Weekly Workout: August 16-22

I’ve settled into a pretty good 4 day/week workout schedule.  I’d like to do 5 days, but I’m not going to the gym if I’m not feeling it at this point and I’m not worried about it.  Plus, I’d rather do a little less now and hopefully be able to keep working out longer.  If I push too hard and hurt my back or something now, that would kind of suck.  I’m doing so much in the evenings now anyway, that it has to make up for some lost workout time.

I don’t have any pics for this week, so here’s an adorable one of the dog.  She doesn’t work out much.  She still walks like a turtle.  I hope she goes back to normal walking speed once it cools off.  Of course, by that point, I’ll either need to walk slow or I’ll have stroller too.  Poor babypie though (that’s what I call her), she either is suffering with allergies or she caught a bug.  She’s been sneezing a ton and have more reverse sneezing fits (which is something that happens to short snout dogs like pugs and bulldogs).  It’s not dangerous, but it’s probably a little stressful on her for those 15-30 seconds, and it makes us feel bad.  A lot of dogs are having allergy issues now, so hopefully it’ll clear up soon.  Here’s a pic of her snoozing in the backseat on the way home from my parents. Seriously…she is so cute.

Friday, August 16

• Noon – 40 Minute Elliptical:  I did some stretching afterwards.

Saturday, August 17

• Nothing:  It was my birthday!  We did stuff around the house for awhile and went to dinner later that night.  The weather was beautiful and it was a nice relaxing day (which is so rare these days).

Sunday, August 18

• Nothing:  Another day of work and relaxing.

Monday, August 19

• Noon – 40 Minute Elliptical
  

Tuesday, August 20

• Noon – Noon Yoga at Capitol Club:  Class was hard, but I kept up.  I’m so glad I haven’t had to switch to prenatal yoga…that would be so boring.

Wednesday, August 21

• Noon – 100 Workout and Treadmill:  I did a 100 leg workout: 100 squats, 90 second wall sit (split in two), 80 calf raises, 70 second plank, 60 lunges (30 front lunges each and 30 single leg reverse), 50 single-leg leg deadlifts (25 each leg), 40 plie squats with kettlebell, 30 side squat walk with heavy band around thighs, each direction (don’t know what to call those), 20 side leg raises, 10 pushups.  For the squats I used the trx bands so I could lean back but was still supported.  This worked great because it gave me belly room and I could go deeper into the squat.  I did 15-17 minutes of treadmill walking afterwards.  Well that was after I tried to help a lady who was choking on water in the locker room.  She came in gagging and choking and looked at me terrified and said “I’m choking!”.  She leaned over the sink for a minute wheezing and whirled around again and said “I’m choking!” again.  I wasn’t sure if she was choking on food or what so I went over to her and asked her if she needed the Heimlich and she shook her head and said that water went down the wrong pipe.  It was crazy.  And then I was thinking…. 1. I don’t even know if I’d know how to do the Heimlich correctly and 2. Would I even be able to do it with my big old belly in the way?  I don’t know if I could have gotten leverage or if it would have been safe for me to do.  So I was relieved when she said it was just water.  I waited with her another minute until she said she was okay before I left.  I was a little sore the next day – I think because I switched up a few of the exercises.

Thursday, August 22

• Noon – Nothing: I wanted to leave a little early so I flexed part of my lunch.  My back felt really out of place mid-back for most of the day, so it was best that I didn’t do anything probably.  It felt better later, so that was good.