Top of the Tuesday To Ya!

Happy Tuesday!  It’s going to be a beautiful day today and that just makes you feel good.

This morning was a good workout for legs beginning with 20 minutes of Elliptical Training while watching Tyler Florence on “How to Boil Water”.   Then straight into legs:  5 sets x 20 reps of leg presses. 5 sets x 12 reps of squats. 4 sets of the following, doing 12 to 20 repetitions of each:  Leg curls and dead lifts.  Leg extensions and Seated Calf raises.

Shane and I went for a run, 4.4 miles.  A very nice road crew worker stopped us to let us know that we should keep away from the yellow paint on the road curbs.  It was freshly painted and if it were to get on Shanes paws, the paint would ruin his pads as it would be very difficult to remove.  We listened to him and avoided anything remotely looking yellow and freshly painted.  The last time we encountered fresh road work was last year, running over a fresh, tar road surface.  Shane got the tar all over his under belly fur.  Ted and I were in the shower trying to remove it. What a chore!  The white rug in the spare room is still stained with brown paw prints.

Todays healthy eats…

Fruit for two: Strawberries, Kiwi, and Peaches

 

 

Cream of Rice in the making: 1/4 cup Cream of Rice, Cinnamon, 1 TBS Quick Cinn/Apple Oats, Craisins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making a healthy protein shake:

Water (12 oz) + 3 small strawberries + A slice of Kiwi

Add the protein powder and L-Glutamine

Whip it all up

Pour into your favorite glass and enjoy!

The stampcrete is scheduled to be poured on the Apple Crumbles backyard walk way project.  Maybe we should put our hand and paw prints in the wet concrete?  Probably not since we have the permanent paw prints upstairs on our white rug.  

That’s our excitement for the day. Hope some happy excitement occurs at work today. When it’s sunny and warm, its really tough to sit behind that desk.  Guess those sunshine States wouldn’t be good for my work ethics.

Have a great day!

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A Vigorous Leg Workout

What a storm last night! I woke up to the sound of rain falling in buckets.  My thoughts were “it can’t possibly rain like this when Shane and I go outside”.  Not sure what time the rain was falling so heavily but when I woke up to work out, it had subsided.  When Shane and I left the house, it wasn’t raining.  I took my hat just in case and by the time we got home, about 40 minutes later, it was raining again.  When Ted went out side, 5 minutes after our return home, it began chucking it down. 

The workout:

• Warm up:  About 35 minutes on Elliptical and Treadmill. I was watching “How To Boil Water” with Tyler Florence so when the commercials came on, I hopped on the treadmill. The TV is difficult to hear when you are running on the T/M.
• Legs:  Squats 5 sets x 12 reps. Walking Lunges 4 sets x 10 -14 steps. Dead lifts 4 sets x 12 reps. Leg Press 3 x 12 reps and 1 x 20 reps. Seated Leg Curls 1 x 15 reps and 3 sets x 12 reps. Cable M/C Inner & Outer Thigh and Hip Extensions 4 sets x 10 reps.  Leg Extensions 4 sets x 12 reps. Calf Raises 4 sets x 25 reps.  Crunches 4 x 20 reps.

The breakfast:

• 6 green grapes
• 1/2 orange
• 1/3 cup Bob’s Red Mill5 Grain Cereal + Peach Apricot Honeybush Tea Bag + Cinnamon + Dried Cranberries.
• VPXVanilla Protein Shake with FUZE.

Reminder:  Giveaway page.  Leave a comment. What is your favorite color? What is your favorite flavor?  Let me know by clicking HERE and leaving the response in comments. You have until Friday!  Happy Tuesday!

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