<p>Ahhhh… two of my all-time favorites. I put those into my workouts all the time. I can finally do the single leg Romanian deadlifts without holding onto something. I don’t even fall over very often!</p>
<p>To this day, I cannot believe how hard those alternating DB shoulder presses are. I remember the first time I did them and how I thought the second arm was going to fall off it was so tired. That’s when I started to really understand what Cosgrove was up to with these workouts: making you work a ton of muscles really hard to keep one thing in place (like the outstretched arm), while then trying to do work with the other thing (the arm you are raising and lowering). Almost all of the strength exercises have two things going on at once like that.</p>
<p>CJ. YAY!! Mind games are good. Excellent workout!</p>
<p>I had to really work to get my run in this morning. I did not want to go out at all. Hot, tired etc. Decided to do 4 instead of 6. Then decided to go over the big hill just to do it. Then decided to go a little further. Made the 6 but the last mile didn’t feel great. Did it, though.</p>
<p>Great job, everyone! My yesterday’s exercise boiled down to dipping a spoon into a slice of cheesecake. The kiddos decided to go for a hike in the mountains (which involved swimming about 100 yards in a lake still surrounded by snow :eek: - thank goodness I was not there!), came back super hugry and ready to celebrate their belated birthdays. I did do 20 pushups with my feet on the bed… Gotta catch up tonight - 5 miles or bust.</p>
<p>Yeah, the last mile never feels that great for me either. And, I’m only running 1 mile, combined!</p>
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<p>My workout this afternoon was pushing the fertilizer spreader around the yard. I figure a hurricane should be a sure bet for watering the fertilizer into the lawn. That’s assuming we even get a few sprinkles.</p>
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<p>All my packages from Sierra Trading Post arrived. I’m up to my elbows in fleeces and sweaters and sweatshirts and long sleeve cotton T shirts and mock turtlenecks. Columbia makes really nice stuff in all those categories. I’m ready for fall weather, now. The only thing I’m on the lookout for is long-sleeve tech Ts and bargain hunting at TJs and Marshalls is definitely the place for that.</p>
<p>4-6, 6-2, 6-1: two hours and fifteen minutes on the tennis court. It was quite warm and humid so I was dripping at the end. Opponent brought three shirts and changed after the second set. I got bitten as we were leaving. It’s not good to be out in the dark after dusk - the mosquitoes come out and bite!</p>
<p>Good news: I was able to finish my 5 miles despite having dinner prior to running.
Bad news: hubby’s plans changed, and we are out of $75 and fun weekend activities.
Good news: I can run on my familiar trail instead of some treadmill of questionable quality in a smelly hotel gym. Oh, well.</p>
<p>If the last mile feels good, the run wasn’t long enough.</p>
<p>Played 1.5 hours of tennis = 2 sets of doubles. Lost both. I was stiff from playing last night. It looks like I need a day of recovery from a long singles match; half-a-day isn’t enough. After playing yesterday and a little dinner, I went to take a nap and woke up 4.5 hours later.</p>
<p>We have doubles planned for tomorrow morning indoors. I don’t think that the YMCA will be open tomorrow because of the income storm. It’s been downgraded to a tropical storm with winds in the 40-65 MPH range; we’ll see if it is downgraded further. It’s still not a good environment to be driving around in but I don’t know what time the heavy winds arrive.</p>
<p>One other thing that I noticed - my calorie demands have dropped by about 400 calories since going from 40% carbs to 25% carbs. The challenge would be keeping up the fiber - the increased carbs were accompanied by increased fiber; mainly from beans.</p>
<p>Went for a brisk two-mile walk this AM because I know I won’t be able to get to the gym tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>Took the dogs out in the 200-acre nature preserve for a good brisk walk at noon because I know they won’t be able to get out tomorrow. </p>
<p>Got lost in the 200-acre nature preserve with the dogs. Spent two hours there wandering in circles. :mad: Home now (well, duh – I wouldn’t be entering a post from the nature preserve) and tired.</p>
<p>^ this would be so me!
I once did a run that was supposed to be a pre-run of a half marathon I was training for. Got totally lost and the whole thing took me HOURS.
(I am sure the dogs enjoyed it, though)</p>
<p>Yes, the dogs had a great time. Unless they picked up on my anxiety. (“Can I survive in the open during a hurricane? Will my DH think to search this nature preserve? Will someone wonder whose car that is after it’s been sitting there 10 hours?”)</p>
<p>I’ve been babying an ankle injury so I haven’t walked so much in months.</p>
<p>Run accomplished. I made sure to wake up very early because the forecast said it would be 85 degrees by early afternoon. I absolutely did not want to run in this kind of scorching heat!</p>
<p>I got in my Friday workout this afternoon. Third and final core/strength workout of the week. Good solid workout. Hot, humid, and sweaty. The two exercises done while holding a squat position for 45 seconds were the hardest, as they have been all week. Stronger today, though. I was able to go nearly the full 45 seconds on both exercises in all three sets.</p>
<p>Our district never had soda machines where kids could get to them. We went to whole wheat bread, whole grain pizza crust, and got rid of the fry-o-laters years ago. Our meals never came with dessert, they always came with a piece of fruit instead. We stopped selling french fries (which were actually oven-baked) a la carte, and our snacks were low-fat and met a whole bunch of guidelines.</p>
<p>In addition, we met federal guidelines which stated that over a course of a week, meals could not average more than 30% of calories from fat, or 10% of calories from saturated fat.</p>
<p>BUT - the federal guidelines also mandate minimum calorie levels meals had to meet. And these calorie levels seemed to assume that all kids were varsity athletes who were burning a lot of calories. At the high school level, meals had to be something like 800 calories! Even at the elementary level they were supposed to be about 600 calories! Wanna know why kids are fat? They don’t know what a serving size looks like, and school lunches that are required to be 800 calories are not helping that trend. And when you’re mandated to provide 800 calories but limited on fat, guess where those calories are going to come from? Carbs. Lots of carbs. (Carbs are usually cheap and easy to provide, too.)</p>
<p>Today’s 5k: Run 25 minutes, walk 2 min (it was a big hill), run 5:20. Total time 32:20. </p>
<p>I’m going to take my running stuff with me on our trip and try to get 2 runs in. Our hotel has a couple of treadmills, so if nothing else, I can use those.</p>
<p>Family got together and ran a 5K at the MN Zoo yesterday…I walked. It was very fun! Nice tee shirt, beautiful course through the zoo exhibits/trails. D2 had a great time but was held back by large crowd and narrow turns. Learned about positioning herself better when the race starts. We will do another one together in Iowa next month. D2 really is excited about training for a half marathon.</p>
<p>This morning I signed up for a Labor Day 5k fun run. I looked at my schedule and realized I was off that day and only have to work til 7 the night before, so what the heck. And now just realized that’s only a week from tomorrow lol! Now I have to run on my trip.</p>
<p>NMinn, I’m heading your way this morning. I was looking at running around Lake Calhoun, but H is not crazy about me running alone in an unknown place, so I guess I will make do with the hotel treadmill.</p>
<p>blankmind - yay! I’m excited for you. I think that you will be able to run a sub-30 5K! When you are racing other runners, the excitement and adrenaline kick in and propel you like jet fuel propels a 777. :)</p>
<p>NMinn, awesome. It sounds like the family run was a complete success despite your D being held down. I’m sure she will have fun preparing for a half marathon.</p>
<p>I kicked DH out of bed this morning and into the exercise room. H did not join me on the trail last night, so to complete his weekly fitness activities he pedaled his stationary bike for half an hour while I briskly walked on the treadmill “uphill”.</p>
<p>Went to play tennis today. Lost 6-2 - other player was tired after one set (it was very humid) and I was trying out a different racquet. Good to have a morning workout, even if I almost got stranded driving through a big puddle. I don’t think that we’re going to do any traveling today outside of a short 1/4 mile run to the grocery store - maybe.</p>
<p>I hope all our east coasters are OK and have power and little storm damage. Keep us updated.</p>
<p>Yay for the 5Kers! I’ve decided zoo races are nice in theory but not good for fast times. They DO tend to be crowded and with narrow paths. That’s how ours is here.</p>
<p>51 miles on the bike this morning with a group of 7. I am the slowest one. It’s sort of strange. I feel OK. I mean-sure I get tired, but I don’t crash and burn or anything. I’m just slow! My fitness is much better than that of the rest of them (except H), but I am notably slower. It’s sort of discouraging. I simply don’t have the power. H says it might be because I’m a lot older than the rest of them (except H). I ride hard, so it’s not like I’m just cruising. I’m sure it would help if I rode more than once every two weeks, but I don’t want to. At least I did it so my confidence level for the 2 day ride in early October is a little better. I’m sure this will tank my running for a couple of days. We did a lot of climbing.
Plus- I need to get back to hot yoga for both my physical and mental well-being.</p>
<p>blankmind…Lake Calhoun is a safe place to run…really any of the lakes have nice family crowds on the weekend. Our favorite is Lake of the Isles…just a different look and HUGE phenomenal homes the whole way around.</p>