Tag Archive | plank
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 […]
Got my butt kicked…
I went to the gym today and tried a Nike Training workout. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do the most advanced one but figured I could do a 45 minute workout…I’ve been working out doing yoga and swimming but not much cardio and today it showed…I was out of breath, struggling to keep […]
Moon Salutation…
I had a request from a student in my yoga class for the Moon Salutation. Thought of as the opposite to the Sun Salutation, I have to admit that I hadn’t done it in a very long time and had to look it up again to remind myself of the sequence. As I read more […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With a little help…
“Success in anything seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don’t quit. They hang on after others have let go.” – Unknown Today was a tough one…my schedule was thrown off as I wasn’t able to workout in the morning and I didn’t have time to go to […]
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 […]
Core synergistics…
“You can’t keep a good man down — or an over affectionate dog.” -Anonymous My soccer game last night went pretty well, my legs felt good, my cardio was up, I even scored 3 goals, which is the most I’ve scored in one game all season. It was the last game of the indoor league […]
Insanity…
“Insanity is knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it.” – Elizabeth Wurtzel I’ve decided to take it a bit easier this week and do less pounding on the pavement in preparation for my 10km run on Sunday…I want to make sure that nothing’s tight, pulling or […]
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 […]
Second day of weights…
I woke up today not feeling as sore as yesterday…and surprisingly my abs were ok too. I can understand that the spinning class helped flush the lactic acid out of my legs and the stretching throughout the day loosened everything up again but I don’t understand how my abs aren’t killing me. Especially when I […]
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 […]
