Yoga is hard

I was 100% planning on lifting today, but then my body wouldn't let me.  I think if I had tried my legs would have given out-still real sore from rugby camp.  So, instead I tried some advanced yoga- I've done yoga a few times before and like to challenge myself, so I thought, why not?  Turns out the answer is because you have to practice like 4 hours a day to get to that level.  But it was really fun, and I'd say I did about half of the poses correctly, so not a complete fail. If you want to try, these are the routines I did:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvoGLhe8i1E&list=SPE0197CF821DCBF1B&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS_2VH_BdrM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UPedlgl0wg&list=SPE0197CF821DCBF1B&index=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVpiJOY-WwA&list=SPE0197CF821DCBF1B&index=4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqEVq7ds2nc&list=SPE0197CF821DCBF1B&index=5

I like the inversions, as many of you probably know after spotting me doing headstands in airports and such...
~E

One more weeek

I'm really wishing I was back at Brown by now.  Can't handle the parental units.
Anyway, these are my workouts recently:

Monday 1/7:

400m run

60 second rest

400m run

60 second rest

200m run

40 second rest

200m run

40 second rest

100m run

20 second rest

100m run

2 minute rest

100m run

20 second rest

100m run

20 second rest

200m run

40 second rest

200m run

40 second rest

400m run

60 second rest

400m run

Wednesday 1/9:

Hang Power Cleans 4 x 8

Squat 4 x10

paired with

Glute Ham Bridge 4 x 10

Bench Press 4x 10

paired with 

Bent Over Row 4 x 10

Conditioning:

20 seconds: Jumping Jacks

20 seconds: Mountain Climbers

20 seconds: Rest

20 seconds: Jump Squats

20 seconds: Push Ups

20 seconds: Rest

20 seconds: Burpees

20 seconds: Sit Ups

Rest 1 minute. Repeat.

Sat 1/12- Sun 1/13:
Rugby camp! 7s camp at Harvard with some other rugby friends. Awesome experience! But yesterday I went to bed at 7:30, slept 13 hours, and woke up today sore as all hell. No workout for me today.  I'll start up again tomorrow.  See y'all next week!!

Hugs,
Elena

MMEEEOOOWWW

Welp, I think I brought Rhode ISland weather to Cali and that's not cool.

Been following the workout to a T and now I can't fit my clothes....SuCKS. But I been biking 4 miles a day and I'm happy about that.


I'm getting to play touch and coaching my old team, missing y'all ......


IN OTHER RANDOM ASS NEWS

My team's documentary is in a film festival and I'll how it goes on Monday! LOVES YOU TRICKS

lunes: el primer dia del tercer grado!

yo yo yo
a little lifty poo. Tomorrow I'll have to make time for the conditioning...the holiday hours are killing me.

Hang cleans 4 x 8
squats 4 x 10
glute ham raises 4 x 10

bench 4 x 10
bent over row 4 x 10

stretchhhhhhhhh!!!!

Sunday Funday!

Hi friendsies!
I forgotz that the OMAC (read: the Nellie) closes early schmerly on Sundays during break, so today at 5 I hustled my little buns over to do a quickity quick lil cross fit friend before they close at 6.
I ran into my buddy Lorin and we squatted
I did
3 x 10 @ 145#
then Lorin had to peace, so my roomie and I benched
3 x 10

then a small crossfit: (15 squat, 12 kettlebell swings, 9 tuck jumps, 6 burpies) x 7

and some small abs.

Wasn't the proudest of my Crossfit performance, but I will keep working on it. It was hard to do all by my lonesomeeeeee. :(

In other news, tomorrow is my first day in Spanish 3rd grade!!

Wish me luck. I shall be available to get buff anytime after 4 if anyone would like to join me. 

I miss you all!

Love,

Ploeg

Winter wonderland!

Hey people :) It's finally snowed in Rhode Island which is awesome because we haven't had a proper blizzard for ages.  I'll bring my sleds back to school and somebody should come sledding with me because hopefully it will continue to snow and be a real winter this year!

I've been on vacation for most of break so far; I went skiing and snowboarding in Vermont with family and friends and had a blast.  A few days I went sledding for like four hours and was SO sore the next day.  I built a jump at Roger Williams park and little kids' parents were not happy with me, but my friends and I got some good runs and jumps in without too much pain.  I went to Boston with my family this weekend and saw the Blue Man Group and went to the aquarium, which was fun too.

Here are my workouts for the past week:

Day 1 (Wednesday): 

Hang Power Cleans 4 x 8 (55 lbs)

Squat 4 x10 (75 lbs)

paired with

Glute Ham Bridge 4 x 10

     I didn't remember what this was at the gym so I did the physio ball leg curl instead.

Bench Press 4x 10 (55 lbs)

paired with

Bent Over Row 4 x 10 each arm (20 lbs)

Conditioning:

20 seconds: Jumping Jacks

20 seconds: Mountain Climbers

20 seconds: Rest

20 seconds: Jump Squats

20 seconds: Push Ups

20 seconds: Rest

20 seconds: Burpees

20 seconds: Sit Ups

Rest 1 minute. Repeat.

DAY 2 (Thursday)

1 Arm Dumbbell Snatch  4 x 8 Each Arm (17.5 lbs)

Dumbbell Overhead Press  4 x 10 each arm (15 lbs)

paired with

Chin Ups  4 x 10 (assisted 70 lbs, so in total lifted 50 lbs)

Circuit: 2 x 10 of each movement

Lunge Position Curl to Press (15 lbs)

Inverted Row (Barbells; 15 lbs)

Lat Pull Down (Fat grip if available) (40 lbs)

Dumbbell Flys (10 lbs)

Conditioning:

400m run or row

20 second rest

1 minute: Burpees

20 second rest

1 minute: Jump Rope

20 second rest

1 minute: Jump lunges

20 second rest

400m run or row

DAY 3 (Friday)

Hang Power Clean  4 x 10 (45 lbs)

RFE Split Squat  4 x 10 (20 lbs)

Circuit: 3 x 10

Plate/DB overhead walking lunge (25 lbs)

Physio ball leg curl

Goblet squat (25 lbs)

Conditioning:

10 burpees

10 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

9 burpees

9 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

8 burpees

8 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

7 burpees

7 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

6 burpees

6 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

5 burpees

5 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

4 burpees

4 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

3 burpees

3 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

2 burpees

2 sit ups

10 meter bear crawl

1 burpee

1 sit up

10 meter bear crawl

This particular conditioning was awful. low: i thought i was going to die. high: i didn't die.

Since I started the workouts late and didn't get a chance to do anything this weekend while on vacation,  I'm going to do the running workout (day 4) on Monday and then do days 1-3 Tues-Thurs this week, since rugby camp is next weekend.

Happy New Year!  I'm going to be at Brown almost every day this week working in the lab, so if anyone is there and wants to do workouts, facebook/text/email me! 401.536.4098
Rugby love,
Elena

New Years Workout!

So this is my first time ever writing a BWRFC blogpost (shameful!) Since it's New Year's day we (Thuy-Mai and I) can't get into a gym but we want to start off the new year strong! So we'll be doing this in the living room. Hope everyone's having a great vacation and is already in much better shape than my phat-booty. 

Much Love from PVD,

Squid and MaiMai

5 rounds of

24 reps

squats

lunges (12/leg)

side lunges (12/leg)

push ups

10 reps

modified burpie pancakes (to not break our floor)

Abs 

10 reps

leg lifts

tuck up

toe touches

bicycle (15/leg)

30s plank

left

right

center

END RESULT:

BEACHED WHALES

... Training for beach (read: rugby) bods.