Thursday, July 4, 2013

July 4: Daily Recap

Today was definitely not the best Fourth of July that I've experienced. My poor Sweetpea was sick and rather miserable, so we canceled our parade and picnic plans and stayed home for the day.

Breakfast: Coconut quinoa with a teaspoon of maple syrup, plum, cherries, and unsweetened coconut.


Exercise: I mixed up my usual 5x5x5 circuit format and performed five different circuits comprised of five minutes of spinning and five different exercises per circuit. Here's How they looked:
  • Circuit 1:
    • 5 minutes of spinning
    • 10 burpees
    • 10 supermans
    • 10 50-lb stiff-legged deadlifts
    • 10 side bends, each side, 25 lb. plate
    • 10 bent-over rows, each side, 25 lb. plate
  • Circuit 2:
    • 5 minutes of spinning
    • 10 squats with alternating side kicks
    • 10 front/lateral shoulder raises (8 lb. dumbbells)
    • 10 stiff-legged deadlift/row combos (25 lb. plate)
    • 10 narrow chest presses (25 lb. plate)
    • 10 overhead pulls (25 lb. plate)
  • Circuit 3:
    • 5 minutes of spinning
    • 10 chest flys on ball (8 lb dumbbells)
    • 10 skull crushers on ball (8 lb dumbbells)
    • 10 back rows on ball (8 lb dumbbells)
    • 10 ball passes
    • 10 ball hamstring curls
  • Circuit 4:
    • 5 minutes of spinning 
    • 10 pushups (knees) 
    • 10 donkey kicks, each side (8 lb. dumbbells)
    • 10 bicep curl/shoulder press combos (8 lb. dumbbells)
    • 10 lunges, left 
    • 10 lunges, right
  • Circuit 5:
    • 5 minutes of spinning
    • 10 bent over row/fly combos (8 lb. dumbbells)
    • 10 lb. plate swing (right)
    • 10 lb. plate swing (left) 
    • 50 lb. stiff-legged deadlift
    • 10 push ups  
The workout clocked in somewhere around 45 minutes, and it was a good, hard workout.

Post-Workout Fuel: 8 oz. soy milk with a scoop of Vega protein powder.

Lunch: Salad with mixed greens, cucumber, red bell pepper, pomegranate seeds, savory tofu, a slice of tempeh bacon, Amish butter cheese, hard-boiled egg, and walnuts dressed in honey and Dijon mustard. I also tried a few Trader Joe's Inner Peas and loved, loved, loved them.


Dinner: Brown rice pasta with homemade pasta sauce, 4 Nate's meatless meatballs, and steamed broccoli with a touch of butter.


Pretty sure that there were some pre-bed snacks. Maybe a macaroon and an egg and a banana? That sounds about right...? Something like that. Who cares, really.

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