July 11 - 17

Here we go again with this week's activities. The highlight was going for a pedicure on Saturday with Denise and Judy. I went straight after a Denise mega-workout in my sweaty duds. Judy had had the foresight to workout earlier, thereby being able to take a shower before going to the nail place. Denise, as always, was stunning in her gym clothes.

It was great fun! Judy and I went for flowers, while Denise got polka dots on her hot pink polish. We all felt summery and relaxed afterward.

• Sun - 1.35 miles, 15 min. Push-ups, planks, abs.
• Mon - Day off
• Tues - 3.0 miles, 32 min. (3.2, 34 min total). Push-ups, planks, abs.
• Wed - 1.03, 12 min. Strength training on my own. Abs, arms while on Bosu.
• Thurs - Yoga class.
• Fri - Day off
• Sat - 1.09 miles, 12 min. Trained w/ Denise. Basketball leaps, lots of balance work, abs.
  

This week's total mileage, I'm sad to say, is not as much as last week. I'll have to step it up this next week. Already I'm off to a good start by running 3.0 miles today. That'll go on the next blog post.

Total miles: 6.67. That's pathetic. On the other hand, it's better than nothing. And way better than what I could've done last year at this time.

Add It Up

The end of the week is here, and let's just see how far I ran, and what I did this week. Thursday - Longish treadmill. Pushups, planks, and two ab exercises. Friday - Easy day. 15 min on elliptical trainer. Pushups, planks, the two ab exercises. Saturday - A Denise Day. 10 min. warm-up on the treadmill. Then strength training (one-legged squats, bow and arrow ab thing, quad buster, upside down pushups, etc.

• Sun - Off
• Mon - 2.6 in 30
• Tues - 2.6 in 30
• Wed - 1.4 in 15
• Thurs - 2.88 in 33
• Fri - 0.8 in 15 on elliptical
• Sat - 0.8 in 10

Cardio for the week was: 11.08 miles. Denise Days were Wednesday and Saturday. Light Days were Sunday (day off) and Friday (15 min. on elliptical plus basics). I'm going to try to make sure I do at least 20 push-ups each day, along with the two ab exercises I do.

Workin' It

I worked out today with Denise. First I ran just to get warmed up. 1.4 miles in 15 minutes, mostly at 5.5 mph. Then we did mostly core work: walking lunges w/ the kettle ball, lots of squats, balancing on the bosu doing biceps curls, and lots of ab work.

She had me do pushups and planks on the bosu, ski squats, bounce the medicine ball from side to side, some squat/tricep combo w/ a weight and finishing up with everyone's favorite - the Wall Sit! There are some other things we did, but you get the picture. It was a great workout.

Thanks, Denise!

Quick and Dirty (or Quick and Sweaty)

OK, so now I'm going to use the blog for tracking my workouts. I'd better have something up here everyday, or I'm going to have to chew myself out.

Saturday, July 3 - Workout w/ Denise. She kicked my butt around the gym for 30 min, plus 15 on the treadmill. She had me do some intervals, or maybe sprints, She got me up to 9 MPH for 30 sec. Whew! Then out for coffee w/ the gang: Judy, Kirk, David, Denise.

Sunday the 4th - Day off

Monday 7/5 - Treadmill for 30 min. Went 2.6 mi. Then did 20 pushups/planks, 20 "dead bug" ab things, 20 leg up/down ab things, side steps w/ band, curtsy lunges w/ medicine ball, arm weights on Bosu (flies, biceps, triceps, shoulders), ski squats.

Tuesday 7/6 - Treadmill 30 min. for 2.6 mi. Then pushups/planks, dead bug abs, leg abs.