Amanda's Post Pregnancy Workouts

[ajarvis]

March 13th

Crossfit WOD in 22:08

Which was 5 rounds of:
50ft. of walking lunges with 45lbs held over head - couldn't use a BB not enough room in gym so I used to 22.5lb DB
21 Burpess

Well that about killed me, and my legs are so sore they don't want to work lol.

Seated Shoulder Press 12lbs 10 reps 3 sets
Overhead Tricep Extension using cable - 20lbs 10 reps 3 sets
Bicep Curl using cable - 30lbs 10 reps 3 sets

Then I had to walk home pushing Julian through 6 or so centimetres of snow
not fun! I think when I go out later I'll take the bus lol.

[gymgirl]

nice work amanda! i think i am doing this one tonight...

you did great, i cant imagine pushing a stroller through the snow after that workout! great job!

Good job Amanda. I may put that WOD on my short list.

[tim_mcf]

Very nice work. Did you hold the dumbells overhead? I think that would be a lot harder than a bar.

[CF-OC_gal]

Jeez I did just 3 sets of OH walking lunges last night with only an 18lb bar (16 steps each set) and I was completely wiped. I couldn't imagine doing burpees after that!

[ajarvis]

Lol it took alot of talking to convince myself to do the whole thing. I can't remember the last time I did burpees - now I remember why.

Tim - for the first set they were held up in the air over my shoulders, but for all remaining sets they were on my shoulders, and for half of the 4th set they somehow were hanging at my sides.

I am paying for this workout right now. I was sore before it was over, and it hurts to sit or stand up... or really move my legs at all!

[ajarvis]

We've had a visiting guest so no trips to the gym, but we've been doing alot of running around and stuff. Monday we went to the mountains and went hiking for an hour. So not completely inactive.

March 21st

Abs:
Ball hand off between feet and hands - 10reps
ball tap to the side - 20 reps
Bicycle one side at a time - 10 reps each side
Crunches with ball held in air - 10 reps
medicine ball held in one hand and crunch to the side - 10 reps each side
Regular sit ups - 15 reps

10 burpess
10 hip leg isolatio on ball - both feet on ball with toes together press up and hold - really feel it in the calves, and hamstrings
10 single leg press 10lbs 3 sets
Deadlift:
20lbs 10 reps
40lbs 10 reps
45lbs 10 reps
Clean:
20lbs 10 reps
40lbs 8 reps - with shoulder press at end
45lbs 8 reps - with shoulder press at end
Bench Press:
45lbs 10 reps 3 sets
leg lifts 10 reps

pullup on bar on assisted squat machine - 2 sets 10 reps
50 furey squats

assisted chinup:
70lbs 10 reps - 3 sec hold at top of each rep
80lbs 10 reps - 3 sec hold at top of each rep

Modified HSPU - 20reps

How long did it take for the DOMS to go away from the last CrossFit WOD you did? The 5 rounds of walking overhead lunges+burpees WOD.

[minime]

wow i was doing lunges with 17lb DBS by my side and they were killer! I dont think i could even put two 22.5lb over my head, never mind do lunges with them! great job!

[ajarvis]

March 22nd

3mile run 29:46

Was planning on a longer run, but I felt so good I decided to see how fast I could go.

I'll be at the gym tomorrow, and then not back again til' next Wednesday. But I'm going hiking again so that's some exercise - I carry my son while we hike so he's an added 20+lbs. I just need to eat better. Since last weekend was my DH's friend we ate crappy food all weekend! This weekend it's my mom so we'll be eating much better!

[ajarvis]

Thanks Minime

Pierini I was feeling better by thursday - as in it didn't hurt every single time I moved. Friday we were downtown walking around for about 3 hrs, and my muscles were just tired but not too sore.

[ajarvis]

Well my mom was visiting for the last 5 days so I didn't make it to the gym! Saturday we went hiking in the mountains. We did a 2.5-3hr hike up Johnston canyon! I carried Julian, and it was quite the workout! It's not normally a hard hike, but the snow and ice made it harder - especially since I was carrying Julian I had to be extra careful! I have missed the mountains so much. DH and I want to get a car just so we can go there on weekends!

Then on Sunday we went to Drumheller to the Horse Shoe Canyon, and the Royal Tyrell Museum. We hiked around the canyon for about an hour. This was harder then the mountains. It was great to be outside so much though, and Julian loved it!

I spent Monday resting as much as possible since I haven't been getting very much sleep, and then yesterday was my moms last day here so we spent the day together. Today my gym clothes are dirty so I'm taking Julian on a playdate, and then I will try to get a workout in when we come home as that will probably make him nap!

I made up a slideshow of the weekend at Johnston canyon, and drumheller. If anyone wants to take a look


This is Johnston Canyon:

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Drumheller: (With one pic from Johnston canyon)
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and this is not last sat. the sat. before at a different trail in the mountains:
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This is the main reason I wanted to move back to calgary!

[gymgirl]

very cool slideshow amanda! looks like you got a good workout with all the hiking!

[CF-OC_gal]

Hey Amanda!

Nice recreation. I loved my trip with my kids through AB many summers ago. We were driving from BC to ON and went to Jasper then down through Drummheller and on to SK. We of course stopped at Drummheller and saw all the dinosaur stuff. My photos of the country side are a little different since it was July. My favourite one is one of clouds meeting the layered landscape and the desert-like flora. I miss being so close to the mountains like I was in BC.

My son is moving to Calgary for the summer to "make some money".

[tim_mcf]

Carrying the youngun' in a pack can be quite a workout, especially when he gets to 1 year old or so and starts randomly wiggling around as you hike.