Wednesday, April 30, 2014

April 29, 2014
With my hours coming to an end he went easy on me. The reason he went easy on me was because for the last 2 hours of my project he was going to make me regret going. Like always I ran a mile to get my body warmed up. Worked on whole body workouts we did some burpees, which for me are hard. Also used dumbbells that worked on my shoulders, back and arms. I did 3 reps each for those workouts. Then weighted squats which like in the last blog he put a 30 pound weighted vest on me. Squatting is easy just it gets hard if you have weighed  vest on you. The next hour he explained to me what smoothies I should drink and why I should. Anyways back to work outs, she showed me a new  way go do push-ups and it was called a diamond push-up. That to me seems easier to do than a regular push-up. Works out the shoulders, biceps, triceps and  upper back muscles. We mostly focus on using free weights rather than machines. For the last 30 minutes I got on the elliptical  and ran some more.  Running is the best way to either start a workout or end itt
Ballys trainer Octavio
Session: 2 hours
Total hours: 23

Monday, April 28, 2014

April 27- 28
Sunday was a make up day for Friday since I didn't show up because I forgot about it. And my trainer hates it when people flake on him because if his people don't show up then he doesn't get paid. So I had to pay for not showing up. Instead of running for a warmup, I started to do battle rope burpees, until he told me to stop. Of course he gave me breaks but where it hurt the most was my arms and legs. Sweat was pouring and it looked like I just got out the shower. And it was only the first workout!! After that hard, hurtful workout, I felt as if I already had done 2 hours but I haven't and had to complete the session. We went to the easy workouts which are working on legs. 4 reps of one leg pylo variation, which is put one leg on a bench bend your other knee and jump up.  It's hard and tires the lower body. Then we did some drills that helps me move my legs faster and have better balance.  Had to put on leg in the air and my other in a slanted surface will he through a tennis ball I was suppose to catch. It sounds easy but trust me it's hard to do. Also had to do suicides  until I couldn't do it anymore.  It's a miracle I didn't puke cause I had to hard worker out and this taught me never be late or flake on your trainer cause he will make you suffer during the workouts.
Session 2 hours
Ballys. Trainer Octavio
Total hours 19.
Monday, was an easy day. Well not really but it seemed like it to me. Ran 1 mile in 10 minutes and right away started working out my arms. There's some workouts that I can't remember the names but I do feel the pain of it. Trainer told me pain is just a feeling and to get rid of that pain is to not think about, and concentrate on you're routine. For arms we used workout rubber bands that's create resistance when you pull it towards your body. I felt the pain and the area it workouts. Then we used a 10 pound ball that I had to through against the wall as hard as I could and catch it. Man was that hard to do. I had to use all my strength to throw it and make it come back and also I has to resist it when It came back to me. After that now the hard workouts came. I was new to this workout but I remember the name it was called weighted single leg hope while slamming the battling ropes. Had to put a 25 pound vest on me and use my strength of mostly all my body to slam the battling ropes. Do it for 30 secs and you'll feel tired and your arms and will feel like twigs. Not to mention the weight I had on me, brutal but effective.  After I did 3 30 second reps I did some vertical jumps and man I felt heavy with the vest. Once I took it off it was easier for me to jump vertical higher and do the slamming battling ropes.
Session 2 hours
Ballys trainer Octavio
Total hours 21

Friday, April 25, 2014

April 24th  2014
Like always at the gym I wanted to learn something new. Something that made me swear like crazy and make me feel good about myself. When I told my trainer If he had anything new for me right away he made me do push-ups and Mountains climbers . Had to do It 2 times for 30 seconds, and man I was already tired! It may not look like much but it kills the body. And I was proud of myself cause when I first started this project and training I couldn't do one push-up cause I didn't have any muscle strength and now I can. After that I had to use this machine that mimics  when you're going up the stairs for atleast 20 minutes. Man were my thighs and legs shaking in pain. But like my trainer says "do it for holy damn you got hot".. That's our motto at the gym whenever I'm thinking of giving up. New thing after new thing he through at me and he even taught me alittle bit of MMA.  Which for me was hard because I don't really have good balance and he you need to balance the body in order to kick at your opponents.  This day for me was a good one not only did I learn new workouts but I also found out  if I push myself I can do anything I set my mind to do.
Session: 2 hours
Trainer Octavio ballys
Total hours:17 hours

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

April 23, 2014
Since I was a little bit sore from the 1 hour work out from Tuesday my trainer went a little bit easy on me. When I told him I was sore he said good that's means you worked out good yesterday and you're about to be extra sore tomorrow when you wake up. I wasn't ready for what it was to come... Like always we had to separate the workout so for the first hour we worked mostly on my back and sides and a little bit of abs. For working out the back muscles we mostly used the machines, but also I did some deadlifts, barbell shrug, and back raise. Each workout consisted of 3 sets of 3 reps. For abs we did the usual crunches and the same for sides. The last hour we worked on a muscle I don't really workout which is my fore arm. There's some really strange workout for the forearms and when I tried it I only did it 10 times cause my forearms started to hurt and shake. That was a sign I needed to work out on them more. We did something called Lying triceps extensions which works out the upper body. And to finish it off  20 min boxing session. Learned new combinations and hit the bag. Worked on uppercuts and my defense.
Session: 2 hours
Trainer Octavio Bally's
April 22, 2014
This session was short due to my trainers health needs. This time I had only worked for an hour. We pretty much did the basic workouts, Alittle bit of cardio, and hit the weights. It was a whole body workout, I learned a new way to workout the back muscles and the abs. Lets just say I didn't really like it because the next day I woke up I couldn't move because I was too sore. But the soreness means it worked. Then we worked on the triceps and biceps by using free weights and doing a workout called hammer fist. Worked out the legs by squatting and also by jumping on a black plastic box as fast as I could to workout both the abs and the lower body.
Session: 1 hour
Trainer Octavio Bally's

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Monday I started my spring break with working with my mentor. Made an agreement with him if he had time to let me work my hours that are left this week.  Like always he gave me 2 hours, 1 hour was focusing on  lower body like legs, quads, etc.. He got 1 rope that had 2 handles on them and attached them to the wall. I had to squat and an angle while holding on to the handles. That was torture  my quads, and legs were killing me. After that we did some thing called crazy eights which are you have to lift with your legs and do 8 reps as fast as you can..After I did those 8 times, my legs were done I couldn't walk normally. We did various types of workouts for the lower portion of the body. Now it was turn for some agility, and stamina. For the agility he made me do football foot routines that make you have better agility. I had to move me feet from side to side back and forth as fast I could.  After that  we did some little boxing routines. He had me work on my timing on how to protect my self  and how to strike back fast. Over all Monday was a good day
Monday 21,2014
Trainer Octavio
Ballys  session 2 hours