Gettin Muh Sweat On + Workout Music

I made it to the gym 3 times this past week and am starting to feel like I'm getting back into my regular groove - where I'm actually looking forward to going to the gym and find myself (dare I say) day-dreaming about working out.

Here's what I did at the gym during my workouts this past Monday, Thursday and Saturday:

10/22

30 mins elliptical

20 squats, 12.5 lbs each hand

50 Brazilian crunches

60 standing "booty kicks",  30 each leg

80 weighted v-sit twists, holding 12 lbs

40 deadlifts, 12.5 lbs each hand

40 leg lifts

30 jump squats, alternating wide and close stance

- :30 plank

- 20 plank glute kick backs

- 30 cobras

10/25

10 mins elliptical

12 overhead press, 12 lbs each hand

40 dynamic side planks, 20 each side

12 bicep curls, 10 lbs each hand

40 reverse crunch w/ leg lifts

on exercise ball, 10 lbs each hand:

   - 12 chest press

   - 12 close grip chest press

40 Brazilian crunches

12 deltoid flys, 7.5 lbs each hand

40 weighted side bends, 12 lbs each hand

on exercise ball, 10 lbs each hand:

   - 12 chest flys

   - 10 alternating shoulder raises

30 crunches

12 tricep extensions on exercise ball, 10 lbs each hand

40 double leg lifts, legs at 90 degrees

10/27

30 mins elliptical

30 squats, 12 lbs each shoulder

40 plank knee to elbow, 20 each side

40 weighted calf raises, 12 lbs each hand

50 weighted v-sit twists, holding 15 lbs

40 deadlifts, 15 lbs each hand

50 reverse crunch w/ leg lifts

60 side lunges + plyometric push off, 30 each side

40 weighted side bends, 12 lbs each hand

- 40 bridges

- 20 alternating core kicks from bridge position, 10 each side

- 1:00 plank

- 30 cobras

Here's some of the music that randomly came on my iPod while I was working out that I did not skip past:

- Frontin' - Pharell and Jay-Z

- Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz

- New Day - Kanye and Jay-Z

- Forever - Chris Brown

- Love Sex Magic - Ciara and Justin Timberlake

- Full Moon - Brandy

- See Me Now - Kanye

- Trapped In Me - Slick Rick

- Unleash the Dragon - Sisqo (< yup, this happened)

- Runaway - Kanye

- Hola Hovito - Jay-Z

- Still Dreaming - Nas and Kanye

- Black Republican - Nas and Jay-Z

- That's My Bitch - Kanye and Jay-Z

- Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix) - Fugees

- She Knows What She Wants - Gang Starr

- Don't Say Nothin - The Roots

In other music news, I happened upon some videos on YouTube recently that introduced me to several new-to-me female rappers. Many of them did little to impress me - but then again most rappers don't impress me these days, male or female. One who did stand out to me was a girl (woman I suppose) named Dessa who was not exactly a rapper, but a poet/songstress of sorts. I don't want to even bother trying to categorize her really, because no two songs of hers seemed to sound alike. There was one song in particular, Dixon's Girl, that stuck to my eardrums and has rendered me a bit obsessed for the past 5 days at least. I urge you to listen to this:


I've listened to it so many times that it's on perma-replay in my head now. 

What are your favorite songs to workout to? Who is your favorite female rapper? Mine is Lauryn Hill!