Day 6 100/100

Day 6 100/100

Today was a large day!

Showed up for boot camp @ noon, mostly because I missed aquasize @ 9:00. I thought maybe resort style boot camp might be scaled down due to the "older" resort types, sadly my South Carolina hopes were dashed. We did a program called "66"
Lucky me I was the only participant.
We started in a cycle of jumping jacks, squats, crunches and push-ups. We started be doing 66 of each, only 6 push-ups (thank god). It got slightly easier the next round which was a torturous session of 55 each. Good news! Now only 44 each, you are getting the gist of things.....by the time we past 33 and got to 22 it was actually easier, by this time I had developed a split personality and had my mind somewhere else. Another exciting thing happened! Some of the resort residence started gathering in little groups watching. There was an elderly group of geriatrics behind me while I was squatting. Such a comforting feeling. I was acutely aware of bladder discomfort during my last set of crunches.

I figures it out mathematically I did 231 of each.

I also went on a beautiful beach walk and ended the day "shag" dancing.

Well deserved wine and cheese has ended this beautiful and full-filling South Carolina day :)

Day 4 of the 100 workouts in 100 days

So here is a question: How do you modify your workouts on holidays, and what do you plan and/or take with you to keep yourself active? Do you workout on holidays?? I am going on holidays for a week but I have to keep up with my personal challenge, any and all suggestions would be helpful!


Day 4

I am really tired today. I have many many things to do today, I am leaving for South Carolina tomorrow morning very early and I have an entire day of travelling. I guess my workout tomorrow will be "walking in the terminal". I also have a substantial layover of a couple of hours, which always seems shorter by the time you unload, get from gate to gate and grab something to eat.

I have struggled with this in the past, but there is a lot of prep work involved if you want to be active. I was going for "comfy" plane ride attire, but if I want to get some exercise in I am going to have to walk, and I need shoes I can walk in which means I need to wear my runners and some type of "yoga" wear. I'll pack some deodorant and a little spray perfume for my unsuspecting passengers.  Good news! My roomie tells me they have lots of exercise classes and an awesome gym. There has been lots of rain, and they are on "Tornado watch" :( , So I guess that eliminates running outside somewhat. I was kind of looking forward to that because it is a great way to sight see! It looks like a fabulous resort

I will have to be up around 2:00 o clock and driving, then terminal, check in. Once I am in the gate then I can do a little walking. Edmonton has an awesome international area, and lots to look at and shop at. They even have an apple store, and I need a new cover for my iphone.
So that is day 5 plan. Today I am going for a walk with the dawg. I will walk the same route from yesterday, except I will go the other way around.

Day 3 of 100/100 challenge

Day 3 (100 workouts in a 100 days)

Today was the Town of Edson Resolution run, and I chose to do the 5 km. There is a lot of snow out there (one person ran in snowshoes) so it was a challenge! I thought I would be sore from skiing but I felt great during my run, although my lungs are sore after, I think that is more due to my cold than the run.

Of course we had an epic snow fall just as we were starting, but it cleared up halfway through.

I am surprised there was not more runners we had about 25, maybe the weather and time of day were factors. One day I am going to post a video of how excited my dog gets before a run, I find it hilarious and motivating. Even the heavy snowfall had no effect on his enthusiasm, although it made me pause.

This was my first run "event" of the new year. My time was slower than normal but the weather and terrain were major factors, as was the lack of running prep, but I was very happy with my run, I felt better than I thought I would and there were moments of pure "joy". I'm glad the Town of Edson had this event, as I don't think I would have gone out on my own :)

Day 2 (100 workouts in 100 days)

Today I am in Marmot! So downhill skiing for the day.
I figure I will ski for about 4 hours today. So I am considering that my workout.
I am an aggressive skier and it isn't very busy today so we were on the hill right away, and have got a lot of runs in, more that usual. Keeping up with 17 year olds helps too, but I am a fast skier so I so ok.   My plan for tomorrow is the Resolution run, and them Sunday I'll do the gym again. I am travelling to South Carolina, next week, so I'm packing workout clothes. I think I might miss my gym classes, so I've downloaded some videos on YouTube, for spin.

My favorite workout apps are:
Nike (running app)
Yoga studio (yoga routines)
Workouts

I hope to see some of you at the run tomorrow!!

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.

Too long since I blogged last

 I am thinking.....How to allow more "life" into my day! Not get too caught up with chores and develop more strategies to be social.

I am thankful for....Having Mackenzie visit back from University this weekend, for all the cultural opportunities in Edson and Jasper, and for that Tristen is living at home this year. That I came home to a washed floor, thanks Bryan!

From the Learning Room....I have signed up for 4 online jewelry tutorials that I couldn't wait to get, then I haven't had the time (or energy) to use them yet. So looking forward to that. I have a big project on the back burner, a leather jacket from deer hide and looking forward to getting into the city for a pattern.

From the Kitchen... So glad to have the salsa spice from Epicure back in the Kitchen. On my eating plan I can eat veggies as much as I want to, and I LOVE my home-made Salsa. Bryan just harvested his hot peppers! So I am excited about breaking out some recipes


I am wearing...Workout wear from my gym class.

I am reading... a giant book called the Citadel, took my a while to get into it, and now I don't want to put it down, historical with a great mystery it also has a love story in there for romantics.

I am hoping... that October is a productive month. I have been really tricky in motivating myself in September.

I am hearing..."CKUA" on the computer. A quiet morning

A few plans for the rest of the week... big gig in Jasper on Wednesday (tomorrow! EEK), finishing up some paperwork, getting the class plan together for a beading project, Breast Cancer run on Sunday, Hockey game in Whitecourt? for Tristen Saturday....that is all I can think of. That seems to be enough

Finally, finally, finally spring is here

Well it is official. I can hear the frogs at night and the birds in the morning. It has been well anticipated and appreciated. We built our house with a wall of windows towards the south and sunny days are supreme. I love my south facing deck, and we try to eat outside as much as we can. I have 6 bird feeders on the deck alone, and I can see most of them from my computer desk. We have a variety of birds cow birds, nut hatchers, chickadees, wrens, but I haven't seen my favorite's yet: the Grosbeaks. The cat's have already started their ever failing attempt at bird catching, they are untiring in thier charade. The dogs are caught suntanning as the birds fly all around them unafraid. Even though my favorite season is fall I still get caught up in a sunny day. They just slow my world down and allow me to appreciate the NOW. My plans for the day seem far away right now. I have alot to do, catch up and organise bills, clean , shop, and I have to bake 4 cakes for the dessert theatre. Too bad I just want to waste the day away outside. But I did my 4 mile run, so now I am going to go lay outside in the sun and sip my timmy's coffee. My day can start at lunch time....