Did: nada
Slept for like 15 hours... after getting a full night's sleep. Ugh. Sick. AGAIN.
Tuesday
Did: nada
More sleep. More sick.
Wednesday
Planned: 30min at-home weights, 1mi stroller run
Did: 38min at-home weights and abs, 1.1mi w/stroller @ 9:26/mi avg
Not impressed with today's chosen YouTube videos: weights and abs. I'm starting to identify things I want in a workout video/instructor and things I don't.
Things I want (interestingly enough, this is exactly what I get from our bootcamp instructor, and probably why I keep coming back):
- known number of reps/time for each exercise so I can gauge my effort
- known exercises and adequate time to determine/change dumbbell weights (bonus points if they provide recommended weight sizes)
- quick form tips at the beginning of each exercise
- available modifications for exercises
Things I don't want:
- silly girly grunts and "oh man, that was hard. are you feeling it?" encouragement
- instructors who dress for show, not for a workout-- seriously, I don't need to see anyone's cleavage
- videos with poor form (especially things I can spot myself, since I'm not very skilled with this stuff)
- instructors who use momentum to lift their weights instead of their muscles
It took me awhile to find a good YouTube yoga instructor, but I've been really pleased with Adriene. If you've got any recommendations for 30min YouTube fitness instructors that meet the above criteria, hit me up!
Also, ran my first stroller mile in... a really long time. 3 months? SO happy to have been able to get a run in AND share it with my little potato. So NOT happy that I'm having to return to running in 30-40 degree temps. Things were cold, and this was the hardest mile I've run in quite a while. :P Blerghity blergh. Still, better than nothing!
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| I don't know who was happier to get back to stroller running :) |
Planned: 1.5mi run, bootcamp
Did: 1.5mi @ 9:16/mi avg, bootcamp
Setting a 4:30am alarm last night brought the biggest wave of giddiness along with it. While I wasn't excited about a "feels like" of 31 degrees or getting up early, I was incredibly pumped about finally getting to participate in the morning meet-up again.
Run went GREAT, though my hamstrings were pretty sore from the YouTube workout yesterday. Followed it up with bootcamp and a day of pretty clean eating (woot!).
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| ...and then 2x through: 20 jump squats, 100 high knees, 20 super planks and 20 kimura sit-ups |
Friday
Planned: bootcamp
Did: 30min weights and abs
Holy DOMS. My hamstrings are D E A D. No bootcamp today. Instead, I did some lunchtime upperbody, thanks to a few pinterest searches:
All 3x10x10lb dumbbells UNO (had planned on upping the weights for more exercises, but was glad not to have done so, as I was pretty spent on my last rep of the third set)
bicep curls
shoulder press
tricep extensions (single 10lb-- could probably have gone heavier)
bent over rows
bent over raises
pulls
chest press (20lb weights)
chest fly
pullover
3x10 push-ups
2x: 30s of crunches, straight leg raises, plank, mountain climbers (abs are feeling the last two days!)
Saturday
Planned: 5K stroller run
Did: 3.03mi run @ 9:25/mi avg
It was too cold for a stroller run (27 degrees!), so I went sans stroller to meet the girls for my first real run back. I'm glad I didn't try to go any longer. A 5K was plenty today.
Sunday
Planned: 1mi run, 30min weights
Did: 1.19mi with stroller @ 9:13/mi
Went to bed and woke up with a bit of lingering sickness, and ended up sleeping in again. Running Mamas was on hiatus this week (subbed a Saturday non-running meetup due to various races and other commitments), so it ended up being a family Sunday Runday at the river. Had a little calf soreness (from a couple nights in heels for holiday parties this week?), but it didn't affect my run at all-- probably just my body getting back into it.
I'm still at a point where my cardio seems to control my runs. It's hard just running a mile these days, and I'm definitely not in shape for 10KTuesday yet. Hopefully I can resume that in 2018.
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