Tuesday - p90x plyometrix
Its been a couple of weeks since I've done this workout and I hate it just as much as I did before I started running to replace it! Ugh, its such a good, killer workout. The only thing that gets me through it is that it IS an awesome workout, but it hurts so bad!
Average heart rate: 141 (for the record, i do not start my heart rate until after the warm up, and stop it just before the cool down)
Wednesday - p90x Shoulders/Arms
I hate this workout, too. I just really don't like to to biceps... partly because I have a hard time fatiguing myself without going ape-crap with changing the weights after each exercise. Its fine, though. Just not a huge fan of it.
Average heart rate: 93
Thursday - run 3 miles on treadmill
Was going to run outside, but chickened out because it was cold. I need to get over that... There was a pretty nice sunrise going on that I decided to skip out on, and it was perfectly still - no branches were moving at all. It would have been a nice run, but I sketched out and went to the treadmill. I ran at 10:30/mile pace and did pretty well with it. It was still pretty difficult to sustain because
Average heart rate: 161
Friday - p90x Back/Legs
During this workout I made sure to run in place during any breaks (while Dave was doing his pullups) so that my heart rate would stay up. I think that one reason why my heart rate was so low during the shoulders/arm workout is because we had to pause a lot to allow Dave to change his weights and I would essentially cool off during that time. So I made sure to keep moving during the breaks today.
Average heart rate: 128
Friday, December 9, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Monday December 5, 2011
Catch up...
Friday - Core Synergistics
I like this workout more and more each time I do it. I actually kind of enjoyed it on Friday morning. Still tough, though!
Saturday - intervals on the treadmill
It was pretty wet outside when I woke up, so I opted to run intervals on the treadmill instead of kicking water up on my legs. I also decided that I'd probably do intervals most of the time if I had to run inside because I think it might be the only way I can get through the boredom of staring at the concrete wall.
Anyway, intervals were good! I did a 5 minute warmup at 5.0 (12:00/mile), where my heart rate stayed pretty steady at 145. Then 1:00 at 5.5, 1:00 at 6.0, 1:00 at 6.5 and 2:00 at 4.0 - repeat. The last interval I came down the speeds instead of going right back to 4.0 and my heart rate stayed steady during that set. Heart rate was 145 / 155 / 167 / 171 respectively. I ran 3 miles total, but don't remember the time - must have been pretty close to 34:00. I enjoyed it and I only needed 2 quick 15 second breaks to take a drink of water. I really like having the heart rate monitor while I'm running. Now I know I'm not crazy - it really is as high as I thought.
Today - p90x Chest / Back
Back to the first rotation of workouts. This workout is hard and I don't enjoy it as much the other ones, but it was fine. I didn't find that my numbers (pushups or pullups) have increased since the last time I did this specific workout, but they did remain pretty similar.
My weight was down to 125.4 last Friday, which is the lowest since the beginning of the summer. It fluctuated over the weekend - 127.4, 127.2, 127.6 this morning. I'm okay with that - I know I didn't gain 2 pounds over night. And I didn't eat terribly over the weekend.
Friday - Core Synergistics
I like this workout more and more each time I do it. I actually kind of enjoyed it on Friday morning. Still tough, though!
Saturday - intervals on the treadmill
It was pretty wet outside when I woke up, so I opted to run intervals on the treadmill instead of kicking water up on my legs. I also decided that I'd probably do intervals most of the time if I had to run inside because I think it might be the only way I can get through the boredom of staring at the concrete wall.
Anyway, intervals were good! I did a 5 minute warmup at 5.0 (12:00/mile), where my heart rate stayed pretty steady at 145. Then 1:00 at 5.5, 1:00 at 6.0, 1:00 at 6.5 and 2:00 at 4.0 - repeat. The last interval I came down the speeds instead of going right back to 4.0 and my heart rate stayed steady during that set. Heart rate was 145 / 155 / 167 / 171 respectively. I ran 3 miles total, but don't remember the time - must have been pretty close to 34:00. I enjoyed it and I only needed 2 quick 15 second breaks to take a drink of water. I really like having the heart rate monitor while I'm running. Now I know I'm not crazy - it really is as high as I thought.
Today - p90x Chest / Back
Back to the first rotation of workouts. This workout is hard and I don't enjoy it as much the other ones, but it was fine. I didn't find that my numbers (pushups or pullups) have increased since the last time I did this specific workout, but they did remain pretty similar.
My weight was down to 125.4 last Friday, which is the lowest since the beginning of the summer. It fluctuated over the weekend - 127.4, 127.2, 127.6 this morning. I'm okay with that - I know I didn't gain 2 pounds over night. And I didn't eat terribly over the weekend.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Thursday December 1, 2011
catchup since last tuesday...
Wednesday - p90x something
Don't remember
Thursday - ran 37:00 with Dave
Ran around my in-laws' neighborhood with Dave. It was nice. We ran to the park, then around the path and wound our way back through the neighborhood. We ran 20:00+ straight before taking a walking break. It felt good and I love running with Dave - he pushes me and encourages me, and its so nice to have someone else there with me:)
Friday - p90x Back/Legs
LOVE this workout!
Saturday -
missed my opportunity to run on Saturday morning, so no workout.
Monday - p90x Core Synergistics
Beginning of recovery week (8). The officially scheduled workout was yoga, but I wanted to do something harder than that, so I did Tuesday's workout. Its so hard - there are some exercises that I just forward through because there is no way I can even attempt them. BUT I'm better than I was the first time.
Tuesday - run 30:00 on the treadmill
This was the worst. It was horrible. I had a hard time immediately and couldn't settle in. I ended up messing with the speed a lot and taking a lot of mini breaks. I felt horrible the whole time.
Wednesday - p90x KenPo
Used my heart rate monitor for the first time! Had an average heart rate of 117 during this workout - which is not very high. Tony mentions that his is 165 at one point... not sure how he is getting it that high. Which is exactly why I needed to add the running in - because at least this workout is not a sufficient cardio workout for me.
Thursday - Run 3 miles outside
This was my best run in a long, long time and I am so happy and proud of myself! I ran the whole 3 miles without one break to walk or stop. My lower left back muscle and left hip were clenched much of the time, too, but I mentally gutted through it by giving myself small goals. I am so proud of this!
My average heart rate was 171... there were a few times that I looked down and saw 179, but usually after I had just gone up an incline or a hill. Mostly I saw 175. According to this website: http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm that equals 392 calories burned. Had I entered it into myfitnesspal.com, it would have said 270 calories. So I'm really glad I have the HRM! I'm excited to use it for all of my workouts.
Eating has been fantastic. Have been counting calories this week and have been eating oatmeal w/ almond butter & 1/2 apple right away after my shower, which seems to be helping with my fatigue throughout the day. Recovery meal, duh. Also trying to eat a small meal/snack every 3 hours so I'm not backloading my calories all the time. All of this seems to be working well. Down to 127.2, which is the lowest since the cottage vacation this summer. Going to be weighing every day to monitor through Christmas season.
Wednesday - p90x something
Don't remember
Thursday - ran 37:00 with Dave
Ran around my in-laws' neighborhood with Dave. It was nice. We ran to the park, then around the path and wound our way back through the neighborhood. We ran 20:00+ straight before taking a walking break. It felt good and I love running with Dave - he pushes me and encourages me, and its so nice to have someone else there with me:)
Friday - p90x Back/Legs
LOVE this workout!
Saturday -
missed my opportunity to run on Saturday morning, so no workout.
Monday - p90x Core Synergistics
Beginning of recovery week (8). The officially scheduled workout was yoga, but I wanted to do something harder than that, so I did Tuesday's workout. Its so hard - there are some exercises that I just forward through because there is no way I can even attempt them. BUT I'm better than I was the first time.
Tuesday - run 30:00 on the treadmill
This was the worst. It was horrible. I had a hard time immediately and couldn't settle in. I ended up messing with the speed a lot and taking a lot of mini breaks. I felt horrible the whole time.
Wednesday - p90x KenPo
Used my heart rate monitor for the first time! Had an average heart rate of 117 during this workout - which is not very high. Tony mentions that his is 165 at one point... not sure how he is getting it that high. Which is exactly why I needed to add the running in - because at least this workout is not a sufficient cardio workout for me.
Thursday - Run 3 miles outside
This was my best run in a long, long time and I am so happy and proud of myself! I ran the whole 3 miles without one break to walk or stop. My lower left back muscle and left hip were clenched much of the time, too, but I mentally gutted through it by giving myself small goals. I am so proud of this!
My average heart rate was 171... there were a few times that I looked down and saw 179, but usually after I had just gone up an incline or a hill. Mostly I saw 175. According to this website: http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm that equals 392 calories burned. Had I entered it into myfitnesspal.com, it would have said 270 calories. So I'm really glad I have the HRM! I'm excited to use it for all of my workouts.
Eating has been fantastic. Have been counting calories this week and have been eating oatmeal w/ almond butter & 1/2 apple right away after my shower, which seems to be helping with my fatigue throughout the day. Recovery meal, duh. Also trying to eat a small meal/snack every 3 hours so I'm not backloading my calories all the time. All of this seems to be working well. Down to 127.2, which is the lowest since the cottage vacation this summer. Going to be weighing every day to monitor through Christmas season.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Tuesday November 22, 2011
catchup since the last post
Friday - p90x back & legs
Still really love this workout. I love burning my legs out like that - it doesn't happen often. The workout itself is also enjoyable.
Had a meltdown on Friday morning... I put my jeans from last year on and they were too tight, so I put the next size up and those were also too tight. I'm not that much heavier... just amazing what a difference 5lbs makes on my body. So i spent the morning feeling crappy and discouraged. As my friend says, I feel like I'm ugly-Jana right now. I have a horrible, horrible haircut that makes me want to cry every morning, I don't fit in my clothes, and I'm constantly sore. I'm frustrated because I'm putting in SO.MUCH. effort for little to no results. I work harder and more consistently than most people that I know, I'm very disciplined with my eating M-F. So it must be the weekends, I don't know - I just know that something needs to change.
Saturday - 5k
Ran a 5k with Dave and Nora. It was so much fun. Nora was excited to do it and it was really hard for her. We were running s.l.o.w. Dave and I both felt like we weren't actually running :) Nora needed a walking break at 7:30, so we walked for 1 minute, then ran for another 7 1/2 minutes. She was crying and very upset at that point. I'm not sure what she was crying about, but we did our best to distract her and get her through it. She had a rough time, but she completed it and I am so, so proud of her! Our final (unofficial - they didn't officially time the race) was 37:20. I had a blast and I'm so happy that we did it and so excited for Nora that she actually did a race and that she gutted through it and got it done!
Monday - p90x chest/shoulders/triceps
I hate this workout. Hate it. And it tweaks my right elbow/tendon, which makes me hate it even more. I feel incredibly inadequate throughout the whole workout, but I know its important so I will keep going.
Tuesday - Run 3 miles
I've decided to eliminate the t/th/s p90x workouts and run 3 miles instead. There are a few reasons for this.
1) I need to do some real cardio and condition my heart to get my heart rate down
2) running in addition to the p90x workouts was making me way too tired
3) I think I might be exercising more/harder than what I realize and not eating enough (based on a couple of things I read online recently)
4) I want to love running again and I think I'm ready to do it
I also bought a heart rate monitor yesterday with my kohl's cash, so as soon as I get that I'll have a better idea of how many calories I'm actually burning (saw something on myfitnesspal that p90x yoga burns 270 calories... but if i enter it it says much less. There is also no way to enter the p90x workouts anywhere. I think that I need to have a more accurate reading of how hard I'm actually working and eat based on that. I also think it would be good to run based on my heart rate, rather than killing myself to keep up with my music.
Lots of thoughts lately... Regardless, I just want to get out of this ugly-Jana stage and feeling. It is going to take time to lose 5lbs & for my hair to grow out :)
Friday - p90x back & legs
Still really love this workout. I love burning my legs out like that - it doesn't happen often. The workout itself is also enjoyable.
Had a meltdown on Friday morning... I put my jeans from last year on and they were too tight, so I put the next size up and those were also too tight. I'm not that much heavier... just amazing what a difference 5lbs makes on my body. So i spent the morning feeling crappy and discouraged. As my friend says, I feel like I'm ugly-Jana right now. I have a horrible, horrible haircut that makes me want to cry every morning, I don't fit in my clothes, and I'm constantly sore. I'm frustrated because I'm putting in SO.MUCH. effort for little to no results. I work harder and more consistently than most people that I know, I'm very disciplined with my eating M-F. So it must be the weekends, I don't know - I just know that something needs to change.
Saturday - 5k
Ran a 5k with Dave and Nora. It was so much fun. Nora was excited to do it and it was really hard for her. We were running s.l.o.w. Dave and I both felt like we weren't actually running :) Nora needed a walking break at 7:30, so we walked for 1 minute, then ran for another 7 1/2 minutes. She was crying and very upset at that point. I'm not sure what she was crying about, but we did our best to distract her and get her through it. She had a rough time, but she completed it and I am so, so proud of her! Our final (unofficial - they didn't officially time the race) was 37:20. I had a blast and I'm so happy that we did it and so excited for Nora that she actually did a race and that she gutted through it and got it done!
Monday - p90x chest/shoulders/triceps
I hate this workout. Hate it. And it tweaks my right elbow/tendon, which makes me hate it even more. I feel incredibly inadequate throughout the whole workout, but I know its important so I will keep going.
Tuesday - Run 3 miles
I've decided to eliminate the t/th/s p90x workouts and run 3 miles instead. There are a few reasons for this.
1) I need to do some real cardio and condition my heart to get my heart rate down
2) running in addition to the p90x workouts was making me way too tired
3) I think I might be exercising more/harder than what I realize and not eating enough (based on a couple of things I read online recently)
4) I want to love running again and I think I'm ready to do it
I also bought a heart rate monitor yesterday with my kohl's cash, so as soon as I get that I'll have a better idea of how many calories I'm actually burning (saw something on myfitnesspal that p90x yoga burns 270 calories... but if i enter it it says much less. There is also no way to enter the p90x workouts anywhere. I think that I need to have a more accurate reading of how hard I'm actually working and eat based on that. I also think it would be good to run based on my heart rate, rather than killing myself to keep up with my music.
Lots of thoughts lately... Regardless, I just want to get out of this ugly-Jana stage and feeling. It is going to take time to lose 5lbs & for my hair to grow out :)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thursday November 17, 2011
Catch up since Monday -
Tuesday - p90x Plyometrix
Ugh. Thats all I have to say about that
Wednesday - p90x Back & Biceps + run 2 miles
I hate back and biceps. I really do. This is a really difficult workout and I'm feeling it today. I also ran right afterward and only had enough time to do 2 miles. Its also pretty hard to run right after doing a back workout - took me almost a mile to loosen up. Running was fine... I lowered my pace to 10:54/mile (5.5), but still had a heart rate in the mid 170's - better than mid 180's, but not much better. I at least felt like I could sustain that for a good amount of time and was able to make it to 17:00 before I jumped off to take a quick drink & turn on the fan.
Today -
I haven't worked out yet today. And I'm really discouraged right now. I am so sore and so exhausted and tired all the time, it just makes me crabby. My back is sore - not wrenched or tweaked, just tired and sore. And I never feel great. Yesterday my wrists and arms ached all day because of the back/bicep workout. Aching is the worst... I'd rather be injured or be in pain, I hate aches. My right arm circulation is also a big problem right now - I have a lot of issues at night with my fingers falling asleep to the point of it being very painful and waking me up and I have a hard time getting the feeling back. I don't think that has anything to do with p90x, but is probably more of a wintertime thing & dehydration issue, but its still very bothersome. I also have problems with one of my winter coats where the cuff on the wrist feels slightly tight and makes my right hand fall asleep.
So combine all of that together and I'm just feeling discouraged by the whole thing. My weight is not going down, although my clothes are fitting better and a friend of mine just dropped her daughter off and told me that I'm tiny. So all of it together is making me feel blah. So I'm feeling like maybe I should just run and count calories rather than do p90x, but then I only have 6 weeks left of p90x... I can do that. I can do it, its just a matter of do I want to continue feeling this tired and sore all the time? I don't know, I'm pretty crabby about it all today.
Tuesday - p90x Plyometrix
Ugh. Thats all I have to say about that
Wednesday - p90x Back & Biceps + run 2 miles
I hate back and biceps. I really do. This is a really difficult workout and I'm feeling it today. I also ran right afterward and only had enough time to do 2 miles. Its also pretty hard to run right after doing a back workout - took me almost a mile to loosen up. Running was fine... I lowered my pace to 10:54/mile (5.5), but still had a heart rate in the mid 170's - better than mid 180's, but not much better. I at least felt like I could sustain that for a good amount of time and was able to make it to 17:00 before I jumped off to take a quick drink & turn on the fan.
Today -
I haven't worked out yet today. And I'm really discouraged right now. I am so sore and so exhausted and tired all the time, it just makes me crabby. My back is sore - not wrenched or tweaked, just tired and sore. And I never feel great. Yesterday my wrists and arms ached all day because of the back/bicep workout. Aching is the worst... I'd rather be injured or be in pain, I hate aches. My right arm circulation is also a big problem right now - I have a lot of issues at night with my fingers falling asleep to the point of it being very painful and waking me up and I have a hard time getting the feeling back. I don't think that has anything to do with p90x, but is probably more of a wintertime thing & dehydration issue, but its still very bothersome. I also have problems with one of my winter coats where the cuff on the wrist feels slightly tight and makes my right hand fall asleep.
So combine all of that together and I'm just feeling discouraged by the whole thing. My weight is not going down, although my clothes are fitting better and a friend of mine just dropped her daughter off and told me that I'm tiny. So all of it together is making me feel blah. So I'm feeling like maybe I should just run and count calories rather than do p90x, but then I only have 6 weeks left of p90x... I can do that. I can do it, its just a matter of do I want to continue feeling this tired and sore all the time? I don't know, I'm pretty crabby about it all today.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Monday November 14, 2011
Catchup since last Wednesday
Thursday - KenPoX
I switched out the normally scheduled yoga and did KenpoX instead. I love Kenpo. Its fun and it goes super quick.
Friday - Back & Legs
I enjoy back & legs, but I feel like I lost some strength during the recovery week because I wasn't able to do as many pullups as previous times. I so rarely feel like my legs get a really decent workout, and this workout does it.
Saturday - stairs
I did not run on Friday because I knew I was doing the stairs the next day.
The Tieri's came for the weekend and I brought Jason to the stairs on Saturday morning. It was awesome - I love the stairs! Its such an awesome workout and its really different. I want to incorporate it in some more, just not sure how. This was the first time I've done the stairs with someone and it was fun to talk while we did it. And it was fun to kick his butt on the last set of running :)
Today - Monday - P90x Shoulders/Triceps/Shoulders
Ugh, this is so hard! There are so many slow and weird pushups in this workout, my arms are still really, really tired and it has been almost 6 hours since I did the workout. I also ran for 30:00 / 2.75 miles right afterward. My heart rate was around 174 at a pace of 5.5 or 10:54/mile. I'm not thrilled with slowing down my pace so much, but I had to remind myself that I was running in order to condition my cardiovascular system, not as a training or distance thing.
Ate a lot of garbage food this weekend - pizza, candy, chicken wings, cake. My weight WAS down to 126.6 on Saturday, but this morning was back up to 128.0, which is actually not too bad given how much junk I ate. I'm kind of thinking about counting calories instead of doing weight watchers points. Jason said that it works really well for him. I don't know why it is so different for me and why I hate the calories vs. doing the points. Maybe I could do it without having to enter everything into the computer - I could keep a running total on paper, like I do with points. Maybe that would work.
Thursday - KenPoX
I switched out the normally scheduled yoga and did KenpoX instead. I love Kenpo. Its fun and it goes super quick.
Friday - Back & Legs
I enjoy back & legs, but I feel like I lost some strength during the recovery week because I wasn't able to do as many pullups as previous times. I so rarely feel like my legs get a really decent workout, and this workout does it.
Saturday - stairs
I did not run on Friday because I knew I was doing the stairs the next day.
The Tieri's came for the weekend and I brought Jason to the stairs on Saturday morning. It was awesome - I love the stairs! Its such an awesome workout and its really different. I want to incorporate it in some more, just not sure how. This was the first time I've done the stairs with someone and it was fun to talk while we did it. And it was fun to kick his butt on the last set of running :)
Today - Monday - P90x Shoulders/Triceps/Shoulders
Ugh, this is so hard! There are so many slow and weird pushups in this workout, my arms are still really, really tired and it has been almost 6 hours since I did the workout. I also ran for 30:00 / 2.75 miles right afterward. My heart rate was around 174 at a pace of 5.5 or 10:54/mile. I'm not thrilled with slowing down my pace so much, but I had to remind myself that I was running in order to condition my cardiovascular system, not as a training or distance thing.
Ate a lot of garbage food this weekend - pizza, candy, chicken wings, cake. My weight WAS down to 126.6 on Saturday, but this morning was back up to 128.0, which is actually not too bad given how much junk I ate. I'm kind of thinking about counting calories instead of doing weight watchers points. Jason said that it works really well for him. I don't know why it is so different for me and why I hate the calories vs. doing the points. Maybe I could do it without having to enter everything into the computer - I could keep a running total on paper, like I do with points. Maybe that would work.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wednesday November 9, 2011
Workout: P90x Back & Biceps / Run 2 miles
Back & Biceps... I hate biceps. I really, really hate doing bicep exercises. I'm not sure why, I just hate them. I love back exercises, so I guess this makes for a good workout for me. It was fine... I struggle the first time through any of these videos, so next week it will be better.
After finishing, I went downstairs and ran 2 miles. I did't have time to do more than that because I had to get the girls on the bus, but 2 miles was enough today - my back was especially tired from the P90x workout and I could feel that while I was running. I backed my speed down to 10:30/mile and my heart rate was at 180 bpm instead of mid 180's. So maybe I need to just back my speed way down until I can run comfortably and then gradually increase it. Ugh - that sounds pretty hellish. I think I'm going to ask for a heart rate monitor for christmas.
Back & Biceps... I hate biceps. I really, really hate doing bicep exercises. I'm not sure why, I just hate them. I love back exercises, so I guess this makes for a good workout for me. It was fine... I struggle the first time through any of these videos, so next week it will be better.
After finishing, I went downstairs and ran 2 miles. I did't have time to do more than that because I had to get the girls on the bus, but 2 miles was enough today - my back was especially tired from the P90x workout and I could feel that while I was running. I backed my speed down to 10:30/mile and my heart rate was at 180 bpm instead of mid 180's. So maybe I need to just back my speed way down until I can run comfortably and then gradually increase it. Ugh - that sounds pretty hellish. I think I'm going to ask for a heart rate monitor for christmas.
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