Fitness By Alicia: Weekly Workout Recap

After posting my fitness goals, I decided I would do a weekly recap to help hold myself accountable.

Monday:

I started my day with 30 Day Shred. I could tell it had been a while since I had my one on one time with Jillian. The cardio was fine, but my shoulders burnt after the squat and press.

After my morning workout, I waited to get my knew treadmill. The delivery men dropped it off around 11 and I was on it by 12:30.

I started off slow but then became really worried when I picked up the pace I couldn't maintain it. I did 30 minutes or 2.41 miles.

When J came home, I told him the treadmill seemed fast. Too fast. Sure enough it was way too fast. We recalebrated it and it was fine.

I didn't do plank a day Monday because I hadn't decided to make it a goal yet.

Tuesday:

Tuesday I startedmy morning with a plank. I knew immediately that my core strength was missing but I held on and gave myself a good base to start from.

After my plank, I did 30 Day Shred. My shoulders didn't feel as sore but I felt my abs burn during the bicycle crunches.

I ran some errands and then decided to try out a different pool. I didn't love the one I used before (only 3 lap lanes) so I decided to try the Fenton Recreation Center. This pool was the exact same as the one last week, I guess I didn't need to try a new one! I decided to swim 1000 yards. Boy was it difficult. I can definitely tell I've not been swimming as often. I may need to go to two days a week. But I'll keep to my goals for the time being.

Wednesday:

I woke up feeling a little under the weather. I slept in, meaning I missed the good weather window for running. I decided to go with the treadmill. I was hoping to run 45 minutes but after 15 minutes I knew this wouldn't happen. My lungs were killing me and I continued to cough. I cut my run short because I wanted to be a able to knock out 11 miles Saturday. I ran 30 minutes or 2.4 miles.

Immediately following my run on the treadmill, I did my plank and 30 Day Shred. My plank felt much better but I want to be able to hold it a lot longer.

Thursday:

I woke up early for a planned run outside. Unfortunately, I felt pretty congested. I went back to bed and woke up a little later but decided to cut my outside run.

I started with my plank a day and then upped my weights for 30 Day Shred. After 30 Day Shred, I did 30 minutes on the elliptical.

I finally got my haircut and ran some errands. Then I got a new wind. The weather was gorgeous so I decided to take my bike for a ride.

I tried out my new cycling gear and headed to Grant's Trail. I took the ride easy especially since I found out my bike's computer wasn't working. I'm not sure that the issue is. I used the Map My Ride app but definitely don't love it. I went about 8 miles in 35 minutes. The highlight of the ride was seeing the Budweiser horses.

Friday:

It was a light day of working out in preparation for my long run on Saturday. I woke up and made a delicious and healthy trifle.

Then I prepped lasagna for dinner.

I then did my daily plank (over 2 minutes)!

And finished up with 30 Day Shred. It was an easy day of working out.

Saturday;

I had been dreading Saturday's long run all week. The week before when I had 10 miles to run it was difficult. My GPS kept losing signal and it was humid. So I just didn't feel like running 11 miles because I felt my love of running was going away.

Luckily, J and I met up with the St. Louis Track club to run. The St. Louis Track club is currently training for the Rock N Roll Marathon while I'm doing the half so I knew I wouldn't be running is far, but it was a good change of scenery. We ran along the river trail in Alton, Il. So we had views of the Mississippi River the entire time. The 11 miles were tough but I did it! I ran 11 miles in 2:08 (9 minutes faster than my 10 mile run the week before).