Hip Hop Abs

Hip Hop Abs- Dance Till Your Knee Falls Off / Well it’s finally happened. I need dance sneakers ASAP! I’ve been wearing my running sneakers that I got last year just after getting back from vacation in …. like… who knows when really. So the sneaks are probably on their last lace, and I’m hopping around like a crazy person on them. Last night I did the Fat Burning Cardio Level 2. I think that will be the last time I do that until about Monday or Tuesday. I was done and my knee felt like jello. I’ve had some problems with my left leg; a cyst on the back of my knee- which gets bigger and smaller from time to time. A hairline stress fracture on my foot. Two years ago my doctor gave me a do or die scenario, and I think I chose to die instead. I needed physical therapy for the fracture and instead I went to ballroom class.  I never went to PT. My leg has also been randomly swelling up to the point where I thought I had a blood clot! But again, the doc suggested PT! So I decided to do a Hip Hop Abs challenge instead! At any rate, my knee was toast last night and very sore when I got up today. But I really am feeling a big difference in my abs so far, and my thighs I swear are smaller! So although I am excited over that, I am worried I may do some serious damage to my knee. This morning I had a “dance lesson”. In February I am performing a couple of dance numbers at my father’s fundraiser show. We have the mambo, foxtrot, and then a showcase number. Our showcase number is going to be A-MAZ-ING! I can not divulge any secrets to that so far because it is so good, it has to be hush hush. But my first foxtrot lesson went very well. I picked up a lot of steps right away, and some I just over think and screw up on. But learning the foxtrot was always one of my big dance goals, beside the Viennese Waltz. But right now, as I am massaging my knee I am only thinking one thing. How to make it to February. No more HHA until Monday at least because we are going to practice again in the morning. Wish my left knee good luck!

Hip Hop Abs- Day 3 / Today I am sick as anything. The Pats won last night against the Giants in a nail biting game, I got home late, I was tired. And yet here I am doing Hip Hop Abs like a hard core work out addict. Sort of. I woke up this morning cranky, stuffy, and unwilling to do just about anything. I went to Hannafords to buy syrup and Cold and Cough Drops (really the best thing for a cold!) and then came home and put on my workout clothes. My measurements today were 26.5 inches in the waist, 36 inches in the hips, and 19 inches around each thigh. I am aiming for the goal of just an inch lost in both my waist and hips. Hopefully it won’t take that long because today I am so not feeling it! Well I popped in the DVD and began dreading the coming booty popping and bouncing around. I was dying, it was tough, I was stuffed up and only breathing out of my mouth. All the jumping and popping… the tilt, tuck, tighten, breathe… dang it was hard! But I sweated and suffered through it. I felt much better after and am realy feeling the results. Now if only I could lay off the cookies, they would probably be much better, even by only doing the 45 minute cardio workout three days in a row.

Hip Hop Abs- A New Challenge / I finally got the Hip Hop Abs second level for Christmas. Santa in the form of sisters brought me the 3 workout DVD- it has Total Body Burn, Fat Burning Cardio, and the Ab Sculpt. I have been waiting for it, as the first level is quickly becoming a little too easy and less of a Hip Hop Ab fun filled dance party and more of a, “when is this going to be over??” When I did the work out for the first time last night, I thought I was going to die right there in my living room. Hopping, jumping jacks, running, thrusting, it was all in there and it was all painful. Good pain yes but I was dying! Anyway, my challenge is to do HHA five days out of the week, at least one of the workouts if not more. I want to lose one inch from my waist and get my bum back into gear. I am also going to add in the extra challenge of practicing for a show that I have coming up in February. I am an Amateur “professional” ballroom dancer. I took lessons for a few months and have continued privately with my teacher/boyfriend who is a professional ballroom dancer. We are performing at my fathers’ annual benefit for the arts in my hometown. I will be tracking my progress here, as well as any noticeable differences I see in my abs. Perhaps there will be a few pictures up as well! Wish me luck!

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