Replacing the jelly shoes with jelly wallets. I kinda like this. Not sure I like it eleven dollars much. But I still like it.
Circuit training!
Since we will be bringing Alfie to obedience school in February, I will be missing out on one of my favorite gym classes: Strength. Yeah, there are other times and days I can go but that means I’ll have to be at the gym for 6:45AM, or leave work 15 minutes earlier(4:45PM), or head home and come back to the gym for a 7:00 sesh. Not so convenient.
The instructor is so consistent (no MP3 players allowed!) with keeping us all interested and switching up the routines weekly, that we never get bored of showing up to a class. For instance, two weeks ago it was all about setting ourselves up individually and doing our own thing on the floor like lunges, push ups and stability exercises.
On Wednesday it was set up with 5 circuits where at each of the five stations you have to be doing three different exercises for three minutes.
Circuit 1
Bosu ball. (see here)
1st minute: “v-set bar raises” (forgive me in advance since I really don’t remember the name of all of the exercises) where you sit in a mid-sit up position on the bosu with a weight in your hand. Your feet must not touch the ground. You lift the weight like you’re raising it above your head.
2nd minute: You kneel on the bosu with your feet again, not touching the ground and you do arm raises with a weight. Alternate arms once you get restless.
3rd minute: One foot on bosu ball, the other foot on floor. Do a squat then when you go to stand, bring the foot that was on the floor with you, and raise it up to a knee raise when you’re standing. Then squat, again.
Circuit 2
Lunges.
Oh the most despised exercise known to me. But those are the exercises that usually work, right?
For three consecutive minutes: You do dynamic lunges with weights in both hands and take a step forward each time you lunge. (see here)
Circuit 3
1 large Barbell.
1st minute: Bent over rows (see here) Ouch, this one was hard, but I was bent over more as my instructor stated me to. The second time round, everyone was racing to get the lightest weights – however the second time around we did it the “narrow” way. (see here)
2nd minute: Barbell squat. (see here)
3rd minute: Bicep curl. (see here)
Circuit 4
Stability ball.
1st minute: Lay on the ball with your lower back touching the ball. Secure legs by pushing against a wall and do sit ups. Add a weight if need be. (see here)
2nd minute: Sit up on ball and take weights in your hands and raise them above your head (see here)
3rd minute: Back extensions on stability ball (see here)
Circuit 5
Step platform.
1st minute: Toe touches. Clearly that’s not the actual name for it, and I failed at finding a good picture to describe it so I’ll try my best. You’re standing on a platform and you just let one foot hang off the edge and almost do a squat until your toe touches the ground. Stand up, and squat again with the toe touching the ground. Repeat for 30 seconds, then switch to other leg.
2nd minute: Push ups on this platform thing. I did them on my knees, since I’m not strong enough yet to do a full minute of push ups on my toes. (see here)
3rd minute: Triceps dips! Killerrrrrr. I was trembling by the end of this exercise! (see here)
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Annnnnd repeat. What a day to forget my water bottle, right?
Hope I get to see some results within the next few months!
Want a magnapod?
If you’re anything like me and try to stay on top of organizing but fail as the week progresses, then stay with me here … and I’ll explain why in a moment. I know it doesn’t look like much at the moment, in that medicine cabinet. But that’s because I’m all organized since I found a solution to all of our morning routine mess in the bathroom! YAY!
MAGNAPODS!
“A place for everything and everything in its place”
I had a chance to review these little magnetic organizational boxes that can store your tooth brush and all your morning essentials. I’m talking about organizing your makeup brushes, compacts, powders, mascaras and anything else that can fit into these tiny compartments. Though, you don’t necessarily need these for just the bathroom cabinet, as I know a lot of people don’t have those medicine cabinets installed in theirs. You can even use it by your computer desk for paper clips, post-it notes, and pens. Or even on the fridge for some organization there too.
Which brings me back to the beginning. The mess that is my bathroom on a Friday morning is unheard of. Visitors are not allowed in there until I organize my shelves, as OCD as that sounds — but I don’t want people picking and prying through my belongings. So, I brought the magnapods home to Newfoundland to try out when I flew home for Christmas. There, you see a different bathroom with a medicine cabinet, which can store quite a bit of things. It doesn’t fit all of the things I wish it would, but then again how much stuff does one use on a daily basis, right?
I wouldn’t go too crazy trying to get them all in the cabinet at once, as they really don’t fit (as you can clearly see in the photo above), and you kind of have to play a little tetris with the magnetic shelf height to get the door to close. Like I said, it’s not just for bathrooms anymore. It’ll stick to anything that is magnetized and put whatever you like inside.
See? Looks much better now, once you’ve decided which items should go where. You don’t need to put all of the magnapod storage units in that cabinet!
There are two types of shelves that Magnapod has designed. One specifically that I don’t enjoy all that much is the fixed shelves, the other ones have removable plastic slots, in case you have two large items (such as 2 makeup compacts) where you can just take out the plastic insert and have a much bigger “rectangle” to work with.
So!
Want to try it out?
Good. Because I have a lot to give you. What you see in these pictures, you will have the chance to win.
Rules and Regulations:
- Comment with “Enter Me”. Enter as many times as you want, my fellow Canadians!
- Open to residents of Canada only. Even though this is an American product, I’ll be mailing this one out on my own.
- Contest open for one week and closes Friday February 5, 2010 at midnight EST.
That’s all there is to it my friends. Go nuts, and Good Luck!