Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tuesday Exercise Bike + leg lifts (40 minutes)

30 minutes on the bike, 10 on the legs. Plus, about an hour of housework.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Monday Strength Workout (45 minutes)

All the usual stuff, plus 5 minutes of abs at the end.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Friday, September 25, 2015

Friday Strength Workout 45 minutes

Also, yard sales today with a 2 yr old.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Thursday Swimming (35 minutes)

25 laps. Slow and sloppy swim tonight. I also did 2 1/2 hours of mowing, weeding, etc in my yard and my brother's. That accounts for the swim being a little off. It was good to swim after all that though.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Wednesday Strength Workout (45 minutes)

I'm so tired this week. I wish I had more energy :P

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Tuesday Exercise Bike + leg lifts (40 minutes)

30 minutes on the bike, 10 minutes of front, side, and back leg lifts with a 10 lb weight on the leg.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Monday Strength Workout (45 minutes)

I managed to work in 5 minutes of ab work at the end too. I really need to work on my yard too, but I'm so tired I think I will have to take a nap with the littlest monster :P

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Saturday Exercise Bike + Leg exercises (35 minutes)

30 minutes exercise bike, and 5 minutes front and side leg lifts with 10 lb weights on each leg. Get better knee so I can run again!

Friday, September 18, 2015

Friday Strength Workout 50-55 minutes

That was an epic strength workout at the YMCA. I just am not used to working out at a real gym, so I was like a kid a in a candy store. I wanted to try out all the machines! I used the Smith machine for squats, used a 90 lb bar for dead lifts, an 80 lb bar for hack squats, did australian pull ups (6 sets), and push ups (5 sets). I also used two different leg press machines, a chest press machine, and a hip abductor machine. It was lots of fun. I went there because for 2 weeks basic Y members can use the Fitness center for free.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Thursday Swimming 35 minutes

25 laps (more like 32-33 minutes).

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Wednesday Strength Workout (45 minutes)

I remembered to add the 5 minutes of abs at the end. Feeling good knee wise today.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Tuesday Exercise Bike 25 minutes

My knees felt good, but they are still warm. I will see how they feel later.

Monday Strength Workout (40 minutes)

I forgot to add abs. Oops, maybe next time.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Saturday Swimming (30 minutes)

25 laps in 30 minutes. Woot! 20 laps freestyle and 5 laps back stroke. Plus, one hour of grocery shopping.

Friday, September 11, 2015

Friday Strength Workout (40 minutes)

My strength workout usually is shorter at home, so I added 5 minutes of ab work at the end (including 100 crunches). 

I also did 90 minutes of tree trimming yesterday which was so hard I was shaking afterwards.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Wed Strength Workout (45 minutes)

I took out squats because they seem to aggravate my knees.

Here's what I did today- 3 sets of pull ups with the pull up assist strap. 3 sets of australian pull ups hands over bar, but with feet elevated this time to add more resistance. 3 sets of australian pull ups hands UNDER bar, but with feet elevated this time to add more resistance. I mixed in 9 sets of 10 push ups into that (90 push ups total). I also did calf raises on a stair, alternated with chair dips (3 sets each). I then went upstairs and did deadlifts alternated with hip thrusts (3 sets of each). I hooked my leg up to the bow flex and did front, back & side leg raises with 50 lbs of resistance on the band (3 sets each, both legs). I'm hoping the hip thrusts and back leg raises will be enough glute work to make up for taking time off squats for now.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Tuesday Exercise Bike (20 minutes)

I stopped when the right knee started hurting again. Get better stupid knee!

Monday Strength Workout 45 minutes

And now my knee is pissed again. I'm going to replace the squats with other glute exercises and see if that helps.

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Friday, September 4, 2015

Friday Strength Workout (40 minutes)

Plus, taking a 2 yr old to yard sales for several hours (in the heat!).

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Thursday Swimming (35 minutes)

25 laps- 10 freestyle, 5 back stroke, 10 freestyle.

Wed Strength Workout (45 minutes)

Slow and sweet. Not as hard as Monday though.