Today's Workout (11/30/08)

I worked out hard today. I have been eating way too much, so I'm trying to compensate at least a little for that. I can actually kick my own butt!! I did a total of 178 burpees today. Not all at once, in groups of 20, but still, that is a lot! When I told my trainer that I was eating a lot of pie he said to do 10 burpees for each bite of pie I had. I may have actually came close to that!

• 35 minutes "Lisa's Bootcamp"--general circuit was 20 burpees, 1 minute step cardio, 1 minute either push ups or sit ups X 10. I swapped burpees for frog jumps once or twice and a switched up the step cardio a bit (step up/over's, step up taps, jump up/over's)
• 35 minutes treadmill--6.5 mph (7.0 for 3/4 mile). Total--3.61 miles

Today's Workout (11/28/08)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I had a nice day with my family and now I am back to my workouts (well, I guess I never really stopped, did I?)

1. 50 minute bootcamp class
2. 40 minute outside run --Total--4.08 miles

Thanksgiving Day Workout (11/27/08)

Turkey Trot!!!!
We dragged our lazy butts out of bed nice and early, put on some layers and headed over to the turkey trot. I did ok, not better than my last time though. I really wanted to improve. I was about 30 seconds slower, but still not bad. We left right after we finished the race because I had to get home to put the turkey in the oven. So we didn't stick around to see the results and who won the divisions. about 11am I went online to check, I came in 3rd in my division again! So once I figure out who to call and get in touch with them I will have trophy #2!!! Then my hubby and I ran another 2 miles once we got home, just for good measure. We are so used to running 4 miles that a 3 mile race just isn't enough, especially when you plan on stuffing your face with turkey and pie later :)

1. 5k race--23:40. total--3.12 miles
2. .5 mile jog--jogged back a little, met up w/ my sister and ran to the finish line again with her
3. 20 minute outside run--Total--2 miles

Today's Workout (11/26/08)

I think I did a pretty good job of coming up with a workout for myself today! I didn't want to do a long run, so I created my own "bootcamp". I just listed 15 different exercises that I would do for a minute each and printed it out and did it twice. All body weight & cardio stuff--squats, burpees, jumping jacks...it worked out wonderfully! I ran a little but I took it easy, I'm saving my lets for the turkey trot tomorrow morning. I'm probably going to freeze my ass off...

1. 35 minutes bootcamp--"Lisa's Bootcamp"
2. 20 minutes treadmill--6mph--Total--1.81 miles

Today's Workout (11/25/08)

Today was a whirlwind workout day for me! I did more than normal because of the short week and the fact that my trainer is away until Monday. So I picked up a training session today, but it is my last one of the week. Although I do have big plans of kicking my own butt tomorrow. I am not going to run tomorrow because I always run better when I don't run the day before, so I am saving it for Thursdays race. So for tomorrow I put together my own "bootcamp". I'll post that tomorrow. lets get back to today.

1. 30 minute cardio class
2. 30 minute bootcamp class
3. 30 minute personal training session--all upper body

Today's Workout (11/24/08)

Hey, I am actually posting my workout on the actual day that I did it! When I got to the gym today I told my trainer I wanted to do legs so that they wouldn't be sore for Thursday's Turkey Trot that I am running. So he said OK, but no complaining, right? Hell no, that is never part of the deal! So after my session with him I was talking to a girl in the locker room and we were talking about whining and she said her trainer tells her to shut up and she always says "no, I'm paying you for this torture so I will say what I want whenever I want to!" I have to say, I have the best trainer. I whine and bitch and he pretty much just deals with it. I mean, I tell him that he is out of his fucking mind on a daily basis and he never seems to get mad. In fact, he usually agrees with me.

1. 5 minutes treadmill--6.5 mph. Total--0.54 miles
2. 30 minute personal training session--Legs. and sprints on the treadmill. That SUCKED
3. 35 minutes elliptical--5 min level 12/5 min level 25 x 3. Total--3.18 miles

Today's Workout (11/22/08 & 11/23/08) The Weekend Edition

This was a typical weekend for working out for me. sometimes I try and do a little more on Saturday, but I didn't have time this week. After bootcamp I spent the rest of the day cleaning the house and pulling the flowers (and leaves) out of our flower beds for the winter. That was actually a workout! My back is killing me today from it!

11/22/08--Bootcamp Saturday!!
Went to my old bootcamp, the other one was cancelled.

1. 50 minute bootcamp--Stations-6 minutes per station/3 exercises per station. Then a final 4 minutes of cardio.

11/23/08

1. 45 minutes Treadmill--6.5mph. Total--4.7 miles

Today's Workout (11/21/08)

My legs are a little sore today. I think it is from the treadmill intervals yesterday, I am always a little sore the day after I do that. It always amazes me that I can actually make MYSELF sore.

1. 5 minutes treadmill--6.5 mph. total--0.55 miles


2. 30 minute cardio class


3. 3o minute personal training session

Today's Workout (11/20/08)

Interval Day! No, I'm not really excited about that. I hate doing intervals. But when I am done I feel great and I know I got a great workout in.

1. 35 minutes treadmill--1 minute intervals @6.5mph/8.2mph. Total--4.14 miles
2. 15 minutes treadmill--6.5/7mph. Total--1.63 miles
3. 30 minute bootcamp class

Today's Workout (11/19/08)

1. 35 minutes Elliptical--5 min level 12/5 min level 25 x3. Total--3.21 miles
2. 10 minutes elliptical--level 6. 1.33 miles
3. 30 minute personal training session--100 rep workout

Today's Workout (11/18/08)

I took advantage of the office being quiet today to stay at the gym a little longer during lunch, which resulted in a full workout day.

1. 20 minutes treadmill--half at 6.5mph, half at 7.0mph. Total--2.26 miles
2. 30 minute cardio class--not as hard of a class as I was hoping for
3. 10 minutes elliptical--level 6. Total--1.15 miles
4. 30 minute bootcamp class--abs

Today's Workout (11/17/08)

I'm still not 100% over this cold yet, but I definitely feel much better. I did a normal workout today.

1. 30 minute personal training session--CHEST
2. 35 minutes StairMaster--Since I did 400 floors in 30 minutes the last time, my goal for this time was 420 floors (my trainers idea, NOT MINE). Well, I tried my hardest but I only got to 413 floors in 30 minutes. Pretty good if you ask me, guess we'll see what meanie says about it tomorrow. Then I did a 5 minute cool down. Total--471 floors

Today's Workout (11/16/08)

I had all these big plans of doing an hour and a half workout today, a mix of running and body weight drills. BUT a certain trainer decided on Friday that we needed to do legs and I have been sore all weekend. Bastard. I just didn't have it in me today to do all that so I just ran. (This is part of the reason why I need a trainer. I always have big ideas for what I will do for a workout, then I end up running and not doing anything else!) I'm hoping my legs (and butt!) are better by tomorrow! I am feeling much better today. I haven't taken any cough syrup or cold medicine. I'm still sniffling a little but nothing compared to the last few days.

1. 45 minutes treadmill--Easy jog @ 6.5mph. Total--4.66 miles

Today's Workout (11/14/08 & 11/15/08)

On Friday I was starting to feel a bit better (or at least the cold medicine I was taking made me feel better!) so I ran a little bit. Saturday I felt much better and actually did intervals on the treadmill. I should be good as new by Monday!

11/14/08

1. 3 minutes treadmill--warm up before class. 6.5 mph. Total-0.32 miles
2. 30 minute cardio class
3. 5 minutes treadmill--warm up before training appt. Total-0.57 miles
4. 30 minute personal training appt--legs. he promised I wouldn't be sore, but boy did he lie!

11/15/08--Bootcamp Saturday!

1. 60 minute bootcamp class
2. 40 minutes treadmill--Intervals--6.5/8.0mph 1 min each for 30 min, then 10 min @ 6.5mph. Total--4.57 miles

Sick & Today's Workout (11/12/08 & 11/13/08)

Well, I'm sick. I'm actually starting to feel better, yesterday was pretty bad though. I stayed home from work which means that I didn't go to the gym. Luckily, it seems to be passing through my body pretty quick so by next week I should be good to go. Back to normal, hopefully.

So yesterday (11/12/08) there was no workout.

Today's workout (11/13/08)
We took it easy today. Easy training session and bootcamp, which I didn't kill myself in.

1. 30 minute personal training session
2. 30 minute bootcamp

Today's Workout (11/10/08)

1. 3 minutes treadmill--warm up before training appt. Total--.35 miles
2. 30 minute personal training appt--legs

I would have done more cardio but I had a MAT session after work, so I had no time. I'll have to make up for it later in the week.

Today's Workout (11/9/08)

Or lack of workout! I had every intention of running today. Outside. It was beautiful out. But I had to go to a baptism, so I didn't do it before I went. By the time I got home I was so stuffed that I couldn't even think about running or anything. Then it got dark. I could have ran on the elliptical or done a bootcamp type workout, but I just decided to be lazy and take the day off. I'm going to go now and ice my foot and hope it feels better tomorrow.

Today's Workout (11/8/08)

Bootcamp was cancelled this morning. And I couldn't go to my other bootcamp since I had an appt at 10:30am, I needed to go to the 7:30am bootcamp or nothing. So.....I slept in. But it forced me to do my own workout which sucked. I ended up running on the treadmill since it was raining.

1. 45 minutes Treadmill--various speeds, started at 6.5, upped it to 7.0 for the first mile, then upped it again to 8.0 for 3 miles, then back down to 7 for a mile then a 5 minute cool down. Total--5.36 miles. Not too shabby!

Today's Workout (11/7/08)

I think I may be getting sick. I hate that! A coworker had strep last week, her daughter came down with it yesterday, I better not get it!! That would really mess up my workout schedule! I did a stairmaster workout today (YUCK YUCK YUCK YUCK). You can see how fond I was of it. It sucked! But it was a good workout and I am nuts, so I'm sure I'll do it again.

1. 30 minutes stairmaster--Total Floors--400. I did intervals as best as I could, but nothing repetitive, just whenever I felt I could speed up I did, until I couldn't take it anymore. My legs were burning the entire time.
2. 30 minute personal training session--Abs. I completely refused to do legs, they were shot after the treadmill intervals yesterday and the stairmaster earlier today.

So, my trainer said that the goal for 30 minutes is to do 500 floors. I asked him what is average for 30 minutes and didn't get a straight answer at all. Just that I should shoot for 500 and try to improve every time, use this time as my benchmark. He's annoying.

Today's Workout (11/6/08)

I am trying to figure out why I was able to run at 8mph for 3 miles straight, but when I try to do intervals on the treadmill I struggle with 8mph for only 2 minutes! I was dieing!! Maybe it was the adrenaline from doing the race, or better yet, the thought that kept running though my head was "I want to run this faster then my trainer can run a 5k so that I can be better than him at SOMETHING" that kept me going. I'm not sure...

1. 35 minutes treadmill--ass kicking, exhausting intervals. 2 min @ 8mph, 1 min @ 6.5mph for 30 minutes, then a 5 minute cool down. Total--4.16 miles. This almost killed me, I wanted to drop it to 7.5 when I got to about 20 minutes, but I didn't because when I do things like that my trainer calls me a wuss. So I stuck it out and I'm glad I did, I got a really good workout!
2. 30 minute bootcamp class--This was an odd class, the room we usually do the class in was not available, we were going to run up to the other gym, but it was raining. So we ended up on the 3rd floor of the building in the hallway doing all kinds of crap. Sprints, mt climbers, jumping jacks, jump squats...

Today's Workout (11/5/08)

Just a quick update before I go to bed...

1. 35 minutes elliptical--level 12, 30 sec @12mph, 60 sec @ 5mph. Total--3.91 miles. this was hard as hell. I wasn't able to maintain 5mph on my resting minute. after 25 minutes I was getting horrible pains in my stomach so I dropped the level to 8. this was a great workout though, I was soaked in sweat and exhausted when I was done, just how I like it :)
2. 30 minute Personal trainer session--I think I'm going to be sore tomorrow!

Today's Workout (11/4/08)

1. 5 minutes treadmill--6.5 mph Total--0.55 miles
2. 30 minute cardio class
3. 16 minutes treadmill--6.5mph. Total--1.65 miles
4. 30 minute bootcamp

Today's Workout (11/3/08)

Not an overly exciting day for working out. I did what I had to do and that's it.

1. 30 minute personal training session--legs. I expect to be pretty sore tomorrow.
2. 35 minutes elliptical--5 min level 12/5 min level 25 x3 and a 5 minute cool down. Total--3.42 miles.

I won a trophy!!! (Today's Workout 11/2/08)

This morning my husband and I ran in a local 5k race. I did a personal best--23:08 which is about a minute faster then my best time (24:11). Not only that, I placed! Well, I placed in my age group, I was 3rd in the Women 30-39 division! I thought I was 4th, but the overall female winner was 30, so when they do the age groups they don't include the overall winner. So I got a trophy!!! I have never won a trophy for anything in my life! We actually stuck around after the race because I thought I might be close to placing. Otherwise I would have gone home and probably never even known! My husband is now jealous that he doesn't have his own trophy, haha. It is harder for a guy to place, it seems like there are a ton more guys running races and they are all pretty fast. There are way less females running, so I have a better shot. The trophy is currently sitting on our mantel in the living room. I'm not sure how long it will stay there before my husband makes me move it. Maybe about as long as I had let his fantasy football draft board hang out up here. Anyway, since I did so well in the race, I took the rest of the day off and didn't do anything else. I would normally have done more cardio since I only ran for 23 minutes, but I didn't. Plus, since I got back from the race I don't feel so well. I have been coughing all afternoon. I thought it was just because it was colder then I am used to for running, but it doesn't seem to be going away. It is that time of year though, I hope I'm not getting a cold...

Today's Workout (11/1/08)

November sucks. Anyway, today was a beautiful day here in CT and I did a nice outdoor run on top of my bootcamp. And I ran it faster then I ever have before! 4.08 miles in 31:45! That is faster then 8 minute miles! My husband and I are doing a 5k tomorrow morning. I am hoping I didn't wear myself out too much and I can beat my best time. I plan on sprinting as much of it as I can. I want to do it in less then 24:30. We'll see what happens.

1. 50 minute bootcamp--I was back at my old bootcamp again this week. I just couldn't deal with getting up for a 7:30 bootcamp class today, 9:30 was a much better option!
2. 32 minute outside run--total--4.08 miles

Today's Workout (10/31/08)

I slacked off today, I admit it. Not to mention I ate tons of freaking candy this whole week! I am definitely an emotional eater, and I know that the entire month of November is going to be particularly bad for me (Those that are close to me know what I am referring to...sorry to be so secretive, its personal). I'm just hoping to do my best and try to counteract it with as much cardio as I can.

Anyway, back to today....my trainer was away so I didn't have my normal after work training appointment (I did that yesterday instead, so I didn't totally lose out). So, instead of heading to the gym after work just to do some cardio I went straight home...it wasn't like anyone would notice I wasn't there, right? So all I did was my lunch cardio class, which wasn't much cardio and wasn't too much of a workout. Whatever, I deserve an easy day once in a while, right?

• 30 minute cardio class--basic circuits