Training Journal

No-gi and clinch. And a salad. I am going to MURDER a cheat meal when this is all done.

15. Yesterday after teaching my final 2 classes at Switch Playground (smh, Justin, LOL), I cranked out a solid super-set lifting day after a VERY stressful week. Our roommate found bedbugs in his room, which never spread from there, but nonetheless we ALL had to follow protocol to prepare for the ex

12. Yesterday afternoon, I went to an great, inspiring class at Box + Flow! 13. Then that evening I took a spin class at Workout Factory in LIC. Since it’s literakly 3 blocks away from me, it’s about time I checked that place out. 14. Tonight I’m heading to Workout Factory again to take their Row

10. During my photoshoot on Sunday, I basically worked out for 4 hrs in several mediums: dumbbells and resistance bands (curls, triceps, shoulders), I did several Yoga flows, planks, pushups, shadow boxing, pullups, squats, box jumps, sprints, and intnese skipping for some air photos (lol). Needless

Workout 16 (officially). First time sparring since last November or December, and it was the "Advanced Sparring" class at Evolution. I wasn't nervous (and I usually am before sparring), there wasn't an adrenaline dump, but I must have been pretty tense because the cardio aspect of it killed me. W

I was exhausted today and said I would only do a bit of lifting, but once I got to the gym, I ended up spending almost 2 hrs there! Woohoo! Shoulder & Abs day: 7min eliptical warmup 4x Seated shoulder press Swiss ball crunches 3x Kneeling front shoulder raises Kneeling lateral raises Swiss ball

Day 10: food planning and shopping Day 11: cooking 12: meej jog 8.5 miles 13: meej spin class and bench press/arms workout 14: akos bike ride workout x2; meej walk 4 miles 15: rest day, food shopping and meal planning 16: meej jog 4.5 miles; akos bike workout x2 akos is better about eating healthy

A sore body today, is a a strong body tomorrow. Last week, was my hardest week. I was able to get back into a rhythm with training. I did all sorts of training from Tone House, BJJ, Wrestling, MMA Sparring, Barry's Bootcamp, running to the train-station (does that ever count?), shadowboxing, padwor

Finally Back at the gym for weightlifting!! Yayyy!! did an epic supersetting arm day with my boo: 7 min treadmill warmup (ending w/ 1min 10mph sprint) 3x 3-part dumbbell bi curls (upper, lower, full range) Bent-over tris 3x Wide-grip dumbbell bi curls Overhead tri extension 3x Crescent dumbbell

day 1: food shopping for healthy eats! day 2: workout 1 plyometrics in the park (photo below during a giggle break) day 3: rest day 4: meej gym and jog (6 miles) and akos bike riding to and from work day 5: meej dance class (4 hrs) and akos bike riding to and from work day 6: meej yoga class and ako

A lot of unexpected happened this week. Quick background - I moved to NYC from NJ in September with half of my belongings. This week was my Mother's bday week so I spent a lot of time with her- which included running errands and getting the rest of my belongings. I didn't want to make an excuse to

After Breakfast, I went to NJ to hang out with my Mother and spent the ENTIRE day with her. I barely had time to fit in any workout, but here is my log: Starting weight: 124 pounds Breakfast #1 Greek yogurt with granola and frozen pineapple chunks Breakfast #2 1/2 bowl of cereal with almond milk

Before the challenge began, I spent time game-planning my routine while simultaenously snacking on junk food I would miss. I skipped day one because my entire Sunday was filled with contacting registrants to turn in their 'starting' photos. Now that junk food and work is out of the way, I am excit

It sounds counterinutitive when you are competing in a fitness contest, but it's true. There are many obstacles that we have to conquer throughout our journey, but you have to keep your eyes on the prize in order to become successful. Throughout the first half of the 30 Day Fitness Contest, every d

1 hour no-gi, 1 hour pads. I'm really not very good at jiu-jitsu. I am simultaneously too impatient to wait for someone to butt-scoot up to me (and thus fall into plenty of sweeps, submissions, or guard pulls) but I'm also too comfortable with getting put on my back. I've taken several months of

1 hour pads, 1 hour speed drills class. Honestly, a day that didn't include any sparring or grappling feels like a rest day. I needed it. I was pretty beat up. I really like speed drills; it's sort of a halfway house for sparring. It's a class that I wish I had when I started sparring (too soon)

7. Thursday Rocky and Justin gave me a kickass workout at Reebok! 8. Friday I literally didn’t have a non-sore muscle in my body, so I did a 60-min cardio session on an Arc Trainer. 9. Saturday I took an awesome intense class at Box + Flow. Photo below doubles as a progress photo cause I’m noticin

So far: 6 Instagram posts, 2 on here (where I can expand a little more). And I never post on Instagram! It had actually a year since my last post before this contest. I plan to keep posting every day for the rest of the month, but I wanted to make sure I get the past week's workouts in before I for

Taught a class at Switch Playground and then did my own workout at my gym: Chest/Back day: 7 min treadmill warmup 4x Dumbbell Bench Press Bent-over one-arm Dumbell Row 3x Suitcases (lying on bench chest pullover with leg lifts) Back extensions 4x Single-arm Cable chest pulldowns Single-arm Cabl

It's crazy how much this challenge has made me think about all the different aspects of fitness. I've been drinking less, sleeping more, and trying to find workouts wherever I can. I went on 12 mile, 5 hour, officially "strenuous" hike in Big Basin outside of Santa Cruz, CA (don't worry, it wasn't

My boyfriend and I signed up for a Class Pass membership yesterday. Class Pass is an app that gives you access to gyms in your area. The first gym on our list was Tone House. We went in for the 3:30 intro class, which felt more like an advanced class. Tone House is a tough workout. Their program is

I promise you I haven’t been lazy for over a week, today was literally my first day off from singing and I was so excited to finally get to the gym!! I was able to squeeze in some much-needed cardio (30 mins high intensity on the elliptical) this morning and later worked out with my PT client on par

Justin has held pads for me before, but today was the first day officially as part of this fitness challenge. Sometimes you can just tell people have been training a long time by the fluency of their movement. It might not be apparent right away (and if martial arts has taught me anything, it is t

So since I'm singing in an opera this week, and I can only perform low intensity exercise before singing every night in order to prevent my neck from tensing up, my workouts this week will be pretty boring. But nonetheless, I probably wouldn't be working out at all this particular week if it weren't

I forgot to take a photo but I was not a particularly flattering sight in my sleep tshirt and old workout pants in my parents’ basement. 40 mins power walk on tredmill, variying the speed and incline every few mins. 310 cals burned.