Tag Archive | dumbbell
Lazy yet responsible…
I’ve had a relatively lazy week. After the 3 workouts I did on Tuesday, my quad started acting up again so I rested it, didn’t do any running and plyo’s, just went to the chiropractor to get it better. The Sporting Life 10k is on Sunday so I want my quad to be fine for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Look, no thumbs…
I went to the playground a couple of weeks ago and tried to go on the monkey bars…since one of the Tough Mudder challenges is Monkey Bars with butter on them…I was able to do 2 before I fell off, with my hands burning and my spirit totally defeated. I used to be able to […]
Triple workout…
I was planning to go for a light run yesterday but the wind warning in Toronto was a little much and I didn’t feel like risking an obstacle course of broken branches and garbage cans …although that might have been great training for Tough Mudder… So instead, I woke up early today to do a […]
The 3 minute plank….
Since I asked for new ab workouts to challenge me, CultFit (an amazing blogger that I suggest you start to follow) gave me an ab test to try out yesterday to see where I stack. His instructions: The Test: Hinge, Walk Out to a High Push Up Plank…Feet together, Hinge, Walk your Hands out to […]
Kicking ass…
I was a keener this morning! I’m not sure what got into me but I got up early, went to the gym for the 6:45am spinning class as my warm up for my weights workout. Spinning this morning was an RPM class at Goodlife. The instructor was great, very upbeat and motivating. I usually don’t […]
Visit to the chiropractor…
“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” -Voltaire Today was a pretty crazy day. I took up my friend Julia on her offer to treat me, she’s in her 4th year of study at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto. She told me the first session would […]
Boulders for shoulders…
“There are many ways to the top, and the training method you choose is just the one that suits you best. The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.” – Herb Elliott Last night as I was lying on the couch, my hamstrings started to tighten up […]
Fast and fierce…
“Spirit … has fifty times the strength and staying power of brawn and muscle.” – Unknown I decided to take it easy today to give my quad a break so instead of going for a jog I tried a workout from the Nike Training app, recommended to me by my friend Cristina. It’s free from […]
Counting smounting…
“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.” -Alex Karras I woke up so sore today that I almost didn’t go to the gym. My right quad is really tight and my upper body was barely functional so I lay in bed thinking about all the things I couldn’t do at the gym. […]
Taking legs out…
My legs are constantly sore these days and they’re starting to get tight and I’m scared pretty soon I’m going to pull something. Since my legs are strong anyways (from soccer, spinning, yoga and oh yeah, running) I don’t think I need to work them during my weights workouts. I’m doing hills during my runs, […]
Weights, upper body…
I’m still going to be keeping the same principles in mind as my original workout, I’ll be doing 2 sets of everything, quick reps with minimal rest in between to increase my stamina and endurance. I’ll start with one set of each group of exercises and then repeating a second set before I move onto […]
Day two…
I tried to get up today but was unable to get out of bed…my hip-flexors were on strike and refused to move! I feel like a tin man but unfortunately I’m not sure WD40 would help. I’m not sure if my hip-flexors are sore from yesterday’s sprints or the ab workout but I’m leaning towards […]
