cheat! And I did the whole workout in 29 minutes tops! Too long because I really pushed. Not to mention how much determination my Nike Determination Sport Bra gave me! No pun intended. The My Buns Hurt Workout really worked. My thighs shrunk and my muscles are much more defined. I actually managed to take a photo after my workout. I used the ISO (High Sensitivity) setting of my Cybershot W130 since I was in a dim-lighted room. 

Again, for narrow-minded people, I'm not flaunting my body, I'm merely showing my progress with my diet and workout. And I want to encourage people to start working out!!! Want more inspiration? This is how I looked before. (DON'T SCREAM AND DIE, PLEASE!) 

Ahhhh...everytime I see these photos I want the ground to swallow me up! I was a cow! A huge one! Not ashamed to show them, though. They're worth sharing, especially now that I'm too much into fitness already.  And I have a mental note to never say "I look fat!" to anyone because someone is going to flip me off. And girls who put themselves down are never sexy. Confident girls are (but not over-confident ones, okay)! I just realized this from a friend of mine. Hahaha worth mentioning? Maybe. Okay I'm shutting up, I'm shutting up.

So my workout song last Friday was this. 
(Can't seem to embed the video, so just click the word "this")

Ysha tweeted about this and I totally got hooked!!! Wickkkked rapping, I tell you! I had this playing on and on until I finished 29 minutes of the workout. I'm waiting for Ysha to do a similar video! Ysha, I'm looking forward to it since you said you're gonna take the challenge! Hahaha!

So you know how I rest in between exercises, right? I don't actually rest! I take a huff and puff of air and I dance! Hahahaha! Oh do I dance! It's so much fun to dance when no one's watching! So if you're wondering what I do in between torturous exercises, I just answered you. 

So lemme tell you about Friday! Coz it's already 1:57AM. Woke up at 2:30! Didn't film anything today since my Nicki Minaj video didn't go up so I thought I had all day to work on it. And obviously I still wasn't able to figure out how to make it go through. Stupid Live Movie Maker. 

The Royal Wedding was today! It was absolutely lovely! Kate is the most beautiful bride ever. She did her own makeup and my gosh did she look stunning. I was kind of live tweeting about the whole thing but I know some followers would be annoyed so I tried to simmer down a bit. Although I couldn't help tweet about how handsome Prince Harry is. I personally think he's waaay hotter than Prince William. Prince William looks fine as well, but he kind of reminds me of President Noy. Maybe it's because of the hair? I'm all for Prince Harry!!! ESPECIALLY IN THE UNIFORM! Don't you agree that men in uniform look sooooo hot? 

Photo from Instyle.com

 Perfect looking bride. Kate Middleton now the Duchess of Cambridge. 

Photo from Instyle.com

 Ahh...now Prince William looks hot with the hat on.

Photo from Instyle.com

The royal kiss. They kissed twice! And William totally blushed! Soooo romantic.

So the whole night I was trying to save the Nicki Minaj video and I finally gave up at 10:00PM. That was the time I started my workout. Yeah, I know--that late! I finished in 27 minutes and 44 seconds--time improved because I did the workouts continuously (with short huffs and puffs of air plus dancing in between, as usual). Still listened to the Look At Me Now cover by Karmin. I had a great workout too! Day two of the 600 Killer Reps and my body is sore! But the only way to get rid of the soreness is to move more! Move move move! In me lives a general. And that bitch tortures me like crazy--but I love her!

So in about 3 hours I have to get up and pack my stuff (which will take me one good hour) and workout as well! Can't miss my workout for Saturday! So I need an extra 30 minutes for that. I'm sleeping over with my friends! We're gonna go swimming this morning (9AM perhaps) and I'm so excited to see them! I'll be able to blog, so I'll be updating! 

Guess there's nothing more left to say...except I have a desk full of unorganized crap so I better get a move on it and finally sleep for a good 3-4 hours. Re-energize myself for my early morning torture workout. Yeah yeah, I'm crazy.

Goedemorgen, people from the other side of the world!

Arrivederci!