Workout: 2 1/2 miles barefoot
Yoga for Flexibility
push up challenge
Ugh, everything about me this morning was painful... waking up, back, shoulders, ankles, calves, shins. I didn't sleep well at all last night - full night of tossing and turning & restlessness. Hamster is dying and I felt like I was thinking about that all night. Got up to workout at 5:50 because I was awake anyway.
Running barefoot was fine. I felt pain all throughout my lower legs - shins & ankles, but over time it dissipates and moves somewhere else. Still interesting to realize how much more I can evaluate how I'm really feeling while I'm running, simply because I'm running slower & easier. Heart rate was consistently in the upper 150's. I"m going to stay at 5.0 this week yet and if it is still in the 150's, I'd like to move up to maybe 5.5 and see how that goes.
Pushup challenge was a challenge. Sets were 14, 14, 10, 10, max (at least 15). I maxed at 15 and that was a struggle. I was struggling through the first set of 14. Last week seemed pretty easy, this was pretty difficult.
I did not do the entire Yoga dvd because I had such an incredible kink in my neck that I couldn't turn my head. It was hurting pretty bad throughout my run, too. I got through all of the sun salutations, but stopped after doing the hamstrings stretches at the end. I really didn't cut that much out, I guess. The sun salutations were also somewhat difficult this morning because my body was already tired and I had just exhausted my arms on the pushup challenge... downward dog takes a lot of arm strength and was hard to do this morning.
Better workout on the horizon tomorrow - hopefully a better night of sleep tonight.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday June 1, 2011
Workout:
30:00 barefoot running
pushup challenge
25:00 Rodney Yee yoga for flexibility
Friends: The One With The Ring
Running was interesting this morning. I felt good and my heart rate actually stayed around 156bpm, which is pretty awesome. I wonder why it was so much lower today? Breathing and heart rate felt good, the bottoms of my feet are a little tender right now, though. I didn't feel that way on Friday when I ran barefoot, but I added an extra 6:00 today - maybe that is why? The running was interesting though, because I could feel aches and pains come and go. My left ankle hurt for the first portion and then after a while the pain was gone. Then my right ankle started hurting. Its kind of fun to be in such a state of awareness while running, rather than trying so hard to mentally block every single detail out.
I skipped day 1 of the pushup challenge (Monday - Memorial Day) and did day 2 today. I accidentally reversed the first sets, but I think I'm still good. 10, 12, 8, 8, max (19 for me today). I love feeling strong!
I think Yoga definitely helps with strength - even this yoga focused on flexibility. Downward dog is a lot of shoulder and arm strength building. We also do a lot of pushup position (plank with your arms bent - holding yourself just barely off of the ground), which is great for triceps. I enjoy this yoga video - it is a nice, easy flow with fantastic cues and I feel like it is a great way to stretch after running. Loving it!
Started to count calories yesterday and I"m just not sure I can do it. I'm not sure I can focus on eating more plants, more fiber, less white starch & sugar and then count calories, too. I COULD if all of my stuff was already in the database, but I have to enter recipes for the meals that I make and that is such a pain. Like yesterday we had a salad with dinner - it was 3 kinds of lettuce, yellow peppers, onion, dates, peas, almonds & tomatoes. I didn't measure any of it. Not sure how I'm supposed to count all of that. We also had tilapia fillets coated in bread crumbs (and baked). How do I account for the bread crumbs when the recipe called for 1 1/2 cups, but there was probably 1/2 cup left in the dipping plate & a bunch left on the baking sheet? I guess for me it is going to come down to eating healthy & creating better habits. I think I do both already, its just a matter of sticking with it and not going too far overboard when I splurge (like having 3 pieces of whopper ice cream dessert the other night instead of just one).
30:00 barefoot running
pushup challenge
25:00 Rodney Yee yoga for flexibility
Friends: The One With The Ring
Running was interesting this morning. I felt good and my heart rate actually stayed around 156bpm, which is pretty awesome. I wonder why it was so much lower today? Breathing and heart rate felt good, the bottoms of my feet are a little tender right now, though. I didn't feel that way on Friday when I ran barefoot, but I added an extra 6:00 today - maybe that is why? The running was interesting though, because I could feel aches and pains come and go. My left ankle hurt for the first portion and then after a while the pain was gone. Then my right ankle started hurting. Its kind of fun to be in such a state of awareness while running, rather than trying so hard to mentally block every single detail out.
I skipped day 1 of the pushup challenge (Monday - Memorial Day) and did day 2 today. I accidentally reversed the first sets, but I think I'm still good. 10, 12, 8, 8, max (19 for me today). I love feeling strong!
I think Yoga definitely helps with strength - even this yoga focused on flexibility. Downward dog is a lot of shoulder and arm strength building. We also do a lot of pushup position (plank with your arms bent - holding yourself just barely off of the ground), which is great for triceps. I enjoy this yoga video - it is a nice, easy flow with fantastic cues and I feel like it is a great way to stretch after running. Loving it!
Started to count calories yesterday and I"m just not sure I can do it. I'm not sure I can focus on eating more plants, more fiber, less white starch & sugar and then count calories, too. I COULD if all of my stuff was already in the database, but I have to enter recipes for the meals that I make and that is such a pain. Like yesterday we had a salad with dinner - it was 3 kinds of lettuce, yellow peppers, onion, dates, peas, almonds & tomatoes. I didn't measure any of it. Not sure how I'm supposed to count all of that. We also had tilapia fillets coated in bread crumbs (and baked). How do I account for the bread crumbs when the recipe called for 1 1/2 cups, but there was probably 1/2 cup left in the dipping plate & a bunch left on the baking sheet? I guess for me it is going to come down to eating healthy & creating better habits. I think I do both already, its just a matter of sticking with it and not going too far overboard when I splurge (like having 3 pieces of whopper ice cream dessert the other night instead of just one).
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