The Kelly Ripa Arm Project

{Note: Updates on this page will appear on the bottom….so keep scrolling if you’ve been here before!}

January 20, 2010

I’m on a quest to tone up my arms for the summer! Yes, I would love to have arms like Kelly Rippa, so I’m using her arms as my inspiration. I would like to first state that I am very happy with my body {minus my chicken wing arms!}, and I am not trying to lose any weight, just replace a little fat with some muscle.

This page is where I am going to document my project….

Yummy looking cupcakes!

Beginning Stats:

I regularly work out 2-3 times a week and in the past year I completed a Boot Camp at Gold’s Gym last June and have been using a personal trainer about once a week for the past few months. On January 11, 2010, I started the Seek the Triad Fit Club at Proehlific Park. They took our weight and body fat measurements and here are mine:

Height: 5′3″
Weight: 113.6
Body Fat: 23%
Number of pushups I could do: 28

I also took a few beginning pictures of myself:

What do you think about maybe just tattooing the wings?

Nice Tatto....ha ha...photoshop anyone?

January 25 Mon – Ran 1.5 miles, 1 hour of Seek Fit Club and then 15 min. of tricep exercises
January 27 Wed – 20 minutes of back and bicep exercises, 1 hour of Seek Fit Club
January 29 Frid – 1 REALLY hard hour of Seek Fit Club!

We are really doing some fabulous exercises with the medicine ball…just like Kelly! I even purchase my own 6 pound medicine ball at Target yesterday. I have it sitting in front of me on my desk and as I work here at my desk I pick it up and crank out some arm exercises!

I heart my ball!

January 31 (Sunday) – Did the 30 minute DVD that came with my medicine ball – good workout!

***
February 1 – I found some Kelly Ripa arm workouts from Studio 57 online and I did the 30 minute workout. I could really feel it the next day as I headed to Blissdom the next day….with my ball!

***
Had my ball in the car with me….did a few triceps exercises in the car with it as we drove to Nashville, TN to Blissdom.

***
Met two amazing women at Blissdom MizFitOnline and BookieBoo! Wow, what a total inspiration! They got onboard with my arm project and totally inspired me to keep it up! Got to do a quick workout with them in the hallway at Blissdom! Crazy!

***
Monday, February 8 – Back in the saddle and ready for some HARD work. I hit the gym and did a back and bicep workout and then did a KILLER Fit Club session at Proehlific Park!
***
Wednesday, February 10 – Fit Club
***
Friday, February 12 – Tricep workout, Fit Club
***
Saturday, February 13 – cardio, legs and shoulders, pull ups, dips at gym
***
Sunday, February 14 – set out to run 2 miles, but only did a mile and a 1/2…my legs were really sore from the day before!
***
Monday, February 15 – going into Fit Club with sore legs! Survived Fit Club and LOTS of push ups, yeah I did them all on my feet with no knees!

******* New Update ********
March 15th – Getting back on track! I just started a new session of Seek Fit Club today!!!

March 17th – 30 minutes of biceps and triceps exercises, Seek Fit Club until I sprained my ankle during it! Ugh!

March 18th – arms are super sore! yeah! ankle looks awful, so bummed! going to keep up arm exercises while it heals!

March 19 – I did a modified Fit Club class.  B/c the ankle is really sprained!  Trying not to be too upset, but freaking out about not being able to do any cardio for awhile!

March 22 – Modified Fit Club.  Jill killed our bi and tri’s today in class!  Thanks Jill I needed that!  I did squats and pushups while the class did running up stairs, and agility work!