We’re now approaching another 10 week milestone at Peak Body Transformation. I’m exercising more, enduring more, and generally improving overall.

So what things have I noticed since I started this program in January?

1) I’m almost up another full band color. Newbies and jr alumnis grab the yellow and green bands. I’m almost exclusively using green and red. Sr alumnis are usually using green, red, and blue. A few very physically fit students are ramping up to purple.

2) I’m throwing in more toe (boy) push-ups (up to 5 pyramids). Although if it’s a particularly hurtful day working upper body, I’m still on my knee (girl) push-ups. I still occasionally fail on those 10 pyramid pushups, but 

3) Been pushing level 10 on those kickboxing fitness days lately. I’ve been trying really hard to at least squeeze out 400 calories per session. And when I’m really disgusted with the trainer, that means I’ve been pushing it hard.

4) Running/jogging for 60-90 seconds non-stop. I’m not sure how close i get to running 2 mins non-stop, but I imagine that’s just around the bend if I can push myself into doing it. What I really need to focus on is burning as many calories as I can within 15 minutes.

5) Getting 90 minutes of activity per day. I’m actually quite pleased that I’ve been able to maintain this schedule for 4 months going on 5. It tells me that I’m still determined, still on course, to getting a healthy lifestyle.

I still need to work on strengthening my core, especially those obliques and triceps. I’ve also been throwing in squats and lunges throughout my day to work on strengthening the lower back, thighs, glutes and knees. I definitely could use more balance too since I’ve noticed that I can get pretty wobbly at times.

Informative link of the day:  

 http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/abdominalcorestrength1/a/NewCore.htm

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