First Dumbbell ''Tabata'' Thruster ever :) & Mantrum of the week!

WOD, October 25th, from CrossFit Mamas,

Run 1000 meters

Rest 4 minutes

than for 8 reps: Dumbell ''Tabata'' Thrusters, 20lbs ( I did it with 10lbs, because I do not have an 20 lbs dumbbell!)

20 seconds each reps, rest 10 seconds between each reps!

Run: 8:03 minutes!

Thrusters, Lowest Reps: 10

Mantrum of the week:

 Tuesday I run 4000 meters and Wednesday I was so sore!!! OMG.... Anyway the mantrum of the week is perfect! Today (Thursday) I'm feeling all right and I did a great WOD!

Mantrum and Pasta and more!

This week Mantrum is:

To prouve to myself that this dream can become a REALITY!

Found on Reasons to be Fit

I'm a big fan of pasta and naturally, I have to try them! Yummy! I picked up the recipe for you, but you can also go get it at Fitness Magazine!

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 20 mins

Makes: 4 servings

INGREDIENTS

8 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

1/4 medium onion, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons tomato paste

4 jarred roasted red peppers, finely chopped

1 teaspoon sugar

1 tablespoon fresh thyme

1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts, toasted

3 ounces fresh goat cheese, crumbled

DIRECTIONS

1. Cook spaghetti according to package directions, reserving 1 1/2 cups pasta water; drain.

2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, roasted red peppers and sugar and cook until just thickened, about 2 minutes. Transfer red pepper mixture to a blender; process until smooth.

3. Return pan to stove, add thyme and red pepper flakes and cook over medium-low heat until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add spaghetti, red pepper puree and salt to pan, stirring to combine. Add reserved pasta water and cook over medium-low heat until sauce just clings to spaghetti, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle with walnuts and goat cheese.

I'll try this one and feedback later!

Also: these are cute and seems comfortable! I know it's no more the season to wear these but if you're like me and you're training inside, it's still ok even in Autum! Still 88$ :S (Found on FitSugar)

Fit test #4 (of the Insanity program) is next week (Monday, October 1st, 2012) and I'm not quite sure (as usual) if I'm getting better on physical plan. Some people told me they saw some changes... I saw it too but I'm pretty intriguing right now with the pictures and measurements I will take on Monday!

So true!

Hope I will do better than Fit Test #3 who was a total massacre! Oh BTW my arms are better now and I can do my pushups too! In the second month of the Insanity program, we do differents figures as the pushups with the elbows ''in'' (the Triceps pushups)

Found on That Pretty Fit chick.com 

OMG it's even harder and my elbows are screaming! Anyway I'll come back later on this one too :P

Have a great weekend!

This week Mantrum: To Be Able To Say: I Did It!

Sometimes I wonder when I'm gonna see some changes in my body, seeing some progress? After 3 weeks of the Insanity workout, I can't seem to see a difference from the before I begun this training. I saw a difference with the Fit Test, but otherwise...

Anyway, I saw on a blog (can't remember the name, or maybe it was on Pinterest....) Yes I found it: it was on Pinterest!

It takes 4 weeks for you to see some changes in your body.

Another 4 weeks (8 weeks) for your family and friends to notice.

Then another 4 weeks (12 weeks) for your surrounding (co-workers, neighbors, acquaintance, the rest of the world....)

Si it takes almost 2 months for everybody you know, including you, to see/notice/aware of your body progress....

Damn! I want to see some changes right now! Boo Hoo for me then!

So that's why I choose this Week Mantrum:

Found it on :

Reason To Be Fit

Fit Test # 2

This week Mantrum: Because I want and needed for myself, and not for anyone else. This is probably the best reason and the first reason to start and continued to be fit.

Find it on

Reasons to be Fit

Now, this is my result of my second Fit Test, I didn't looked the results of my first fit test, so I didn't know I much I made or had to make. I didn't want to overdo the exercises; I wanted to check my REAL progress.

Monday August 27th

125.2 lbs.  (I took 2lbs since the first Fit Test)

Week : 3

Fit test # 2

Switch Kicks (2 kicks = 1 rep): 43

Power jacks: 62

Power Knees; 94

Power Jumps; 30

Globe Jumps (4 Jumps = 1 rep): 11

Suicide Jacks: 16

Push-up Jacks: 24

Low Plank Oblique: 55

As far as I'm concern, this workout is insane, but it feels so good at the end! Yes, I'm sweating, yes my muscles are screaming and I'm out of breath, but I'm so drain and satisfied!

At first I was a little bit scared because in last January, I burned out my right knee. But before and after each workout, we stretched the muscles of the body so I guess its ok, for now!