Workout #177 ~ Balance and Body Sculpt

So... My arms feel like shaking deadweights right now thanks to this ridiculous workout: Balance and Body Sculpt.  It's one of the ExerciseTV workouts for sale on iTunes and it is worth way more than I paid for it.  I was sweating and my heart rate was up from a few minutes in.  My 22 minutes were well-spent here.

XOXO,

Woohoo! C25K Grad!!!! Workout #176

I cannot believe this post is happening tonight.  I have completed the couch-to-5K program--or well, really the Ease-into-5K program which was obviously based on the C25K program.

The next workout was supposed to be a 27-minute run.  I decided I was ready to do all 30 minutes and I did it!!!!


It's so funny to see my journey into running.  In high school, we ran at least 3 miles everyday in cross country.  I never thought I'd have to fight my way to back into running.  I never imagined that at 27 my knees and ankles would not allow me to run when I was finally eager to do it again.  Thank God for my Aunt Karen who recommended Glucosamine Chondroitin.  I know I sound like a commercial, but it seriously made it possible for me to get back into running.

I think I'm in shock.  I did not think this day would come so soon.  Now I know I'll be ready for my first 5K on October 13th!  Now the question is, who's coming with me?!?!

XOXO,

Workout #175 ~ Sexy Stretch

I am very sore from my workouts this weekend, but for whatever reason, I had a lot of energy tonight.  I did not want to do anything that would completely wake me up so I went with Crunch: Sexy Stretch.  Back when ExerciseTV was on-demand, I did this workout and remembered that it felt really good (as in relaxing and stretchy) until the end when it stopped being easy.  What I had forgotten was that it involved a lot of plank-ish moves at the end.  Needless to say, my arms and abs are a little wobbly right now.

I'm just glad I actually worked out during the work week :).

XOXO,

Workout #174 ~ Stiletto Strength

My cousin is getting married this weekend which means lots of heel wearing!  In preparation, I just did Stiletto Strength.  It is a very good leg workout though I still get a little nervous in the heels at the end.

XOXO,

Workout #173 ~ Yoga

Just did 10 Pound Slimdown: Yoga and am feeling very zen now, LOL.  Actually, I'm feeling quite sweaty because this is not a soothing, relaxing workout.  It keeps you moving the entire time with "a constant stream of poses."  It's still by far my favorite yoga workout :).

XOXO,

Workout #172 of 2012 ~ C25K

Guess who only has 3 more C25K workouts left... This girl!  Today was a 26-minute run so I did my normal "You have to listen to __ number of songs before checking the time."  Today I chose 10, but after 5, was dragging so I checked and I had already been running over 18 minutes.  I guess the 5 songs were longer than I thought.  The last 7.5 minutes weren't easy, but I pushed through and even bumped the pace up to 6.5mph for the last 30 seconds.

On a side note, In the last 12 months, I have done 208 workouts.  THAT IS AMAZING!!!!  I think it's safe to say that I am going to meet my goal of 200 workouts in a calendar year this year :).

XOXO,

Workout #171 of 2012

I have high bloodsugar but I need to get two workouts in today so I pushed through.  It was very difficult--high bloodsugar makes me extremely thirsty so I drank 24 ounces during a 24-minute workout.  By the end I had side stitches.

Regardless, I completed Ripped in 30 Week 1 and hopefully will get in some yoga or pilates later.  I have to take advantage of my free time on the weekend since I only managed to fit in one workout this week.

XOXO,