Workouts: March 5 – 10
A little late posting this…
I felt like I got a little more back on track this week, probably because I made it to yoga twice, even though my lunchtime workouts weren’t great on Monday and Tuesday.
Monday:
Noon: Nap – I was “gluten-ed” at a restaurant the night before (not their fault, I didn’t ask about the enchilada sauce), so I was awake for some of the night with nausea and dry-heaving (awesome). I was extra tired the next day from that, plus I usually get lethargic from gluten, so I slept on my office floor for that hour because I really wanted to do yoga that night and knew I wouldn’t if I wasn’t feeling better.
5:30: Core Power Yoga – I was really excited to do yoga after having to miss it the last several times. The Monday night class isn’t my favorite, but it’s still a heck of a workout. The instructor gave me some options so that vinyasa pushups wouldn’t hurt my elbow – and she also watched me closely on those so I would do them “right”, so I couldn’t even slack on them (which is good, but it was hard)! There were only 2 of us taking that class, so we had lots of attention/adjustments. The front of my shoulders were SO sore the next day, as well as the top half of my abs.
Tuesday:
Noon: Elliptical for 45 minutes. I didn’t do a harder workout because I gave blood that morning and wasn’t supposed to workout at all. I figured reading People Magazine on the elliptical wasn’t too bad, even if I did the Hills program.
Wednesday:
Noon: I’m still feeling wimpy about my elbow, so I did all legs for this “100” workout:
100 jumprope
100 jumprope
90 sec. wall sit
80 squats
70 bridge lifts
60 sec. plank
50 situps (25 full situps and 25 low ab lifts b/c upper abs were too sore from yoga to do 50 full)
40 back lunges, each leg
30 single leg dead lifts, each leg
20 jump squats
10 burpees
Thursday:
Noon: Spinning at Capital Club
5:30: Yoga – oh how I love this class…this was quite a challenge – lots of planks and vinyasa pushups and deep leg work. I continually impress myself with how much I improve for each class (pats self on back)
Friday:
Noon: I recommend “Seconds Free” as an Iphone app for doing Tabata or timed exercises/rounds – you can problem intervals, rest time, and amount of rounds and it will vibrate and/or beep when it’s time to change – plus you can still listen to your music in your headphones.
Tabata 50/10×4 – do each exercise for 50 sec, rest 10 sec, complete 4 rounds (I rested for 30 seconds between each round because my legs were already so sore and I needed it)
Squat Jumps
Alternating Lunges
Mountain Climbers
Squat Thrusts (burpees)
Deadlifts w/ kettlebell
Planks