Wednesday, July 24, 2019: Skate & 21 Day Fix Extreme: Plyo Fix Extreme

I love my morning family skates. I am trying to enjoy them because just as fast as Biggy has picked up his skating and gotten into it, I know he will not want to skate with his mom and dad one day. He will be a nighty and we will be too old to keep up anyways. So, I may be missing ballet at Harbour, but ballet at Harbour will always be there (I hope). Morning family skates won't.

I did nose bonks trying to slide, shuv-its, and rode 30 times off the Terry before I slammed. Biggy tried manuals. Cakes is not doing too good. His dogs are barking. His shoes were discontinued and he is having a hard time finding ones that make his feet happy. 

As my right hip flexor was ailing from the kicks and leg lifts in Insanity Max 30, I decided to try 21 Day Fix Extreme for a bit. I know it is day one of the real times, but it seems way easier than Shaun T. I am enjoying the "rest." It is nice to see Autumn again too - although, I am not too fond of bearded pointing dude. It is also nice to see Donald there in the back. We will see how it goes. I am enjoying my non-commitment summer.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019: Skate & Insanity Max 30: Pulse & Ab Attack 10

This morning I am going to complain about my right hip flexor. This is the second time this summer it has been bumming me out. I need to rest it and let it get better... but I don't want to do nothing. SO, I just modify and do what I can. I look forward to the Pulse 20 minute workout - it is a nice break from all the jumping. The Ab Attack 10 has a lot of hip flexor stuff in it. Maybe I will take a break from Insanity Max and do a couple of weeks of 21 Day Fix - those live ones. Then, when the hip is better and we are on vacation - I will go back to Insanity Max 30... no equipment needed.

Thurs. July 18, 2019: Insanity Max 30

I have finished week one and just started week two of Insanity Max 30. I am going to keep going with this program for now. I am not sure if I will do two whole months but I do like the shorter workouts and no equipment. It is something I can do anywhere and easily everyday. I do miss the weights a little bit - but I will add some Autumn or maybe even try one of the other weight programs when I get back to school.

I miss my Harbour 1:30 Hip Hops. I am looking forward to summer school being over.

I haven't done my yoga or filmed it yet. Maybe I need to force myself to do it - set a goal for having it done by the end of July.

I also haven't run in a while. I need to do one of those. I have to find out what happens to Lopez.

Thurs. July 11, 2019: Harrison Yoga Chill

This is the second day in a row that I have done my yoga class that I made for Harrison. My goal is still to have it completely memorized and film it somewhere beautiful. Once that is done, I would like to make a new one and do the same for that. I wonder if I will make a variation of this same class - nah - I think I will make a new playlist - and just make something similar. It is a little bit of a challenge for balance and strength and a good stretch. It is only 37 minutes long - 40 minutes if I really added in the savasana at the end - but I am never good at laying at the end.

Thursday, July 11, 2019: Insanity Max: 30 Cardio Challenge

Today, I thought I was getting up to run with Lopez, but it was kind of grey out... so I thought maybe I would do the Cardio Flow... then I decided to try out what Wanyae was doing. I can do 30 minutes right? Well - it was tough. After the half way mark I started not making it to every count down - ending a little early. It is a sweaty one - but I kind of liked it. It is fun to do something different. I might try this a little longer - see how it goes... I think. This is my summer of indecision and trying not to force myself to do anything... so I am not making myself any promises other than I will keep moving and dancing in some sort of way each day - but 30 minutes goes quick and no equipment is nice too... anywho - that is what I did today. Today I was Wanyae.

Sat. July 6, 2019: 80 Day Obsession: Day 68: Booty & Family Skate at Terry Fox

This morning, I got up and ready to do my Booty workout. However, Biggy woke up ready to skate - so we headed out to our E spot at the stadium. All the security gates were out and blocking the spot, so we decided to roll around to Terry Fox at the front. There is a huge manual pad there. I want to be able to ollie up and off of it. I am scared though. BUT... Biggy rode up and off of it today - it was amazing. I love this kid. Jonny had to go off to the studio - but Biggy and I skated for an hour and a half. He wanted to skate all day but the rains came.

When I got home, I made us a snack and then I did my workout. I didn't want to do my workout - but I did it and now it is in the books.

Fri, July 5, 2019: Modern w/ Kevin Bergsma

When: Friday, July 5, 2019 10-11:30
Where: Harbour Dance Centre
What: Modern (yoga, qi gong, focus on the breath, movement that tells a story/use of imagery)
Level: Open - accessible to all - this would be a great class for my students to take if they were interested in trying something new. I left the class feeling grounded, calm, and peaceful.

Link to website

First part of class was walking, breathing, yoga.
Second part was feet and tendus.
Next we went across the floor and then connected all the parts to make one long ATF.
Short combo with a story line.
One final cool down ATF: 5 mannequins, 3 flamingos, and the beach.

It was a pleasant class. I was going to take ballet but decided to take Modern - then when I got there and saw there was only one other person in Modern - I thought maybe I would take ballet - but decided to stick to my plan and I am glad I did. I will take ballet next week when I can drop in during summer school.

Fri. July 5, 2019: 6:15 - 6:45am Run

Run with Lopez part two. I like listening to the story and just running. I ran farther than I did on Sunday. (Same 30 minute time.) My hip is not hurting... as much. It is almost better. It is a cloudy day today. I was smiling when Lopez had his essay chosen and when he got adopted by a family. I was smiling and I think people on the c wall (not that many because it is early,) thought I was crazy. I am a red faced, white girl, with a crazy grin, running around the ocean.

It feels good to run. I am looking forward to part three. I wonder how many of these runs there are and what I will try next. I think I want to try a speed training one again - I liked that last one I did.

Thurs. July 4, 2019: Hip Hop w/ Victor

I had learned this choreo before... what's the song again... I was just looking for it... I can't remember... da da da da dada da... crack... da da da dada da mmmm... step together hands to face elbow elbow ooof... one... you know?

Anyways - felt good - love it when it soaks in. I felt good... but didn't get chosen to dance in the end... but that is ok.. next time! Still, when I watch the kids dancing at the end.. there is no way I was dancing like they were... how do they do it? I think they are just born like that.

Anywho - Jonny has a sandwich and a show for me. Peace out!

Wed. July 3, 2019: Hip Hop w/ Stu

Biggy's first attempt at sitting at Harbour. He did it. I got him a new game on his Ipad and he was sadly glued to the screen for the entire hour. He had grapes and water and I only noticed him move when a grape rolled onto the floor.

Stu is such an amazing teacher. Why? He took a simple choreo and taught the moves in sections always referring to shapes. He goes over the connections between chunks. He gives corrections and pointers to everyone - I really think everyone got a one-on-one pointer to make their movements cleaner. He gave  level options - how to smooth the shapes together and add your own style. He broke down the three main points he was trying to address and he demonstrated. It was the fullest chill class you could have. You know? So much but so laid back and smooth. I hope I get to take his class again this summer.

Tues. July 2 & Wed. July 3: 80 Day Obsession Day 65 & 66

Yesterday and this morning, I got up and did 80 Day Obsession workouts on my patio. Yesterday, I headed straight out and finished right as the workers were arriving. (When I say workers, I mean two workers who didn't actually do any work all day... who came in through the side scaffolding from the alley smoking, continuing to smoke right in front of me, and extinguishing it in the garbage can. Thank-you for that oh so lovely final workout smokey air... sarcasm... ughh... just finish the patio and leave... it has been over a year now. This is my space and I want it back.) Today, I had my breakfast first and only made it through half my workout as they arrived. This morning, there were were three of them and Dave said, "Good morning!" I could not return his joyous good morning, because I don't see anything good about you dicking around on my patio and not getting shit done. It makes me feel sad. I moved inside to finish my workout and closed the curtains.

Whoa... I am mad eh? Anyways, this was meant to be a post about me doing my workouts and it has turned into a rant about the super slow construction workers.

I have taken the cardio workouts out of 80DO and replaced them with running. Although - I might bust out a cardio flow if we are ever pool or beach side. I still like that one - I just want to run now that I can run again and thought slotting it in during the cardio times would be best. I was thinking I might do one of my 80 days after my last run - but I am all sweaty and don't feel like working out then. It was a good idea but didn't happen. Maybe if I did the 80 day and then ran? Nah...

When 80DO is done, I am going to do A Little More Obsessed and then the new 21 Day Fix Lives. They are shorter - so maybe I can add the runs in with them then. That should take me through the summer.

Monday, July 1, 2019: Run with Lopez 1

I felt like running for the last week but have been busy with the 72D7, and walking down to the Inukshuk at different times of the day, to dance and also the last week of school. But now, school is over and I am FREE! YAY!! However, two days ago, I was trying a Nike training workout and it had dynamic hip stretches at the start and I thought it was going to buzz me to change to the next exercise and it didn't. I saw the number twelve and thought it was weird to do this same thing for twelve minutes of a twenty minute workout but... I wasn't really thinking... so I did... and I am pretty sure I overstretched my right hip flexor. ALSO that day, I sat in the park in a double pigeon while Biggy played... that may have also overstretched it... anyways... I woke up with a limpy right hip Sunday morning. This morning, it was there but not as bad, I still wanted to run.. so I ran... I just ran slow and easy pace. I noticed by right ankle had a crick in it too and I had to stop and rotate it a few times... but I kept going. 

As I was leaving my building, connecting the Bluetooth for my headphones, and putting on my run playlist - I realized my run playlist wasn't on my watch. All that was available was the 72D7 tracks. I went to Spotify and was going to try that but remember that the last time I did that it played through my phone and woke up the whole house... because my phone is at home... and the boys were asleep.  I had also downloaded and was planning on running with the Coached Run with Nike Run Club: Run with Lopez Part 1. This would be my second coached run. The first one I played music and there was some talking... this one was more of a story and what an enthralling story. I didn't even notice I was running. But, I had to try and control my emotions, because I was imagining my son, age six being stolen by rebel soldiers in Somolia. It was a beautiful sunny day, I ran an easy pace, and just tried not to cry on the c wall as I went. No music is necessary for this coached run and I can't wait to run again tomorrow to hear the next part of the story. If you felt like running longer than thirty minutes, you can just press the next run and it tells you how to do that at the end of part one. (Just make sure you have it downloaded before you leave the house.) 

Happy Canada Day!