First Workout of 2013

Today I have my first workout of 2013 to share with you.  <insert excited blog readers worldwide>

I am it is a fitness blog!

Today I had Part 1 of my hospital orientation for my clinical dietetic internship rotation.  I'm excited and nervous to start at the hospital.  The orientation was supposed to take one day, however there was a mix-up with my appointment at the hospital's clinic for my drug test and mask fit, so I had to visit a different location meaning I have to finish tomorrow.

Something I found really neat about the hospital was the cafeteria.  The cafe at our main campus only serves vegetarian fare.  Patients are fed meats if they want, however the cafe is all vegetarian.  My lunch was brown rice, pinto beans, and curry green beans.  Delicious!

You know what's fun?  A drug test.  I mean peeing in a cup is NOT easy.  But that's a lot of info.  Also interesting...a mask fit test.  You have to be able to properly fit a mask to work in  possibly infectious areas.  I had no idea what to expect, however putting on a mask and then putting my head into a plastic hood and shaking it back and forth while a chemical was sprayed inside was NOT what I thought.

Not actually me.

Good fun for a Thursday though. I also took 5 quizzes on lifecycle nutrition and I'll have three more on nutrition support and assessment tomorrow.

After the hood-breathing fun I ran over the Evolution Fitness for my first workout of 2013.  I have a half marathon on Sunday, so it was a little lighter on the legs.

New Year's Lift

Superset #1:

Smith Machine Squat to Failure - rest 30 seconds - Complete 50% of the reps achieved - Rest 10 seconds - Complete 50% of those reps.  

For example: 12 squats - rest 30 seconds - 6 squats - rest 10 seconds - 3 squats

Leg extension w/ 50% rep scheme above

Leg press w/ 50% rep scheme above

Superset #2:

Chest Pullover Machine - 10

Straight Arm Pulldown - 8

Lat Pulldown - 12

Nautilus 10 degree chest machine - 10

Bench Press - 12

Lat Pulldown - 12

Bench Press - 12

This set used "preexhaustion" techniques in the first sets.

SuperSet #3:

DB Bicep Curl - 15

Rope tricep pushdown - 12

Repeat

Abs:

Jack knife bench crunch

Alternating leg raises

Knee raises (against Kyle's resistance)

Run 1 fast mile (8:18 for me)

Lat Pulldown

And that's all she wrote for my workout.  I refueled with a protein shake right away and then headed home to do some bookkeeping for Kyle.  Tonight I'm going to dig into some crock pot lemon chicken and catch up on Chicago Fire and Nashville on the DVR.

What's your fave crock pot recipe? 

I need new ideas!

Love and peeing in cups,

Carissa & Kyle