Amy and I completed this workout on Thursday and the Polar said I burned 429 calories. We moved quickly through the tracks and didn’t really break in between songs.
On Thursday I started feeling kinda sick. Colby has been sick with bronchitis and I am just so stuffed up. I took Friday off and planned to run 5 miles at the park with Amy this morning.
My Garmin was all crazy at the beginning of our run and saying we were running a 11 min mile. Amy’s watch said 9:20… all I knew is that I felt kinda like I was dying. I couldn’t breath well and the pace that I was running last week seemed so hard today. I did wear my heart rate monitor and was shocked to look down and see I was in the 180′s right away! I knew I was sick and the sudafed probably didn’t help my heart rate out at all either. When we got to 3 miles, I told her to go ahead without me and run until 4 and then turn around. I slowed my pace down a lot and walked a few times and started to feel better. She got about 1/4 of a mile ahead of me and I was happy to finish the last mile with her. When I got home, I was shocked to see that my HR had gotten up to 187! YIKES! Tough workout and the compression is ON! I’m going to take it easy and take another rest day tomorrow!
It has been COLD in PA! I was supposed to run a 5 mile race with Amy yesterday, but I backed out. The race started at 9:00 and it was going to be 6 degrees and windy. I just couldn’t get myself to do it, so I ran outside a little later. It was so cold and so windy, I could only bring myself to do 2 miles outside. I was VERY happy to see I ran two even splits of 9:08, so I feel like I’m getting a little faster from my big running break (summer/fall). My legs were burning from the cold (I only wore running tights) so I came inside and walked a mile on my treadmill. Then, I had plans to do a little BodyPump/CXWORX – inspired workout on my own at home!
As you might know, I’m practically obsessed with BodyPump and CXWORX (both Les Mills classes). BodyPump is an hour weight class that works all of your body. CX is more of a core-intensive workout but also works your legs and arms/shoulders a bit and is only 30 minutes. I try to memorize the choreography when I am in the classes so I can do them at home. Our gym has been doing the BodyPump 82 release for a really long time. I think they just released 83 this past week, so I’m excited to try it out on Tuesday. I’m also very familiar with CXWORX release 6 and 7, so I included a few favorites.
If you are familiar with these classes or releases at all, here is a little more description of what I did…
1. Warm – Up Abs (Feel So Close – BodyPump 82) … this is not a “warm-up” track, but is at the end of BP 82. I like it a lot and also have the CX oblique version memorized for this song, so I like to use it.
2. Intense Abs (Cinnema – CXWORX 6) … this was the first CX class I ever took and couldn’t believe how hard this track was! I bought the song on iTunes and I have been doing it for a long time. It is still a challenge and I like to increase the weight I hold to make it even harder!
3. Squats (Sweet Nothing – BP inspired) … I made up this one and it was pretty challenging! I guess I can write down what I did, since I made it up on my own! I won’t write down the choreography from the real Les Mills stuff for copyright reasons. PS Love this song.
(Hopefully if you do BP, this makes sense!)
Down 2 / Up 2
Down 3,2,1/Up 1 (4x)
Down quick 1/ Up 2,3,4 (4x)
Down 1 pulse half way up 2, 3 /Up 4 (4x)
Singles (8x)
(repeat)
(quick stretch break)
Down quick 1/Up 2,3,4 (2x)
Singles until the end! (16)
4. Tricep (Ellie Goulding -Lights – BP inspired)
Tricep Bench Dips:
…Slow down 4/Up 4 (2)
…Down 3,2,1 Up 1 (4)
…Singles (14 then quick switch)
Tricep Double Arm Extensions:
…Slow down 4/Up 4 (2)
…Down 3,2,1 Up 1 (4)
…Singles (14 then quick switch)
Tricep Push Ups (8)
Single Arm Kick Backs:
…Fast 1 up / Slow down 2,3,4 (4x)
…Singles (8)
…Switch and repeat on other arm
5. Lunges (Ecuador – BodyPump 82) … CRAZY track with squats/lunges with weight and then you put down your weights and start the squat jumps and lunges … it makes me so tired!)
So… I thought I wouldn’t get sick so soon but I’m pretty sure I got slammed with the flu this week. I started feeling pretty horrible Wednesday morning and I ended up with the fever, chills, aches, cough, etc. etc. I think the worst of it was Friday and that was when I asked Colby for my favorite “sick meal”.
I NEVER eat fast food… ever! But when I am sick, I really want that Sprite from a McD’s cup and french fries. I haven’t been very hungry for the past few days, but my comfort food really hit the spot last night!
I was really excited when I ordered this because Cassey’s workouts are always great on her YouTube site. I wasn’t feeling up to trying the entire 60 minute DVD, so I just picked the “abs” section to do and I lasted about 20 minutes before I needed to stop. My abs were shaking, but I was also feeling pretty sick Thursday when I tried this so I had to stop! I’ll wait a few more days before I try it out again when I feel better.
Don’t worry, I’m catching up on tons of trashy tv this weekend and laying around in my sweatpants
Since I have a mini holiday vacation from school, I’ve been trying to balance out all the junk I’ve been eating by workout out more! I ran 4 miles out on Saturday morning in very windy weather. Yesterday, I did this workout above with my treadmill and 5 lb weights. I was really really sweating and felt good about getting in both cardio and weights. I’d really like to do this again soon and mix in some more BodyPump-like movements and maybe create a playlist!
Thursday- CXWORX 30 min core class and 40 minutes on elliptical
Friday- BodyPump (1 hour class) and 4 miles on TM
This is my first full week off from school and I’ve been enjoying going to morning classes at the gym! I love working out in the morning, but I would never get up at 5 am during the school year to workout/run before work! I tried a CXWORX 30 minute core class last Thursday and really enjoyed it. It is created by Les Mills, the same company that creates BodyPump. I’ve been getting on the elliptical a few times before class just for something new. I was a little burned out from running and sticking to a training plan for so many months and it is nice to switch it up. I’m really enjoying running the mileage I want. I ran 3 miles last Saturday and Sunday and I’m hoping to run 5 tomorrow morning.
Along with working out a lot, I’ve been trying to eat lots of fruits and vegetables.
Lots of salads and they are tasting so good! I’m really on a sunflower seed and chickpea kick right now.
I’ve also been making smoothies almost every morning! This is what I usually put in mine:
1/2 cup Pure Almond Silk Milk
1 cup spinach
1/2 frozen banana
1/2 strawberries, blueberries or raspberries
1 Tbsp Chia Seeds
1/2 scoop vanilla protein
Sometimes 1 Tbsp PB (PB & Co is my favorite!!)
Colby and I have 3 weddings to attend this month! We went to one last weekend…
We are going to another wedding tomorrow and I am playing violin for the outdoor ceremony. We also have one next weekend that is near Colby’s college he went to and it is one of his best friends.
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Speaking of weddings… I’ve been trying to find wedding accessories for my wedding and I am having a hard time. Please help me out and go on my Pinterest Wedding and Wedding Hair site to see what I am thinking for shoes and headbands. I went to a huge mall (KOP!) with my Mom and Colby yesterday looking for shoes and had no luck. All the Badgley Mischka shoes I found online aren’t at the major department stores, but I found similar Badgley Mischka ones. They didn’t fit my feet at all! It was like they were made for someone with a flat foot and my arch didn’t even touch the shoe. I did find shoes to dream over…
Ahhh you know about my Twilight obsession… these are the Manolo Blahniks Bella wore for her wedding in Breaking Dawn. They come in a few colors and they had the pink ones out at Neiman Marcus. I want I want I want, but they are $1300! I put them on and of course they fit and looked beautiful. *sigh*
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Thursday: CXWORX 30 minute core class and 25 minutes on elliptical
(From the CXWORX website)
Today is the first day of summer vacation for our school! I get to take it easy today and have a marching band rehearsal tonight. I was able to go to bed early and wake up around 8:30 today. I met my friends Amy and Steph for a new CXWORX class at Gold’s gym this morning. CXWORX is created by the same company that does BodyPump and has a similar layout but emphasizes on core movements and only uses resistance bands and one weight for ab crunches. It was definitely tough for me because I haven’t done much lately and there were lots of planks. I could still do all of it but I was sweating! I’m always excited to know what songs Les Mills will use for their playlists for the different releases of classes. Our gym was following CXWORX 6 (I think) and had a few good songs. One I am absolutely loving lately is David Guetta/Sia – Titanium. I love her voice!
Also, Pitbull’s Pause is always a good one…
After the class, I went for something I haven’t done in probably over a year… the elliptical!!
One of my friends hired a personal trainer and has lost 10 lbs in about a month and a half! She looks fantastic and was telling me all about her meal plan and exercise plan the other day. She meets with her trainer twice a week for weights and then does the elliptical the rest of the week. She was telling me about the intervals she does, how tough it is and how much she sweats! I thought I would give it a try today and I was dead tired. I would go a comfortable/medium effort for 2 minutes, then go as hard as I could for 30 seconds. I made it 20 minutes and I was SO TIRED. I did 5 more minutes to cool down and was a sweaty mess. I’m sure I’ll be sore tomorrow between the class and the different muscles I used on the elliptical.
I was extremely excited to not set my alarm this morning and I was able to sleep in until 10:00! I didn’t realize that Colby was up earlier shoveling our entire driveway and front sidewalk. We got about 4-5 inches of snow overnight and I already planned to run my 6 miler tomorrow with Amy. We knew there would probably be too much snow for us to comfortably run Saturday. I spent lots of time working on my grad work today, because this was the first week of my class. This is my final class for my Master’s program!
I did a mix of three internet exercises inside the house today…
I tried and enjoyed the new 20 minute HardCORE yoga class from YogaDownload.com
I tried most of the Tone It Up Ab circuit. You were supposed to start with a walk and end with a mile run, which I didn’t do inside the house. You are also supposed to do this ab circuit 6 times! I did it once and I was already sweating after the 20 minute yoga. The Tone It Up girls are in crazy good shape so I should probably try their workouts more often!
I finished with the new BodyPump 80 ab track. Our gym does the side planks a little differently by making you raise your top leg at the very end. Love tough BodyPump ab tracks!
* “the sprinter” from Women’s Health Ab Guide 2009 – 20 reps
It has been raining on and off all evening
Colby and I went to Broadway At The Beach again tonight, hoping to walk around and see all the different shops. Between rain storms we got into a few then called it quits. This area is really nice and family-friendly with shops, restaurants, games, movie theaters, etc…
I went into the store that had TOMS shoes again and they were just re-stocked in all the glitters a day ago, so I tried on the black ones again…
Colby thinks they are kinda ugly and look like boat shoes… but shouldn’t he love them if they look like boat shoes? He’s kinda obsessed with boats and the only reason he will listen to my Skinny Runner obsession is when I read her posts to him when she is on her fishing boat…
I think they are cute and really comfortable. They will be nice when I don’t want to wear sneakers with jeans (yuck…I always look stupid) and need to be comfortable walking around. I think I will also be able to wear them to school in the Fall when I am teaching. Usually I am wearing heels/wedges and hating myself for not wearing flats.
I also picked up a little something for Mommy tonight. Any guesses??
Colby also picked up a lil kettle popcorn tonight for himself tonight. I spend $$$ on ugly sparkly boat shoes and he buys $4 popcorn. What a sweetie
Make sure you check out Janae @ The Hungry Runner Girl ‘s workout clothes giveaway! She has the funniest pictures ever! I never win blog giveaways, but I always try!
