Showing posts with label modified pushups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label modified pushups. Show all posts

Monday, January 12, 2009

YOGA, 6MILE TM, PUSHUPS & SITUPS!!

9:30am – 11am – yoga. Went back for another class. It was great! I can’t even begin to write down what we did. All I know is that I did more today than I did last time, and it felt great!

1:05pm – Gym was nice an empty again. I jumped on the TM, incline 0%, and set it for 5.6, ran for for 1:03:21 for 6 miles. It felt awesome!!! Thought it might hurt after the yoga, but it didn’t. I wanted to do a longer run since I didn’t run at all this weekend because of the snow. But I got to the gym later than I wanted and I had to get the kids, so I settled for a really good 6 mile run!

Avg HR was 136 Cardiac drift: 146

M1 - 10:40 119bpm
M2 - 10:32 123bpm
M3 - 10:31 126pm
M4 - 10:32 131bpm
M5 - 10:32 131bpm
M6 - 10:32 136bpm

6:45pm – Was going to do my pushups and situps tomorrow as I was a bit sore from yoga this morning, but I was scheduled to do them today and I just wanted to do them, so I did LOL
Pushup challenge W5D1 modified, 17+19+15+15+28=94 Arms are shaking like crazy as I type this, but it’s a good shake after an awesome workout!

7:05pm – Situp challenge W1D2 9+12+9+9+12+=51 Abs hurt a bit, but feels good to have it done, knowing I don’t have to do situps tomorrow LOL

Saturday, January 10, 2009

PUSHUP EXHAUSTION TEST & FORCED REST DAY DUE TO SNOW:(

1:15pm - Performed the pushup exhaustion test, did 33 Puts me in column 1 for W5D1 which will be done on Monday!! Wow, I'm psyched my first exhaustion test I could only do 20, Definitely getting stronger:)!! Again, doing my pushups modified, but I'm definitely getting stronger and I will repeat the 100 pushup challenge again, doing real pushups!!

Snowing right now, but plan is to do my TM run at the gym when I drop my daughter at a playdate at 2:45. If any of this happens is still up in the air, as it is snowing. Will have to see what the weather is like at 2:30. If it's not too bad, and I can get the car out of the driveway, I'll get it done, if not, it will be a weather forced rest day:( Another reason why some day I want a TM in my house LOL!!!

Nope, canceled the playdate and not driving to the gym. We are house bound due to the snow:( Argghhhhh

Thursday, January 8, 2009

EXACT SAME RUN AS YESTERDAY, 6MILES ON THE TM

11:45am - Messed up on my pushup challenge, today was the start of week 5, so I was supposed to do an exhaustion test to determine which column I would do for weeks 5&6, but I forgot, and just started the program at week5, day 1, column 1 again, modified pushups
17+19+15+15+25=91
Still thrilled with my progress, but I will take tomorrow off and on Saturday I will do the exhaustion test to determine which column I should be doing and then on Monday start week 5 all over again. So what's a few extra pushups. LOL

1:27pm - Got to the gym, empty again:). I jumped on the TM, incline 0%, and set it for 5.6, yesterdays run felt so good, wanted to do it again! Ran for 1:03:19 for 6 miles. It felt awesome!!!

Avg HR was 131 cardiac drift: 223 (not sure what it really was, as the employee once again vacuumed during my 2nd mile, when I asked her to stop she did, but still messed up the numbers:( She has agreed to not vacuum when I am running on the TM, lets see if that happens. LOL

M1 - 10:40 122bpm
M2 - 10:32 131bpm
M3 - 10:31 132pm
M4 - 10:32 132bpm
M5 - 10:31 135bpm
M6 - 10:31 136bpm

Much better on hitting the lap button for each mile split:) and the heartrate was better too!

Still haven't done the situps, but hope to do them before I crash for the nite:) Will hopefully post back those results before bedtime.

Monday, January 5, 2009

TRAINING STARTED TODAY; LONG ISLAND MARATHON ONLY 16 WEEKS, 6 DAYS AWAY:)

Legs are feeling really good, but I have to start doing stretching/yoga. It's official, Marathon training for me started today. I am running the Long Island Marathon as a tune up, to gain experience for when I run NYC in November. I'm really excited for this race. The course is flat, though many say extremely boring, you run one loop and then repeat. Funny, though I haven't done it yet, I am excited for this kind of a course. Time will tell:)

1:55pm - TM set at 0% incline & 6.0 speed. Ran for 30:00 minutes for 3 miles

M1 - 10:20 161bpm
M2 - 10:20 179bpm
M3 - 10:20 167bpm

Employees were vacuuming again, so HR was all over the place, but I'm not concerned cause I know at this pace on the TM my HR stays well within 65-70%

5:50pm - Just completed week 4 of the Pushup Challenge- modified:
16+18+13+13+22=82 arms r really shaking
Week 5 starts Wed!
Now time 4 situps:)

6:15pm - W1D1 situp challenge complete: 9+9+6+6+20=50
am I the only1who feels like I'm going 2 hurl? LOL hope that's a good sign that I worked my abs

Saturday, January 3, 2009

FINALLY HAPPENED GOT THE SHITZ WHILE RUNNING

LOL, no I didn't shat my shorts, but man am I thankful I was running on the TM at the gym. Kind of ironic as yesterday was my 1 year anny for running:) Around mile 3.5 my belly really started to cramp and just felt icky. I stuck it out till Mile 4, and stopped the TM, and bolted for the ladies room LOL Made it, but man, I have never shat so much in my life. LOL Plan for today was to run 6, so after I got myself together I got back on the TM. I drink every mile, so I still had my water bottle. I finished it. Then started running again. At about the 5 mile mark, I decided to call it quits cause I was just feeling icky and dehydrated. Came home and spending the day drinking water:)

1:15pm - Basically the same run as yesterday, just more miles. Set the TM to 0% incline & 5.8 speed.

M1 - 10:24
M2 - 10:15
M3 - 10:16
M4 - 10:16
M5 - 10:11

6:00pm - Pushup Challenge W4D2 - modified pushups

Glad hubby was watching me to make sure I stuck to good form, though modified pushups. 14+16+12+12+20=74 LOL, on my last pushup of the last set I scared my kids when I screamd/grunted, but I finished!!

Last workout, in the last set I got to the minimum 17 and when I tried to hit the next one, I fell flat on my face. LOL Today, last set minimum was 18, and I hit 20. Yeah baby!!! Definitely getting stronger.

I SO badly want to try real pushups to see where I am at, but will resist the temptation & stick to the program:)!!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY BLOG

Wow, today is my blogs one year anniversary & I'm still here:)

I'm not going to go into any detail as yesterdays post covered that.

Will post back later today with my results of the 100 Pushup Challenge. I've completed 3 weeks (doing column 1 with modified women's pushups)

W4,D1 starts today:)

wow that was awesome Just finished W4D1pushup challenge: Modified version:)

12+14+11+10+1=63

I collapsed on the floor attempting #17 on last set LOL This is the first time it really felt good and like I worked hard. Now THAT feels GOOD!