Girls Day Out!

Today was an absolute blast! My mom came all the way down on my Off-Friday to hang out for the day

Scott and I had an early appointment with a contractor to look at the wood rot near our back patio door (we STILL haven’t ordered a new door… we’re 3 weeks behind ).  I gobbled up a quick slice of toasted whole grain bread (from game night on Wednesday) and topped it with peanut butter, granola, and strawberry jam.  Oh, and of course coffee was downed while the contractor was here.

The appointment was at 7:30 am, which was a weird time, so I did a strength training workout really fast right after before my mom showed up.

Workout: Random Strength Training Exercises at Home

Chest

• 12 x modified pushups

• 15 x dumbbell chest press on a swiss ball (2 sets of these)

• 15 x dumbbell fly on swiss ball (2 sets of these)

Back

• 24 x Single-leg Neutral-grip dumbbell row (12 on each leg)

• 12 x Swiss ball Y Raise (no weights)

• 12 x seated cable row (with the resistance band)

Shoulders

• 24 x alternating swiss ball dumbbell shoulder press

• 12 x Dumbbell alternating shoulder press and twist

• 10 x Bent arm laterial raise and external rotation

Biceps

• 24 x Standing Dumbbell curl ( 2 sets of these)

• 10 x Hammer Curl to Press

Triceps

• 12 x Swiss ball dumbbell lying triceps extension

Forearm

• 12 x Wrist Curl

Quads and Calves

• 12 x Dumbbell front squat

• 12 x Reverse Dumbbell Lunge

• 60 sec Farmer’s Walk on Toes

Glutes

• 12 x Hip raise with head on a swiss ball

• 10 x Single Leg Deadlift (no dumbbell)

• 25 x Kettlebell swing (using both 8lb weights)

Core

• Planks (30 sec each side, 60 sec front)

• Bird Dog (4 x 10 second each side)… lol.. this name makes me laugh

• 12 x Dumbbell Chop

Yup… that pretty much will rock my socks off tomorrow  

Post workout I had a Chobani Pineapple Greek yogurt to get a good dose of protein in.

And then once my mom got here… this happened… as well as a trip to Home Depot for some much needed supplies for housework (ladder, primer, trowel…)

I saw this book and picked it up on a whim because the title cracked me up.  I’m SO excited to start it up – hopefully in the next few days

And I got more “necessities” for my at home gym   My dinky little 8 lb weights are proving to be too light (bumped it up to 10lbs for now), and I’ve been wanting to toy around a bit with a foam roller.  My old resistance band is about 15 years old and a little worn out as well.  A good explanation of the foam roller can be found on Angela’s Blog.

We went out to lunch again to my FAVORITE place to go on my Off-Fridays.

Whole Foods Hot bar + Kombucha.  And my mom spotted this and couldn’t resist (we split it)

Double Chocolate Chip Cookie

The rest of the afternoon/evening was spent sealing the molding in the office and priming/painting random things around the house.  I can almost taste us actually painting the walls! (almost!)

 

Exhausting afternoon but TONS of fun – my mom stayed a good 5 hours to help us around the house, which was just about the most amazing thing ever.  I will repay her with a few slices of this! Chocolate Zucchini Bread

This recipe AND another one comes tomorrow!  We’re having a picnic in the park with a bunch of friends so I’ve got a few dishes to make.  However, that’s after we hopefully win free frozen yogurt every WEEK for a year ….

Tomorrow’s blog post should be pretty exciting *crosses fingers* We’ll see.