Elliptical
Time: 10m
Intensity: lazy
Distance: 0.83
Stairs
Time: 5
Intensity: knee hated it, planned for 10min but had to switch
Treadmill
Time: 10m + 2m cool down
Intervals: started at 5 & got up to 7 for last 1.5min Intensity: was testing out knee for run club next day. Started out slow but then went for a mile
Distance: 1.03m
Injuries: knee hated stairs, didn’t like elliptical & was cool with running.
Mood: tired & not in the mood to but gym pact made me – ended up being short & sweaty.
Sunkissed Abs from Tone It Up {video here}
Completed 5/23
Notes:
– did double side planks (both sides each round)
– form sucked on skinny dips … blame the lack of arm strength
– least favorite was Tornado ( mostly b/c I had to re watch it & didn’t know what the move was …. also felt this one the most)
– for “swim it out” I did 10 of these each time
Wasn’t a killer workout but definitely had me sweating & heart pumping
Also did 3 sets of 15 of wall pushups (goal: to be able to do actual push ups)
Treadmill
Time: 25min + 1(?)m cool down
Intervals: new treadmill – says I was doing 8.5 w. avg speed of. 7.8 #lies wasn’t even at a jog at 5 … Guessing more like 6.5
Intensity: felt light & speed but tried to keep conversational
Distance: said 3.25 @ 8.5 – took a few min to start running so guessing just around 3 miles
Injuries: very faint hip
3 #plankaday for 1m each
Bailed on strength training (shocking) bc stressed for time but made sure to stretch.
Elliptical
Time: 15m
Intervals: ?
Distance: .64 miles
Treadmill
Time: 15m30s
Intervals: walked @ max incline. 5m fwd, 5m bkwd, 5m fwd – slight speed change
Distance: .56
Injuries: slight knee cap pain during elliptical, gone during treadmill.
Elliptical
Time: 30m + 5m cool down
Intervals: 5min/5levels
Intensity: sweaty & strong
Bike:
Time: 10m + 3m cool down
Intervals: level 10
Intensity: casual
2 #plankaday 1m each
Injuries: no pain! Not even knee cap
* pumped up by Rock My Run “Back in the Day” mix – gotta love when Spice Girls, Chumbawamba & BSB surprise you during your workout
Sandcastle Workout from Tone It Up
Full workout & video here – they also have medicine ball routine.
Did the workout in my apartment & tried using the 2 sets of 3lbs weights since I didn’t have 5lbs …. and then I remembered I have no arm muscles and stuck with just 3lb dumbbells.
Put together a strength training planning with an assortment of exercises completed afterwork:
I’m neither one of those girls that wears all black and curses Hershey’s & Hallmark (why would anyone refuse a chance to get chocolate?) nor am I decked out in Pink & Red (apparently I don’t have a lot of it in my closet) sending hearts & candygrams to every friend/acquaintance/stranger.
I have soccer tonight & my team already declared that we’re each others Valentine and will buy each other a drink after the game.
Works for me.
But if I didn’t, this would be hands down the best way to spend this evening.
Meanwhile, I’ll smile at the sweet gestures I spy, continue to geek out over the way marketers leverage the day {whether aiming at the last-minute guys or the “I love myself” girls} and enjoy the pink, red & gold that has splashed the design & fashion blogs I stalk.
I did get into the spirit last night with the Tone It Up Valentine’s Day Routine
When I first read it I thought it said complete 6x and thought there was no way in hell that was happening – going through the entire thing once was enough for me.
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Despite kicking my own butt with self-created strength routing {ie: pulling together a list of exercises I knew I could at least attempt} I knew I wanted to mix it up and have some guidance. After being slightly intimidated by the Tone It Up girls {we didn’t really have cheerleaders in high school….} I couldn’t ignore the fact that they put together some killer routines that are widely used. I’m not following any of their challenges directly, one training plan (1/2 marathon) is enough to attempt alone, but I wanted to give them a shot.
Last Thursday I did my run in the morning but left my strength training for the evening … with very little time & energy. So I decided to tackle the Slim & Tone Your Thighs workout video from TIU which included:
Monday I slacked in the strength training and left it for late night too. Over the weekend I had a chance to check out the TIU website for more workouts and found this old one from Christmas:
{click image for video & full workout from Tone It Up }
It included:
You’re suppose to do the circuit 3x …I did it 1x.
But after being reminded of the power of Donkey Kicks I added:
Why hello glutes, nice to know that you exist.
My goal for this week is to fit in at least one circuit for arms & core…b/c lord knows those muscles haven’t been worked in ages and I’m ready to make them hurt.
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Your turn:
Do you follow plans for strength training or put together your own circuit ?
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