Weekly Workouts {Or Lack Thereof}

Good morning!  I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend.  I certainly enjoyed unplugging and getting away for the weekend.  I had lots of sun and family/boyfriend time down the Cape from Wednesday night through Friday night, and I had a blast at Jen‘s wedding on Saturday.  Both events were definitely too short, but they made me excited for my upcoming week off in just a few weeks.  This vacation can’t come soon enough!

With the holiday week, I certainly had all the best intentions to get five workouts in, but they just didn’t all happen.  It wasn’t a full rest week, but it was still de-loaded.  And that’s okay!  I know my workouts this week will feel just that much better.

Last Week’s Workouts

Sunday
Rest

Monday
Treadmill sprints + 15 minutes of core strength work

Tuesday
Two A Day Tuesday, patriotic style!  Took Liz’s Kickboxing class, then taught my “Red White & Blue” workout.

Wednesday
Off

Thursday
Morning run before the beach, followed by some quick lower body and ab work.  I did 15 front lunges right, 15 front lunges left, 15 squats, and plank.  Then repeated for three times total.

Friday
Off

Saturday
Off

This Week’s Workouts

Here’s the plan for the upcoming week!

• Sunday:  Off
• Monday:  Core strength class, followed by Cardio Cutz class
• Tuesday:  Two A Day — I’m teaching both classes this week
• Wednesday:  Workout TBD or rest
• Thursday:  Teaching my 6am class
• Friday:  Cycle + core class
• Saturday:  Workout TBD or rest

How was everyone’s 4th?  Anyone else feel a bit lax in their workout schedule because of the holiday week?

Before I go, here’s a special F&F birthday shout-out to Tim’s sister Katie!  Hope you have a great day!

Last “Weekly Workouts” Post of 2012

Good morning, friends.  Can you believe it’s the last day of 2012?  At least the world didn’t end, right?  I am thankful I took the day off from work to have an extra day to relax and just get some things done before ringing in 2013 with our friends tonight.  This weekend’s social life included my work holiday party on Friday night at Julia’s house and going out for dinner and drinks with our friends Pete and Andrea on Saturday night, but other than that I’ve been in a crazy must-organize-my-life mode.  I cleaned out my entire closet and dresser and have two full bags of clothes to donate.  I organized my entire desk and threw away an entire bag of trash.  Like, what was IN there?  I also did five loads of laundry, re-organized the kitchen, organized my personal and Y email accounts, and pre-wrote a few new blog posts.  Probably sounds like zero fun at all, but I feel happy and refreshed accomplishing as much as I did.

Out with the old, in with the new.  I’m ready for 2013!

I know that I’ve bombarded you all with tons of holiday party updates over the last few days.  It probably seems like I haven’t made any time for fitness at all, but that’s not true!  I actually did really well with making my workouts a priority last week.

Weekly Workouts

Last Week’s Workouts

Sunday:  Off

Monday:  Taught Cycle class

Tuesday:  Off for Christmas Day

Wednesday:  Inspired by this post from Jen, I rocked a 30 minute treadmill interval workout.

I know the routine here says 25 minutes, but I just did one extra round so the workout totaled 30 minutes with the 5 minute cool down.  I also did this core strength circuit three times through:

Thursday:  Taught a resistance band circuit workout in my 6am class, per Jen’s request!

Friday:  Did this 40 minute elliptical workout.

Saturday:  20 minute treadmill sprints + the upper body Tabata workout from the last round of Best Body Bootcamp.

For the sprints, I did my first 5 rounds at an 8.0 sprint with a 6.5 recovery pace.  For the second 5, I did an 8.5 sprint with a 7 recovery pace.  Phew!

This Week’s Workouts

I’m not too sure yet with this week has in store.  Last week I felt really good not thinking about my workouts too much and just DOING them or deciding right before I went to the gym what I was going to do.  That’s not always easy for me with my schedule though.  Sorry for not a ton of detail below, but we will see!

• Sunday:  Home workout
• Monday:  TBD
• Tuesday:  New Year’s Day “secret” sweat sesh with my gym friends.  I can’t wait!
• Wednesday:  TBD after work
• Thursday:  Teaching Sculpt at 6am.  Any requests?
• Friday: Most likely off?
• Saturday:  Morning workout TBD

I hope my Weekly Workouts posts have helped motivate you each week, whether it be to help keep yourself accountable, help you plan, help you get new ideas, or whatever.  I know they definitely help me, and I plan to continue writing them into the new year.  If you have any suggestions on ways I can make them better for you as readers, let me know.

How are you ringing in 2013 tonight?

I’m off to enjoy the last day of this year!