My legs were sore and tight this morning. Lack of stretching and hydration is my guess. I went to the gym with no real plan in mind. I hopped on the elliptical and did some very low key intervals as I read a magazine. Those 30 minutes flew by! I got on the rower for 10 minutes. I did my own from of intervals on here too. I then did a very easy incline walk on the treadmill for 15 minutes while I watched The Food Network. My most favorite channel. I am not sure how Brian Boitano got his own cooking show, but he is a pretty good cook and kind of funny too.
I stretched my IT Bands and hamstrings really well after my workout in hopes of feeling a bit looser as the day went on. Not so much. Monday will be here in 25 minutes. I better get to bed. Night.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Sunday and Monday stuff!
I was a busy gal on Sunday so I waited until today when I was not as busy...cuz I am still busy as usual!
Sunday was all cardio!! Sometimes I just can't get enough. Or I just needed to be out of the house..yea. I started with a 5 minute warm up on the rowing machine and then hopped on the elliptical for some shorter intervals ( 30 seconds on 30 seconds off). They were pretty intense. All 15 minutes of em'! I then went on the horrid stair climbing machine. 10 minutes of logerish intervals ( 1 minute on 1 minute off). And then I went on a different style elliptical for 15 minutes of longerishish ( this should be a word) intervals ( 2 minutes on 2 minutes off). Lastly ( yep, there is more) I walked on the tread for 10 minutes on a varying incline at a constant speed of 3.8. I wanted to cool down on the rower for 5 minutes, but I guess it was a pretty popular item on this day. All 6 of them were taken. Boooo!
I did utilize my extra time well and stretched. 13 whole minutes again. I am on a frickin' roll with this stretching business. HA!
Monday~ Spin day. We have a new sign up system at our gym. Today was the first day it was used and there was only one snafu. Sadly, I had to make a dude leave my class as he did not sign up properly and "stole" someone elses bike. He was not happy, but I just enforce the rules not make them! Sorry Charlie! Needless to say, the class was packed! It was a strength/endurance day. Oh boy. We did 1 set of strength intervals for 9 minutes, followed by 9 minutes of endurance intervals. We did that twice. I added in one more 9 minute hill and a 6 minute more difficult then the first 2 endurance interval. It was really tough. I was looking like a drowned rat by the 20 minute mark!
I taught Totally Toned at noon and from the sounds of it I killed some core today. I know I killed mine! I get to run tomorrow! Yay!
Sunday was all cardio!! Sometimes I just can't get enough. Or I just needed to be out of the house..yea. I started with a 5 minute warm up on the rowing machine and then hopped on the elliptical for some shorter intervals ( 30 seconds on 30 seconds off). They were pretty intense. All 15 minutes of em'! I then went on the horrid stair climbing machine. 10 minutes of logerish intervals ( 1 minute on 1 minute off). And then I went on a different style elliptical for 15 minutes of longerishish ( this should be a word) intervals ( 2 minutes on 2 minutes off). Lastly ( yep, there is more) I walked on the tread for 10 minutes on a varying incline at a constant speed of 3.8. I wanted to cool down on the rower for 5 minutes, but I guess it was a pretty popular item on this day. All 6 of them were taken. Boooo!
I did utilize my extra time well and stretched. 13 whole minutes again. I am on a frickin' roll with this stretching business. HA!
Monday~ Spin day. We have a new sign up system at our gym. Today was the first day it was used and there was only one snafu. Sadly, I had to make a dude leave my class as he did not sign up properly and "stole" someone elses bike. He was not happy, but I just enforce the rules not make them! Sorry Charlie! Needless to say, the class was packed! It was a strength/endurance day. Oh boy. We did 1 set of strength intervals for 9 minutes, followed by 9 minutes of endurance intervals. We did that twice. I added in one more 9 minute hill and a 6 minute more difficult then the first 2 endurance interval. It was really tough. I was looking like a drowned rat by the 20 minute mark!
I taught Totally Toned at noon and from the sounds of it I killed some core today. I know I killed mine! I get to run tomorrow! Yay!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunday Slacker....Monday cardio session( NOT Spin)
Sunday was a forced day off. There was just not enough hours in the day to get my butt to the gym.
Monday I was up early with cardio on my mind. I used the rower again for about 15 minutes and then did the elliptical for about 45 minutes. It was a steady state kind of thing and I only really pushed the pace for the last 10 minutes.
There was no spin for me today. My son had yellow boogers and the daycare at the gym frowns on that. Soooo , I had to find a sub. It was a nice break though. I will be back at it on Wednesday when his boogs will be clear! HA!
I taught Totally Toned and kept the class on the floor the whole class. Core was on my mind today. It will be on theirs tomorrow and the day after--I worked those hips like mad today! They were complaining and moaning and begging me to stop! They loved it.
Monday I was up early with cardio on my mind. I used the rower again for about 15 minutes and then did the elliptical for about 45 minutes. It was a steady state kind of thing and I only really pushed the pace for the last 10 minutes.
There was no spin for me today. My son had yellow boogers and the daycare at the gym frowns on that. Soooo , I had to find a sub. It was a nice break though. I will be back at it on Wednesday when his boogs will be clear! HA!
I taught Totally Toned and kept the class on the floor the whole class. Core was on my mind today. It will be on theirs tomorrow and the day after--I worked those hips like mad today! They were complaining and moaning and begging me to stop! They loved it.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Sunday.....motivation????
I was not in the mood to go to the gym today. I was really tired and really full of sugar! Since more sleep was out of the question ( kids!) I sucked it up and went to the gym. I had to keep in mind that tomorrow's spin class will be a race day so I kept the cardio light and did not get my HR up to crazy high.
I began with a quick circuit:
3x10
Lat pull down (underhand grip)
Leg Extension
Chest Press
Lying ham curl
Short and sweet!
I ventured upstairs and actually used the rowing machine! I have not gotten on this thing in YEARS. It was fun and different. I might make a habit of it. I am not exactly sure how long I was on it. I did a program to travel 1000 meters I think. It might have taken me a bit over 10 minutes total. I did my own intervals on it. 10 strokes fast to 10 slow....a few times I upped the fast strokes ( 30x), but kept the slower ones at 10 no matter what. It was a nice change of pace.
I then found one of my running buddies and we got on the Arch Trainer next to each other for about 30 minutes. I lost track since we were yapping the whole time! I did not mind the chatting at all today since I had no intention of pushing myself too hard. It was nice to take it easy too. We talked about the upcoming race season and our goals and stuff. After that I did a bit of core work.
Pilates roll ups (10)
Planks on the stability ball ( 20 seconds x 4)
Pilates roll up holding the stability ball (10)]
Leg pushes ( 10/side)
Slow crunches ( 10)
That's all!
For a day that started out with not much motivation, I think I still got a dedcent workout in.
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I began with a quick circuit:
3x10
Lat pull down (underhand grip)
Leg Extension
Chest Press
Lying ham curl
Short and sweet!
I ventured upstairs and actually used the rowing machine! I have not gotten on this thing in YEARS. It was fun and different. I might make a habit of it. I am not exactly sure how long I was on it. I did a program to travel 1000 meters I think. It might have taken me a bit over 10 minutes total. I did my own intervals on it. 10 strokes fast to 10 slow....a few times I upped the fast strokes ( 30x), but kept the slower ones at 10 no matter what. It was a nice change of pace.
I then found one of my running buddies and we got on the Arch Trainer next to each other for about 30 minutes. I lost track since we were yapping the whole time! I did not mind the chatting at all today since I had no intention of pushing myself too hard. It was nice to take it easy too. We talked about the upcoming race season and our goals and stuff. After that I did a bit of core work.
Pilates roll ups (10)
Planks on the stability ball ( 20 seconds x 4)
Pilates roll up holding the stability ball (10)]
Leg pushes ( 10/side)
Slow crunches ( 10)
That's all!
For a day that started out with not much motivation, I think I still got a dedcent workout in.
**Click here for a chance to win a YouBar gift certificate!
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