Don't 'cha wish your girlfriend could squat like me? LOVE!! I want to start off today by saying how disgusted I am with the bombings that happened in Boston yesterday. Seriously disgusted. There just are no words to describe everything I'm feeling, except I truly hope they find who did this and make him/her suffer.
My upper body is so sore from yesterday, but I have a feeling a lot of that soreness is from cleaning out closets. I'm sure some of it is from the push-ups as well. Do you think I'll ever be able to do push-ups and NOT be sore? lol My thighs are sore, but I've resigned myself to just living with sore thighs - ha! It is what it is!!!
Today's workout is 3 rounds of:
100 feet of walking lunges (approx. 40 steps)
50 squats
25 beached whales, I mean - back extensions ;)
I will do 46 walking lunges per round just to be on the safe side. I forgot to mention yesterday that I did 46 lunges instead of 45 - come on! Did you really think I'd do more on one leg than the other? Ha-ha! If I don't cut grass/weeds today, I will also do a programmed workout on the treadmill. Even if I go up and down the stairs a lot cleaning out closets, I will still do cardio of some sort.
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15:06 - WAY better than I thought it would be. I've noticed that I'm super slow on my first rounds and today was no exception. I glanced at timer after my first round and it was a tad over 6 minutes and I thought "Jeez! Get it together! If I multiply that times 3, my time will SUCK!!" But, there wasn't too much to worry about 'cause I obviously got it together. Most folks were doing around 12 minutes, but I'm okay with my 15. I had to baby my left knee, it got wonky on me doing the last 4 walking lunges on my last round. Then, when I started the squats, I thought there was no way I was going to finish but it worked itself out and I'm so glad I didn't quit. It wasn't painful, just felt like a little catch in it. I hate, hate, hate back extensions!! I really do. I did them, but I hated every minute of it!
I did the 5K training run again today. Just to refresh your memory - run 1 minute, walk 1 minute time 8 rounds. I finished at 16:00 (of course!) and slowed to a 2.8 walk to finish out my mile. I did the first 4 rounds at a 2 incline!! WOOT-WOOT! That was very hard, but I did it! My breathing has improved greatly, but it's still just a mental game with me. My legs were so tired, but I refused to stop during my runs and I did not cut any of them short! I really wanted to slow way down on the walking segments, but kept them all at 3.0, except for after I finished the 8th round when I was just trying to make it to 1 mile. VERY happy to say I did NOT hock up a lung at all today - not even during my CrossFit workout! Such an improvement!! Makes me happy, happy, happy!
15:06 - WAY better than I thought it would be. I've noticed that I'm super slow on my first rounds and today was no exception. I glanced at timer after my first round and it was a tad over 6 minutes and I thought "Jeez! Get it together! If I multiply that times 3, my time will SUCK!!" But, there wasn't too much to worry about 'cause I obviously got it together. Most folks were doing around 12 minutes, but I'm okay with my 15. I had to baby my left knee, it got wonky on me doing the last 4 walking lunges on my last round. Then, when I started the squats, I thought there was no way I was going to finish but it worked itself out and I'm so glad I didn't quit. It wasn't painful, just felt like a little catch in it. I hate, hate, hate back extensions!! I really do. I did them, but I hated every minute of it!
I did the 5K training run again today. Just to refresh your memory - run 1 minute, walk 1 minute time 8 rounds. I finished at 16:00 (of course!) and slowed to a 2.8 walk to finish out my mile. I did the first 4 rounds at a 2 incline!! WOOT-WOOT! That was very hard, but I did it! My breathing has improved greatly, but it's still just a mental game with me. My legs were so tired, but I refused to stop during my runs and I did not cut any of them short! I really wanted to slow way down on the walking segments, but kept them all at 3.0, except for after I finished the 8th round when I was just trying to make it to 1 mile. VERY happy to say I did NOT hock up a lung at all today - not even during my CrossFit workout! Such an improvement!! Makes me happy, happy, happy!
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