Last Thurday I met up with Reggie at the gym and he took me through a series of workouts to strengthen my core. A lot of work with free weights, aerobics bench, bosu balance ball, resistance bands and yoga moves. Once that was all done I completed some interval training on the treadmill for 20 minutes. This was after coming off from a week of being sick, so I needed to take it easy.
Rested the rest of the weekend and then I was off to Jacksonville, FL for work on Monday, so I focused on push-ups, resistance band training, lunges, and sit ups in my hotel room. The Hilton down there has a "Stay Fit Kit" from Gaiam, which I pulled out and used some of that equipment as well.
Rested on Tuesday and then yesterday trained with my 40 lb weighted pack on the stairmaster for 45 minutes at level 5. Took off my pack and finished up on the stairmaster for 10 minutes at level 8 and 5 minutes of cool down. I then completed three sets of 10 push ups with the medicine ball rolling from my right to left hand. I then took the bosu balance ball and attempted to balance smmooottthhlyyy on one foot while lifting a 6 lb medicine ball over my head and taking it in the opposite hand and repeating on the other foot. Yeah...I'm not smooth. But it worked my core...and that was my goal.
Two weeks from tomorrow!!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Day 3 [07/10/2007]....Sick...AGAIN!
So after pushing myself a bit further in my training, my body tells me...."oh no you didn't!!" I was planning on going up the Grouse Grind again on Grouse Mountain in Vancouver, BC Canada, however I could barely swallow. I knew I was run down going into both previous hikes, but I thought I could get through it. So unfortunately I had to go to the doctor and get antiobiotics. Out of commission Tuesday and Wednesday. Now it is Thursday...and I'm feeling better, so I'll probably go to the gym and see what happens.
The Grouse Grind can not be duplicated in a gym setting. To be honest, I wasn't ready for it while I was doing it. The second time up was a lot better as the first time up all I was thinking was "WTF". The average time to hike up Grouse Grind is an hour and a half. First time up I did it in less than an hour, (no quite sure the exact time), took the SKY TRAM down with a couple of people I knew out there. (They opted to take the SKY TRAM up as well and drink a couple of beers while waiting for me to hike up the mountain...smart]. The second day it took me an hour and a half to go up and back down. [Although, hiking back down the trail is not advised due to the steepness of the mountain and the loose rocks. But when do I ever listen?]
My flight back to Chicago had a layover in Seattle, so I was able to see Mt Rainier in the distance. Intimidating?? Ahhhh...YEAH!!! What am I thinking?? ;) Well some may agree, I don't do much of that...thinking...that is....but those of you who do know me...know that I am one stubborn determined lady. Once I set my mind to something...I usually will get it done!
Three weeks away!!
The Grouse Grind can not be duplicated in a gym setting. To be honest, I wasn't ready for it while I was doing it. The second time up was a lot better as the first time up all I was thinking was "WTF". The average time to hike up Grouse Grind is an hour and a half. First time up I did it in less than an hour, (no quite sure the exact time), took the SKY TRAM down with a couple of people I knew out there. (They opted to take the SKY TRAM up as well and drink a couple of beers while waiting for me to hike up the mountain...smart]. The second day it took me an hour and a half to go up and back down. [Although, hiking back down the trail is not advised due to the steepness of the mountain and the loose rocks. But when do I ever listen?]
My flight back to Chicago had a layover in Seattle, so I was able to see Mt Rainier in the distance. Intimidating?? Ahhhh...YEAH!!! What am I thinking?? ;) Well some may agree, I don't do much of that...thinking...that is....but those of you who do know me...know that I am one stubborn determined lady. Once I set my mind to something...I usually will get it done!
Three weeks away!!
Thursday, July 5, 2007
I'm still going
Tuesday I was still a bit sore from our group hike on Sunday, yet I still decided to meet with my trainer Reggie. Instead of working on my arms, he decided to work my legs and had me do some squats and lunges with 10 lb weights. Then after another series of leg exercises he finished off the legs by having me complete side steps with a resistance band the width of the gym...down and back. Once all that was done...on to some boxing. This time he threw in some Muay Thai kick boxing...which...I need some practice as I looked pretty rediculous trying to coordinate some of those moves in with the regular upper cuts and front punches.
I decided to take the fourth off from training and will be back at it after work today.
I decided to take the fourth off from training and will be back at it after work today.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Hike at Waterfall Glen
Yesterday the group met at Waterfall Glen for about a 10 mile hike. Needless to say...I'm finding it a little difficult to walk this morning. My hips are trying to forget the pain of carrying a 40lb pack on top of hiking 10 miles. Well I guess it is a good start to my rediculous increase in training I'm setting myself up for this last month. One more month...
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