School starts tomorrow....

Just like last year, school starts up and I forget about the blog. This past week was teacher work week which left me totally crazed and then this past weekend, I went home to visit with family before my sister leaves for studying abroad! 

I did get a 10 mile run in yesterday with my mom. Diva Half is only 18 days away!

Last day of summer for me today (ahhhhh) and I had lots to do. I went to an Ultimate Abs class this morning at the gym then followed it with a quick arm workout:

Sweet dreams to all my fellow teachers!

Weekend recap and Monday arms

Friday: 3 mile run

Saturday: Bodypump class

Sunday: 9 mile run...not the most pleasant run the day after a Bodypump class. I took a bath afterwards and it felt wonderful especially to legs that felt like lead. 

Today:

I slept awful last night (at least Ben did too so we were awake and annoyed together) and I almost didn't go to the gym when I got up. Besides the lack of sleep, my body was pretty sore in general from the weekend. 

.....but after an hour of getting up, I decided to head over to do something small with arms and abs.

Scaption Exercise  because yes, I had to look it up too ;) 

Off to bed shortly, hoping I can sleep through the night better!

Yoga Run and Full Body

YogaRun

Last night I tried out a YogaRun class at a local yoga studio, a class that has you run for 30 minutes at the beginning and then do a 30 minute yoga session. I've tried yoga classes before and have felt "so-so" about them (too slow in my opinion), but I was thinking a 30 minute class, especially after a run, sounded not too bad.

I loved it!

It was a small group, 4 of us. We ran around a neighborhood behind the studio, talking the whole time. The other 3 are runners (1 woman is about to do her 10th Marine Corps Marathon and the other woman was training for her 1st!) and we couldn't have matched up more perfectly with our paces. 

Coming into the studio after running in the muggy weather felt wonderful. Strip off the shoes and sweaty socks in a dark, air-conditioned room and lay out the mats. One of the runners is also a yoga instructor at the studio who led us in the yoga moves/stretching. Time flew by! And a 30 minute stretch after running was perfect. 

YogaRun, I will see you again for sure!

Today's Workout!

A 20 minute warm up on the elliptical before doing a new Full Body Circuit Workout put together by Life in Leggings!

A link to a T-Stabalization Twists can be found here!

Leggy Monday and 1st Sworkit workout

This post was meant to be posted yesterday, but I kinda forgot. Case of the Mondays! I ran 8 miles on Friday before hitting the road to Lake Anna for a bachelorette weekend. We drank, ate, swam, laid out, laughed, etc. A very relaxing weekend, but my body was definitely feeling a bit gross after the drinking and eating (although none was regretted!)

 

 Drinks and best friend on the water, can't complain!

 Yummy dinner by the water

 

Wine tasting with the Bride-to-Be!

 

 

After babysitting all day yesterday, I headed to the gym. 30 minutes on the elliptical on the cross-country setting (while enjoying an episode of Gilmore Girls, never gets hold). The main focus of yesterday's workout was a leg workout:

I'm feeling some thigh burning this morning for sure!

 

So Sworkit app....I've been hearing about it and decided to download it and give it a try. It reminds me a lot of the Nike Training Club app I used to use. You choose what you want to focus on (strength, yoga, cardio) and from there you pick what you're targeting (whole body, lower, body, core, etc), then select the amount the time you want to work out. They show you a 5 sec preview of what you'll be doing with each exercise, before doing a :30 sec clip of the exercise. Very easy to figure out.

I decided to do a 10 minute core exercise. It varied from crunches, bicycles, V sit-ups, side planks and other exercises.

I think it'd be helpful for anyone who does home workouts or need some structure while at the gym. Try it out!

 

300 Abs

I wasn't sure if I'd get to the gym today because I had fun plans with friends, but when I got back to the house around 4, I didn't feel like just sitting around, so I changed into gym clothes and headed off.

 

I decided to put some focus on cardio after my past few runs I have been feeling winded sooner than what I used to so did 30 minutes on the elliptical. I used to do a ton of cardio (mainly elliptical time), but started laying off of it when I started getting bored/more in weights and other gym items.

 

After the elliptical, I tried out a new abs routine. Gotta make sure my abs are ready for some lake fun this weekend ;)

 

I rolled a ton after the abs. I have a 8 miler planned for Friday and want my legs feeling fresh and ready to run, especially after how I've been feeling my past runs!

Long run recap and today's workout

Happy Monday everyone!

 

Saturday was a 7 mile run as part of my Diva Half training. It was a great morning for a run temperature wise, but my body could not get into it for some reason. It really wasn't until mile 4.5 that I felt a groove....sorta. Seeing that my mileage is only going up from here, my mind and body has better get back into the running mode. Maybe I need to start looking for new routes to try out? Something to get more amped up for another half training!

 

 

Today's workout was a good one. I slept in (yay for a free week of nothing planned), found some new workout circuits to try and was ready to go!

 

I did a quick 15 minutes on the elliptical to get my heart going before heading to the free weights section for an upper body workout.

 

Followed by a glute workout....

 

Got a 3 mile run planned for tomorrow. Suppose to rain all day so either I'll be doing a rainy run or heading indoors for a dreadmill!

 

When bored, do full body. Short and sweet.

I started out today's gym visit with 20 minutes on the elipitical...which I spent most of it trying to figure out what I wanted to do after/finishing up an episode of Friday Night Lights for the 50th time (no shame at all).

 

What I decided on was just to do a Full Body Workout hit 2 birds (or more) with 1 stone.