Weekly Workouts 12/22
This is a strange week since I'm out of town for the holiday! Yay rah! We'll see what I'm able to do, but this is the plan.
Monday - yoga, physical therapy for shoulder/neck
Tuesday - 5k training, yoga stretching
Wednesday - yoga
Thursday - 5k training, normal stretching :(
Friday - yoga
Saturday - yoga
Sunday - 5k training, yoga stretching
What are your fitness plans for the week?
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
My friend and I hit up a BarreSculpt class on the 23rd and did some cardio on Ellipticals at the gym on Friday. I think Barre again tomorrow.
My surgery date is 2/2 and a new PureBarre studio just opened and I may hit up their unlimited class pass for January to help me keep my eyes on the prize.
What's your 5k Training look like Gwen?
Best - April
It's great that you're doing so much pre-op!
I'm doing a plan with Runkeeper that's called "sub-30 minute 5k." I'm not aiming for a sub-30 5k, but I'm hoping it'll help me to be faster than I am! The plan breakdown works like this:
Tuesday - 30 minutes of intervals (4 minutes steady, 1 minute slow)
Thursday - speedwork (.25 miles fast, .15 miles slow) for some number of repetitions. It starts out with repeating this 4 times and gets up to 12 or something.
Saturday or Sunday - "long run" (first week of the plan is 3 miles, second is 4.. I think 7 is the longest. This is done with intervals of .5 miles steady and .25 miles slow.)
I hope that makes sense! This is my second time through the plan which is 8 weeks long. It seems fairly decent but I don't know if it's helping me to be faster. It's hard to tell since the cold weather makes me soooooo sluggish.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Thank you Gwen! I have been doing Barre 1x per week since Feb and at least 3 times per week at the gym or walking once I had my official pre-surgical WI. I was an athlete in a former life so fitness comes back to me pretty quickly thank goodness :)
My sister runs full maris and I follow her training so this does make sense. I coach Girls On The Run and hope to be in a place to run most of the 5k with them in June.
Exercise is a big part of my life and I have no co-morbidies that create any restrictions so I love challenging my body - responsibly of course.
Winter is SO rough. I'm in Vermont and today it was over 40 degrees so I walked a couple of miles and it was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!
Best - April
I've never had any bit of athleticism in my life. I guess when I was a kid I played soccer and softball and tennis, but, yeah, I was a kid. Many many years ago!
One of my friends is involved in Girls on the Run with her daughter - it seems like an awesome program :) My partner is a marathoner and I've gone to all of his races with him to cheer him on over the last few years. For his last running festival he did a half marathon and I ran my first race ever - a 5k! Super fun times. I love the running community.
I've learned to love Under Armour Cold Gear. I'm resisting going back to the treadmill with all my might :P
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Planned to stay on plan but didn't turn out so well (and the scale concurs, yikes!):
Monday - nothing
Tuesday - nothing
Wednesday - 6mi run in downtown Birmingham, AL
Thursday - 3 mi in a local park
Friday - nothing
Saturday- Back at home! Trail run 10.25mi
Sunday - winter half-marathon group: 10mi (incl hills!)
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.