Fitness: Day 13 (Bodyrock.tv Body on Fire Workout Routine)

I am really enamoured with Zuzana's Body on Fire routine. This workout exhausts me and makes me sweat - a lot. Plus it's pretty zippy and doesn't seem all that daunting (til I actually do it). But the fact that it's broken into four minute rounds really encourages you to push yourself each time. Four minutes doesn't sound so bad, right?  (The last round is the longest four minutes of your life...) :P

Anyway, this is actually a record of yesterday's routine which I did when I returned from my last class for the semester. After I was done, I took a shower and headed out to get some stuff for next week.  I am off to D.C. for a week for a conference that has me both excited and nervous. Once my presentation is done on Wednesday, I will be excited. Til then... I am a little panicked. In the meantime, I thought I should get some new clothes/shoes and present myself as a "proper" academic. Ah how the student life favours jeans and sweatshirts! ;)

I will be back later today to post today's routine... In the meantime, here's yesterday's workout with my modifications. I mixed stuff around a bit more than usual. :)

Workout details:
Set your interval timer for 6 rounds of 40 second intervals. This equates to 4 minutes and will give you time to get through the reps below once. You must complete this circuit 5 times to achieve your 20 minute routine.  Enjoy!
1. Over and Under (from left to right) 40 seconds
2. Over and Under (from right to left) 40 seconds
3. Happy Dancing Crab 40 seconds
4. Tripple Knee Tucks 40 seconds
5. Pistol and Kozacek 40 seconds
6. Swimming Push Ups 40 seconds
 
Modifications:

1. The last two days I substituted squats in place of the Pistol/Kozacek. This time I did 40 seconds of V-crunches.
2. I modified the pushups a lot yesterday. During the first round, I did elevated pushups using the aerobic stairs in my gym. For the second round, I did pushups from the knees. During rounds 3-5 I did modified pushups by inverting my hands so I could work the outsides of my arms.
3. I love the triple knee tuck but I find that my wrists have been getting really sore in the past few days. (I suppose it's the dancing crabs, pushups and knee tucks working in tandem). So, during the final round, I omitted the knee tucks and did a squat/bounce instead, along the lines of the Air Chair.)

 
These past two weeks of working out have been absolutely wonderful.  I haven't been eating as well as I should though. I find it really, really challenging to eat 6 times a day...mostly because I have never been a snacker. So while we have been making a lot of good food, I haven't been eating to a schedule.  (Plus, my bf is enamoured with pasta and I've been on pasta overload.) Tonight I'm making curried chicken. It isn't in a recipe book - it's just good home cooking. :) (I'm from the Caribbean and there's a lot of clean eating to be had there!)


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