Sunday Morning in Cleveland Circle

This morning I woke up early and tried a new delicious concoction of mine for breakfast:

• Plain Chobani Yogurt
• Granola
• Sliced white peaches
• Scoop of almond butter

Mixed all together, this tastes great!

I then packed a bag and ventured toward Cleveland Circle, specifically the Chestnut Hill Reservoir.  My original intentions were to just go for a walk and then lay out a little, but I ended up doing a full blown outdoor workout.

I began with one walking loop around the reservoir (about 1.5 miles).  It was a pretty path, so I  snapped a lot of photos for you guys!

I then upped my pace and did another 1.5 mile loop, this time jogging.  No pictures from this time around.  I can’t remember the last time I went for an actual run outside, so I was proud that I could do the whole 1.5 without stopping.

Then I got all bootcampish on myself.  I did two of the superset combos I had my bootcamp class do on Thursday.  And I did some stairs in between sets.  So the workout became:

Set 1

• 60 seconds forward lunges (using the step for a little incline)
• 60 seconds jump squats
• 60 seconds stair run

Set 2

• 60 seconds plie squats
• 60 seconds jumping jacks
• 60 seconds stair run

Then I repeated sets 1 and 2 but lowered the time to 40 seconds each.  The stairs were really tough.

Set 3 concentrated on outer thigh and obliques:

• Side leg lift on right side, with oblique dip at same time.  2 sets of 8, and 8 pulses.
• 60 seconds of side to side oblique twists
• Side leg lift combo on the left side
• 60 seconds of side to side oblique twists

Set 4 finished up abs:

• Sitting, heels on ground in front.  Lower and lift for 3 sets of 8.  Then lift feet off ground and do seated rotations 3 sets of 8.
• Hold feet off ground in front, extend legs and lean back, then crunch up for 3 sets of 8.
• Finished with regular crunches with my feet in the air.

My beach towel made a nice substitute for an ab mat.  And doing ab work with the sun shining through the trees is way cooler than being at the gym.

After my workout I was hoping to jump in the Reilly swimming pool but it was closed!  I was so bummed because I really wanted some sun time this weekend.  Instead I brought my beach chair out to the field and set up there, all sweaty, and read for a bit.  After about an hour it got really cloudy, so I headed home.  Now I’m going to make the delicious shrimp salad I had for lunch on Friday, run some errands, and head to Jeff & Jill’s BBQ.

Question of the day:  What’s your favorite outdoor workout?

Hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day weekend!

Bootcamp: Session 3, Class 1

Hello readers.  Happy Friday!

Last night kicked off the third session of Outdoor Bootcamp.  I have a lot of participants this time!

Just wanted to share the workout with you all.

Warmup

• 2 laps of jogging around the field
• Jog in place until everyone back
• 10 seconds of high knees all together
• Lower body stretching
• 10 seconds of high knees
• Upper body stretching
• 10 seconds of high knees

Supersets

60 seconds of as many reps as possible, then right into the second move for another 60 seconds

• Front Lunges / Jump Squats
• Pushups / Burpees
• Plie Squats / Jumping Jacks
• Side Planks / Seated Rotations

Suicides

• Run to the first cone, sprint back to start
• Run to the second cone, sprint back to start
• Run to the third cone, sprint back to start
• Repeat for a few minutes

Bicep / Cardio Combo

• 10 bicep curls, sprint to cone across field, backwards jog back to start
• 9 bicep curls, sprint to cone across field, backwards jog back to start
• 8 bicep curls… and so on… until down to 1 rep

Shoulder / Cardio Combo

• 10 overhead presses, shuffle across field to cone with a left foot lead, shuffle back to start with a right foot lead
• 9 overhead presses, shuffle across left, shuffle back right
• 8 overhead presses… and so on… until down to 1 rep

Tricep / Cardio Combo

• 10 tricep dips on benches, 10 jacks
• 9 tricep dips on benches, 9 jacks
• 8 tricep dips on benches, 8 jacks… and so on until down to 1 of each

Supersets

Same combo as before, this time only for 40 seconds of as many reps as possible, then right into the second move for another 40 seconds

• Front Lunges / Jump Squats
• Pushups / Burpees
• Plie Squats / Jumping Jacks
• Side Planks / Seated Rotations

Abs

• Lying flat, sit up reaching arms either up to legs (if lifting feet up) or reaching out from body (if keeping feet on ground).  Do 10.
• Lying flat, reach right arm up to left leg as it lifts, then repeat on right.  Do 10 each side.
• Lying flat, legs extended over hips.  Push legs out in front, then bend knees in and reverse curl up.  Do 10 of each (push and lift).
• Keeping legs over hips, lower down slow and lift up reverse curl.  Do 10.
• Hold regular plank for one minute.

Stretch / Cooldown

I think the first class was a success!  Nevermind the $700 I made (and a bunch couldn’t make the first class, so more on the way!)

Pictures for your viewing pleasure:

The extra picnic benches were perfect for everyone to do tricep dips all together!  Love creative ways to workout 🙂

Question of the Day:  What are some creative ways you workout when you don’t necessarily have a ton of equipment handy!?

That’s all for now.