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Okay, so I did my shoulders and arms yesterday in the afternoon before my TurboKick workout.  Well, I was so sad that no one showed up.  You ever get the feeling that you are not good enough or that you are a bad teacher.  That for sure is not me.  I hate it when people don’t show.  I really take it personally.  I know I shouldn’t but I do.  I am so passionate about fitness that it kills me that people don’t put themselves first and don’t feel like they have to exercise to live.  Living is what it is all about.  Feeling good about yourself is what life is about.  Not hearing the words from the doctor telling you “You need to workout or you will die”, that should be enough for some people.  I still did my TurboKick workout by myself so that I could practice a round to teach next Tuesday.  I needed the cardio anyhow.  Then, I taught the Body Chizel class right after that.  We did one exercise for upper body, then one exercise for middle, and then one exercise for legs.  Then, started over again.  It was pretty intense.  My arms were on fire.  I had to use a smaller weights though, cause I knew right after my workout with Tony, they would be dying.  I am getting stronger though.

Well, Monday I taught my Body Chizel class to my normal morning group. Did I say normal?  They are definitely special.  They make me laugh.  We did some shoulders about two sets. We did standing alternating shoulder presses for about 16 and then put them together and did another 16.  We did front raises alternating for 16 and then put them together for another 16.  We did rear flys alternating for 16 and put them together.  Okay, so we did two sets of those.  After the two sets I really like to feel the burn in the shoulders.  I love it, love it when they moan and whine.

So, here is what you do.  Take the arms straight out like you are making a “T”.  Take the hand and flex them, another words, point the fingers up toward the ceiling and palms facing out.  Now, draw circles for 20 counts one way and the reverse for 20, after that point the fingers down with palms facing in towards the body, and do the same thing.  Make sure you are breathing.  This little exercise freakin burns and develops those pretty shoulders we like. Your arms and shoulders feel like rubber after that.  My class gets to stepping around, it is fun to watch while they are just trying to draw circles. 

Try it.  You will like it.

So, I must admit, week one was a little mixed up trying to wait for my shoulders and arms DVD to come in, when all along I found it the night before it came it.  I still did the workout and ended up going into the seventh day.

I did my legs and back on Sunday, and do you know it took me all week to recover from that workout.  Well, I was soooooo sore in the booty where it counts.  That was a plus!  I hated being so all week.  I will say though, I taught some strenous classes in the meantime.  I was still working those legs.

Now, for week two, I will have to admit that I did slack.  Okay, here is the deal, i forget why I missed on Monday, oh probably because I was suppose to do the “Core Synergistics” and I have to be honest here, that is a freakin hard program.  I just can’t seem to bring myself to do it.  Tuesday, I was doing TurboKick and so that worked for my Cardio X part of the plan.  I burned 471 calories.  I did do my shoulders and arms in the morning to get them over with and before my 10:30 body chizel circuit class.  I thought I could do them since I was not doing really anything physical for the class.  They were doing all the work.  :)  Nice!  Okay, so later that afternoon, I did not have anyone show up after the Yoga class so I did a couple of fixing up in the studio and decided to get another cardio session in.  I worked or practiced my TurboKick for Thursday since I was so rusty on Tuesday.  I am glad I did.  I felt great.  Thursday, I think I was suppose to do my Yoga X and did not do that, I ran out of time.  I can’t believe what the heck I was doing but really ran out of time.  I was mad.  I did another cardio section of TurboKick.  Friday, being the 4th of July and all, I did not have class at the studio and we were headed down to Lake Brownwood for the weekend with some friends.  I did not do anything.  I feel aweful now.

So, today being Monday, I need to kick into gear.  I already had a workout session with my class and I feel that was just a warm-up, so now I need to do the cardio X one.  I ordered the Master Series of Power 90 the cardio intervals one and viewed it yesterday on the ride back home.  it looks awesome.  I think I may do that one.  i will stay on track this week for sure.  I just need a little motivation.

I can not wait until I get the one-to-one workout with Tony Horton.  I am really excited about doing that program.  I know I must be insane.  You would think I looked like a fitness model.  I think I look pretty darn good for my age.  I just want this little fat to go away.

Tell me what you think.