New Milestone!

Hey guys! A few posts ago (Merp.) I was talking about how frustrated I was that I wasn't putting any weight one...but guess what?! I've put on THREE POUNDS in the last couple of days! That's HUGE for me :) I was so happy looking at the scale today. My hard work is definitely paying off and I feel more motivated than ever. I'm so excited to compete in the fall. Everyone that I've talked to who has competed before absolutely loves it, and I'm pretty confident that once I do my first competition, I'll be hooked. I'm also really loving my new workout (I think I said that yesterday). I feel such a good pump during it because of the supersets, and can feel the burn. I've been sore for days after working out each muscle group - I love that feeling.

Another big milestone for me is my personal training gig that I've got going on. I have been getting a bunch of new clients! I have an ad in the newspaper now and it looks like it's really working :) I'm so excited to start sharing my knowledge and teaching others how to exercise and lead a healthy lifestyle. Things are really looking good right now :)

I told you guys that I would post pictures of the "figure model workout," so today I had Derek take pictures of my back and triceps workout. I actually only had him take pictures of the back exercises, you can find pictures of all the triceps exercises in a previous post. I'm also not going to write out the whole workout again, you can look at it in a previous post as well.

What did you guys think about my post yesterday? No comments? I find that hard to believe, guys! You all need to liven up a bit out there and start letting me know what you think!!!

I'm thinking about doing a contest soon, to promote the blog and myself a little bit more - what do you guys think? I would have a couple of different things - the biggest one being a new workout outfit. Would anybody be interested in that? It wouldn't really entail anything major - it'd be more of a drawing of names, per-say. I would probably have 3 winners, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. I'm going to post the contest tomorrow, and it will run for a few weeks, so make sure you guys are on the lookout! Also, let me know if that is something you as a reader would be interested in. I think free clothes is a pretty good motivating factor, no? I've seen other bloggers hold contests before and I think it really helps with reader-traffic.

Anyways, here are the pictures for the back exercises of the "figure model workout."

standing cable row 

reverse lat pull down

seated cable row

bent over dumbbell row

 reverse lat pull down

And those are the pictures to the back part of Day 2 for the "Figure Model Workout"

Have any of you guys out there been trying any part of the Figure Model Workout? If so, how do you like it? Have you made any modifications?? I'd love to hear :) 

I also made these pictures today, what do you guys think? I thought they came out pretty cool! 

I've seen stuff on pinterest like that and figured you probably don't need to be a professional model to do a little fitness poster thing like that, so I decided to give it a go with my own pictures! I quite like the way they turned out, how about you guys?!!! 

Turning it in for the night, everyone. Talk to you guys tomorrow.

Have a wonderful evening!

xxxooo Fitness Felicia 

It's Been 1 Week..!

Well hello everyone! I've reached my 1 week mark for my 365 day challenge. I'd like to reflect upon the last week for a quick minute. This first week of my challenge has certainly been interesting. I've really enjoyed blogging about my daily challenges, it gives me something to look forward to everyday.

  What do you guys think so far? I still haven't recieved any challenges from you guys! Challenge me to push myself, I DARE YOU! 

Regardless if people are enjoying my blog or not (I don't really know because I HAVENT REALLY RECEIVED MUCH FEED BACK...hint hint!), I AM enjoying what I am doing, and am glad that I'm writing about everything so that I can look back on my progress and the things I've achieved. A year is a really long time, and by the end of the year, heck, by the end of 1 month even, I will have learned and tried so many new things, and that really excites me.

Anyways..onto today's events...
I made up my own little fitness challenge today. My workout today was for back and biceps, so I wanted to incorporate a little fitness challenge incorporating both back and bicep exercises.

The challenge is this: 

3 exercises, 60 seconds on (20 sec each exercise), 30 seconds off, repeat 3 times - see how many reps for each exercise you can get for each round. 

I did this challenge at the end of my workout, so my back and bi's were already pretty fatigued. Obviously I would have gotten up to more reps if I had done this at the beginning of my workout. I purposely did this challenge at the end of my workout so I wouldn't fatigue my muscles before I even started the bulk of my workout. The video below is of my first set of this challenge. I only taped one set of it, I didn't want to bore everyone with a whole 4 minute long video. (see? I'm always keeping my readers in mind!!) 

The exercises for this challenge are:

Alternating Dumbbell Bicep Curls (20 sec)

One-Legged Bent Over Dumbbell Row (20 sec)

Hammer Dumbbell Curls (20 sec) 

Total time: 4 1/2 minutes 

I did give myself 3 seconds to switch weights, I didn't factor that into the whole 4/12 minutes

My Results:

1st Set:

7 reps of alternating bicep curls (both arms) (15 lbs)

10 reps of one-legged dumbbell rows (10 lbs)

11 reps of hammer curls (3 15 lbs, finished with 10 lbs)

2nd Set:

8 reps alt. bicep curls (15 lbs)

9 reps one-legged dumbbell rows (15 lbs)

8 reps hammer curls (10 lbs)

3rd Set:

15 reps alt bicep curls (10 lbs)

10 reps one-legged dumbbell rows (10 lbs)

10 reps hammer curls (10 lbs)

You should all definitely try this challenge out, it gets your heart rate up and is a great way to pump out a few more reps of exercises before finishing up your workout!

Don't be discouraged if you are not using much weight for this challenge. It is a fast-paced challenge, so your muscles will become fatigued quicker, your heart rate will be higher than when doing your regular sets. Keep all of that in mind, and try starting out with a lower weight that you usually would do. For example, when I am doing dumbbell curls, I usually use 20-25 lb dumbbells depending on what I am doing (based on my rep range - sometimes more, sometimes less). Because for most workouts I use 20-25 lbs, I dropped my weight down to 15 lb dumbbells for this challenge..catch my drift?!

I am challenging you to challenge yourself. Let me know how you did! Did you beat my scores?!
If you are a beginner to workout out, change up this challenge a bit. You could add more time to your rest period and less time to exercise. GIVE IT A TRY!

I did promise you guys a "Big Booty" Workout today, so I will post that later tonight, so check back!!!

Good luck, challenge yourself!!!!

Love,
Fitness Felicia <3