Why do the best weeks go by so quickly? This past week at home flew by. No real highlights but lots of downtime, which is pretty perfect in my mind. As for workouts, I think it was actually the best week I’ve had in a while. It was a good mix of running, strength training, yoga and rest.
As for the plank challenge, I kind of failed on pictures. I did 5 out of 7 days but the pictures came out blurry (I videoed and took a screenshot). Or I sometimes did the planks without my phone near me. Fitness challenges are hard for me to maintain but I guess it’s good that I’ve gotten into the habit of doing planks.
Sunday: 3 miles + 15 minutes of weights. Because we were traveling, our typical Mother’s Day bike ride turned into a Mother’s Day run. Seriously, every year for the last 10 years we’ve gone bike riding on Mother’s Day. Anyway, this year we ran about 3 miles and then went to the hotel gym to do some weights before brunch.
Monday: 30 minutes of weights. I decided to do one upper body move followed by a core move (ex: 15 shoulder presses + 1 minute plank x3). I think I did four different supersets.
Tuesday: Off.
Wednesday: 7 miles. I went later than normal and I was surprised that it wasn’t unbearably hot. I finished my run at a new-to-me juice place in town, Soho Juice Co. I’m slowly (like a snail) liking these juices more and more.
Thursday: 650 Fit. This was the workout highlight of my week for a few reasons. First, I finally got to meet my blogging friend Christina from the Blissful Balance. She’s a fellow Tampainian (yes that’s a word) and works for Peerfit, which is a flexible group fitness membership program (like ClassPass). She invited me to a 6 a.m. class at a studio called 650 Fit and it was one of the best workouts I’ve had in a very long time.
I don’t remember the entire workout but a few of the notable circuits:
-The warmup was 3 minutes of jumping rope but if we messed up we had to do 2 burpees. I did a lot of burpees…
-EMOM for 10 minutes: 10 squats with a heavy kettlebell (racked) followed by 10 jump squats (no KB).
-The workout finisher was 25 lb plate push across the turf followed by jump lunges. This KILLED my legs.
I’m so happy I got to meet Christina and I’ve already decided that we will be workout buddies when I’m home.
Friday: Regular (not hot) vinyasa yoga. I stayed in bed for as long as I could because I didn’t want to walk down the steps. I can’t remember the last time my legs were that sore. I did a lot of foam rolling and deep stretching at yoga. Part of me thought I should run to “shake out” my legs but because every step hurt my quads I figured that wasn’t a smart idea.
Saturday: 5.5 miles with my parents. We woke up early and drove to the new Riverwalk downtown for a change of scenery. It was a beautiful morning and we mostly beat the heat.
Happy Sunday! xo
Nice workout week! Meeting blogging friends in real life is one the best things about blogging.
Have a wonderful Sunday!
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Thanks, Jill! We actually have plans to meet up again and I’m really looking forward to it.
Great week of workouts Emily! That group class sounds intense! I would be doing a ton of burpees with you because I cannot jump rope to save my life haha!
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As soon as he made us grab a jump rope I knew I was in for a tough class. Then to add the burpees…ouch.
I love that you and your parents can run together! Neither one of my parents are runners but my dad did do a 5k with me when I was really little, which was HUGE for him! :)
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I feel really lucky that we can run together. We drag my sister along sometimes :)
Sounds like a great week of workouts! And yes the weeks seem to be flying by…I don’t know if that is a good thing or not. And love when you get to meet fellow bloggers and finally put a face to the name. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
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I felt like I already knew Christina so well because of her blog. Hope you’re having a great week!
sounds like a great week of workouts!! that 650 fit workout sounds right up my alley.
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I hope to go back and/or try another studio like it! I was sore for days…and that rarely happens.
Fitness challenges are hard to maintain for me too, I tend to get distracted and forget (although I have to wonder if that is some sort of defence mechanism against doing the workout ;) ). Right now I am working on some strength goals because I want to get stronger to help my running and yoga practice! Let’s just say I am sore all over :)
You know when the warm up of a workout is jumping rope the workout itself is going to be intense! :)
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I’ve been doing a lot more strength-focused workouts lately and I can tell how it helps with my running. Keep it up :)
Great week! That’s so sweet that you do something active every Mother’s Day! Such a great tradition :)
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I did not love this tradition when I was little but I could be easily bribed with ice cream :)
That workout class sounds really interesting, like Crossfit but less intimidating maybe? I’ve never done a workout that involved doing stuff EMOM, but it sounds like a killer!
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That’s a good way to think of it! Definitely not as intimidating as I picture Crossfit to be.
You balance workout so well. Running is my exercise of choice, so this leads to not a lot of strength workouts. This week I really worked on stretching after my running, doing squats, and getting my plank time up again. At one point I was able to do 2 minutes. 30 seconds is a struggle at this point. At school I do zumba and I swim. I don’t have those opportunities as much at home. It would be nice to live by scenery.
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I’m the same way! I normally choose running over strength but as it gets hotter I tend to do more indoor workouts. I need to take after you and incorporate both strength and running into my workouts. I could always do more stretching and squats :)
I am glad to hear you had such a wonderful week! Sorry it passed by quickly! For doing 5 out of the 7 days on your plank challenge, I would not say you failed! A failure would be doing it the first say and nothing following that.
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Sounds like an awesome week of workouts!! You go girl! and I was so so happy to finally meet ya. Another class soon!! :)
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Looking forward to this week!!!!