Team Derby Life Week 3 (open to roller derby skaters/referee

DavyRockhit
DavyRockhit Posts: 168
edited October 2 in Motivation and Support
Team Derby Life Week 3 (open to roller derby skaters/referees) Roller Derby

Weekly Challenges: Staying under calories, Drinking 8 glasses of water a day, skate 2xs a week.

Monday: Challenge of your choice! (since this was late in posting, sorry about that)

Tuesday: 30 sec wall squat 30 sec plank repeat 8x, 12 min stretching

Wednesday: 30 Jumping Jacks, 30 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 20 push-ups, 8 Baseball slides no hands

Thursday: Tabata squats 20 seconds hard/10 seconds rest X 8-10 repeats. (Standing upright, feet shoulder width apart. Hold your hands together at touching your chest. Squat down until your legs are slightly past parallel. Keep your head up and back flat. Come up fast. repeat. Do as many reps as you can do in 20 seconds then rest 10 seconds. Repeat this 8 times. Once you can do 20 reps for all 8 sets then start holding a 20-25lb sandbag to your chest.)

Friday: 30 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 4 back strengthening exercises (http://www.realsimple.com/health/fitness-exercise/workouts/4-back-strengthening-exercises-10000001722657/index.html),

Saturday: 30 sec mountain climbers, Hop on 1 foot for 30 seconds, switch.x5, 12 min stretching


Thank you to all who are participating and encouraging one another! I really am enjoying this group. (ALSO please list other ideas that you would like to see for week 4&5, all input will be tailored to meet our needs.) It is so nice to have people to talk to derby with outside of my league. YOU ALL ROCK!!!!

Sincerely,

Davy Rock-Hit #214... Queen of the Derby Frontier
:flowerforyou:

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  • AEB_WV
    AEB_WV Posts: 323 Member
    I'm not in your group but wanted to say I saw my 1st derby bouts Sat and it was AWESOME!!! Finally a sport I get : )

    Our home team is just starting out - Chemical Valley Roller Girls in Charleston WV - and they did a great job introducing the sport to our town, hosting 3 area teams in 2 bouts.

    woot! and good luck on MFP : )
  • Kinkerbelle
    Kinkerbelle Posts: 19
    Woot new challanges! Tabata squats Thursday! WOOT!
    We did planks last night at practice and I think im getting stronger. The challanges are really helping. Seems like if i am next to a certain girl or so when i do planks if she starts giggling I start laughing and it makes planks go easier. Last night she was asking if we had ever woke up next to someone we didnt know... we all started laughing and the coach was like (WTF) . It was a great practice.


    Who has trouble staying away from sweets??
    >This girl.
    How do you ignore the craving to mindlessly eat? I will be in the middle of work and suddenly feel like i need to eat , and yet im not hungry. i fight it a lot at work.
  • runningathena
    runningathena Posts: 218 Member
    NIce! New challenges! My personal challenge this week is to get LOW and stay there! I'm 6'1" so I struggle with getting low enough! I think the more squats/wall sits/etc we do, the better we will ALL get!!!

    These Tabata squats sound intense! Where on earth would I find a 20-25 pound sandbag?!?!?! At least I have a 20 or 25 pound free weight, that'll have to do. ;)

    We do this one exercise in practice, you might want to try incorporating it as a challenge (though it's hard to do in a crowded rink, it can possibly be done outside). Our coach calls them "leg burners" - we skate one fast lap, then on the next lap, squat down at the pivot line (keeping knees apart!) and propel ourselves around (you usually have to sticky skate a little to keep the momentum up) to just before turn #3, stand up, skate to pivot line, repeat. We're up to 17 of them this week. It freaking BURNS!!!!! OMG! Every two weeks we increase by one. I happened to join at 16 and it's been killer for me. I'm one of the last to finish but I get them done!

    Kinkerbelle - I have the same problem at work, I think it's boredom! The busier I am, the less I eat.

    At last night's scrimmage/practice, I fell a bunch of times (one girl totally knocked me down OOB, she got a major penalty - the other one got me on a major low block because she fell right in front of me and I fell on top of her). I have two ugly bruises now, one on the inside of my knee and the other on my thigh. Grosssss! But kind of cool at the same time. :)

    Have a great day!
    :drinker:
  • DavyRockhit
    DavyRockhit Posts: 168
    I love the challenges and I love derby!!!!!! having a great week doing these...wondering who else is doing em
  • rockrosie
    rockrosie Posts: 59 Member
    I'm not looking for a pity party, but I'm feeling really discouraged. I broke my pinky on Sunday- we played a team who is just messy. Girl fell right in front of me, I couldn't avoid her & fell over her. Wrist guard saved my arm, the specialist said. But now I'm in a forearm cast because of the break & sprained hand. No sweating for 3 weeks, no skating for 6. Good bye, muscle & endurance. Hello, fat.
  • Kinkerbelle
    Kinkerbelle Posts: 19
    Sorry about your pinky! I was saying "fingers in" over and over again last night during our scrimmage practice. We were falling all over the place.
    Are you allowed to do leg strengthening exercises? You might not sweat. Put your skates on , or weights while sitting on the couch and lift over and over again? Can you do stuff like that? Squats to keep your leg strength up? Heal fast!
  • Kinkerbelle
    Kinkerbelle Posts: 19
    OMG- that exercise sounds horrible! Sounds like out squats on our skates and then sprint ... but worse! Please dont tell my coach. lol.
  • rockrosie
    rockrosie Posts: 59 Member
    Yeah, I'm wearing ankle weights around the house, doing random crunches. And will miss the last 2 bouts of the season.

    Sadly, my fingers *were* in- thats how hard I landed.
  • DavyRockhit
    DavyRockhit Posts: 168
    I'm not looking for a pity party, but I'm feeling really discouraged. I broke my pinky on Sunday- we played a team who is just messy. Girl fell right in front of me, I couldn't avoid her & fell over her. Wrist guard saved my arm, the specialist said. But now I'm in a forearm cast because of the break & sprained hand. No sweating for 3 weeks, no skating for 6. Good bye, muscle & endurance. Hello, fat.

    How sad that you hurt yourself. Hopefully it wont get you down, and hopefully you will be able to do things that will keep you encouraged and fit.
  • jcannon15
    jcannon15 Posts: 148
    I'm not looking for a pity party, but I'm feeling really discouraged. I broke my pinky on Sunday- we played a team who is just messy. Girl fell right in front of me, I couldn't avoid her & fell over her. Wrist guard saved my arm, the specialist said. But now I'm in a forearm cast because of the break & sprained hand. No sweating for 3 weeks, no skating for 6. Good bye, muscle & endurance. Hello, fat.

    i was in a cast for 12ish weeks and not working out for almost 15 due a broken fibula(not derby related, everyone swore it would be derby related) i can proudly say it comes back fairly quickly for not being on my skates for 4 plus months i'm not fairing to bad, i still have work to do form wise but my fundamentals are there and everytime ur muscles fatigue its ur body getting stronger! may i suggest getting resistance band and using it as a thigh toner that helped me alot, and watch ur diet i threw a pity party and gained a ton of weight eating crap because it was pretty much all could do BIG mistake and i have the stretch marks to prove it, yuck.
  • runningathena
    runningathena Posts: 218 Member
    I'm not looking for a pity party, but I'm feeling really discouraged. I broke my pinky on Sunday- we played a team who is just messy. Girl fell right in front of me, I couldn't avoid her & fell over her. Wrist guard saved my arm, the specialist said. But now I'm in a forearm cast because of the break & sprained hand. No sweating for 3 weeks, no skating for 6. Good bye, muscle & endurance. Hello, fat.

    OH NO! I'm so sorry to hear about your injury!!! The other ladies have good ideas.... and don't forget core work. Pilates is low-impact, has great moves specifically for core/lower body, and doesn't make you sweat. I use the 10-Minute Solutions/Pilates Perfect Body DVD. You can pick and choose your workouts! Good luck and fast healing vibes to you!
  • DavyRockhit
    DavyRockhit Posts: 168
    Please view and bookmark the following blog to participate in exercise challenges...
    we will reply in the comments section as an easy way for people to communicate :)

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/TeamDerbyLife
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