Brea Getting Fit

Okay, so I’m still waiting for Weider to ship my my 4 free weight plates…but I’m not going to complain about that right now…(can you tell I’m a little irritated?! It’s been over a month!!) Alright, down to business. I did the 8th P.I.N.K. Workout today…It was AWESOME!! Debbie filmed this workout (for the first time ever) in her PERSONAL GYM…Okay, so I realize that I shouldn’t get all excited about that…but it was a COOL gym! LOL The walls a painted bright red (power) and she has a gazillion different sets of weights and bars. I was SUPER jealous. I think that when I get my own house, I’m going to have to have a kick-butt gym like Debbies! LOL

Okay, so the nitty-gritty of the workout: she only has 2 backup exercisers this time, NO beginners. This is the first workout where she hasn’t included beginners. Honestly, that scared me a little bit…I’m still a beginner, right?! My head was screaming: where’s my beginning model?! I quickly understood WHY Debbie didn’t include beginners…you almost do a clean and jerk during this workout. The workout (again) includes 3 rotations. The first exercise was Lower Back Stretch. Then you moved on to Shrug Jumps…then onto a Clean…from the SHINS. OUCH. Then a jerk. NOW combine the two. YIKE! She cools you down with Olympic Bar Squats, which was a nice break from all the jumping, racking and pressing. Then you do it all over again. 3 times. She also let me know that NEXT WORKOUT, I will be doing FULL Clean and Jerks…UM, WHAT?! Okay, so I freaked out a little. Partially due to my excitement–this is WHY I bought the set in the first place, but partially due to panic–is my form alright? Should I repeat the 8th workout?!

Panic aside, this workout was by FAR the most difficult workout yet. Workout 7 was tiring with all the squats, lower back stretches and jumps. But this workout TRULY tapped into more muscles than I knew I had. And I will admit that it was difficult to keep my form. I was concentrating on not shaving off my kneecaps with the bar! I cannot wait to put everything that I learned into the Clean and Jerk…I just hope that I get it right!!