weekly workout wrap-up

Posted on April 7, 2013 by HHRunner

Hey-o! I’m bloggin’ on a Sunday! I started off this week feeling a little “meh” about my workouts, but I feel like I really picked up speed at the end of the week and I finished everything out feeling really good, so I’m pretty pleased about that!

For whatever reason, my computer isn’t currently letting me pull any pictures into this post? So I guess we’ll just get right down to it.

Monday: 20 min HIIT running, BodyPump. I did do 20 minutes of HIIT – specifically, a 5 min warm up, 5 x 1 min @ 7:03 then 1 min @ 8:34, 5 min cool down. I hated all of this. It felt much harder then it should have, I was unhappy with how I was running and the 20 minutes felt like 45. So there was that. BodyPump, on the other hand, was delightful as always. I just really love the instructor.

Tuesday: 3 mile run before work, Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown after work. The 3 miles happened. For whatever reason, I couldn’t get the gym TV to work in the morning, so I started at a blue screen for a solid 26 minutes. And that was that. Yoga Meltdown happened after work and I thoroughly enjoyed it – I forgot how much I like that DVD. I was pretty stressed from work, though, and Jillian didn’t relieve all of that stress, so I laced up and headed out for a slow 2.53 miles. I just ran what I felt like running and then came back home. 3rd run of the week, 1st one that was OK.

Wednesday: 3 mile run @ Memorial Park + Happy Hour Spin Class (ob-sessed with that class now. I don’t even know why I was nervous about going last week). I’ve been running my runs at Memorial without the watch. I just check the time when I leave and then when I get back to my car. It’s delightful! I felt like this run was hard and when I got back to the car I realized there was good reason – I ran it in 24 minutes exactly, and I know that it always takes me a mile to warm up, so that means I ran the last 2 miles in the 7’s. Happy Hour spin is seriously one of my favorite classes to go to. I love love love the instructor.

Thursday: Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30. I didn’t want to work out at all on Thursday, so I guess it’s good that I planned such a short workout. And that Sean was running on the treadmill when I got home. There was no way I was going to let him work out and not suck up 20 minutes of my day for Jillian. Did it. Was glad I did it. And was glad I was done.

Friday: Friday 5k before work. Nope. I took a rest day. For one, after Thursday I could tell that I needed one. I also am currently taking a class on Friday nights, so that kind of eliminated any other time I had to work out. Friday is now going to be my rest day – at least for the next 7 weeks.

Saturday: Some undetermined amount of miles [maybe 8? then again, maybe 4…] + BodyPump. Initially I wanted to hit up my running group and run with them, but I ended up going to bed really late on Friday because I got wrapped up watching King of the Hill [don’t judge my high quality TV choices – there is not much on Friday nights], so I nixed the alarm and just let myself sleep. When I woke up I hopped on the treadmill, did a 1 mile warm up, then 2 miles alternating a 1/4 mile at a low 7:xx with a 1/4 mile at 8:34, then a 1 mile cool down. Then BodyPump happened at 10:30 – it was a new release and SO FUN! When I got home from grocery shopping I decided I did want to run 8 total for Saturday, so I laced up and hit the pavement for 4 more miles, which were surprisingly quick considering how tired I figured my legs were. Done and done.

Sunday: NOTHING. I have no plans other than a 1.5 hour deep tissue massage. Well, all that nothing changed once I subbed out my rest day for Friday, so I woke up this morning and headed out for 5 easy miles. The only thing I told myself was that I wasn’t allowed to watch my watch. Which resulted in a slow warm up mile around 9 min, then 3 miles at flat 8’s, then a slower final mile.

Like I said earlier, this week didn’t start out at all how I wanted it to, but I really feel like I finished it up with some solid workouts. I’m trying to focus on balancing fun with working out and being healthy, and I feel like I achieved that this weekend.

How was your weekend?? Did you do anything fun?

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Monday Moves… on Tuesday

Posted on March 26, 2013 by HHRunner

Another week, another plan in place. I had a really bad day mentally yesterday. You know those days where you just all around don’t feel good about yourself, but there’s really no good reason for why you feel that way? That was me. Everything was getting on my last nerve.

You know what makes a bad day better? Having a ridiculously awesome mom + husband. My mom listens to me lament all of my problems all the time. I just don’t know how I got so lucky. And my husband? He just rocks.

When it comes to our interests, Sean and I are decidedly different, but the same. I love working out in any way, shape or form. Sean loves motorcycles like I love working out. We both love being outside. Yesterday when I got home from work he asked me if I wanted to go for a bike ride. For anyone who doesn’t know us personally – we have a grand total of 6 bikes in our garage – two regular bikes, one motorcycle, two dirt bikes and a mini dirt bike. It was a beautiful day, so I enthusiastically agreed. I went and pulled on jeans, boots and my jacket and went to meet Sean in the garage. He was wearing workout shorts and Nikes. We both looked at each other like the other person was crazy.

He thought we were going on a regular bike ride. I thought he meant a motorcycle ride. Miscommunication at its finest. In case you’re wondering, we went on a regular bike ride. [Pointless story of the day – check.]

Moving on… This week is [hopefully] going a little something like this:

Monday: Run 15 minutes [AM], BodyPump (heavy) [PM]

Tuesday: Run 15 minutes [AM], 6 mile run [PM]

Wednesday: Run 15 minutes [AM], 2-3 mile run + Happy Hour Spin Class (doesn’t that just sound fun? Put “Happy Hour” in the title of anything and I’ll probably think it’s a good idea) [PM]

Thursday: Run 15 minutes [AM], Jackie Warner Total Body Circuit Training [PM]

Friday: Run 15 minutes [AM], Friday 5k [PM]

Saturday: 10 miles. I haven’t had a solid double digit run in a while. It’s time. + BodyPump (light)

Sunday: REST DAY = the BEST day.

Two things I’m obsessed with right now: easy runs and BodyPump. I’m trying to hit around 30 miles each week, but I’ve realized lately that I’m not even really sure why. I think I’ve gotten so used to feeling like I have to hit a certain mileage during training. On the other hand, I really want to up my strength training. It’s put me in a strange place where I’m not really sure what to do. Suggestions?

get over it.

Posted on July 18, 2012 by HHRunner

Monday at work I developed a plan. I had been planning on a double workout – one before work, one after – but skipped my morning walk/run in favor of some extra sleep. At work I started trying to figure out how I could fit in a run and weights, and finally decided the only option was to go to the 5:30 BodyPump class at the gym by my work. Since I leave work at 4:15 every day this would give me enough time to get in my run and then set up my station for Pump.

The schedule was a little tight, so it meant I had to leave right on time and not meander around the gym at all. I was pretty amped up about it – I’m a BodyPump lover, but haven’t been in almost a year. I stopped going to Pump once I started heavily marathon training because I didn’t want to deal with super sore legs, and then I suffered the never-ending injury that basically sidelined me from anything hard (or fun).

Well, now that I’m on the rebound I decided I’d give Pump a go again and just go easy on my lower body weights. Everything was fine and dandy, right up until about 3:45 when I started second-guessing if I should go or not.

I mean, did I really want to go to a class where I was going to be half-assing everything? And what if people judged me? And what if it wasn’t the best idea, I mean my knee can be kind of unpredictable and all…. and I’d really rather run outside then on the treadmill…

You can see where that’s going. In a 15 minute span I managed to convince myself that I didn’t need to go to Pump and that I’d be OK just running. Never mind the fact that I KNEW I’d regret it as soon as I got home.

So I texted Britt, who told me firmly to go.

I changed after work and drove to the gym, still hesitant about actually attending the class. Once I started walking on the treadmill I texted Sean and told him I was nervous about going and to tell me to stop being a wuss. He told me to man up and go, and that he was lifting at home so I had better not show up without going to that class first. I kinda laughed, got over myself, walked/ran, and then timidly walked into the class.

And guess what. No one cared that I wasn’t lifting heavy on lower body, my knee held up just fine, and I was SO HAPPY I went.

Go figure, right?

Please tell me this happens to you too and I’m the only crazy person that gets into their own head.