(blog post) Run, Fitprime Lower Body, Run

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Run, Lower Body, Run

Sorry haven't posted! Big math test today, ugh glad it is over. I hope I

did okay, it was hard to remember which formula to use for what math equations LOL. Saturday I did my best ever run at 4 Miles! Still kept my

12 minute mile time but the important thing is that I comfortably increased my distance. If the next few weeks of trying to run 4 miles does well, then my 5 mile goal by May 1st is in the bag!!!!That evening I S90's

core dynamics. This is 30 seconds of each exercise, about 3-4 exercises

per set. I can't recall how the format went, but the exercises were very intense. There were plenty of moving plank variations and some that

used weights. If there are crunches in here, its not the same ol' hum drum stuff! They are intense variations that are effective and functional. It is one of the short workouts of the set at about 30 minutes (20 minutes of actual workout time). I finished the evening with

Turbo Fire

Stretch 10 workout. This is an incredible stretch for the short amount of time given. There is plenty of upper body focus in this as well as lower body, so it's a very even routine. It kind of made me want to do some Turbo Fire again!!! We will see what happens in the coming months that it will probably be my cross-training cardio! Sunday I did Fitprime's Lower Body Burn.

This wasn't the best/hardest leg workout I have done. I felt that maybe

if I were doing a Fitprime rotation, I wouldn't have been as cool on this one as I was. It is still Firm styled with the mixture of cardio and weights, but the weights just weren't as strong of a presence as most Firm workouts are known for. I can only think of a few exercises that really worked my lower body well, but not nearly in the fashion as I

usually get when I use Firm workouts. Perhaps when I get to that Fitprime Rotation my experience will be a little better,for now Lower Body Burn was not a good stand alone workout for me. This morning I kept it to a shorter run since I am increasing frequency of runs this week. I only did 2.5 miles, same 12 minutes a mile. I felt like I wanted to try a little further, however, with a planned run on Wednesday I didn't want to over do it. Even though I warm up and stretch

on my own, I decided to add in Amy Bento's Abs and Stretch,

Stretch #1. It was all standing stretches, again, this one included some upper body to make it more balanced. She uses a band for some stretches that I felt were more as a guide to a deeper stretch then actually a must have if you were to do the video. Amy is very calm and toned down for this routine and she moves slowly into the exercises and holds them for a fair length of time. I still have to do S90 Back/Chest and thinking 2 sets of pushups. I haven't abandoned doing push ups, I am just not doing the hundred push up program anymore. However, since the push up is the best upper body exercise I see fit to throw some sets in after a workout. I am going with 2 because S90 will have more then enough pushups for me during the workout LOL. I am still keeping on schedule with S90 weight and ab workouts, although I

have changed the cardio up. This is good since I am not really bored with the workouts and I am getting in what I feel I need to at this time. Although, I really have to throw in some kettlebells. Probably start doing lighter bell work (moderate reps/time with tad more rest).

KASSIAwife,mother,student,kettlebellehttp://ldysolana.blogspot.com

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Kassia, like you I'm trying to not overdo it because I want to be able to run injury free at the next 10K in two weeks. I'll do another 3 miles on Wednesday, then on Saturday I actually have a running date <gasp> and I'm guessing that will be more like 5 miles. 

Yoga tonite to stretch everything!

 

 

Run, Lower Body, Run

Sorry haven't posted! Big math test today, ugh glad it is over. I hope I

did okay, it was hard to remember which formula to use for what math equations LOL. Saturday I did my best ever run at 4 Miles! Still kept my

12 minute mile time but the important thing is that I comfortably increased my distance. If the next few weeks of trying to run 4 miles does well, then my 5 mile goal by May 1st is in the bag!!!!That evening I S90's

core dynamics. This is 30 seconds of each exercise, about 3-4 exercises

per set. I can't recall how the format went, but the exercises were very intense. There were plenty of moving plank variations and some that

used weights. If there are crunches in here, its not the same ol' hum drum stuff! They are intense variations that are effective and functional. It is one of the short workouts of the set at about 30 minutes (20 minutes of actual workout time). I finished the evening with

Turbo Fire

Stretch 10 workout. This is an incredible stretch for the short amount of time given. There is plenty of upper body focus in this as well as lower body, so it's a very even routine. It kind of made me want to do some Turbo Fire again!!! We will see what happens in the coming months that it will probably be my cross-training cardio! Sunday I did Fitprime's Lower Body Burn.

This wasn't the best/hardest leg workout I have done. I felt that maybe

if I were doing a Fitprime rotation, I wouldn't have been as cool on this one as I was. It is still Firm styled with the mixture of cardio and weights, but the weights just weren't as strong of a presence as most Firm workouts are known for. I can only think of a few exercises that really worked my lower body well, but not nearly in the fashion as I

usually get when I use Firm workouts. Perhaps when I get to that Fitprime Rotation my experience will be a little better,for now Lower Body Burn was not a good stand alone workout for me. This morning I kept it to a shorter run since I am increasing frequency of runs this week. I only did 2.5 miles, same 12 minutes a mile. I felt like I wanted to try a little further, however, with a planned run on Wednesday I didn't want to over do it. Even though I warm up and stretch

on my own, I decided to add in Amy Bento's Abs and Stretch,

Stretch #1. It was all standing stretches, again, this one included some upper body to make it more balanced. She uses a band for some stretches that I felt were more as a guide to a deeper stretch then actually a must have if you were to do the video. Amy is very calm and toned down for this routine and she moves slowly into the exercises and holds them for a fair length of time. I still have to do S90 Back/Chest and thinking 2 sets of pushups. I haven't abandoned doing push ups, I am just not doing the hundred push up program anymore. However, since the push up is the best upper body exercise I see fit to throw some sets in after a workout. I am going with 2 because S90 will have more then enough pushups for me during the workout LOL. I am still keeping on schedule with S90 weight and ab workouts, although I

have changed the cardio up. This is good since I am not really bored with the workouts and I am getting in what I feel I need to at this time. Although, I really have to throw in some kettlebells. Probably start doing lighter bell work (moderate reps/time with tad more rest).

KASSIAwife,mother,student,kettlebellehttp://ldysolana.blogspot.com