...today's journey...

today, after waking up relatively early i:

1. made breakfast for me and my love
2. called and scheduled a long overdue appointment with a dentist
3. called and made an appointment with the eye doctor
4. went to the eye doctor (just that quickly)
   
5. called and scheduled an appointment for the jeep to have an oil change
6. went to the chiropractor (i am in need of some major adjusting)
7. scheduled another appointment with the chiropractor for wednesday
   
8. AND had an interview for another job (i should know more about starting someplace new in the next 1 to 3 weeks)

i also worked out (as you will see below)...today is a GREAT day!!!

...training update...

6.15.2008
rest day

6.16.2008
3 minutes weighted step-ups
tabata weighted squats
tabata side lunges
tabata scorpion tails - right side
tabata scorpion tails - left side
1 minute standing alternating side leg lifts
1 minute standing alternating front leg lifts

6.17.2008
Rest

6.19.2008
Rest

6.20.2008
jogged (1 mile)

6.21.2008 - 6.24.2008:
fatigue has been kicking my ass by early afternoon each day (which is only a couple of hours after i get up), so i have been taking it easy on myself...so no real training sessions have been taking place.

6.25.2008
walked/jogged 3 miles

6.28.2008

a long walk at pete's hill and then i decided that i should start getting my upper body used to moving and working with weights again (but minimally...i am not supposed to start officially until next thursday)

superset:
1 kb curls
1 kb overhead presses
1 kb overhead triceps extensions
1 kb front lowers (resistance training lowering the kb from overhead down to my curl start position)
REPEAT 25 TIMES

and i have gotten REALLY weak; my arms are burning from just that little bit...and i was using the 18lbs kb (that is the little one)...so, onward and upward from here!

6.30.2008

ab and back 300

50 crunches (legs in the air)
50 toe touch obliques crunches (each side)
50 seated leg scissors
50 seated leg raises
25 parallel bar knee raises
75 back extensions

...for my love....

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...grumpy and (utterly) fatigued

...can't seem to fight the fatigue today...it has rendered me grumpy and difficult...but as rough of a start my training got, it picked up at midpoint, and i finished STRONG, which brings a smirk to my face (as i am still too grumpy to actually smile)...

6.14.2008

100 sit-ups
100 15lb side bends (both sides)
50 18lb kb russian twists
100 back extensions
100 captains of crush (each hand)
50 yesses
30 nos

on a positive note, we took milo to the park today and ran off-leash drills with him...he was WONDERFUL, and is now plum tuckered out!!! cesar milan is right...a tired dog is a well behaved dog.

...whatcha waitin' for....

as i am sitting here listening to my training music mix (and yes, i find motivation from gwen stefani's "what you waiting for?"), i am fully spent. today is a feel good day...maybe because it is friday the 13th (to which i am partial),or maybe because bret and i have been kicking ass around the house and in life in general. i had my interview yesterday with target (i applied for an executive team leader position), only to find out that i am seemingly qualified, but they don't have any local opening. oh well, who knows what will happen...if anything, it is always good to practice my interviewing skills.

so, yesterday was a rest day from training, and after this afternoon, i will only have THREE radiation treatments left...speaking of, i need to hit the shower...so here is today's workout:


6.13.2008

tabata step-ups with 40lb weighted vest
tabata calf raises with 40lb weighted vest
tabata squats
tabata scorpion tails - right side
tabata scorpion tails - left side

25 standing alternating side leg lifts
25 standing alternating front leg lifts

...today is a feel good day....

and the countdown continues...5 TREATMENTS LEFT....if there are no more delays due to a broken machine, this time next week i will be having a VICTORY drink (w00t)...(i am so excited)

so, for today's workout, it is back to core work...thought i'd do something a little different today, so...here we go:

6.11.2008

45 - 26lb kettlebell russian twists
tabata crossover crunches
tabata back raises
tabata neck yesses and nos

40 dip bar abdominal knee raises to finish it all off

now i am off to pick out a winning interview outfit for tomorrow morning...keep your figures crossed that it will produce fruitful results!!!

...my butt will look AMAZING (i have to keep telling myself)

what a lovely, snowy june day in MONTANA! yes, it snowed today...and at the days end, we can see hope in sight for a happy and healthy future. today i had my 7th to last radiation treatment (woo-hoo), scheduled a job interview, and found out what books i will need for my first semester of my IT PM PhD...not to mention a wonderfully fatiguing lower body workout:

6.10.2008

the bottom blaster:

tabata squats
tabata scorpion tails - right side
tabata scorpion tails - left side

1 minute standing alternating side leg lifts
1 minute standing alternating front leg lifts

...coooooore strength...

so, i was at the cancer center today, like i am every week day, and got weighed...down another pound and feeling STRONG(er) than i have in a while. i let them know that my collar bone burn is feeling worse, and come to find out that my reaction to the radiation in that spot is relatively severe (little blisters, consistent pain, etc), so they gave me some more stuff to put on it and reassured me that it should start feeling better after a few more days, which makes me happy because as of right now, it hurts when i work out. on that note, here was today's training session....yesterday, 6.8.2008, was a rest day (and my mom's birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM)



6.9.2008
another core day:

3 rounds - 1 minute rest in between
superset:
35 - 26lb kb crunches
35 - back raises
35 - 26lb kb right side side-bends
35 - 26lb kb left side side-bends
35 - captains of crush (both hands)


3 sets of 15 yesses
3 sets of 15 nos

...legs and glutes...(ya-hey)

i was hit hard with fatigue today for the first time during radiation, even after a LONG nights sleep, so i had to shot some espresso before my workout to get some energy. i was aiming for 100 reps of each exercise, but my legs got rubbery at the 80 mark. since this is my first session back starting to rebuild my strength, i will leave it here for today and increase my reps the next leg/glute session (on 6.9).

6.7.2008

legs:

two rounds of -
30 squats
30 right leg scorpion tails
30 left leg scorpion tails
30 right leg calf raises
30 left leg calf raises

one round of -
20 squats
20 right leg scorpion tails
20 left leg scorpion tails
20 right leg calf raises
20 left leg calf raises

...the beginning of bellona

as i promised myself, i am starting to rebuild my strength. today is the first day of a guided plan (with the coaching of my love), to become the warrior goddess that i am fighting to be. though i am not able to start training until 2 weeks after my last radiation treatment, i have decided to take this month i have and build some major core strength....i will be posting my training routines here, as well as keeping updates on my treatment and the side effects...so, here we go!

6.6.2008

3 rounds - 1 minute rest in between
superset:
25 - 26lb kb crunches
25 - back raises
25 - 26lb kb right side side-bends
25 - 26lb kb left side side-bends

3 sets of 10 yesses
3 sets of 10 nos

...radiation update

this is a picture of my radiation burn so far....today was my last treatment of the broader coverage, and now they will do the remaining 10 treatments more focused on the area of the former tumor...and that is it! i spoke with my surgeon today, and he gave me the "all clear", told me i could start training again. my radiologist, however, told me that i should wait until 2 weeks after my last treatment (that will be 7/1)....so, as of tomorrow, i will be starting to rebuild some strength so that i can start back to training on 7/1. i am a happy, happy girl!!!