April 19, 2012
goaltogetfit: might give this a try :) This is a great program.  I did it last summer, and I’m thinking of starting it again soon.  Gotta slim down again before the wedding! ^^

goaltogetfit:

might give this a try :)

This is a great program.  I did it last summer, and I’m thinking of starting it again soon.  Gotta slim down again before the wedding! ^^

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April 12, 2012
Doing Taekwondo has greatly improved my flexibility, but sadly, I think I’ll always be a “person on the right.” whollyyoga: This image of two human hip bones show why it is so important to know your own body and not compare ability to access a posture to anyone else. The one on the left is more open so that person would have been genetically more predisposed to greater external rotation of the femur on the hip socket. The person on the right might never be able to match the one on the left no matter how much they practiced or tried. Photos from Paul Grilley yin yoga master teacher

Doing Taekwondo has greatly improved my flexibility, but sadly, I think I’ll always be a “person on the right.”

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This image of two human hip bones show why it is so important to know your own body and not compare ability to access a posture to anyone else. The one on the left is more open so that person would have been genetically more predisposed to greater external rotation of the femur on the hip socket. The person on the right might never be able to match the one on the left no matter how much they practiced or tried.

Photos from Paul Grilley yin yoga master teacher

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March 19, 2012
I did the lower-half of this pose last night in Dani’s Turbo Fire workout.  Lining your knees up over each other is HARD, but it feels so good in the hips! yogapractice: Cow Face | Gomukhasana stimulates gall-bladder strengthens knees and ankles enhances balance third eye and throat chakras stretches shoulders strengthens neck heart and lung points Contra-indications:  knees - if ligaments are strained, shoulders - if impinged Via Yoga Journal

I did the lower-half of this pose last night in Dani’s Turbo Fire workout.  Lining your knees up over each other is HARD, but it feels so good in the hips!

yogapractice:

Cow Face | Gomukhasana

  • stimulates gall-bladder
  • strengthens knees and ankles
  • enhances balance
  • third eye and throat chakras
  • stretches shoulders
  • strengthens neck
  • heart and lung points

Contra-indications:  knees - if ligaments are strained, shoulders - if impinged

Via Yoga Journal

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December 16, 2011
10 Week Push Update - 6 Weeks Complete Hello!  Here is a quick, belated update for the 10 Week Push!  What a week it was!  I had my black belt test last Saturday, and I passed!  I received my belt last night!  Pics to come soon.  Also, I busted ass with the Push and completed 9 sets of workouts in 7 days!  So, that means I did:  1,350 pushups; 1,350 ab exercises, 900 squats, and 450 lunges!  Awesome!  This brings my totals to: 6,000 push ups 6,000 ab exercises 4,000 squats 2,000 lunges   Wow! Such even numbers!  I didn’t mean to do that at all!  Excellent!  I’m still technically two days behind, but things are looking on track!  Only a month left to go!  Yikes!  It’s time to really push!!  :D

10 Week Push Update - 6 Weeks Complete

Hello!  Here is a quick, belated update for the 10 Week Push!  What a week it was!  I had my black belt test last Saturday, and I passed!  I received my belt last night!  Pics to come soon.  Also, I busted ass with the Push and completed 9 sets of workouts in 7 days!  So, that means I did:  1,350 pushups; 1,350 ab exercises, 900 squats, and 450 lunges!  Awesome!  This brings my totals to:

6,000 push ups

6,000 ab exercises

4,000 squats

2,000 lunges

  Wow! Such even numbers!  I didn’t mean to do that at all!  Excellent!  I’m still technically two days behind, but things are looking on track!  Only a month left to go!  Yikes!  It’s time to really push!!  :D

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December 11, 2011
I’m just going for 10, and I’m really starting to feel it after 5!  Keep with it!

I’m just going for 10, and I’m really starting to feel it after 5!  Keep with it!

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December 7, 2011
   10 Week Push - 5 Weeks of progress complete.  Half way! Man, time keeps flying by!  5 weeks of the 10 Week Push are done!  This week was a bit busy and it was during the worst part of a cold I’ve been trying to shake off for almost 2 weeks now.  The season is changing quick, and it seems everyone has caught a bit of a bug!  But, nonetheless, I only missed one set this week (after doubling up on Sunday).  I should have completed 35 by now, but as you can see, I just did my 31st set.  I am 4 “days” behind, but no worries here!  As long as I continue doing this well, I’ll be hitting my goals for sure before I’m on that plane to Thailand! As a refresher, here’s a link to all my 10 Week Push related posts.  My goal is 10,000 push ups, 10,000 sit ups, 7,000 squats, and 3,500 lunges in 10 weeks.  It is a push I’ve created by myself that allows me to work out at home without any equipment or much time.  Every day I do 150 push ups and sit ups, 100 squats, and 50 lunges. So, this week I completed 6 days worth of the Push.  That brings my 5 week total up to:   4,650 push ups   4,650 ab exercises   3,100 squats   1,550 lunges So, I’m just shy of my half way mark, but the 10 Week Push is scheduled to finish about a week before I actually get on the plane.  So, here’s to working hard and sticking with it for another 5 weeks!  I’m really starting to feel a difference now!

   10 Week Push - 5 Weeks of progress complete.  Half way!

Man, time keeps flying by!  5 weeks of the 10 Week Push are done!  This week was a bit busy and it was during the worst part of a cold I’ve been trying to shake off for almost 2 weeks now.  The season is changing quick, and it seems everyone has caught a bit of a bug!  But, nonetheless, I only missed one set this week (after doubling up on Sunday).  I should have completed 35 by now, but as you can see, I just did my 31st set.  I am 4 “days” behind, but no worries here!  As long as I continue doing this well, I’ll be hitting my goals for sure before I’m on that plane to Thailand!

As a refresher, here’s a link to all my 10 Week Push related posts.  My goal is 10,000 push ups, 10,000 sit ups, 7,000 squats, and 3,500 lunges in 10 weeks.  It is a push I’ve created by myself that allows me to work out at home without any equipment or much time.  Every day I do 150 push ups and sit ups, 100 squats, and 50 lunges.

So, this week I completed 6 days worth of the Push.  That brings my 5 week total up to:

  4,650 push ups

  4,650 ab exercises

  3,100 squats

  1,550 lunges

So, I’m just shy of my half way mark, but the 10 Week Push is scheduled to finish about a week before I actually get on the plane.  So, here’s to working hard and sticking with it for another 5 weeks!  I’m really starting to feel a difference now!

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December 1, 2011
10 Week Push

10 Week Push Update for Week 4.  No picture this week ‘cause I’m a slacker.

  Week 4?  Really?  Man, the time has gone by quickly.  It was a full week, and I’ve been fighting off a persistent cold for about 4 days of it.  I didn’t get to do my exercises on Thursday, but doubled up on Sunday, so I met my goal still.  I’m still 3 days behind from the week before’s slackery.  Oh well.  So, I did my normal amounts this week and that brings me to:

3750 Push ups

3750 Ab exercises

2500 Squats

1250 Lunges

  Hopefully I can double up this weekend and get one of those days back.  On a side note, my black belt test is next weekend!!

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November 28, 2011

  10 Week Push Results to Date pictures.  It’s been 3 weeks since I took my original photo on Day 4 of the Push.  Overall I feel pretty “meh” about the results.  It’s only been 3 weeks, but I’ve been sabotaging any real and lasting change with my diet.  I feel stronger, and my exercises are easier now, but I’m not seeing the change I want because I still eat poorly.  I could use living in Korea as an excuse, but that only goes so (not very) far.  I weighed myself on both picture days and I have lost about 2kg since starting, so that’s a plus.  The next three weeks are going to be really different though.  It’s time to bring back some ”rules to live by”.  More on that later.

  I don’t even feel like posting these, but thanks to this blog, the Push, and my stupid I’m-the-only-one-making-me-do-this commitment to myself, I have to post them.  Happy or not.  And the not is what’s going to motivate me in Phase II.

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November 23, 2011
Third week of the 10 Week Push is done. Not my best results.  This weekend, along with blogging, I slacked with my work outs.  Luckily, I have some extra time built in.  I could theoretically miss about 10 days during the Push and still hit my work out goals before I board the plane to Thailand.  Well, this week i missed 3.  Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  On a more positive note, I went to Taekwondo on Saturday for my extra pum-sae practice and did really well.  I was tested again on it last night and only made one mistake out of 5 different pum-sae’s.  I’m feeling really confident about the test coming up. So.  This week I completed 4 days.  That’s 600 push ups, 600 ab exercises, 400 squats, and 200 lunges.  That brings my three week total to 2,700 pushups, 2,700 ab exercises, 1,800 squats, and 900 lunges. In case your curious, this is usually how one day of my work out goes (it takes about 25-40 minutes depending on how much rest between sets I take): 40 pushups 50 double crunches 30 push ups 50 squats (20 narrow, 30 wide) 20 push ups 50 bicycle kicks for abs (100 total, 50 each side) 20 push ups 50 lunges (25 each leg) 20 push ups 50 abs (scissor kicks, leg lifts, misc.) 20 push ups Just tweak the numbers to fit your body and you’ve got a nice, no equipment necessary workout that you can do at home that works almost all major muscle groups in just about 30 minutes.

Third week of the 10 Week Push is done.

Not my best results.  This weekend, along with blogging, I slacked with my work outs.  Luckily, I have some extra time built in.  I could theoretically miss about 10 days during the Push and still hit my work out goals before I board the plane to Thailand.  Well, this week i missed 3.  Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  On a more positive note, I went to Taekwondo on Saturday for my extra pum-sae practice and did really well.  I was tested again on it last night and only made one mistake out of 5 different pum-sae’s.  I’m feeling really confident about the test coming up.

So.  This week I completed 4 days.  That’s 600 push ups, 600 ab exercises, 400 squats, and 200 lunges.  That brings my three week total to 2,700 pushups, 2,700 ab exercises, 1,800 squats, and 900 lunges.

In case your curious, this is usually how one day of my work out goes (it takes about 25-40 minutes depending on how much rest between sets I take):

40 pushups

50 double crunches

30 push ups

50 squats (20 narrow, 30 wide)

20 push ups

50 bicycle kicks for abs (100 total, 50 each side)

20 push ups

50 lunges (25 each leg)

20 push ups

50 abs (scissor kicks, leg lifts, misc.)

20 push ups

Just tweak the numbers to fit your body and you’ve got a nice, no equipment necessary workout that you can do at home that works almost all major muscle groups in just about 30 minutes.

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November 15, 2011
Week 2 of the 10 week Push is wrapped up.   In the past two weeks I have now completed 2,100 push ups, 2,100 ab exercises, 1,400 squats, and 700 lunges.  It actually hasn’t been too too bad.  My left quad above the knee was sore for a couple days, but that’s about it.  Lots of stretching has helped and I get to “work out the kinks” at Taekwondo every night, so it’s not like I’m ever static for too long.   My next goals for the push are to continue my exercises, to remain injury and pain free, and to reinstate some rules from the old 5 week push.  This includes drinking water only and no eating after dinner, which is when I’m at my weakest, and often consume the most “bad” calories (think cookies and chips and beer).  I will be less strict than I used to be, and allow myself indulgences occasionally (and tea along with the water).  It’s just that I have real impulse control problems, so I need to use this as a guide for myself for better, healthier eating.   I have a holiday party coming up, so besides that nice party with friends on Saturday, I’m going to keep to these two rules for the next few weeks to help with the push.  Why ruin my work out by eating crap in the kitchen?  It’s time to Push for a better diet.

Week 2 of the 10 week Push is wrapped up.

  In the past two weeks I have now completed 2,100 push ups, 2,100 ab exercises, 1,400 squats, and 700 lunges.  It actually hasn’t been too too bad.  My left quad above the knee was sore for a couple days, but that’s about it.  Lots of stretching has helped and I get to “work out the kinks” at Taekwondo every night, so it’s not like I’m ever static for too long.

  My next goals for the push are to continue my exercises, to remain injury and pain free, and to reinstate some rules from the old 5 week push.  This includes drinking water only and no eating after dinner, which is when I’m at my weakest, and often consume the most “bad” calories (think cookies and chips and beer).  I will be less strict than I used to be, and allow myself indulgences occasionally (and tea along with the water).  It’s just that I have real impulse control problems, so I need to use this as a guide for myself for better, healthier eating.

  I have a holiday party coming up, so besides that nice party with friends on Saturday, I’m going to keep to these two rules for the next few weeks to help with the push.  Why ruin my work out by eating crap in the kitchen?  It’s time to Push for a better diet.

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November 13, 2011
Push Update

Here’s a brief mid-week Push update for ya.  Just completed my twelfth round of exercises, but I had to do two today because I was dumb last Wednesday and slacked.  So, today I did an AM set and a PM set.  300 push ups, 300 abs, 200 squats, and 50 lunges with each leg total!  Most I’ve ever done!  Caught up now for the week ahead.

How can it feel so good and so bad at the same time?  Off to stretch a bunch now..

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November 9, 2011
10 Week Push Update:  Week One So, week one is finished!  Above is a photo of a simple chart I made to track my progress.  7 days down and 7 days closer to my goal and to our vacation in southeast Asia!  This week was really busy, too, so I’m really happy I was able to stick to my plan.  I was an instructor for TEE (Teaching English in English) training twice during these 7 days, which made for really long days (school 8-4:30, travel 30 mins, training 5:15-7:00, travel 45 minutes, dinner somewhere quick, taekwondo 9:00-10:30).  It didn’t even give me a chance to start my exercises until nearly 11 o’clock at night because I haven’t been getting up early at all yet.  So, because of the long day, I missed Friday’s exercises, and spent Saturday and Sunday making them up, doing over 225 push ups and double crunches each day.   It’s been a rocky first week, but I’m glad I can say there’s only been one change to the original plan:  I set out wanting to do 75 squats and 75 lunges each day, but instead I am doing 100 squats and 50 lunges.  Squats are so far the only thing still so harsh they’re lingering in the morning when I wake up. So, this week I have done:  1,050 ab exercises (mostly double crunches).  1,050 push ups.  700 squats.  350 lunges.  Oh, and 5 hours of Taekwondo kicking, running, and jumping like a mad man.  I took a “before” picture this week as well, but nobody wants to see just a solo ”before” picture.  I’ll post my first progress pic after three weeks, again after seven, and again after the ten are up.  Look forward to that. ^^

10 Week Push Update:  Week One

So, week one is finished!  Above is a photo of a simple chart I made to track my progress.  7 days down and 7 days closer to my goal and to our vacation in southeast Asia!  This week was really busy, too, so I’m really happy I was able to stick to my plan.  I was an instructor for TEE (Teaching English in English) training twice during these 7 days, which made for really long days (school 8-4:30, travel 30 mins, training 5:15-7:00, travel 45 minutes, dinner somewhere quick, taekwondo 9:00-10:30).  It didn’t even give me a chance to start my exercises until nearly 11 o’clock at night because I haven’t been getting up early at all yet.  So, because of the long day, I missed Friday’s exercises, and spent Saturday and Sunday making them up, doing over 225 push ups and double crunches each day.

  It’s been a rocky first week, but I’m glad I can say there’s only been one change to the original plan:  I set out wanting to do 75 squats and 75 lunges each day, but instead I am doing 100 squats and 50 lunges.  Squats are so far the only thing still so harsh they’re lingering in the morning when I wake up.

So, this week I have done:  1,050 ab exercises (mostly double crunches).  1,050 push ups.  700 squats.  350 lunges.  Oh, and 5 hours of Taekwondo kicking, running, and jumping like a mad man.  I took a “before” picture this week as well, but nobody wants to see just a solo ”before” picture.  I’ll post my first progress pic after three weeks, again after seven, and again after the ten are up.  Look forward to that. ^^

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October 31, 2011
Hey remember when I was on my way to a rockin’ bod?  This was me nearly 3 months ago.  I had just recently finished my 5 week push.  I felt good, I was heading to the beach in Malaysia, and I was eating healthier. What happened? Vacation came and went, and I stopped being motivated.  It’s been 3 months, that’s over twice as long as I was exercising and dieting in the first place.  Although I still do Taekwondo 4-5 nights a week, I’ve been seriously slacking. I look more like a cross between the first and the second picture now.  So sad. But, alas!  The Push has returned! Second time, twice as good, double the commitment, and two times as long! I introduce to you:  the 10 week push! My motivation this time?  In 10 weeks I will be going to Thailand and Cambodia for winter vacation, and in about 6 weeks I will be testing for my black belt in Taekwondo, and I want to be in peak shape for both!  There will be new rules, new challenges, and a much longer commitment to this Push. Note: I don’t think that yo-yo style dieting a good way to approach overall fitness, and is not what I’m trying to do here at all. All the time I do Taekwondo and it keeps me in shape.  All the time I generally watch what I eat. My goal isn’t to to lose a bunch of weight, I’m just looking to tone up again.  I just am motivated more sometimes than others.  So, with a specific goal for an event on the horizon, I believe it’s perfectly fine to PUSH once again for extra results. As with all difficult things, the Push starts tomorrow.  More details to come.

Hey remember when I was on my way to a rockin’ bod?  This was me nearly 3 months ago.  I had just recently finished my 5 week push.  I felt good, I was heading to the beach in Malaysia, and I was eating healthier.

What happened?

Vacation came and went, and I stopped being motivated.  It’s been 3 months, that’s over twice as long as I was exercising and dieting in the first place.  Although I still do Taekwondo 4-5 nights a week, I’ve been seriously slacking. I look more like a cross between the first and the second picture now.  So sad.

But, alas!  The Push has returned!

Second time, twice as good, double the commitment, and two times as long!

I introduce to you:  the 10 week push!

My motivation this time?  In 10 weeks I will be going to Thailand and Cambodia for winter vacation, and in about 6 weeks I will be testing for my black belt in Taekwondo, and I want to be in peak shape for both!  There will be new rules, new challenges, and a much longer commitment to this Push.

Note: I don’t think that yo-yo style dieting a good way to approach overall fitness, and is not what I’m trying to do here at all. All the time I do Taekwondo and it keeps me in shape.  All the time I generally watch what I eat. My goal isn’t to to lose a bunch of weight, I’m just looking to tone up again.  I just am motivated more sometimes than others.  So, with a specific goal for an event on the horizon, I believe it’s perfectly fine to PUSH once again for extra results.

As with all difficult things, the Push starts tomorrow.  More details to come.

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October 1, 2011
mrmoneda: bananier: timemachinestudios: TALENTED  mufasathegreat: LIKE A BOSS. You can’t see it, but I’m currently applauding. Girl’s got talent.

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bananier:

timemachinestudios:

TALENTED 

mufasathegreat:

LIKE A BOSS.

You can’t see it, but I’m currently applauding.

Girl’s got talent.

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September 30, 2011

Here is Pal-jang, looks tough!

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