Daily Training
More Tabata & Abs
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” ~Jerry West My left leg was still tight this morning, but after I took Trey for a walk it started loosing up so I figured I might as well get my butt to the gym and do […]
Spinning & Yoga…
“Everyone can do Ashtanga. Except lazy people.” ~Sharath Jois This weekend’s workouts were the classes I had to teach: spinning and yoga. I was still pretty sore from all the workouts this week so it took me a while to get my legs moving in spinning but the energy in the room was terrific, I […]
Tabata training…
Since the aim is to increase my cardio and I went pretty hard yesterday, today’s workout was a series of Tabata exercises followed by a half-hour swim. I read the Men’s Health article showing a few Tabata options the other day so I thought I’d try it out. Danny was up for it as well […]
Blisters…
“We must have had 99 percent of the game. It was the other three percent that cost us the match.” ~ Ruud Gullit We had our third soccer game of the season last night. We were going for our third win against a team that’s not particularly strong and were probably too cocky for our […]
First game of the season…
“The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn’t move, kick it until it does.” ~Phil Woosnam Our first soccer game was Monday night…we play in the York Region Soccer League, the Women’s Elite division. Our game field is in Stoufville, which is an awful […]
Monkey bars….
If you’ve been reading my posts, and I hope you all have, you’ll know that the biggest challenge for me at Tough Mudder will be the monkey bars! The rest of the obstacles I think I have covered, but the monkey bars have become my arch nemesis! I see little kids on them at the […]
Back from vacation…
“No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.” ~Elbert Hubbard My week long vacation in Cuba was awesome! I had all the best intentions to train there, I brought workout clothes, my iPhone to run to, my workout schedule…I was ready and pumped! Day 1 I went for […]
Spinning away…
“A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.” -Robert Orben After my 10km run on Sunday, I did a yoga class yesterday and I taught spinning and yoga tonight. It’s only my 4th week teaching spinning so the people in my class are still relatively new to spinning. As […]
Sporting Life 10km…
“NEVER.STOP.TRYING” -Me I think I’m destined to always run races in the rain…but if I end up running a personal best every time, I won’t complain. The run starts down Yonge Street, so we left our jackets at the car and figured we’d come back quickly and wouldn’t be too cold afterwards because the sun […]
Slim Effect…
Today’s workout was picked by Cris, my Nike Training Club guru. It’s the last 30 minute workout in the Intermediate Series of Get Lean and it was pretty tough! By the end of it we were counting down by 10 reps, trying to wipe the sweat from our eyes and resorting to swearing! Here were […]
This morning’s run…
I was planning to run on Friday, but then I got home and saw the state of our yard after the rain we had on Thursday. It was turning into a jungle, with Trey thinking the weeds were trees for him to go to the bathroom on, so it was clear that I had to […]
Back at it…
“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.” – Juma Ikangaa, Tanzanian marathoner After my 3 crazy workout day on Tuesday, my hamstrings were screaming at me yesterday so I took the day off. This morning, I was adamant to get back into it so I went to the gym. Having arrived […]
Full body workout…
Since I couldn’t get to the gym to do weights today, I did the Fast and Fierce, Nike App workout again to see how I found it this time. It’s a 45 minute full body workout with exercises ranging from 30 seconds – 2 minutes in length. Here’s how it went: 1 minute light jog […]
Yes, I’m stubborn…
I was supposed to run today but since I was home with Trey, I didn’t want to take him on a 10km run with me as he can’t maintain my pace. Instead, I went back to the Insanity workout I did a few weeks ago to try it again…the Max Interval Circuit video, AKA 60 […]
Getting stronger…
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” -Ronald. E. Osborn I need to get stronger still as I want to start doing upper body plyo exercises and I don’t think my upper body’s quite ready for them yet. I went back to my regular workout, without […]
Not running with friends…
So.. my chiropractor (and amazing friend) Julia told me to take some time off since my quad is acting up again. I went and saw her this morning, she worked on it and it felt amazing. It felt so good that, in excitement, she said “Wow, I can’t believe that the things I do actually […]
Spinning basics…
Just as I thought, last night’s spin class was interesting to say the least. I got there at 6:40pm, just in time to figure out that the stereo does not have a way for me to hook up my iPhone to it…so back home I went to grab a stereo and to bring it in. […]
Stubborn quad…
My right quad was not happy after the run yesterday. Even with yoga last night, it was still pretty tight. Unfortunately I’ve got a packed day today so I can’t give it the rest it needs…I’m counting down the days until I see Julia to have her work it out again. At lunch, we went […]
It’s a hill, get over it…
“It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.” -Henry Ward Beecher We woke up early today to go for a run in our favourite rich neighbourhood, Rosedale. My GPS was acting up at first, so I stopped it and re-set it at half a […]
Kick4TheCure…
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” -Christopher Reeve I played in an indoor soccer tournament today to raise money for Canadian Breast Cancer Society. This is the 7th year the Kick4TheCure tournament has run and it gets more successful every year. In the past 6 years, the tournament has raised over $106,000 for charity. This […]
