Turkey Trot and EvoFit Door Buster!

Hello friends!

The great news of today has two parts! First of all I got my lazy buns back to the gym after a week and half off (but I was dancing I swear!) AND my love Michael joined Evolution Fitness today! And by today I mean veeeeery early this morning, at like 5am! He joined the ranks as a post-turkey carving deal craving maniac and jumped in on the 50% off deal that Evolution Fitness had for those brave souls able to make their commitment to join by 5am!

So we went together to commemorate the occasion and we had a wonderfully sweaty work out! I did 80 twists with the medicine ball while sitting against the wall in a squat (oh the burn!!!), I did 80 crunches up with the medicine ball, 80 calf raises, 80 squats, 80 tricep curls, and 80 of those things where you lay down and hold your partner's feet and then lift your legs up and they throw your feet down for a mad core work out! I also ran a bit, as you can see below :)

So I am proud to be back into it- I need to get my next assessment done early next week, very nervous! And also since 9 to 5 is over I am now focusing in on the next big show! The Our Fabulous Variety Show's Holiday Spectacular Spectacular!


Here is a sneak peak at one of our favorite numbers that we are bringing back!

And our Fabulous Promo form last year! Still working on this year's :)

Have a lovely night!!

9 to 5!

The show has begun! This has meant a slight decrease in my trips to the gym.... BUT the show is going famously :) 

So I know my work outs are paying off because none of these outfits fit me when we started rehearsals in September!! My next fitness assessment is coming up on November 20th, so I need to head out for a run right now and then off to teach tap, teach dances for 

Our Fabulous Variety Show's Holiday Spectacular Spectacular

and then rehearse with A&G Dance Co.! Woo!

Election Eve at Evolution Fitness!

Monday November 5

Hello friends!

I am so completely immersed in tech week for 9 to 5 I have been horrible about keeping you all updated on my progress. I just finished and posted two blogs about the past couple weeks! Now to stay current, let's chat about yesterday!

Election Eve! Half of facebook is excited for the election to be over so they can be rid of the constant stream of commercials, posts, and photos about everything in the political spectrum, half of facebook could give a poo, another half is excited and pushing for their candidates, and the smartest half is wondering where I got so many halves! ;)

I would rather read my script and practice lyrics and parts until I know them in my sleep than spend time sifting through the propaganda to find the truth. I want to add more layers of symbolism to the movements, tighten up the dances, and make sure that I know where I'm going in my upcoming show! I am voting the following way for the following reasons:

Obama- because if Romney wins I will lose my health insurance
Bridget Fleming for NY State Senate because my boyfriend Michael is financial director for the campaign and I love him and want him to have a job on November 7.

BUT- you guys didn't come here to talk politics so let us get back to the REAL WORK! (jokes people, don't hate) ;)

All right Monday! Monday was a day of reps reps reps!

80 squats
80 push ups (without stopping!!!)
80 military presses
80 bicep curls
80 full sit ups
80 side to side crunches with a medicine ball
80 jumping jacks
80 dead lifts
80 swings

And yes- these are all done with little or no weight, but as a dancer I am not looking to bulk up. Jason is working with me to get to my personal goals- lean muscles and less fat! I was sweating like a tall glass of iced tea on a hot summer day by the time I left, which is what I love most about working out!

Sandy and the Hurricanes

My week with Sandy

Sunday October 28- Storm prep begins

We decided to cancel our dance rehearsal for this evening as the wind was picking up, skies were ominous, and the weather forecasters were using "VERY BAD" to describe our best case scenario. Unfortunately they weren't wrong, things were definitely very bad for very many people.

Evolution Fitness was closed on Monday but on Tuesday October 30 I got a text from Jason letting me know the gym was open! Of course I knew this meant, I don't care if you have power, get your butt down here and work out! Which I did.

Confession time! I texted Jason on Sunday and asked for a work out that I could do at home on Monday. He responded with a great work out, several exercises to do 70 times each, and I promised I would do it. When I got to the gym and started warming up on Tuesday he asked how my workout went...and I had to confess that the unexpected day off trapped in our house, I spent it on my butt, not working out my butt. LAZY! But I made up for it with penance. I did my work out that he sent over,

70 squats
70 still leg deadlifts 5lbs
70 calf raises 5lbs
70 CrossFit push-ups
70 dumbbell curls 5lbs
70 dumbbell bent rows 5 lbs
70 over head tricep extensions 5 lbs
70 dumbbell shoulder presses 5 lbs
70 full sit ups
70 jumping jacks

Wednesday October 31 I went in for personal training at 8am and after an hour of personal training I STAYED for the class that he taught right after! The personal training today consisted of some squats to warm up, and then laps in the parking lot. How many laps? I will give you 1 guess!!! 70 times I sprinted 80-90% effort to the end and then jogged back at 40%! We got to about 10 and I was like, there is no way he is really going to make me run back and forth 70 times. But still everytime he asked how I was doing I said, "great!" and on we pushed! Around 50 reps he even said,

"You make this look easy!"

Ha! I think I make sweating look easy and I think I freaked out the people at the bank next door ;)

But I felt really great afterward! Jason's class did a lot of core work outs, my favorite was a set of balances on the Swiss ball. First to sit on it with nothing touching the floor, just find the balance. Second to get on it on hands and knees and balance. Finally to get up on your knees and lean all the way up! The first round was pretty poor on my end, but I did manage to hold up in the third stance for a bit at the end!

Another triumph- I really steered clear of (most) Halloween candy this year! Baby steps ;)

Friday November 2 Another day of personal training! We tackled my pathetic arms in this work out and pulverized the muscles with pull ups! Granted I was on the pull up machine that you step on and had the max counter weight on, but DANG this was hard. And I have been sore from it for 4 days!!

Also there is a new number...just as I was getting used to 70, Jason bumps it up to 80!!!! So 80 pull ups it was! 80 squats with more weight, dead lifts, and swings. I also learned a new exercise that combines a dead lift, a squat, and a press but I can't remember the name exactly. I'll ask Jason tomorrow when I am in! Needless to say I am still sore, but I love being sore!

Personal Training. Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the number 70.

Hello All!

I am finally back online after Sandy! The week felt like a month without internet, and I imagine it is feeling more like years to those still without power or worse :(  Evolution Fitness is still opening their doors to everyone, members and non, if you need to recharge or get a hot shower! And Hamptons Mouthpiece, various churches, and other generous people have been collecting donations for everyone in need. I cleaned out a good trash bag full of warm clothes and 4 other bags full of blankets and toiletries from my house and got it to Riverhead today. I still wish there was more that I could be doing! If anyone needs anything please don't hesitate to ask :)

As for my training, my internet may have been down but my drive was most certainly not! Let's take it back to my first personal training date- 

Wednesday October 24!!

We started with an "easy" 70 squats with just body weight. My jaw dropped, "70!?" Jason smiled, laughed and said, "Yea, nothing too crazy!" I was hoping I had misheard him and he was really trying to say 17...but alas!

So squat I did, and as soon as I was finished he handed me a 9 pound body bar and told me to do some squats, say 70? 

And so it went until I had done not just 70, not 140, but 280 squats!!!! And you know what? I DID IT! I didn't think I could do 20, and here I was finishing my 280th. Not to mention 4 sets of 35 EvoFit push ups! (All the way to the ground, lift hands, then push up)

And boy did I feel it the next few days! 

Thursday October 25

No personal training today, I recovered and led a 4 hour long dance rehearsal for 9 to 5!!! I wasn't sure if I'd be able to tap dance, but once I warmed up I was tapping better than ever :)

Friday October 26

Boy if I thought that 280 squats was a feat, Jason thought it was was just the beginning! 560 squats, 3 sets of 70 light bench presses, and some swings later I was dripping sweat like someone poured a water bottle on my head. 

Gross! But not as gross as that evening when I got MY HAND CUT OFF!!!!

Me playing "The Girl With No Hands" at the Mulford Farm Haunt this Halloween!

It was such a fun experience working at Mulford Farm with Kate Mueth and Josh Gladstone!! I was honored to be asked and had an absolute blast with everyone :) Especially freaking people out by squirting them with my "blood"!!!

Saturday October 27

Another recovery day! But spent the evening scaring families at Mulford Farm!