Today was a strange day. I had zero plans and zero looming tests or papers, but I felt this need to be productive.
After sleeping for eleven glorious hours, I drove to the rec center for a workout. I parked my car, hid my keys, and ran for 20 minutes outside. Then I headed inside for a killer leg session, based off a workout from The Lean Green Bean (linked in this post):
5 rounds of:
- 10 weighted squats with overhead press
- 10 single leg deadlifts per leg + 10 front raises + 10 lateral raises
- 10 reverse lunges with front kick per leg + 10 bicep curls
- 10 burpees
- 10 side lunges per leg + 10 tricep kickbacks
- 10 walking lunges per leg
- 10 push ups
I used two 10lb dumbells for every move except the burpees (no weights) and the front & lateral raises (two 5lb dumbells).
This workout was challenging, and my legs hated me so much that I started looking forward to the push ups. I think a pack of runners would nod in agreement when I say that I neglect strengthening my hamstrings, so the single leg deadlifts were quite humbling.
Single leg deadlift:
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Another hamstring killer is the hamstring curl on an exercise ball, which I didn’t do today:
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After the workout, I continued with my productive-but-not-really day by taking a bag of clothing to Goodwill and spending an inordinate amount of time wandering around Target. I also called my sister Laura (twice) to catch up and watched the Harry Potter movie marathon while pinning crafts that I will probably never make.
Fitness:
We have a few days to recap.
Wednesday: Circuit workout in my garage. Very close to the St. Patrick’s Day Circuit except I pooped out and did one less circuit; my legs were exhausted, and I was about to tackle the dog across the street that would not stop barking at me.
Thursday: 7 mile run at 5:30am. Easy effort (well, hard effort for 5am, but easy pace).
Friday:
morning: 6.5 mile run at 5:30am. I did a tempo ladder–After a 10 minute warm up, I picked up the pace for 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, 5 min (and then back down) with one minute of easy running between.
evening: 45 minutes of strength training/toning. This was pretty unstructured and relaxed; I barely broke a sweat. I left school at 5pm and had no studying or reading to do, Ryan was out of town, and I felt like doing something productive. I love the gigantic rec center, so I had fun playing around with pinterest workouts I had been wanting to try.
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