WOTD: Bike + Yoga

YIPPIEEE! I cycled 10 miles in under 30 minutes!!

^I also did a 30 minute vinyasa yoga routine I took off youtube^

Who else can relate to this feeling? Our apartment gym is small (the main gym requires going outside which...it's cold out...so no). There's literally no one in there usually and there is only one bike. But today there was someone on it when I tried to work out!

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Today's run got interrupted....by class. I decided on 3 miles but then only had enough time for 2 (with time to shower before class). I came back from class and decided to do another 2 3! Yep, combined total of 5 miles tonight! I'm so proud of myself :)

Literally, my thoughts while running. Right thurrr.

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Alright, here's how today is going: woke up at 10ish, went to the gym, had some breakfast, and am now off to the library to spend the rest of today figuring out what my senior research is going to be. Yay! So glad I worked out before now because after hours in the library...I know I wouldn't want to workout. 


Workout of today:
Run 2 miles (23 minutes) + cycle 8 miles (28 minutes) + POP Pilates "Inner Thigh Insanity" workout (13 minutes). I feel like my legs are going to be super sore tomorrow. Eh, it was well worth it. My arm soreness from Karyn S.'s workout is subsiding today. 

Did I ever mention I love post-workout-next-day-soreness? It's the best signal of a great workout and I welcome it! haha

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Workout of the day completed! I'm pretty proud of this workout: 2.16 miles in 21 minutes + 8 mi cycling in 32 minutes + the amazing workout I mentioned yesterday from dailymile. Basically you do 3 rounds of the following: 
30 jumping jacks, 5 push ups, 25 high knees, 7 burpees, 10 crunches, 7 squats, 5 pushups, 10 crunches, 5 pushups, 7 squats, 30 jumping jacks, 1 min wall sit, 5 push ups, & 25 high knees. So awesome. I timed it because I'm used to bodyrocking and they usually time their workouts. I completed it in 21 minutes and 48 seconds. It was such a great workout. I'm so glad Karyn S. shared it!

I wish it were warm enough for the beach already. It's been raining almost all of today so I've been stuck inside (not to mention it's COLD out).

WOTD: Valentine's Day Edition

Happy Valentine's Day to my incredible boyfriend! This is our third Vday together and I'm so excited to be able to still call myself your valentine. I love you so much!

Finished my workout for today. 2.2 miles in 23:13. I then did a few select bodyrock exercises: 30 plie squats, 30 lunges, and 35 tap pushups. Now I am showered and passssssing outttt. Legal ethics exam tomorrow....yikes!

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3.52 miles in 37:57 minutes ANNNNND I didn't stop for the whole 3.1 miles! I officially ran a 5k unofficially...haha. I also did P90x ab ripper X (you can go to this post if you want to see what P90x ab ripper consists of). 

Also...very excited for the Lying Game tonight! It's one of my guilty pleasures. The clothes are fantastic though so I always watch it.

Weekly Recap: Workouts

Workout of today all finished: 4 mi in 42 minutes, random ab exercises (V-sits, planks, oblique crunches, etc), + stretching. I'm really working on my splits! 

My workouts this week went pretty well. I didn't bodyrock as much as I wanted but I'm definitely going to bring Zuzana back out this coming week. I've decided to list out my workouts for the upcoming week so I can try to keep track of my plans. I always try to plan a workout and then change it day of to something else. This week's workouts are:

Monday: run 2 miles + P90X ab ripper X + made-up ab routine
Tuesday: run 1.5 miles + bodyrock "Fast Burn Workout"
Wednesday: yoga + stretching
Thursday: run 2 miles + turbo fat blaster workout
Friday: run 2 miles + cycle 8 miles + ab workout
Saturday: active rest day
Sunday: run 4 miles + ab exercises + stretching

I hope I stick to these workouts! haha

Body Measurements

I was looking online for ways to track weight loss and blahblahblah without using a scale. There's no scale in the apartment and to be honest I don't really want to use one. I don't need to know exactly how much I weigh...weight doesn't really matter to me. I'm after fitness! But I did decide to track it through measurements so I bought a really cheap (about $1 lol) fashion tape measure off Amazon to measure the various parts of my body. I think this is a good way, other than the tone changes and everything, to monitor what's going on. So here we go: Measurements from Day 1.

Bust: 36 in.

Chest: 30 in.

Waist: 30 in.

Hips: 35 in.

Thighs (R/L): 22.75/21.5

Calves (R/L): 14/14

Forearms (R/L): 9.5/9.5

Arms (R/L): 10/10.5

Alright, I think I measured literally everything! I'm going to take 4 weeks and continue to work hard and then measure again. We'll see what changes! Don't mind my super awesome workout log book (just another sign that shows you how obsessed with Bodyrock I am haha).

WOTD: Pop Pilates

 This morning I was accepted to another law school I applied to! Wahoo! I'm getting really excited for post-grad!

WOTD: Running 2 Miles (with No Breaks)

Yay for going to the gym today! 3.02 miles in 32 minutes. Whoop!! AND I can cross of one of my February goals: I made a list of things I wanted to complete in the month of February and one of them was "Run 2 miles WITHOUT stopping." And I did it!! Yay! I feel like I should treat myself to something small...like some green grapes or something. I don't know, I'm just excited! Next up...no breaks for 3 miles!


I also did a Zuzana workout from Bodyrock (I love bodyrock). It's called "Fit Ass Exercise." If you click the link it will take you to the web page with all the info.

 

My legs are so tired. It felt so good to stretch them out! It was 100 jump squats and then a step up onto a chair. Yeah. Phew! I completed it in 23:34! If you try this workout, let me know what your time is!

Weekly Recap: Workouts

Ugh! This week's workouts were....nonexistent. Yes, that's right. I literally only did 2 miles on...Monday? Then it was shark week (grossss) so I didn't work out at all and my boyfriend ended up coming to visit me for the weekend so I didn't work out at all.

Other than feeling like a serious heffer now that I munched up super bowl goodies and some cookies I made (I hear ya!) it's time to whip my bum back into shape and get it back in the gym. I was showing my boyfriend "The Body Shop" which is the gym on campus, and I saw a new challenge!!

That's right. 178 miles by 3/2/12. I currently have....18.98 mi. 178 might be a little extreme since that means I have to run like...6 miles PER DAY and yeah, you got that right, there's no way that's happening. I already know some of those days will dedicated bodyrock days that I won't run on. I think I can do it though if I add in some biking! Alright, challenge accepted: 178 miles by 3/12/12. Oh boy! Anyway, I feel like I haven't slept in 5 days. Time for a shower and some Zzzzzzzz! I can't wait for my run tomorrow!