Social Workout

Boot Camp   Totally brutal.  As usual.

in which I confirm that yes, the suburban gym is packed with women at 10:30AM   I went for BodyPump at 10:30am at the gym out in Henderson since I had some errands and a meeting out there around late lunchtime.  Turns out, this specific BodyPump class is always super-jammed and I was very lucky to find small spot in the front corner of the room!  It seems Ginny, the instructor, always draws a big crowd.  I quickly learn why - she's excellent at demonstrating

jumprope, bosu, and a successful crow!   If you take nothing else away from this blog post, know this: I held Crow for 3 full seconds today!

taking the day off leaves me feeling lost and confused   After chatting with Dana on Wednesday about the virtues of not overtraining, I mentally prepared myself to take off Thursday.  I hate taking days off.  When I first really started seriously running, I loved days off more than I love chocolate cake.  These days, not true.  Now I loathe days off because they make me feel so lazy.  Even more so when I try to take my mind o

Not a very typical day   In which this week's "Featured Body," babarbanel, finds heaven with a masseuse whose touch is silken joy... 7am: leap out of bed, started work immediately.  I submitted everything by 10, and I rushed off to 10:30 Kickbox class with Andre.  I hadn't been to his class since late December, when he told us he was out of town for all of January.  So I finally made it back for the 4th Tuesday in February.  A little slow on the return, but eh.  The class was completely full, more so even than usual.  The woman next to me and I laughed when he was describing the class to the newcomers and he called it "uptempo." Yeah, right.  This class is so fast I can barely keep up, and I not only know what's happening, but what's coming next, too.  I remember my first time in the class, and it was near impossible. He takes me to the brink, and then declares that we will be going double time.  Oh Andre, you're so funny.  But somehow I still manage to speed it up.  I still love him passionately.  If Andre started a kickboxing cult, I would join in a second. I had to walk out the suffering after class, and did another 30 min on the treadmill.

mid-day run   I managed to get away to the gym during lunchtime of my long day for a 4.5 mi run at the gym.  Luckily, tomorrow I can rest a bit becuase I got so much done today.  Hooray!  and now, to TV and sleepy time!

none of yesterday's bouncing but plenty of sweaty goodness   today brought a totally calm and lovely workout, unlike yesterday's awkward one. And as soon as I'm done writing this, I'm taking a nice, long, bath.  Perfect rainy day evening.

Step Machine    50 minutes on the thing that's not quite an eliptical, but closer to the stair machine. I really should find out what it's called, since it's probably my favorite one. When it come to humdrum cardio, having a tv in front of me makes it so much better. I have to say though, that between the yesterday and Monday, when I increased my weight for squats, my thighs are burning.  

short n' sweet   6 mile run, felt really great.  I'm really starting to get pumped for my half marathon in March.  I'm thinking about driving out to Hoover Dam (about 40 min away, something like that) to try out the course, perhaps next week.  It's still a bit cold so I might wait until further into February.