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Hi! I am a 3rd degree black belt in traditional Tae Kwon Do. I am an instructor along with another 3rd degree black belt in a local non-profit dojang. My family and I have been on this journey for ten years. My oldest son is a 1st degree black belt, my middle son is a 2nd degree black belt and my daughter quit as a green…

Tuesday I instructed class. Worked with white belt We broke boards. Many were gone because of sickness. Need to work on increasing class size. Made goals with other black belt to set test date in June to test for 4th degree black belt.

Hello everyone! I am new to this group, but it is what I have needed. I am a 3rd degree black belt in traditional Tae Kwon Do. I have been on this journey for 10 years. I am currently an instructor at our local dojang. (This does not allow for a great amount of practice of my own.) My 2018 goals: Become more fit (Doing 80…

I am in week 3. It has been great. I'm looking for others to compare notes, and commiserate the workouts.

Did another Daily Burn workout. OTM Air Force Style. 72 stinking burpees (should of been 80) I just couldn't do it. plus endless squats! I thought I was going to make it all the way through I had to breath on 2 of the 20 rounds. I loved working out with my husband - we did well at it for a while, then I get frustrated…

No school today. Received about 10 inches of snow Sunday. Worked out doing weighted tabata. My arms are going to be sore tomorrow. I was pretty proud last week. The Army National Guard came to our high school and set up a circuit. Kids convinced me to take them down last period to check it out. I'm always telling them to…

Ok this is how my day is going, I posted on the wrong day. It's thread starter says NOW. I love that. OOOOOOH! I love the thread starter (Thursdays). That was me today! It was beautiful weather out today and I thought about just going for a walk instead of doing my Video workout (which was going to kick my butt), but I…

Ok. I posted on the wrong day. But I love this image. I moved it to Wednesday. I'm hoping to work out on Thursday too : )

Got my 100000 steps. Today a group at school is starting live healthy iowa. Which helps track exercise in competition. So I'm going to try and stay on track. Did push ups, and stair steps.

Went for a nice walk. It's over 40 degrees outside so beautiful! I need to do a workout. Need to get gumption up. I was sick last week - family too. No throw up though : ) Val - sounds like the same stuff going around in Iowa. I hope you all feel better.

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Went for a nice walk about 4.5 miles. It was great weather 50 degrees. Couldn't resist. Pulled a muscle or something in my calf. I had gone to the chiropractor on Thursday and he said that I shouldn't do anything that makes it hurt. So I'm backing off of HIIT workouts for the weekend. Hopefully tomorrow back to my…

BTW I totally agree with the crock pot! My favorite way to cook. I even like to put potatoes in a dry (or almost dry) crock pot all day and have baked potatoes! My all time favorite place to get recipes is skinnytaste.com That is where I got my new favorite chicken taco chilli. I'm not a real big beans fan, but I love it…

Today I did ABC 1 workout again. Did more burpees then last time (yeah!) . Didn't want to work out. But thought I wouldn't have anything to report here, so I got up off my butt and did it anyway. Hope everyone has a great week!

Thanks everyone for the running information. I am glad to hear that people are on the mend again. I really didn't have time for video workout as I was at school waiting for son to finish basketball practice, so I ran/walked the stairs in the elementary building. I go 38 flights of stairs, then I ran around the perimeter of…

Thanks Sherry. I'm still not in love with running, but would like to be able to run at least a 5k.

Ok - information check. - Sherry I know that you are running. What are your distances? and do you have strategies? - Laura I know you have run quite a bit and are doing C25K. I think I've seen that you have done more. What are your strategies? - I'm looking for more ideas for running or motivation. I should look up more…

Sherry - I love the thread starter it is where I am at AGAIN. But I guess that's life. Today I did Body weight Tabata again and raised my score from 42 to a 44. It wore me out. It is only four exercises squats, hand raise push ups, up and over a box, and burpees. However it is 8 rounds of each. 20 seconds on and 10 seconds…

No school today! Very cold outside. Did Strategic Endurance workout again. Scored 382. That means I did that many reps of burpees, chair dips, and sit ups. raised my score from 324 from last week. That makes me happy, more sit ups this time. I need to up the burpees. I probably won't get my steps in we will see. Wish I had…

Tuesday - a much better day to exercise it turned out. I wasn't sure if I would get a real workout in, so while at school waiting for son to finish basketball practice I walked stairs again for 15 minutes. But husband helped fix dinner so I could do my workout. Power 10, which was 10 moves for 4 rounds. It was pretty…

Had professional development at school today. Start with kids tomorrow - excited to get back on schedule. At lunch had some time so I went to the elementary building (I'm high school math teacher) that had stairs and ran(jogged) stairs for about 15 minutes. (There weren't any kids and no one was around to tell me to not…

Today I did ABC 1 in Black Fire workouts. It stands for Agility, Balance and Core. It was horrid. 40 x-Squats, 25 Surfer-Get-UPs, 40 Fence Jumps, and 40 Diamond push ups. I thought I left my dead body on the floor. My arms and legs hurt still from Friday's workout. But I feel better now (two hours later). Keep up the good…

Good day. So sore from yesterday's workout. Did Full Mobility workout for 30. It was nice. Black fire program is so going to kick my rear - in a good way. I'm sorry FromHereOnOut that you are not feeling well. Flu stuff has hit our area especially right before Christmas. Feel better.

Ok It's been so long since I've logged on this part - I've not seen the editing stuff before! Nice. 1). Log my foods again. 2). Exercise - stay with my 60 day program Blackfire plus continue training for 3rd degree black belt test in May/June. 3). Consider doing a "Tough Mudder" or "Warrior Dash" with my husband and…

Thanks for the inspirational quote. Needed it today. I got my butt up and ran/walked 4 miles today. pretty happy since I walked my first little bit to warm up and still kept it down to about a 12 minute split. not fast, but not my slowest either. I'm definitely not looking for fast. Husband is out running 16 miles. I need…

Ok back after first week of school this year. I feel like this is the first time I've had a chance to sit down and write. Although today not much exercise. But I will report that I ran yesterday ok ran/walked 2.5 miles. TKD tonight - but I taught so not much exercise. Good luck Laura on your race. Keep up all the hard work…

Week # 1 – August 4th -- Goal 180 minutes: Mon: 10 min walk so far. 30 minute kettle bell workout. Tue: Ran and walked 45 minutes + 20 minutes Tae Kwon Do (I taught class so not too hard work out) Wed: 40 minute walk Thur: Ran/Walked/pushups between laps 45 minutes (3 miles) Fri: Walked 25 minutes 40+ minutes Tae Kwon Do -…

I didn't post yesterday - I didn't get back until late. Can't figure out how to do it from my phone app. August 9 - I ran/walked 4.5 miles. My knees hurt from TKD on Friday. I need to go to chiropractor. So I ran a lap and walked a lap. and then ran for a while when I took my son to soccer practice. Today I did 25 minutes…

Week # 1 – August 4th -- Goal 180 minutes: Mon: 10 min walk so far. 30 minute kettle bell workout. Tue: Ran and walked 45 minutes + 20 minutes Tae Kwon Do (I taught class so not too hard work out) Wed: 40 minute walk Thur: Ran/Walked/pushups between laps 45 minutes (3 miles) Fri: Walked 25 minutes 40+ minutes Tae Kwon Do -…

Today I walked my errands. about 1.5 miles. Tonight was Tae Kwon Do test - not mine but the black belts are asked to join the brown belt test to up the ante. Good workout. I love that I can do it without being winded. I need to keep it up so that next May my 3rd degree black belt test will ROCK! TKD - I will only count…