Exercise Baller

Today was a super chilly, foggy and rainy Wednesday and I was super sore from the past three days of workouts, so I felt like laying low. BUT! I decided to overcome that urge to be lazy and made up a pretty fun workout to do in my apartment. Exercise balls are for more than sitting on. This circuit workout focused on shoulders, core and hamstrings (oh GOD the hamstrings).

3 Rounds of:

10 burpees

20 heels-on-ball-and-butt-off-ground-then-extend-legs-and-bring-them-back

20 ankles-on-ball-and-bring-knees-into-chest-then-extend

20 pass-exercise-ball-between-feet-and-arms

5 push-ups-with-ankles-on-ball

Then I danced to LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" for 10 mins to werq on my dance movz. So sweaty y'all.

Liftin'

5 rounds of:

15 medicine ball cleans, 30#

15 wall ball shots, 20#

10 pull ups

10 dips

+

50 sit ups on incline

10 minutes on spinning bike

20 kangaroo kicks on recline

It snowed this morning

Today I was feeling really funky, in a bad way, so after work I went for a 5.4 mile run interspersed with some other exercises to keep it interesting; I had a lot of energy after all. It went something like this:

2 Rounds of:

2.7 mile run (quick pace, with hills)

42 walking lunges (21 down hill, 21 uphill)

75 sit ups

15 HSPU

Although the day began with a shocking dusting of snow, by afternoon it was sunny and about 50 degrees. The run felt wonderful and I feel much more centered now. Dang, I love running :)

Chilly Sunday

On Friday and Saturday I helped my parents move so lots of lifting and walking with heavy things for hours on end each day. I even hulked a reclining chair over my head and carried it at one point. YEH GUNS. But seriously, moving must be a contact sport because my arms and legs are so bruised they look as if I played a rough rugby match.

Today I did a 20 minute exercise ball workout to get warmed up and brave enough to head outside in the gloomy 39 degree weather. I just looked up a 15 minute exercise ball workout on youtube and found a whole body workout, then I did another second one that was only 5 mins but focused on only abs. Fun stuff, working out with my desk chair ;)

After I broke a sweat doing those, I jogged to the track to do:

8 x 400m with 8 x 100m sprints throughout

(ran 2 miles total)

They're calling for a wintery mix early this week, NOOoooo!!

Stormy sunset

I just got back from spring break vacation to the mountains. My friends and I did lots of walking and hiking and the weather was gorgeous. Today I got back into my workout routine by going for an interval run on the cross country course in the midst of a very windy rain shower. The skies were very dark and dramatic against the sunset making the run all the more exciting.

4 Rounds of:

run 1 mile

40 sit ups

20 push ups

night jogging

3.5 mile run

Brief vacation from working out

Now I'm back, well-rested, and ready to focus on being active.

Yesterday, Friday, I did the following:

Ran 1.5 miles

40 walking lunges

100 sit ups

15 push ups

4 rounds of:

run 400 m

40 walking lunges

ab ladder/bicycles

15 push ups

+

2 min plank/side planks

Oh, and it was 83 degrees out! Felt like summer, smelled like summer, and I'm was happy as a college kid on spring break!

Saturday

6 rounds of:

400 m run

any 2 of the following:

16 to-the-floor push ups

50 crunches or bicycles

40 walking lunges

16 pull ups (upside down push ups, more like (feet touching ground))

15 HSPU

That felt amazing!

Thursday

500 m row in 2:10 min

20 mins of spinning intervals

500 m row in 2:10 min

+ ab ladder

+ 30 sit ups

Wednesday

5 Rounds of:

75# thrusters, 8

155# back squat, 10

Pull ups or chin ups, 10

+

2 rounds:

30 sit ups on incline

20 kangaroo kicks on recline

+

500 m row (~2:20)

SprintSprintSprinting

10 X 100m sprints!

Rest 90 seconds between each.

Time in seconds for each 100m:

16, 18, 17, 16, 17, 17, 17, 16, 17, 16

Monday

4 rounds of:

7 muscle ups

20 box jumps

165# dead lift, 15 reps

30 walking lunges with 35# kettle bell held at full extension

+ 50 sit ups on incline

Saturday

50 push ups

50 long-arm sit ups

3 miles

Friday

5 rounds of:

500m row (~2:15)

145# back squats, 15 reps

10 dips (unassisted)

30 sit ups on recline with 35# plate on chest

20 kangaroo kicks on incline

WoooOOooOooohoo!

Wednesdayayayayay

5 mile run in 34 mins. Sunshine and sweat blind.

Tuesdaze

1 hour of gardening (digging a trench for a critter fence!)

then jogged to the gym to do a crossfit workout as follows:

500 m row

then

21-15-9

65# sumo dead lift high-pull

65# overhead squat

burpee pull-ups

+

ab ladder