And the Winner is . . .

Freddie Rodriguez!!! Congratulations to Freddie! He put in a lot of hard work and commitment to this challenge. He did this challenge knowing full well that it would take him out of his comfort zone, but he kept on charging. Everyday was a new challenge for him and he never backed down. He never missed a day. He most definitely deserved to win!

From Vicky and me: Not only do you deserve it, you earned it! Great Work Freddie and Congratulations on your win!

The Reveal is nigh!

Roman: Well, it looks like today was the official last day of our Anytime Fitness Media Challenge 2010. We were given the option of doing our timed two mile run or zoning on out cardio machines. Half of chose to run and the other half stayed and did their final weigh in. The two mile run wasn't that bad this time around. Due to all the conditioning we had done the previous five weeks or so. Managed to trim some time off the run, finished it 18 minutes and 15 seconds. I think I cut two minutes off which was nice. I still need a lot of work cause I know I can trim that time down even further. Well, it'll have to be without the help of Joanne and Jason. Well, we get back from the run and the group that decided to stay was going through some drills and we jumped right in, literally jumped right in. Started with some power jacks, sprinting in place (sounds odd, but it can be done), front kicks, tuck jumps, and lateral lunges. We made it through about three rounds of thirty seconds of each before moving on to TRX push ups and rows, 4o of each. Finished it all off with some crunches with medicine ball tosses. Not a bad way to end.

Tomorrow is an optional day or rather the final day to weigh in. I guess we just have to wait and see what the results will be. See you kids at The Reveal!

Vicky: My back! My back! The pain from the other day finally set in full-force and I could barely roll out of bed. I was feeling awful, so I decided to stay in and sleep a little longer. Besides, I had a lot to do in the morning, so I needed a little extra beauty sleep!

Since I missed this morning, I decided to go in the evening. Freddie had posted that Jason had invited us to his 6:30 workout group. So, after a quick stop at the Leadership Austin Emerge Kick-off party at Star Bar, Roman, who decided to come with, and I drove to Anytime Fitness. It was a good workout, although my back had a dull pain the whole time. We started by partnering up and tossing a weighted ball back and forth, then we did 3 rounds of lunges, kettle bell swings, and step-ups, 50 partner situps with ball toss, then 3 rounds of pushups, runners, and "around the clock"s. It was the perfect workout for me and my aching body. Not too intense, but not too easy.

Time to catch some zzzzzzzzzzz....we've got the weigh in tomorrow and we're taking pictures, so I don't want to look too zombie-like. Stay tuned to see who wins this thing...

Blast from the past!

Roman: We revisit an old friend.

Although it was still a rough workout, we managed to get through it with a little more ease, not much just a little. Even though we, or at least I was still very sore from the previous workout.

Vicky: Oh, I was in such pain for this one! We had worked most of the same muscle groups the day before with Jason, so my muscles were fatigued and fighting me the whole workout. Man, this last week seems to have left me dragging...

Made it

Roman: Made it to this workout, no alarm necessary. Warmed up with a nice “almost mile” loop. Once back inside Jason had us do ten rounds of ten reps of power cleans followed by ten squat jumps. This was not easy at all. Freddie and I switched off between a 50lb barbell and a 60lb barbell. It was rough. Then after we get done with that, Jason had us move to kettle bell dead lifts and split jump lunges for ten rounds of ten reps for both. Again Freddie and I switched off between 40lb kettle bell and a 50lb kettle bell. For whatever reason, we managed to charge through with relative ease. Maybe the last four weeks are starting to pay off?


Vicky: It's definitely easier to make it to the evening workouts. I'm sorry I made it to this one, though, because Jason did not take it easy on us AT ALL! The girls (Erin, Austin, and I) did the same thing that the boys did, but we alternated between 3 different weights, maxing out at 40lbs, if I remember correctly. I think I did more than I should have. I will definitely be sore from these!
By the way, the girls finished WAY before the boys, who were a bunch of chatty cathy's!

Alarm? What alarm? Doh!

Roman: Managed to sleep through my alarm and therefore missing the first workout of our last two-a-day.


Vicky: Ditto. Guess my body is forcing me to get some more meemees (sleep).

Did we or did we not?

Roman: Cannot for the life of me remember what we did on Monday or if we did anything at all. Hmmm . . . interesting. Wait! It's all coming back to me. Thanks to Freddie and Jason.

We started the day with some drills. Heismans, jumping jacks and/or power jacks, high knees, butt kicks, squat jumps, burpees, 3-6-9 prone hops, some lunges with weights, shoulder press, and reverse flys. This went on for about five rounds of 30 second intervals of each with some water breaks thrown in there somewhere. After the five rounds we all get a mat and go around the room for abs. Everyone gets to pick a different ab exercise they want to do and we all do ten reps until we get through everyone. Great way to end the day.

Relay Time

Roman: It’s time for our relay competition extravaganza. The relay competition is as follows:

Event 1: Relay - Egg Carton Run

Event 2: Waterball Run to Hemphill Park

Event 3: Teaser

Event 4: "Tied Up" final lap (.5 miles)

The egg carton run was split up between members of the team you were on (I was on the orange team). Unfortunately, some of our teammates woke up late and made it to the race after it had begun. Nonetheless, they made it before event 1 was over and we were still allowed to carry on.

Next up was the waterball run. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! The waterball in question was a big Swiss workout ball. Granted, it was not completely full of water, which was nice. It still made for a very awkward carrying of it.

Event 3 was our riddle, or brain teaser. The punishment for not solving the riddle was to do a grand total of 300 push ups. Fortunately for us, we figured out the riddle and went on to the final event.

Next up was the “Tied up” final lap. We started off good and slowed down a bit halfway, but we kept at it. Team Kitty was hot on our heels and they were not gonna give up without a fight, nor would I expect them too. I don’t know what happened or how it started, but near the end, I managed to keep my breakfast down. Again, that came from nowhere, no warning whatsoever. As soon as we cross the finish line, I untie myself from the group and make it to tree and I puked a little bit. I didn’t think I was pushing that hard, but I guess I was. We still managed to finish the relay in 1^st place. Woo hoo! We cheered everyone else on to the finish line and then back to Anytime Fitness for some breakfast courtesy of Glen.

Yoooogaaaaaa

Roman: Back to yoga! Nice! Definitely a good way to end the week, especially right before our team relay event tomorrow.

Vicky's Sick Day

Roman: Warmed up on the machines for a good 15 minutes then we broke off into some circuit work. I managed to do about 50 reps of squats (light weight) and some lat pull downs. Then after that. I moved on to some decline sit ups and dumbbell chest press. Today was high rep low weight day. Not too much work, but definitely not a walk in the park.

Vicky: I woke up this morning feeling dizzy. No, it wasn’t because I partied to hard last night, although now I wish I would have. I think it’s because I didn’t eat well and often enough yesterday. I had really been lagging in last night’s workout.

Since I missed the workout anyways, I am kicking myself for not having gone to the Predators movie premiere after-party. Instead, I left early during the after-movie Q&A because I was falling asleep. Pathetic, I know.

So, I ended up not working out at all today. Don’t think I’m going to do so good at the weigh-in tomorrow. Just found out that Freddie worked out twice. Guess I’m going to have to work out twice as hard tomorrow! 

Another two-a-day

Roman: No trainers for this two-a-day. Fortunately we were given a workout that we could follow. Nothing too out of the ordinary. Started out with a warm up jog around the “almost mile” loop. It was kind of warm, but Freddie and I managed to get through it. Once back inside is when the fun began. Some push ups and crunches with medicine ball toss to round out the warm up. Then onto three rounds of kettle bell swings, kettle bell lunges, and medicine ball chest pass. I don’t know if anyone else noticed this, but we have done an insane amount of kettle bell swings. Just wanted to share that little tidbit of information. After we finish up the third round, we move on to three rounds of burpees and 3-6-9 prone hops. Then Freddie and I hope on the Expresso bikes to finish up our workout with a 15 minute bike ride, we actually stayed for about 20 minutes or so just to finish the course.