100 workouts in 100 days

So I am going to challenge myself to 100 workouts in 100 days

I am going to commit to an hour a day, and alternate between heavy exercise and light exercise, I don't have a physical job at all, and outside of workouts, generally sit mostly.

I started today, and purchased a gym membership, I really liked my classes, but alternating between Ripped, Zumba, and Aquasize was a financial commitment of about $80/month and my gym membership is 42/month.

I also signed up with a friend who is committed too, so I think it will work out great.

I am running as well and am going to train for the Whitecourt marathon, and right now have committed to a 1/4 for sure and maybe a 1/2.

So my week should look like this:

3 days weight lifting at the gym (one full body, one arms and abs, one legs and abs)
3 days running (one short run, one day hills, one day long run) I can alternate outside and treadmill
1 day long walk/Zumba/Yoga/Swimming


Tomorrow I had thought of going skiing, so that will be instead of running. My runs have started short and my plan is to go up 1km every week, so that would look like:

short run 3km
hills 3 hills
long run (double short run) 6km

next week:

short run 4km
hills 4
long run 8 km

I am also on an eating plan, but it's easy to follow and good support.

At the beginning most of my runs and workouts will only be about 30 minutes, so I will round this out with additional walking. I also anticipate that once my runs start getting longer, I will have to lighten my weight lifting on my legs or work on arms and abs.

The Challenge will take me to April 18, because I started today.

DAY ONE

Started with a full body weight lifting on a program that was designed by Alpine and refined by Shanaz. It is mostly on the machines and alternates between arms and legs. This is a program that I used before and liked a lot. It can be as short as 30 minutes or longer if you incorporate sets/supersets.

I am not much of a morning person at first, but I am always happiest working out in the morning and getting it out of the way. I don't mind evening exercise but it has to be something team related like badminton, or fun like aquacize or Zumba.

We are starting at 8:00 AM and that seems to be a great time, a little earlier than I am used to, but this busy day I am grateful for the early start to my day.

I have the program on my ipad and that keeps me accountable and on track. Today was a full body weight lifting, 15 minute warm up on the elliptical, and crunches/burpees in between arms.