WEEK 37 BITCH

i'm sorry, i'm getting into "workout time" mode and i'm all pumped up and such :)

so Week 37 (3/25-3/31)...

Sunday: long run! 50:27 @ 9:10 min/mile pace, 5.5 miles + 8 MIN ABS

Monday: 31:45 @ 8:28 min/mile pace, 3.8 miles

Tuesday: 35 min elliptical + lower body ("hot legs" workout link on Tuesday's post!)

Wednesday: 34:15 @ 8:26 min/mile pace, 4.06 miles (started slow and picked up the pace 1/2 way thru...BUTT'S SORE!!) + upper body + 8 MIN ABS

Thursday: 31:01 @ 8:33 min/mile pace, 3.63 miles (butt still sore lol) + 2 lower body workout vids (Thursday's post!)

Friday: rest :)

Saturday: tempo run! warm up & cool down--14:15 @ 7:07 min/mile pace, 2 miles (that was hard...training to get faster for this 5k at the end of April might be harder than i thought!) + 8 MIN ABS

Total Weekly Miles: 18.99 miles (lol.. .99--so random!)

Lots O Lower Body

Hot Legs?

2 sets of 20--all exercise except for curtsy lunge...i was rushing to get to class on time! :(

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/thighs/exercises/hot-legs-exercises/?page=1

Week 36

Sunday: 32:35 @ 8:07 min/mile pace, 4 miles (awesome run at my high school! first 2 miles were at 8:26 pace and then i picked it up the second 2 miles to 7:47 pace!...even though the second half of the loop is a lot of downhill--THATS OKAY! lol) + 10 min AB workout video (see Sunday's post!)

Monday: 29:26 @ 8:24 min/mile pace, 3.5 miles + 3 sets of inner thigh pilates (see Monday's post!)

Tuesday: 32:57 @ 8:13 min/mile pace, 4.01 miles + 10 min back workout + more upper body + ABS (Tuesday's post!)

Wednesday: 45 minute spin class! + 2 circuits of lower body (see Wednesday's post!)

Thursday: rest

Friday: 28:44 @ 8:11 min/mile pace, 3.51 miles + 8 minute abs

Saturday: 2 mile tempo run! 14:31 @ 7:15 min/mi place (mile 1 @ 7:08 pace, mile 2 @ 7:22 pace...trying to get faster for a 5k @ the end of April!!) + butt workout (see post!)

Total Weekly Miles: 17.01 miles! (whoopsie...little drastic increase. but thats okay!)

Butt Blaster!

just a 25 minute butt workout to spice up my Saturday :)

Spin Class Kicked My Ass

but it was a good thing! and then i decided to kick my own ass with a nice lower body workout, another of my own making--no videos today!

3 sets! and 1 min rest between sets:

burpees x 10

jumping lunges x 10

skating side lunges x 10

wall sits x 1 min

on your marks x 20 each leg

prisoner leg circles (x20 front & back, L & R)

grasshopper lifts x20

clamshells! (20 down, 20 feet elevated)

and man was i shaking on those wall sits. like--oh. my. God. lol

my back is definitely sore today and we even did some MORE upper body stuff in spin class today. and im hoping my legs will be a little sore the next few days... :)

Oh hey there, upper body...

i kinda realized that i've been focusing so much on my butt and legs and abs....and not so much the rest of my body. whoops. probably because my arms and back are usually pretty well defined without me doing much and i dont want to look like a scary body-builder with humungo (yes, thats a word..) arms. SO today i did the following...

PLUS...

2 sets of 15: tricep dips, standing chest flys (w/ 5 lbs), tricep extensions (5 lbs), and bent-over rows (5 lbs)

and then...the finale...EIGHT. MINUTE. ABS.

oh, how i missed you so much! brings me back to my high school track days...good times.

but yeah i decided to take a break from videos and bust my own butt. here's the breakdown--

0-1:00 regular crunches

1:00-2:00 right side crunches

2:00-3:00 left side crunches

3:00-4:00 laying down abs

4:00-5:00 alternating V-touches

5:00-6:00 "climb the rope"

6:00-7:00 extended leg hip raises

7:00-8:00 double leg raises

and man, did it feel good! hah--you know what i mean.

Monday Funday

3 sets. Ready, set, GO!

Sunday AB Attack

Week 35

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's what down in Week 35:

Sunday: 21:02 @ 8:25 min/mile pace, 2.5 miles (easing back into the mileage after a week off) + Saddlebag Shaver POPilates video (posted Sunday!)

Monday: 26:42 @ 8:55 min/mile, 3 miles

Tuesday: nothing--study day, 2 tests tomorrow!

Wednesday: 26:29 @ 8:25 min/mile pace, 3.15 miles + 2 different 10 minute AB workout vids (see Wednesday's post!)

Thursday: 45 min SPIN CLASS--great total body workout, felt so good

Friday: 27:03 @ 8.19 min/mile pace, 3.25 miles + lower body (see Friday's post!)

Saturday: rest--butt sore today!

Total Weekly Miles: 11.9 miles

its FRIDAY

3 x 20 squats (w/ 5 lb weights in each hand)

3 x 20 plie squats w/ heel raise (10 lbs)

3 x 10 forward lunge (5 lb weights in each hand)

3 x 10 side lunges w/ knee raise (10 lbs)

did this video again. might have taken a few more rests than i should have but omg those bridges were KILLING my butt. like---oww! lol good workout day though :)

So I Had 2 Tests Today...

and it SUUUUCKED! but im so glad its over because next week i have like, NO work due or tests or anything so i can just workout and relax and have the spring break i didn't have last week (b/c not only did i volunteer over break but i STUDIED...yuck). so i did some abs today after my run. yay :)

BACK TO WORK!!

spring break's over and after not working out for a WEEK (unless you count gardening as working out...), i am SO ready, and motivated, and just plain EXCITED to exercise. i was going through withdrawls, i am not even kidding you. might have been an adverse reaction to the Sonic i ate but lets just not talk about that. anyways, this video was a KILLER.

Week 33

so i'm posting this tonight because i leave for ARKANSAS in the morning! yayyy alternative spring break!

Week 33 2/26-3/3

Sunday: nothing...i was a bad girl this weekend. hung out with the fam + library all day sunday...oh and did i mention the family was here so we went out to eat for like every meal? haha so good but sooo baaaad ;)

Monday: 21:006 @ 8:26 min/mile pace, 2.5 miles, legs felt REALLY tired (which is why i only did 2.5 miles, listened to my body yellin at me) + glutes and thighs vid i posted Monday!

Tuesday: 30:21 @ 8:31 min/mile pace, 3.56 miles, legs felt better + 2 AB videos posted Tues

Wednesday: 36:14 for 3.96 miles @ 9:08 min/mile pace (estimated distance & calculated pace b/c watch stopped working a mile into my run :p) + upper body (2 x 15 tricep couch dips, 10 feel elevated couch push-ups, 15 tricep kick-backs, & 10 T-raises w/ 5 lb weights)

Thursday: gym day! 5 min warm-up, stretch, 40 minutes elliptical

Friday: TEMPO RUN! ~10 min warm-up @ 8:30 pace, 3 mile tempo run 22:41 @ 7:34 min/mile pace, 5 min cool-down + LEG workout! (see post from earlier today!)

Total Weekly Miles: 14.02 miles

Friday's LEG werrrrrkout

PLUS 3 sets of...

20 squats

20 plie squats w/ heel raise

10 reverse lunges

10 side lunges w/ knee lift

-all with two 5 lb weights

my legs and butt BETTER be sore tomorrow!