Today’s 44 was great for working my hips/outer thighs – I should do this move several times a week!! I used my little green tubing again and got into a semi-squat then did a step out move.
I counted a right and left step as 1 rep and my thighs were burning for sure!!!!
Today was another running day. The daily challenge for #HappyFitMarch was to run a mile and compare it to last Saturday’s mile.
Last Saturday I ran my first mile (out of 5) in 7:23. Today I ended up doing a 10K.
I wasn’t sure how I would feel running this morning because yesterday I did a total of 14 miles – thankfully my legs felt strong today!!!
Saturday is a good day for smiling!!!
creepy Talking Tom looking cat
The pictures of animals smiling crack me up!!!
I think that some days it is easy to get dragged down instead of being the one lifting people up!!
Today’s 43 was a fairly simple one (because I knew what was coming up in the rest of my workout!). I used some of my tubing and did double arm rows.Just stand with both feet on the band – bend over with knees slightly bent and row. I choked way down on the band so there would be more resistance.
startsqueeze shoulder blades together
Up until a year or two ago I rarely, if ever, worked my back – now I try to make sure I work it as much as my legs, arms and core!!!
Today was another day of Insanity Asylum – Speed and Agility. I think this one might be the hardest (until tomorrow when I do a different one!!!). It is 45 minutes and about half of that time is spent in the plank/push-up position doing all sorts of “fun” moves. 3 rounds of progression in & out abs (one of my past 43s) –
Plus, progression mountain climbers (same concept as the in & out abs but doing mountain climbers), bear crawls, agility planks……It is brutal!!!
Happy News – One week from today I will complete this round of Insanity Asylum!!!!
I also did a fun little age-themed workout today. Last week, Tamara at Fitknitchick celebrated her birthday. Yesterday she shared an age-themed birthday workout that one of her trainer friends designed for her – this one was sort of a CrossFit style. I decided to play along with her because we all know that I love doing age related reps!!!
The workout consisted of the following moves:
KettleBell Swings x 46 (I used a 20 pound KB and did full range swings)
burpees x 46 (with push-up)
ab crunches x 46
box jumps x 46 (I jumped onto this box – 14″)
push-ups x 46 (brutal after 46 burpees!!!)
reverse lunges x 46 (I did 46 with the right leg and then 46 left)
pull-ups x 46 (mine were assisted pull-ups using a step-stool to help)
plank for 46 seconds (I did mine with my arms extended in push-up position)
Total time to complete this was 18:30. I couldn’t believe how much harder 46 reps were than my normal 43 – I think because in my mind, 43 is just a few more than 40 but 46 is almost 50.
Since the whole age-themed workout is sort-of the concept behind my blog with my goal to do a daily 43 every day for the year that I’m 43, I was super excited to see another workouts set-up using age for the number of reps!! It is a fun way to challenge yourself whether you do it on your birthday or every day!!!
Have you ever done a birthday/age related challenge?
