Monday, February 27, 2006

Sometimes, rest is all you need....

Saturday's Workout (from home):
LBWO: lunges (8, 10, 12, 15, 10 lbs dumbells), rear lunges (10 lbs dumbells), squats (8, 10, 12, 15, 10 lbs dumbells), single leg split squats (10 lbs.), single leg raises (12x8lbs, 12x10, 12x12, 12x15), plie squats (3 sets x 12 reps x 15 lbs)
STRETCH

Sunday
REST

Today's Workout:
LEG STRETCHES
WARM-UP: Walking on the treadmill 5 minutes
LEG STRETCHES
CARDIO: 20 minutes HIIT RUNNING on the treadmill + 1 minute running to get 2 miles total.
COOL-DOWN: Walking on the treadmill 4 minutes
LEG STRETCHES
ABS: 50 crunches, medicine ball exercises, pilates exercises, back exercises

YES YES YES!!!!

I am back to running!!! I am really excited about it. I took it easy so no 2 miles in 20 minutes today. I got about 1.87 miles in 20 minutes, but I kept running up to 21 minutes to get 2 miles. So far, my knees are holding up :).

The bad news is the right palm now hurts. I think it's a carryover from all that snow shoveling 3 weekends ago. It was sore for a while and I ignored it. Now it really hurts when I put pressure on it, like when I open a bottle. Surprisingly, it doesn't hurt when I hold the dumbells. The funny thing is I bought a bottle of shelled pistachios yesterday. Well, I wanted to eat it last night but I couldn't because I couldn't open the bottle (LOL!!!). So inspite of the annoying pain, I guess there is something good that comes out of it. I took some ibuprofen an hour ago and hoping it kicks in soon.

Gotta go and study some more! Later!

3 comments:

Mari said...

Good job holding out for your 2 miles :D

KatieFeldmom said...

Great job on the workouts and the running!

Hope your palm feels better soon and that it is nothing serious.

Unknown said...

Awesome job on the run!!! Be proud...I hope your hand gets to feeling better....:)