Oh work.
I took my cold weather running stuff today, but my schedule got the best of me. I woke up at 3, worried about stuff going on at the office. After trying to sleep for another hour, I got up and read. Then I decided I might as well take advantage of my awake-ness and get an early start on the day. So I was in the office by 6. That's early for me.
By 10:30 I was starving. I hadn't really eaten breakfast... A stupid quick trip to CVS was made for some "food".
By 1:00 I was dozing at my computer. I took a blissful half hour nap.
So, it wasn't a very good day on the eating/exercise front. I left a little after 5 and brought all my stuff home. And decided to do another workout video!
I did the "Shape Sexy Legs" one or something like that. It was a combination of cardio and lots of isolated leg exercises. It was great. I am so weak. These videos are really pointing some stuff out to me, and it's very helpful.
I think I will be sore tomorrow.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
December Dedication Days
My month of December is dedicated to getting back on the wagon and nailing the routine. The weather has changed. Wasn't I just writing about running in a t-shirt and shorts?
This much I know about my routine so far: Spinning = great. It can be difficult to get to the class because of work, but I've found that I just need to get up early that day so I have a couple of hours in the office before the class and it's fine and stress-free; it's kind of like an early lunch. Some days it just won't work, but I've already been telling people I'm unavailable for meetings during that time when they've come up. It's my time and if I don't tell people it's mine, they'll steals it from me! My precious!
Anyway. There's another spinning class on Thursday to which I still haven't managed to go. I'm planning to tomorrow, as long as I eat all my green beans and finish my work tonight.
Running. Ah running. I'm not too worried about it right now. I'm still very focused on figuring out my leg pain. But I'm also focusing on getting stronger and losing weight. I think those three things together will give me good results by the end of December.
I made a training schedule. I guess I'll put it up at the top of the main page? It's from now until the Heart Mini Marathon. I'm sure it will get adjusted. There's a lot of running on there, but I'm OK with subbing those days with other workouts. I just need to do something and lose weight.
So far this week has gone well:
Monday 11/28/11
3.0 mile run
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Surface: treadmill - it was pouring rain outside and cold.
Terrain: flat
Shoes: Brooks f'uglies
Overall pace: I don't want to talk about it. 5.5 - 6.0 and it felt like I was sprinting :(
Pre-run
- Walked for a bit
Run
- No lower leg pain until I stopped to stretch. How about that...makes NO sense.
- Legs seemed to feel better when I was going a quicker pace.
- All I could focus on was how much I hate treadmills and the pain I was feeling.
- Heart rate was around 184 and I was hurting. Felt so weak.
Post-run
- Walked for cool-down
- Stretching on floor
Tuesday 11/29/11
45 minute Spinning Class
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Instructor: Linda
Breakfast: an orange and Hawaiian roll
Previous Night:
- don't remember...
Pre-Spin:
- Stretched on a mat for about 10 minutes.
- Spinned on a bike for about 10 minutes before class started.
Spin:
- No lower leg pain.
- The class was really hard. I was struggling quite a bit.
Post-Spin:
- Typical class cooldown stretching.
This much I know about my routine so far: Spinning = great. It can be difficult to get to the class because of work, but I've found that I just need to get up early that day so I have a couple of hours in the office before the class and it's fine and stress-free; it's kind of like an early lunch. Some days it just won't work, but I've already been telling people I'm unavailable for meetings during that time when they've come up. It's my time and if I don't tell people it's mine, they'll steals it from me! My precious!
Anyway. There's another spinning class on Thursday to which I still haven't managed to go. I'm planning to tomorrow, as long as I eat all my green beans and finish my work tonight.
Running. Ah running. I'm not too worried about it right now. I'm still very focused on figuring out my leg pain. But I'm also focusing on getting stronger and losing weight. I think those three things together will give me good results by the end of December.
I made a training schedule. I guess I'll put it up at the top of the main page? It's from now until the Heart Mini Marathon. I'm sure it will get adjusted. There's a lot of running on there, but I'm OK with subbing those days with other workouts. I just need to do something and lose weight.
So far this week has gone well:
Monday 11/28/11
3.0 mile run
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Surface: treadmill - it was pouring rain outside and cold.
Terrain: flat
Shoes: Brooks f'uglies
Overall pace: I don't want to talk about it. 5.5 - 6.0 and it felt like I was sprinting :(
Pre-run
- Walked for a bit
Run
- No lower leg pain until I stopped to stretch. How about that...makes NO sense.
- Legs seemed to feel better when I was going a quicker pace.
- All I could focus on was how much I hate treadmills and the pain I was feeling.
- Heart rate was around 184 and I was hurting. Felt so weak.
Post-run
- Walked for cool-down
- Stretching on floor
Tuesday 11/29/11
45 minute Spinning Class
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Instructor: Linda
Breakfast: an orange and Hawaiian roll
Previous Night:
- don't remember...
Pre-Spin:
- Stretched on a mat for about 10 minutes.
- Spinned on a bike for about 10 minutes before class started.
Spin:
- No lower leg pain.
- The class was really hard. I was struggling quite a bit.
Post-Spin:
- Typical class cooldown stretching.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Post-Thanksgiving Run
3.0 mile run
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Surface: sidewalk and road
Terrain: flat
Shoes: Brooks f'uglies
Overall pace: 10:43/mi
Breakfast: none
Pre-run
- Didn't do anything special - some light stretching while putting on my shoes
Run
- Lower leg pain first 1.5 miles.
- Leg pain escalated from 4 to 6 out of 10
- Stopped to walk and stretch at 1.5
- Last 1.5 lower leg pain was only 2
Post-run
- Walked for cool-down
- Stretching on floor
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Surface: sidewalk and road
Terrain: flat
Shoes: Brooks f'uglies
Overall pace: 10:43/mi
Breakfast: none
Pre-run
- Didn't do anything special - some light stretching while putting on my shoes
Run
- Lower leg pain first 1.5 miles.
- Leg pain escalated from 4 to 6 out of 10
- Stopped to walk and stretch at 1.5
- Last 1.5 lower leg pain was only 2
Post-run
- Walked for cool-down
- Stretching on floor
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Pre-Thanksgiving Spin
I got my butt to work early to get a bunch of LC stuff done so I could go to spinning. The class was a good one, full of hills and jumps (and unfortunately not the greatest playlist). The sprints at the end were really rough. Probably one of the most tired sessions I've had in class. Linda is good about pushing, which I like. However, today she kept spouting off things about burning calories for all the food we were about to eat for Thanksgiving. She did this multiple times throughout the class, randomly saying "mashed potatoes....dressing.....pumpkin pie." It was kind of weird and kind of not cool. I know what she meant, but it just hit me funny. Anyway, class details.
45 minute Spinning Class
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Instructor: Linda
Breakfast: nothing...not a good idea
Previous Night:
- Ate way too much. Felt like crap.
Pre-Spin:
- Stretched on a mat for about 10 minutes. Still tight from IKEA :)
- Spinned on a bike for about 10 - 15 minutes before class started.
Spin:
- No lower leg pain.
- Pushed cardio pretty good a few times. Muscles were fatigued.
Post-Spin:
- Typical class cooldown stretching.
45 minute Spinning Class
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Instructor: Linda
Breakfast: nothing...not a good idea
Previous Night:
- Ate way too much. Felt like crap.
Pre-Spin:
- Stretched on a mat for about 10 minutes. Still tight from IKEA :)
- Spinned on a bike for about 10 - 15 minutes before class started.
Spin:
- No lower leg pain.
- Pushed cardio pretty good a few times. Muscles were fatigued.
Post-Spin:
- Typical class cooldown stretching.
Bike machines aren't for me
Well, I did a whole lot of not much over the weekend. I cleaned like a crazy person, and put together three pieces of furniture from IKEA. I mention that because, well, I'm sore. I guess it was the crawling around on my knees and hammering for a couple of hours. More proof I need to do something about my muscles!
Monday I tried to go to the strength/cardio class called Triple Fit that Amy, friendly gym buddy, told me about. I got there a little late, due to work. And when I got to the room, they had already started. :( Since I have never been to the class, I didn't want to walk in on it. You need equipment and I wouldn't have known what to get. I did run into Amy after the class. They way she and her friends were talking about it, I am most certain that it is going to be an ass-whooping hard class.
Since I had worn a "fitness bra" let's call it (one that isn't supportive enough for me to run in) I couldn't hit a dreadmill. So I walked around looking for a bike that didn't look like a granny bike. I finally found one, occupied. So I walked on a treadmill for 15 minutes until the person was off. It was a weird bike. I chose a hill interval program, set it for 30 minutes, level 10 out of 20, and got to sweating. I think it was a good workout, but lame. Wouldn't choose to do it again, but it was better than just walking the entire time. So, here are the brief details, in keeping with my leg pain investigation.
30 minute bike interval: hills
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast: don't remember
Pre-bike:
- Walked for 15 minutes at a 2.5 incline.
- Lower legs started to hurt a little. 2 out of 10.
- Noted my heart rate was usually 128.
Bike:
- Series of hard hill pushes with brief rests - 3 main climbs.
Post-bike:
- Nothing. Hit the showers.
Monday I tried to go to the strength/cardio class called Triple Fit that Amy, friendly gym buddy, told me about. I got there a little late, due to work. And when I got to the room, they had already started. :( Since I have never been to the class, I didn't want to walk in on it. You need equipment and I wouldn't have known what to get. I did run into Amy after the class. They way she and her friends were talking about it, I am most certain that it is going to be an ass-whooping hard class.
Since I had worn a "fitness bra" let's call it (one that isn't supportive enough for me to run in) I couldn't hit a dreadmill. So I walked around looking for a bike that didn't look like a granny bike. I finally found one, occupied. So I walked on a treadmill for 15 minutes until the person was off. It was a weird bike. I chose a hill interval program, set it for 30 minutes, level 10 out of 20, and got to sweating. I think it was a good workout, but lame. Wouldn't choose to do it again, but it was better than just walking the entire time. So, here are the brief details, in keeping with my leg pain investigation.
30 minute bike interval: hills
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast: don't remember
Pre-bike:
- Walked for 15 minutes at a 2.5 incline.
- Lower legs started to hurt a little. 2 out of 10.
- Noted my heart rate was usually 128.
Bike:
- Series of hard hill pushes with brief rests - 3 main climbs.
Post-bike:
- Nothing. Hit the showers.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wonky Hip
I have a wonky hip. And, sometimes, it gets more wonky than its typical at rest wonkiness. This week is one of those times.
At night I am waking up about every hour from the pain...need to remember to take Advil tonight! I'm sure that might help some. It happened after spinning...more specifically after I did the exercise video experiment. I think I might have stretched something out of its normal path?
Surely, if I had been wearing leg warmers during the exercise video, I could have prevented this. ;)
Anyway, I did a few ab exercises yesterday...another Self video! I'm kind of sore today and I didn't even do the entire thing. Woohoo! I'm planning to run tomorrow, and hopefully it will be a-ok.
At night I am waking up about every hour from the pain...need to remember to take Advil tonight! I'm sure that might help some. It happened after spinning...more specifically after I did the exercise video experiment. I think I might have stretched something out of its normal path?
Surely, if I had been wearing leg warmers during the exercise video, I could have prevented this. ;)
Anyway, I did a few ab exercises yesterday...another Self video! I'm kind of sore today and I didn't even do the entire thing. Woohoo! I'm planning to run tomorrow, and hopefully it will be a-ok.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Strength kickoff
When I got home from work yesterday, I decided to do a workout video I found on Hulu Plus a while back. I know. A workout video. It sounds so cheesy to me. I should be wearing a bright turquoise leotard with super high-cut leg openings, hose underneath and leg warmers. And white Reeboks.
There is an entire season 1 of Self videos meant to tone and slim, yadda yadda. I didn't have much hope for it, but just wanted to move around a little more. I was pleasantly surprised. The video was simple. The music was very faint and simple in the background, just enough to provide rhythm for counts. And there were three women outside on a wood platform in front of the ocean. No cheesy carpeted studio room.
I think the title of this episode was Bikini Slim and Trim or something like that. It started with normal warmups and then weights were used for the rest of it until plyometrics. It totally kicked my butt! There were plenty of arm exercises and legs and standing ab exercises as well.
My legs were a bit shot from spinning. And today, my hip is kind of wonky. I'm going to walk at lunch rather than run.
I can see doing these videos in the morning or after work. So easy to fit in, and if they are all like this first one, definitely worth the time. Weakling that I am, it is pretty clear that I can really benefit from these isolated kinds of exercises. I am glad I did this before going to the strength class at the gym next Monday...yikes. It's going to be rough! :)
There is an entire season 1 of Self videos meant to tone and slim, yadda yadda. I didn't have much hope for it, but just wanted to move around a little more. I was pleasantly surprised. The video was simple. The music was very faint and simple in the background, just enough to provide rhythm for counts. And there were three women outside on a wood platform in front of the ocean. No cheesy carpeted studio room.
I think the title of this episode was Bikini Slim and Trim or something like that. It started with normal warmups and then weights were used for the rest of it until plyometrics. It totally kicked my butt! There were plenty of arm exercises and legs and standing ab exercises as well.
My legs were a bit shot from spinning. And today, my hip is kind of wonky. I'm going to walk at lunch rather than run.
I can see doing these videos in the morning or after work. So easy to fit in, and if they are all like this first one, definitely worth the time. Weakling that I am, it is pretty clear that I can really benefit from these isolated kinds of exercises. I am glad I did this before going to the strength class at the gym next Monday...yikes. It's going to be rough! :)
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