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.