Training Blogs

I squeezed in a 3 mile jog yesterday at lunchtime and swam in the pool last night to finish off day 8. Water was 92 degrees, getting too warm.

Day 7 was the rest day. They suggest the stretch video, which I did do, since my legs were still sore from Tuesday's Legs and Back video.

Yesterday was day 6 and the video was Kenpo. Kenpo is similar to Taebo. Just alot of kicking and punching, with some jumping jacks in between to raise the heart rate.

I decided to wear my HR monitor. Results were interesting, just doing the kicking and punching I could only get my HR to 110. The jumping jacks for 30 sec did get me up to 130, but that was the max for the entire hour.

Yesterday was Legs and Back. Video was 58 minutes long with about 8 min of warm up and 5 of cool down, so 45 minutes of real work. I thought, lunges... they won't be tough, I won't even where my heart rate monitor. About 25 minutes in and 4 glasses of water later, I decided I was wrong. I was completely drenched in sweat. Lots of lunges and 8 sets of pull-ups/chin-ups. Great workout.

I completed day 4 yesterday (still need to catch up on day 1). I thought Yoga was easy, just stand in place, right? One hour 30 minutes of it was a bit much. But I think it will help with flexibility, doing this each week. I was able to get my biking and swimming in yesterday too.