My new workout!

Over the next several weeks I will be very busy preparing for my upcoming workout. I will be posting pictures in early September of my rehearsals. I have to travel almost 4 hours to rehearse so I do most of my training at home. Don't be fooled by this picture it's not what my next workout is - it's just an example of some of the cardio I'm doing - I LOVE to walk on the treadmill but only when I'm doing my interval routines. I don't just walk for 60 minutes, I change it up every minute and add hills, weights, sprints and all sorts of fun things to increase my heart rate and pass the time more efficiently.

Every week I am trying to tighten my belt and get a little bit more strict - this will be a tough week for me because it is my birthday week and it's a BIGGIE for me ;-) so I really have to be focused and work extra hard.

I've been alternating days with weights/abs one day and then all cardio the next, when I do my cardio I don't do abs. The days I do abs, I REALLY do them, I do almost 400 moves. I can definitely feel a change in my strength and I feel like my abs are almost back to my pre-baby body - as far strength. I'm not doing any planks - which is unusual for me, I'm doing lots and lots of scissors, crunches, v-ups, traditional sit ups, toe reaches, side crunches and isometric moves. I'll do 6 days a week and either take day 7 off or do yoga - yesterday I took off and it was very nice! This week, because it's going to be a big party week, I'm going to do a few days of double workouts - weights in the am with abs and about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes of cardio in the evening. In order for me to see changes I need to switch it up, so this is part of that - shocking my body, doing something it's not used to in order to see results. It's hard work but the pay off will be worth it!

I swear my daughter Scarlett is going be quite the little athlete, she comes to every rehearsal (and every workout) with me and just watches the whole time with wide eyes - sometimes she even tries to mimic me!