39:00 Bike + Tone

Well, I've been at this (on and off...) for about a year now, and I can't decide how I feel about it. Is it nice to have all my workouts down with details? Yes, of course. Am I complete crap at remembering how I've felt after each workout? Absolutely. And I can't quite search and compare the way I want -- Yes, I know that I've done this workout or that workout before, but I can't compare them side by side, which is making tracking progress difficult. I've been searching for more alternatives, but nothing I've found has what I'm looking for. What I'd love is to be able to track my workouts in the fluid manner I have here, but be able to compare, say, all biking interval workouts. Or all workout with pushups. Or something... maybe I'll have to build it myself. Sounds like a monster undertaking, but I might be able to design something useful that way. Something to ponder...

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Yesterday:

Environment: Indoors

Workout
Equipment: Stationary Bike, dumbbells - 15 lbs
Level: 16/15
Work Time: 60:00

Minutes	Intensity: RPM	Total Distance (mi)
0:00 - 3:00	75 [lvl 16]
3:01 - 5:00	85 [lvl 16]
5:01 - 6:00	93 [lvl 16]
6:00 - 6:30	103+ [lvl 16]	2.14
<BREAK>	Row Push-Downs - 30 x 15lbs Bent-Over Bicep Rows - 15 x 15lbs Tricep Extensions - 10 x 15lb Bicep Curls - 10 x 15lbs	✔
6:31 - 13:00	Repeat 0:00 - 6:30	+2.14 = 4.28
<BREAK>	Pushups - 12 Pike Pushups - 12 Plank + Lift - 20 Plank + Tuck - 30
13:00 - 19:30	Repeat 0:00 - 6:03	+2.13 = 6.41
<BREAK>	Side Plank + Toe Touch - 20 Side Plank + Leg Raise - 12 Side Plank + Lower Leg Twist/Crunch
19:30 - 22:30	80 [lvl 15]
22:31 - 24:30	90 [lvl 15]
24:31 - 25:30	98 [lvl 15]
25:31 - 26:00	108+ [lvl 15]	+2.08 = 8.49
<BREAK>	Repeat Upper Body <BREAK>	✔
26:01 - 39:00	Repeat 19:31 - 26:00 x2 + Pushup <BREAK> + Plank <BREAK>	+ 2.08 = 10.57 ✔ +2.05 = 12.62 ✔
Total: 39:00	3:05 min/mi	12.62 mi.

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35:00 Run [TIU]

Happy Thanksgiving week! I'm so excited! But kind of apprehensive -- I have so.much.things to do, and very little time to do it in. It seems like that's always the case before I go out of town -- all of a sudden there's laundry everywhere, I have no clean clothes to pack, my fridge is magically full of food that needs to be consumed (zeus knows this never happens unless I have to leave...) and my social calendar is unusually full. Plus I have to fit in the gym! So it looks like for the next couple days my workouts are going to be a bit shorter than usual, but I have Big Plans to make up for it when I get home to my beloved Lifetime. Kickboxing, Zumba, the lap pool... I might just live there for the 5 days of Thanksgiving...

This workout is based on the ToneItUp fat burning treadmill workout I did last week, but I changed the intervals to make it easier to remember. And hopefully a little harder.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 2.5

Sore Areas: None!

Yesterday: Not much to report.

Environment: indoors. COLD.

Workout
Equipment: Treadmill
Work Time: 35:00

Minutes	Intensity: MPH	Incline: ° [time]	Total Distance (mi.)*
0:00 - 3:00	4.0	9.0	~.2
3:01 - 5:00	6.5 (ish)	0.0 - ????	????
5:01 - 7:00	7.0	5.0	~.23
7:01 - 9:00	9.5 [:20] 0.0 [:10]	3.0	~.55 [~.44 without rest]
9:01 - 11:00	4.0	7.0	~.68 [~.58 without rest]
11:01 - 13:00	7.5	5.0	~.93 [~.83 w.r.]
13:01 - 15:00	9.5 [:20] 0.0 [:10]	3.0	~1.25 [~1.03 w.r.]
15:01 - 17:00	4.0	7.0	~1.38 [~1.17 w.r.]
17:01 - 35:00	Repeat 5:00 - 11:00 x3	5.0 [2:00] 3.0 [2:00] 7.0 [2:00]	~2.08 [~1.76 w.r.] ~ 2.78 [~2.36 w.r.] 3.42 [~2.95 w.r.]
35:00	6.84 mph [avg] [~5.9 mph w.r.]	5.0 [avg]	3.42 [~2.95 w.r.]

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 4
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 45:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 1
Sore Areas: Upper back (likely unrelated...)

Comments
This workout started poorly and ended about the same way. The first treadmill I got on was one of those super intense incline ones -- the one that'll take you up to like 30 degrees if you push the right button. Except this one was possessed. I asked it for 9 degrees and it put me up higher than the girl next to me, who was doing 14. WTH, treadmill? I tried flattening it out and trying again, but every time I pushed a button it just seemed to add that incline to whatever I currently had.

Eventually I gave up and went to a normal treadmill, at which point I did a paltry 3 miles. 3. Miles. That barely counts as having worked out today. Maybe I get extra points for higher incline? Sorta not really... I'm not even quite sure the non-incline-intense treadmill knew what 7 degrees where. I wouldn't be surprised to find out it only changed like 2 degrees. Our equipment isn't the best, if you missed that part... sigh. My original plan was to pair this shortie cardio workout with some booty moves, but the gym was so.full I couldn't find any out of the way floorspace to thurst. Clearly I'm not doing that shiz in the middle of the room, so... I left instead. I should probably stop letting the fullness of the gym dictate hoe my workouts go though - it's not like any of these people are going anywhere for the next few months, and it's definitely going to get worse at the new year. My other option is to be more disciplined about finishing my workouts when I get home. Perhaps I can convince boyfriend to clean out his man cave in the spare bedroom over the holiday so I can lift in peace in there...

At least I got dinner done and some laundry folded. Little victories!

30:00 Run [TIU]

Looks like I'm stuck at work a bit late today AND I have fancy dinner plans later, so unfortunately not a lot of time for healthiness today. I hate when I have to unexpectly work late - every minute saps away my will to care about anything other than getting home and being a slug. Preferably with a glass of wine and a blanket. And dog. BUT. I know for a fact I'll be eating 1038703 calories at the new fancy brew pub boyfriend and I are trying later, so I shall endeavor to do something that's good for me. The girls at ToneItUp released this fat burning treadmill workout today, so I think I'll give it a shot. Never say no to some quality fat burninating.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 3

Sore Areas: Quads

Yesterday: total body tabata

Environment: Indoors

Workout
Equipment: Treadmill
Work Time: 30:00

Minutes	Intensity: MPH	Incline: ° [time]	Total Distance (mi.)*
0:00 - 3:00	4.0	7.0	~.2
3:01 - 5:00	6.5	4.0	~.41
5:01 - 6:00	8.0	2.5	~.55
6:01 - 8:00	4.0	7.0	~.68
8:01 - 10:00	7.0	4.0	~.91
10:01 - 11:00	8.5	2.0	~1.05
11:01 - 13:00	4.0	9.0	~1.19
13:01 - 15:00	7.5	5.0	~1.44
15:01 - 15:30	9.0	3.0
15:31 - 16:00	<BREAK>		~1.59
16:01 - 16:30	9.0	2.5
16:30 - 17:00	<BREAK>		~1.74
17:01 - 17:30	9.0	2.5
18:30 - 18:00	<BREAK>		~1.89
18:01 - 18:45	9.0	2.0	~2.00
18:46 - 20:00	4.0	5.0	~2.08
20:01 - 23:00	7.5	3.0	~2.46
23:01 - 25:01	4.0	3.0	~2.59
25:01 - 28:01	6.5	3.0 -> 1.0	~2.92
28:01 - 30:00	4.0	1.0	3.03
Total: 30:00	6.06 mph [avg]		3.03

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This workout was... inconclusively difficult. I don't know if there was much fat burning going on. It was definitely hard to follow. Like, there was *almost* a 2: walk/2: run/1: sprint thing going on, but then it switched to :30 sprint/:30 rest... then 7 of the last 10:00 were supposed to be walking which seems like a huge waste to me. And to barely hit 3 miles in 30 minutes? That's nothing. I kind of like this style of workout with the hill and the speed differences, but next time I take it on there are going to be some changes.

30:00 Row

Very little time to exercise today, but I need to fit it something to atone for yesterday. Instead of workout out as I planned, Boyfriend and I got drafted last-minute into participating in our kickball team's end of season flipcup tournament. It started at 7, which was barely enough time to get out of work and get to, much less enough time to be some sort of healthy. It was pretty fun, although I think next time they need to not start at 7 PM. Not because I can't get there in time (although there is that), but because flipcup is a game you need to play when you're not entirely sober. My drunk muscles need time to remember what they're doing -- when you go in cold, you suck! Which is what happened to our team. We're very good - we came to our current kickball league from one that breeds flipcup national champions, so we pride ourselves on knowing what we're doing. While we destroyed the first two teams we faced 3-0 (another point -- best of 5 when there are 8 people on a team? Really? THIS IS LIKE ZERO DRINKING), it wasn't because we were on point. We were struggling, but still better than the other teams. In the finals we finally got some competition and lost by a single flip. It shouldn't even have been that close, but every round there was someone knocking the rust off. Had we been at the top of their game we would have won! Harumph. More drinking necessary!

Anyway, today I have a whiskey tasting (fancy, I know) at 8, so I have to hustle to fit in my healthiness. To the rowing machine, because it's the hardest one at the gym!


Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas:

Yesterday: Flipcup!

Environment: indoors

Workout
Equipment: Rowing Machine
Work Time: 30:00

Row
Level: 8

Minutes	Intensity: min/500m	Total Distance (m)
0:00 - 2:00	2:20
2:01 - 3:00	2:20
3:01 - 5:00	2:05
5:01 - 20:00	Repeat 2:01 - 5:00 x5
20:01 - 21:00	2:25
21:01 - 22:00	1:55-
22:01 - 30:00	Repeat 20:01 - 22:00 x4
Total: 30:10	2:09 min/500m [avg]	7000

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39:00 Row + Abs

New month, new blogging dedication. Why do I feel like I do this every month? I'm really good about writing my workouts down in my journal, but throwing them up here never seems to happen. Hmm... maybe I need a new tracking method. But it is convenient to go through on days when I'm like 'I need a full body routine that will kick my ass... what shall I do? oh, this was painful. go to!'. But that only works if I actually write down how I feel afterwards. Bleh. Time to think about this some more... maybe it'd help if I wrote down how I feel in the journal? But that's not searchable. And runkeeper doesn't do anything about weightlifting, although it's nice to know how many miles I run a month. Sigh. Trying to track healthiness is hard!

I modelled this cardio routine from ToneItUp's Rise and Run workout, but did it on the rowing machine instead of the treadmill. Then I did a couple of the video's from today's Blogilates workout (ab day!) for a complete 60 minute sweat-fest.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: Hamstrings

Yesterday: Punkin Chunkin weekend! More about that later when I'm not stressing out...

Environment: indoors

Workout
Equipment: Rowing Machine
Work Time: 39:00

Row
Level: 8

Minutes	Intensity: min/500m	Total Distance (m)
0:00 - 3:00	2:20
3:01 - 4:00	1:50-	930
4:01 - 6:00	2:25
6:01 - 11:00	2:05	+ 1500 = 2530
<BREAK>	20 Jumping Jacks 10 Side Lunges [each side] 15 Pile Squat Jumps	✔
11:01 - 26:00	Repeat 6:00 - 11:00 + <BREAK> x3	+ 1175 = 3705 ✔ + 1175 = 4880 ✔ + 1180 = 6060 ✔
26:01 - 26:30	2:30
26:31 - 27:00	1:50
27:01 - 31:00	Repeat 26:01 - 27:01 x4	+ 1165 = 7225
31:01 - 31:30	2:30
31:31 - 32:30	1:50
32:31 - 37:00	Repeat 31:01 - 32:30 x3	+ 1375 = 8600
37:01 - 39:00	2:30	+ 400 = 9000
Total: 39:00	2:16 min/500m [avg]	9000

Bonus Abs:
Blogilates - POP Pilates: Intense Ab Workout
Blogilates - Victoria Secret Model Ab Workout

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total Time: 75:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 1
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Comments
My grip-y muscles were DYING after this -- I think it's because I used one of the new rowing machines that showed up in my gym two weeks ago. They were definitely way more tightly wound that the old ones I'm used to. I'm a little annoyed that everything came out to 39 minutes (like, seriously?) but no biggie. I would have probably just added another minute of cool-down time anyway.

Not super sore anywhere the day after this workout -- I'm trying to change things around and work a little harder, but it doesn't seem to be happening. Guess I need to push even harder!

Also I'm fairly certain the people in my gym thought I was totally nuts for following pilates videos on my phone and doing them in a corner. I just have to keep telling myself they're not really paying attention. Except for that one guy. He totally thinks I'm a weirdo. But he's not wearing shoes, so his opinion doesn't count.

Aside: who doesn't wear shoes in a gym? And wanders around?? PUT YOUR NASTY FEET AWAY. I hope you get athletes foot and ringworm and whatever that really bad one that's almost strep is. [Edit: staph. staph infections. not strep infections]. And I hope someone drops a weight on your foot. Serves you right.