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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Weekly Workouts!


This week my goal was to run 5 days. Mission accomplished! Okay, that's a pretty easy goal to have...

Saturday- Lifting at home.

Chest Press- 5x10x25lb
Band Asst. Pull Ups- 5x6
Push Ups- 5x10
Dumbbell Row- 5x10x25lb
Shoulder Press- 5x10x20lb
Bicep Curls- 5x10x15lb
Tricep Dips- 5x15
Bicycles- 5x40
Stability Ball Sit Ups- 5x15x15lb
Stability Ball Knee Tuck-  5x15
Hip/Glute Exercises


Sunday- 11 miles. What a weird number, right? I rarely run 11 miles. Distances I rarely run: 7, 9, 11, 17, 19. I averaged in the low 8s. I forgot to start my Garmin after a pee stop behind a tree, so I wasn't sure how far I went. When I got home I mapped my run and realized I did 10.41. So of course I had to go out and run .69!

Monday- 6 miler in my hood. It started out as a 5 miler (due to only sleeping 3 hours the night before) but after mile five when I went inside I realized it was only 6:32 and I didn't have to start getting ready for work for another 50 minutes... so I went out and tacked on one more mile. It was warm! I only had on short sleeves.


Tuesday- 6 miles. Another short sleeved run! This is nice!



Wednesday- 5 miles. I warmed up with 1 mile, then ran a a 5k, then cooled down. My 5k clocked in @ 20:51! I wrote more about this run here.

Then I took Paul to the gym after work, so I figured I may as well lift. I did a short chest/shoulder workout. I was tired and just wasn't feeling it. This is why I workout in the morning... and only workout once a day!

Chest Press- 5x8x27.5lb
Shoulder Press- 5x10x22.5lb
Push Ups- 5x10
Tricep Push Downs- 5x30lb
Bicycle Crunches- 5x40
Stability Ball Crunches- 5x15x15lb
Lots of stretching!


Thursday- Lifting back @ home. I got less than 5 hours sleep (damn presidential debate!) so I was tired and really just wanted to run. When I'm tired, going for a 5 miler is easier than lifting. But I knew I should rest after my impromptu 5k. Plus, I love running on Fridays so I figured today would be a better day not to run. Another reason I didn't want to lift was because our house was SO HOT. We turned the a/c and heat off a couple weeks ago and we want to leave it that way for as long as possible. We're having a heat wave here in PA... it's been about 80 this week! Okay, after all this complaining about why I didn't want to lift, here is what I did...

Chair Asst. Wide Grip Pull Ups- 5x12
Band Asst. Neutral Grip Pull Ups- 5x6
Dumbbell Row- 5x10x20lb
Bicep Curls- 5x10x15lb
Forearm Planks- 10x30sec (30 sec on, 30 sec off for 10 min while I watched The Today Show!)
Bicycles- 5x40
Stability Ball Crunches- 5x15x15lb
Stability Ball Knee Tuck- 5x15


Friday- 5 miles. This run was weird. There were no aches or pains but from the first step I was just tired. So I just powered on and did 5 miles. I was pretty hungry too. I hate running when I am hungry!


How were your workouts this week?
What distances do you rarely run?
Do you ever workout twice a day?

9 comments:

  1. I work out twice a day occasionally, although usually different workouts (like, not 2 runs). Most of the time it's a BodyFlow class or strength training, and I space them out pretty far so I can recover between each- even though bodyflow is like yoga and more of a recovery activity than a "workout".

    I rarely run anything less than 5 miles at a time. I see people who run 2-3 miles and I just can't do a run if it takes me longer to shower and wash and dry my hair than it did to run.

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    1. Body flow and yoga sound like great ways to recover. I love stretching and watching CNN after a run. I can always find a way to make stretching *not* relaxing hahaha!

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  2. Great workouts, Megan! You hit all your goals! Most of my runs are between 3 - 5 miles but I am OK with stopping on less than a whole number but will go until the next minute--and then if I ran 36 minutes, I walk Macy 14 or 19 minutes so it comes out to a whole number for time. See, I am as OCD as you but it's more about the time and not the distance. Well, you know I don't work out 2 x per day. I spent the better part of a decade doing that and hating it and having it control my life so once I fought to let that go (and let go of working out 2 hours per day down to less than an hour per day), I have never looked back! In fact after 3 days of RUNNING this week (and two swims) I am taking the next three days to only walk around on our trip. Number one, I am just making sure my little ankle is happy with the back to running scene and number two, I like to use weekend vacations as an opportunity to give myself a 3 day rest--something I couldn't even imagine in another life :) Run some miles for me this weekend!!

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    1. Haha as long as I set a low bar I will meet my goals! That is interesting that you go by time more so than mileage. We are so alike... I did the exact thing: 2 hrs of workouts a day! I was so unhappy. And squishy. Quality vs. quantity, ammiright!!!??? You are going to get tons of walking around on vaycay. I hope you have and awesome time!!!

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  3. I had never thought about odd running distances ! But I guess I can say I rarely do 7 miles. I'll do 8, 9, but rarely 7.

    Great week of work outs !!

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    1. I don't do 7 much either! It's like why not just do 6 or 8? hehe.

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  4. I am impressed that you have good runs when you don't get a lot of sleep. Man I am always tired when I wake up no matter what time I go to bed. What time do you have to be to work in the morning?

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    1. ONe night of no sleep and I can have a decent run. But several in a row and then I am sure it would go downhill. I need to be at work at 7:55. So my morning schedule (if I am running 5-6 miles only) looks like this:

      5:45: get up
      6:10-15: start run (depending on mileage)
      7:00-7:05: end run (depending on mileage)
      7:05-7:20= stretching
      7:20: shower/get ready for work
      7:35: leave for work
      7:55: arrive at work

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  5. I think it was a combo of both! Lots of fast miles and not a lot of sleep.

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