RELOCATING!!!!

I'M MOBING MY ENTIRE BLOG TO WORDPRESS HERE'S THE NEW URL!
http://cassiegetfit.wordpress.com/

So I guess free isn't always that great.....

ok so in reference to my last post after actually looking over the workout she gives it's not as amazing as I'd hoped...perhaps for someone else it would be great but there was absolutely nothing new there for me. Every single one of the exercises outlined in the "boot camp" are already part of my routine so....nothing exciting there really...

FREE bikini workout guide!!

I fund this while do MORE fitness and health research it's a completely free guide for a bikini workout designed by renowned fitness and bikini super model Jennifer Nicole Lee! All you have to do is fill in your e-mail and name in the subscription pop=up that shows when you go to the home page you'll then be sent A confirmation e-mail after you confirm your subscription you'll be sent another link to a page asking you to download the guide. I've already done this myself so you don't have to worry about scams or viruses. However I will point out that it offer downloads for both fitness model and bikini guides but it looks like only the bikini one actually includes useful information. So anyway here's the link! enjoy :)

http://www.fitnessmodelprogram.com/

Progress Update

Ok 'tis time for yet another progress update. This picture is from a photoshoot I did this past tuesday with ASight2See Photography again this picture has not been edited or photoshopped in any way.

I was actually pretty pleased with my abs when I saw this picture. I'm pretty well toned I could still use a bit more definition and could afford to lose a bit more fat in the lower ab area. Also my arms definitely still need more muscle as do my thighs. But there's definitely a visible improvement...at least to me lol

Nifty little discoveries

Ok because I can't actually afford a personal trainer being that I'm a broke college student I spend a lot of time trying to find electronic substitutes thus-far this is what I've discovered.

sparkpeople.com The great thing about this sight is that it literally does everything for you if you need it but it also allows you to completely customize your workouts and pick and choose exercises from a lists of what seems like hundreds of exercises separated by upper and lower body and core. It give you the same capabilities for nutrition plans. It even has a sister site with healthy meal recipes. The main downfall for this sight is that it doesn't have the best capabilities for progressing your workout intensities as you become more fit. It also does give the best plans if you're female and trying to put on muscle. However it does allow you to rotate your work out very easily with just a click every 6 to 8 weeks as you should. I found it's a great starting point but should be used for more extreme muscle building goals.

onlinefitnesslog.com This site is much more simpistic and is exactly what it says it is, a log, nothing more. This is great for people who have a better handle on how to put together workouts and knowing what their body needs and simply lacks the organization, such as myself. It provides meal and exercise logs as well as the ability to track your progress sets your goals and talk to other people using the site through the forum.

In my opinions perhaps combining the best aspects of each site would be best. For example I personally have a pretty good handle on planning my work outs but struggle more with nnutrition. So i've been using sparkpeople for planning meals and have simply been using the fitness log to log my meals and plan my work outs myself.

Update

Ok so, because my camera is currently in gainesville with my mohter, about an hour away I decided to take some photos with my blackberry which of course means they're not going to be fabulous quality but they'll have to suffice until such time as I get my hands on my camera. I guess also for the sake of progress, I'll critique them to point what what needs to be improved in my opinion and how much.

Alright so horrible picture I know but nonetheless you kinda get the idea, so not for the critiques. Oh and I tried to get a shot of my back but that just wasn't workin out...
anyway ok i suppose I'll go bottom to top, first of off I know it's not really visible here but I really want to work on the muscle tone in my thighs, they're muscular but don't have any real definition. My butt is pretty good my only goal there is "the bigger the better" :) Obviously my lower abs still need quite a bit of work but they've definitely slim down a bit I just need to pack on the muscle now. My upper abs I'm almost happy with my upper abs they just need a bit more definition i also need to slim down just a teeny bit in the love handles area. hmm let see what else, my arms are getting there but i still wanna be a bit more "ripped" I guess, I kinda wanna get to the point that I don't need to flex to see the muscle.



well...there ya go there's my progress thus far, tomorrow one of the trainers at my gym who really seems to love his job wants to go through a work out with me and I'm thinkin he's also gonna check on my body fat percentage and what not so I'll know numerically where I'm at tomorrow :)

How, What and When should I eat??

So....I've been reading into fitness magazine quite a lot and have come to the conclusion that my workout routine is not the only thing I need to revamp, however this is a problem for me. Because I've always been pretty active I've always had a pretty rocking metabolism so to maintain a slim figure dieting was never really necessary. But I've discovered that to maintain a rockin physique it is, my dilemma is that I have no clue HOW to change my diet. You see one of my pet peeves has always been prissy little female who turn away perfectly good meals because they're "watching they're figure" I'd rather not turn into one of those....So I suppose my challenge at this point to to figure out how to continue to eat like a REAL person without completely destroying any progress I've made in working out....I know that I need to maintain a balanced diet and that in essence almost nothing in moderation is really bad for you, even fat and sugar is necessary if done properly. I guess this call for more research on the matter...Well off to google I go, i guess I'll post my nutrition discoveries as I make them :)

Let's DO This!

Ok as I said I've become a bit addicted to working out and achieving the amazing physique of the fitness models I seen in my magazines. Unlike many women I'm not merely trying to slim down and look skinny in my bikini I want muscle, real muscle. I want to look strong when you see me and LOOK like I could kick your ass! No I'm not striving toward of excessively muscular bodies of some fitness competitors, the kind that no longer look female. I still want to maintain my femininity but I was to look strong and fit at the same time. This began I guess a couple months ago when I joined an actual gym for the first time and since then the obsession with be fit has slowly begun to build since then, and when I say fit I me inside and out and naturally. This is not to stay I did work out before I just didn't have the same goals when doing so that I do now.
Alright, well I've never really blogged before but I guess step one in this process should be posting a picture of my current physique so.....here ya go


This picture is actually not incredibly current, this was taken during a photo shoot for Scuba Extreme's Sexy Scuba Calendar nearly a year ago, but I thought posting this would be best so that I can really track my progress from ground zero. ...plus I don't have any current body pictures at the moment....I suppose I'll have to take one of those soon and post it as well...I'll get around to that eventually










Oh and I guess I should also post my goal body, this is a fitness model that I saw in Natural Muscle Magazine that essentially has the kind of muscle definition in most areas that I'd like to achieve