Break 100 Sweats

I'm gonna break a sweat 100 times and I'm gonna tell you all about it.

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Day 36

Empty gym = the best.

Location: 3rd floor gym 

Exercise:  Treadmill walk .05  Treadmill run .45 at 6.0  Treadmill walk 1.5 --- 10:25  Back fly - 45 lbs, 2 sets of 10  Seated leg curl - 75lbs - 2 sets of 15  Crunches on inverted seat Time: 30 minutes Arrive - 10:12 pm Depart - 10:42 pm   

Song that got me through it: War Paint - Fletcher 

Learned: I didn't have the right music playing for my run and it really affected me. I might have to start paying for spotify? 

How did I convince myself to go? 

August 18, 2015

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Day 35

Location: bedroom 

Exercise:   Calf presses Knee raises Caterpillar planks Side lunges Time: 13 minutes Arrive - 11:19 pm Depart - 11:32 pm 

Song that got me through it: big brother 17

Learned: 

How did I convince myself to go?

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Day 34

#progress #sweatingsomuch

Location:  3rd floor gym

Exercise: Treadmill - ran .5 miles straight! No breaks! #progress @ 6.0 Walked .15 miles at 2.0 Sped walked at 3.5, 5.0 incline for rest of mile Sweating so much  Back to walking at 2.0, 0.0 incline Time 20:00, distance 1.15 Triceps pull down - 40 lbs, 2 sets of 10 Chest press - 65 lbs, 2 sets of 10, 70, 1 set of 10   

Time: 38 minutes Arrive - 8:17 pm Depart - 8:55 pm 

Song that got me through it:  Body On Me - Rita Ora

Learned: reading modern family on the tv was a huge help

How did I convince myself to go? During laundry. After 2 in bedroom workouts that really had my back sore. Ready for a run to work out the kinks & get in a good cardio day while I don't have to worry about getting to work/coming home from work.

August 16, 2015

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Day 33

Location: bedroom

Exercise:  Jillian Michaels video

Time: 19 minutes Arrive 6:13 pm Depart  6:32 pm

Song that got me through it:

Learned: 

How did I convince myself to go? A little something is better than nothing. Tried everything to justify a skip day. Super late for dinner plans but fit in a quick video before getting ready. 

August 15, 2015

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Day 32

Whoa, Jillian, this is kind of insane. You know that, right?

Location:  bedroom

Exercise: Jillian michaels an work out level 1 - first circuit (didn't do second half, too hard on the wrists) http://youtu.be/ZJ8Zdj0OPMI Time: 22 minutes Arrive - 11:43 pm Depart -12:05 am

Song that got me through it: Gilmore Guys podcast

Learned: videos are great to follow for an in-bedroom workout. The time flew by and it was awesome to just follow along without having to think about what to do next. 

How did I convince myself to go? New workout clothes!! And a YouTube video to give me a guide for a bedroom workout.

August 14, 2015

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Day 31

A full 2000m!

Location: 3rd floor gym 

Exercise: Treadmill - run .35 miles @ 6.0 + .05 mi, 5:48   Rowing 1000 m 5:16 (12:31 for 2000m) Stairs, walking, 5 flights Time: 31 minutes Arrive - 7:11pm Depart - 7:42 pm 

Song that got me through it: Afraid Of The Dark - MKTO

Learned: 

How did I convince myself to go?

 August 13, 2015

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Day 30

You can really feel the difference when you're about to hit the pose.

Location: bedroom

Exercise: Calf presses Hold wide squat barre Misc yoga poses, downward dog, warrior, etc. Tried crow so many times. Got up for a millisecond. Wasn't able to do it again or hold it any longer. Time: Arrive - 10:34 pm Depart - 10:52 pm

Song that got me through it: Sound of Your Heart - Shawn Hook

Learned: I have to clean my room to make space to really get in a good bedroom workout. I can't even fully stretch out on the floor right now. 

How did I convince myself to go? I bailed on the gym once it hit 10:15 and had to convince myself to do a bedroom workout in my pajamas. I did mostly yoga poses that got my heart rate up and was able to break a sweat.

August 12, 2015

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Day 29

Who’s that girl? It’s Jess!

Location:  bedroom

Exercise: Calf presses Plank Superman/flies Crunches Reverse crunches, straight leg   

Time: 20 minutes Arrive - 10:45pm Depart - 11:05 pm

Song that got me through it: New Girl opener 

Learned: watching tv while working out only distracts me if I don't have a clear plan.

How did I convince myself to go? Hardly convinced myself. The shortest/tightest room workout ever. But at least it was something. 

August 11, 2015

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Day 28

The sauna is now a deep freezer. Am I allowed to complain about that?

  Location: 3rd floor gym

Exercise: Treadmill -1 mile, 15:11- alternating running 5.8 and walking 2.8 Seated row machine - 65 lbs, 3 sets of 12 Treadmill - .5 miles walking 2.8 Treadmill - .26 miles running 6.0 Stretching Stairs, walking, 5 flights

Time: 39 minutes Arrive - 9:45 pm Depart - 10:24 pm 

Song that got me through it: Black Widow - Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora 

Learned: doing an extra set on the treadmill after I thought I was done was awesome. I was warmed up and I knew I already got my cardio in so there wasn't as much pressure. This way I just ran a little faster and tried to run a little farther than I planned. I was really hurting after, in a good way.

How did I convince myself to go? Laid around after work. Knew I needed to get in a good workout because I ate a ton while on vacation and I needed to get back in the routine of it all after a week. Waited until I felt like I digested my finner enough, finally just threw clothes on and went for it.

August 10, 2015

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Day 27

Right back at it!

Location: bedroom 

Exercise: Calf presses Lunges Barre- deep squat, calf press Crunches Straight leg pull ups One leg pull ups Stretch Time: 23 minutes Arrive - 10:48 pm Depart - 11:11 pm Song that got me through it: Big Brother on TV

Learned: One day off and I was already finding excuses to not go to the gym today. 

How did I convince myself to go? There was no way I could skip 2 days in a row! 

I went 26 days in a row before skipping, and after just one day I was ready to skip again. Broken glass theory in full effect. 

August 9, 2015

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Day 26

Even on vacation, huh?

Location: LBI, bedroom

Exercise:  DB squats DB calf presses DB shoulder presses DB biceps curls DB oblique standing side pull ups DB cross body pull ups x2

Time: 16 minutes Arrive - 7:09 pm Depart - 7:25 pm   

Song that got me through it: Freedom Pharrell Williams

Learned:

How did I convince myself to go?

Vacation - Day 8

August 7, 2015

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Day 25

25% done with the challenge!

Location: LBI, outside

Exercise: Jogging/walking, alternating 1.08 miles, 20:30 Time: 20 minutes Arrive - 6:24 pm Depart - 6:44 pm  

Song that got me through it:

Learned: If you’re dressed and ready to go to the gym and the hotel says it’s $10 to workout, just pay the $10. (I originally tried to do a morning workout but was cheap so I had to fit in a workout before dinner which was stressful)

How did I convince myself to go? Fitting in a good run before dinner was the only way to get in a solid cardio workout for the day so I turned on my new app and ran/walked until it told me I made it a mile. 

Vacation - Day 7

August 6, 2015

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Day 24

How does this app thing work?

Location: LBI, outside

Exercise: Jogging: few blocks running, few blocks walking -  1.23 miles

Time: Arrive - 11:57 am Depart - 12:24 pm 

Song that got me through it: Something Big - Shawn Mendes

Learned: downloading a run-tracking app may be suuuper useful

How did I convince myself to go? Heading to the casino tonight and didn't want to be rushed in a workout later on or try to fit it in 20 minutes before dinner or something. I missed out on some beach time but it was worth the sacrifice even if it meant running in 87 and sunny weather. I don't know if it was something I ate before running or the sports bra I was wearing no or just the heat getting to me, but my stomach was really bothering me on the whole second half of this jog. When I did my last sprint, once I stopped, I kind of curled over because my stomach was in such pain.

Vacation - Day 6

August 5, 2015

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Day 23

Again with the headache?

Location: LBI, bedroom

Exercise: Side squats with DB DB calf presses with hold every 10 DB deep squats DB triceps - bend and straight back DB shoulder presses pick up DB from opposite foot and replace Plank on dresser 

Time: 18 minutes Arrive - 9:41 pm Depart - 9:59 pm   

Song that got me through it: You Know You Like It - DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge

Learned: adding new DB to an in-bedroom workout really steps it up a notch. I also had to get creative so I wasn't doing the exact same thing two days in a row

How did I convince myself to go? Another headache day - and on vacation. Not a bad enough headache to use it as a pass day and we were staying in so to finally took two excedrin, waited for them to do something and sucked it up enough for an in-bedroom workout.

Vacation - Day 5

August 4, 2015

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Day 22

Just try not to make the headache worse.

Location: LBI, bedroom 

Exercise: DB squats DB calf presses DB biceps curls DB Oblique side pull ups Body twist holding DB Plank on dresser x2 10 lb DBs Time: Arrive - 9:18 pm Depart - 9:38 pm   

Song that got me through it: Timebomb - Tove Lo

Learned: headache days are going to be hard days to work out

How did I convince myself to go? Decided even with a headache, it wasn't bad enough to skip the whole day. Took a couple excedrin to get rid of a headache, waited for them to kick in and finally pulled off a bedroom work out at the end of the night.  Headache all day. Actually working out was a real struggle. Every move I made up or down hurt my head. Did some light weight training with the dumbbells and some ab work in the bedroom, in the air conditioning, once the sun went down.

Vacation, Day 4

August 3, 2015

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Day 21

Do people really run in the sun all the time?

Location: LBI, outside

Exercise:  Running, streets - alternating running 3 blocks, walking 3 blocks

Time: 20 minutes Arrive - 4:55 pm Depart - 5:15 pm

Song that got me through it: Salute - Little Mix 

Learned: jogging outside is different than jogging inside

How did I convince myself to go? I didn't wake up early enough for a morning workout and we had plans all night. I waited until it wasn't high noon then finally sucked it up and said "just run until it's too hot" and that's what I did and it definitely gave me a headache.

Vacation, Day 3

August 2, 2015

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Day 20

Why are all these people working out at this casino?

Location: Atlantic City Hotel, Harrah’s

Exercise: Treadmill - .63 miles, 8:48, running .35 miles, walking, running .25 miles Chest fly machine - 50 lbs, 2 sets of 10 Seated Row, rear deltoid machine - 60 lbs, 1 set of 10, 50 lbs (seated higher, much better) 1 set of 12 Stretching Time: 30 minutes Arrive - 9:59 am Depart - 10:29 am

Song that got me through it: Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

Learned: I have to test out the settings on each machine to make sure I'm getting the most of out each rep. 

How did I convince myself to go? Went while we were still at the hotel, that way I could get in a gym workout rather than a road or bedroom workout & it could be a morning workout rather than worrying about it during our first beach day! 

Vacation - Day 2

August 1, 2015