Well, I know I have not updated this blog in a couple of days, but it does not mean that I did not work out. Here is an update on what I have been doing this week.
Tuesday - 45 Minutes Walk/Jog/Run/Lunges
This was a good workout for me. I started out walking for a few minutes then went to running/jogging. I ran for a total of about 3 miles. Once I start running, I go for about 7 minutes or so then I walk so that I can check my heart rate on my watch. It is hard to do while you are running and you don't always get an accurate number. So I walk just until I get my reading which takes about 20 seconds then I go back to running. I kept this up for about 35 minutes and then I finished with a 5 minute cool down and 5 minutes of walking lunges. I forgot to write down my calories, but I believe I was around 300 total.
Wednesday - 30 Minutes Cardio Aerobics, 30 Minutes Yoga and 20 Minutes Elliptical
The cardio part of class today was on the floor. The teacher puts together some combos and we repeat them several times over the 30 minutes. I was able to burn 150 calories during this portion of the workout. We then move right in to the 30 minute yoga portion of the class. As this is the only yoga workout that I can go to right now, it will have to do. I would really love to go to a yoga studio and take class several times a week. I love the breathing and connecting with your body and mind part of yoga. During this portion of class I burned 66 calories. Then after my class, is the FitKids class that Morgan goes to. While she was in class I went and did a 20 minute session on the elliptical. I started at incline 15 and resistance 5. I stayed here for 5 minutes. Then I moved to incline 10 at the same resistance for 5 minutes. Then I went down to incline 5 for 5 minutes and finished up the last 5 minutes at incline 10 pedaling backwards. This added an additional 145 calories burned. My total for the day was 361 calories.
Thursday - Well, I did not want to get up and go to the gym today. So I just decided to take it easy this morning and go into the gym a little later. In a few weeks when Kaylee goes back to school, I won't have that option so I thought I would take it today. I couldn't decide if I wanted to attend the Cardio/Core class today or work on my own. I ended up working out on my own, but I had a really good workout. I started on the stationary bike (regular). I set it for interval training for 30 minutes. After a warmup it went to 2 minutes at level 10 to 2 minutes at level 4. You can adjust your level but this was a good starting place for me as I don't use the bike very often. When I was at level 10 I would stand and pedal for the first minute then sit down and pedal for 30 seconds. Then I finished up the last 30 seconds of the interval standing. Then when the bike went to level 4 I would sit, but pedal faster. On the level 10 intervals I kept the rpm's around 72, on level 4 I bumped it up to 95. After 30 minutes I had burned 200 calories. I stayed on the bike for another 5 minutes to cool down. Then I took 10 minutes to do some leg strengthening. I put a band around my ankles and then with my feet out wide did two sets of 12 squats. I then walked side to side for two sets of 12 with the band around my ankles. I finished up with 1 minute of jump rope, 12 squats on the BOSU, another minute of jump rope and my last set of squats on the BOSU. My total workout time was 45 minutes and my total calories burned were 286. Not too bad for a quick workout.
Well, tomorrow is Friday, so I'll probably do a hard day! Have fun!
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