Abs abs abs!

Another day of snow coming tomorrow and I skipped the gym yesterday so today was full intense gym session. 

I had a feeling school would be canceled tomorrow (which it now is) so I didn't feel rushed to get into the gym and then home for dinner, shower, and regroup for tomorrow. I started out with a strength training circuit that I've done a few times before and really enjoy the change up of different muscles being used. 

Next I wanted to focus on abs. Found this longer ab workout on Pinterest and really liked that the reps were shorter, but was longer so could feel my abs burning by the end. Plus 3 rounds of 60 secs plank through out! 

 

And for anyone who will be snowed in tomorrow, this one is also great for an at home workout!

I finished out with a quick spin on the bike just because I wasn't ready to be done just yet ;)

Wireless earbuds!

Got my wireless earbuds over the weekend and I was eager to finally try them out today!  

The earbuds will need some adjusting, which luckily they came with 3 different ear adjustments.

I took off on a 5 mile snowy/icy/muddy/puddles run. At the beginning, I felt that the wind was blowing through my earbuds and I could barely hear the music. BUT by the end of my run, I wasn't noticing if the wind was bothering me and realized how much more freedom my arms had without those iPod headphone wires. 

So overall review...easy to set up and connect to my iPod, got for a great deal on Amazon, good volume, and easy to turn on and off. I'm going to play around with the ear adjustments because i found myself playing with them throughout the run. I also want to see if I can adjust the band between the ear pieces to tighten up a bit. 

Snow day arms & abs

Another snow day for me! I spent the morning working/wrapping up some school items and then once I heard the roads were cleared, I headed off to the gym. After running yesterday and swimming the day before, I wanted to do some weights. 

20 minutes on the elliptical for some cardio before doing some arms: 

I think my arms will be good until BodyPump Saturday!

Finished out with one of my new favorite ab routines:

Back to work and jello legs

After 9 days off and a 2 hour delay this morning, I finally went back to what they call work. And boy will this be a long week. Plus with no indoor recess (though wish I could take my kids out in the snow, they'd burn off extra energy), going to be even longer! 

Today = leg day!

20 minute on the bike at cross-country mode before doing this lean leg circuit:

Afterwards, I also added in:

abductor 3x15 and leg press 3x20.

Tomorrow--swim workout! 

Running Sandwich

Another day off (and we shall see about tomorrow....)! Today called for a 3 mile run and strength as part of my training plan, but seeing that most of the sidewalks still aren't clear/icey out, I decided to suck it up and do the run on the treadmill. To change things up a bit because I knew there was no way I could stay sane for 3 miles on the treadmill, I broke it up into 1 mile ->weights-> 1 mile -> abs-> 1 mile. 

It made it much more enjoyable.

After the first mile, I did some leg work.

laying leg curls 3x12

abductor 3x12

adductor 3x12

30 lunges

After the second mile, I did some abs.

30 Russian Twists

10 sit ups 

:30 sec plank

20 vertical leg crunches

:20 sec plank

10 jackknife sit ups

40 bicycles

:15 sec side plank (each side)

30 crunches

:40 sec plank

And 3rd mile complete. I was a nice sweaty mess. I thought about doing arms, but they were still a little sore after yesterday so decided to give them a rest. 

Snow Day #2

Another snow day for me (and just found out I'll have another one tomorrow!), but today I was able to venture out which meant morning gym session for me!

20 minutes the elliptical and then did an Arm & Ab circuit (the gym was empty except for the weight area, of course!)

Side note....Signed up for my 4th half marathon, Diva Half Series in September! Yep, this is the same half that gave me a panic attack in 2013 ( I wrote a lengthy post about that), but my friend Hannah and I have wanted to do a half again together and this one was chosen!  I do hope they've gotten things organized since 2013! 

Hello!

Let's see how long I can update this before I go through a period of not posting! 

I would review all the workouts and updates from who knows when the last time I posted, but I'm starting fresh over with today!

No school means getting up when I want and going to the gym first thing. I was still a bit sore from BodyPump on Saturday (I didn't go for 2 weeks and boy did I miss it!), but with the chance of snow (*snow dance*) tonight, I wanted to get in a really good workout today. 

The aerobics room was empty so I took advantage of doing a full body strength workout with free weights. New workout to try too!

After finishing up and still having some time before I wanted to leave, I just moved around various machines to get in extra leg work and ab work. 

Now to await for this snow...I'll believe it when I see it! Winter has been a tease so far!