The Jazz/Lakers game didn't start until after nine. Then the Lakers were ahead by ten+ most of the game, so the biggest excitement was watching Lakers fans being ejected from the game. One guy had courtside seats and a bright yellow Lakers shirt on. The Jazz bear handed him a Jazz t-shirt. His face contorted and he threw it at the Jazz Bear. Big mistake. Two burly dudes in suits hauled him out. I kind of felt bad for the guy. He probably paid a lot for those seats and he didn't even get to see his team win.
I decided one of the Laker's players looked like the villian in my newest novel, so I spent the game watching his expressions and doing characterization in my head (don't tell my honey).
So I slept in this morning, but had a good time exercising with my youngest boys. Although squats are harder when you're holding thirty-two extra pounds.
I'll check in with you tomorrow and post Monday's workout. We're having Easter egg hunts and parties, so I'm doubting I'll get my run in. I've been doing awful on the healthy eating as well. We went to Z-Tejas for dinner last night and I ate everything that waitress put in front of me. I'm doubting I can count that as a small, healthy meal! And I was doing so well all day, what a bummer.
Take care - Cami
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My honey and I are heading to the Jazz game tonight and it doesn't start until 8:30. 8:30? That's my bedtime! I doubt I'll be awake to do the Fun Friday workout tomorrow. Hopefully I can do it with my boys. They love punching and kicking with me. The only problem is when I get on the floor to do pushups or stretch, Stockton jumps on my back and screams, "Horse."

Are you liking the kickboxing moves I include on Fridays? I like doing them and I think if you really concentrate on using your abs and hitting strong they'll help you become more fit. Make sure when you punch or kick you don't throw your arm or leg and injure yourself. Pretend your hitting or kicking a surface and stop your punch and hit strong. When kicking lead with your heel, not your toe and don't snap your knee, keep it strong and controlled.
Here's the workout.

Warm-up and cardio -5-25 minutes
Lunge with back leg on raised platform - 2 sets of 12-20 on each leg
Row with dead lift - Roll hand weights down legs, keep back flat, when body is at ninety degrees, slowly row weights up twice, then lower and stand up, keeping weights close to legs and looking at yourself in the mirror - 2 sets of 6
Jumping Jacks - 20-40 reps
Squat with knee up - Squat down, raising hands above head, stand out of squat, pulling knee and arms into abdomen - alternate - 20 on each side
Pushups - 2 sets of 10-12 - try to do military style, drop to knees if you find your form isn't good or you want to cry
Uppercuts - 20 regular, then 20-30 seconds triple time - get down low and really move those feet
Lunge with glute press - 20 on each side
Bicep Curls - 2 sets of 8-10 (using heavy weights - 15-20 lb. dumbbells)
Twisting jab - Jab side to side, twisting at the waist and lunging into punch - do 20-30, then jab to side and kick to rear, 20 on each side
Plie with calf raise - 20-30 reps
Tricep Dips - 12-20 reps (or until exhaustion)
Roundhouse (Right), Front kick (left) with jab (left) repeat 20 on one side, then do other side
Jump Rope (with or without rope, I trip too much so I'll do it without) - 20-30 seconds with quick feet switching, then 20-30 seconds jumping both feet together
Cool-down and stretch

Wow, that's kind of a long one. If you're short on time, just do one set of each of the things and you can cut the reps if you need.
If you have health or joint issues, please don't do the jumps.
Have a great day - Cami

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Yeah for cardio day tomorrow, I don't have to think up a new and exciting workout for all of you. Actually, I like doing this blog, it gets me excited to workout the next morning and not just do the same routine over and over again.
I took Stockton on a run last night. I'd forgotten how much fun it is to bring a little one in the jogging stroller. He showed me trucks, cows, horses, and dogs. We stopped at a park and rode the slide a few times. I used to take my older boys on runs several times a week, but I burned them out. They hear the word run and they cling to their daddy's legs. I didn't realize Stockton might still be young enough to think it's fun to cruise in the stroller and make animal noises for his mom.

Okay, a workout thought for the day - suck in your gut. That's the best advice I can give you for making your abs look good. Sucking in and constantly monitoring your posture will make you appear thinner and eventually the muscles will be trained to hold your stomach in. I've been going to some Pilates classes lately and although I really enjoy the workout, I believe my stomach is protruding more. When you're doing all these moves for your abs and it is impossible to hold your stomach flat during them, you build up the muscle protruding out. It's not a good look for me. So, I'm being really careful to keep my stomach flat when I do work it, even if that means looking like a wimp in class because I'm not holding my legs an inch off the ground.
So stand up straight, suck in and know that you look awesome.

I'll talk to you soon - Cami

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Okay, still sick and getting more irritable about it by the minute. I even took a pregnancy test. Sadly, I'm not pregnant. Well, I'm sad, my husband's relieved. Our almost two-year old is adorable, but he's throwing monstrous tantrums. Not a good way to encourage daddy that we need another baby.
I guess I need to buck up and stop complaining about being sick. You poor people that have no choice but to read what I write would probably be grateful.

I spoke to Denver's class today about writing. What smart kids. We talked about writing as a career and how to improve our writing, then I gave them writing prompts and a few minutes to write and share. They have great imaginations and write better than I did at their age. Probably better than I wrote in high school, maybe even now!

Tomorrow we're finishing up the upper body - biceps and triceps

Warm-up - 5-10 minutes
Do these exercises in pairs. Do one set of 6-8 pushups, then move to the outward curls and do one set - do it three -four times through. Then move on to extensions and incline curls.
Triceps pushups - make your hands a triangle, lower nose into the triangle, keeping abs in and bum down, do the pushups on your knees so you're not recruiting the chest too much.
Outward biceps curls
Overhead triceps extensions
Incline biceps curls
Cardio (optional) - 15-35 minutes
Cool-down and stretch

If you need exercise descriptions, go to my website - http://www.camichecketts.com - look under the links page for Cami's Strength Training Guide. You might want to print it to refer to when you have questions. If anything is confusing, please e-mail me - camichecketts@yahoo.com and I will try to clear it up.

Have a great day - Cami

Hey girls, I haven't been feeling well so I did a half-way workout at home this morning. I get so irritable with myself when I don't get out of bed and workout. Hopefully I can make it up tomorrow when we focus on lower body.

Warm-up - 5-10 minutes
Step and squat - 2-3 minutes - squat narrow, step wide and squat, then back narrow and to other side
Front leg lifts - 20 on each leg
Cardio - 5 minutes
Walking lunge with a glute press - 2-3 minutes
Stop and do twenty glute presses on each side
Cardio - 5 minutes
Side lunge - 12-20 on each side
Stars - squat down low, then step or jump wide throwing hands out so body looks like a star - 20-24 reps
Calf raise - 20 on each leg
Cardio - 5 minutes
Plie - 30-40 reps
Side leg raise - 20 on each side
Cardio - 5-10 minutes
Cool-down and stretch

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