Exercise Week 2 Recap
Today was another day of rest. I want to ensure my ability to continue exercising so I am taking this easy – hence the rest day. I am feeling really well at the end of my second week. I've run …
Tag: running
Trying Some Lunges in My HIIT
Today I got a bit daring by trying some lunges in my HIIT. The squats haven't hurt so much since day 3, so it may have been the lunges. I did 20 of them on day 3 and I was …
Squats May Not Have Been The Cause
Back on day 3, I did 20 lunges and 20 squats and really paid for it the next day. I decided to give squats another chance yesterday as part of my HIIT and I did a total of 29 of …
One Day Off, One Day On
I took an inadvertent day off yesterday as I was busy all day. I never got the chance to get a workout in, even a quick one, unfortunately. Today, however I did get the time to workout. I am continuing …
Some more HIIT
Today I did some more HIIT, but with a different set of exercises. I did 2 sets of 20 seconds of jumping Ts, high knees, and jumping knee tucks with 20 second rest breaks in between. Week 2 Day 2: …
Trying A Little HIIT
I definitely needed that day of rest. I felt much better today and ready to start the second week of my exercise program. I am really getting back into this and enjoying the fact that I am making an effort …
Lunges Hurt the Next Day
Day 4: Running – 15:05 = 1.18 miles 2×12 push-ups = 24 push-ups 2×30 second planks = 60 seconds plank Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I am so wiped out from yesterday's lunges and squats, I think I may have overdid it …
Trying out some Lunges and Squats
Day 3: Running – 15:02 = 1.12 miles 2×12 push-ups = 24 push-ups 2×15 second planks = 30 seconds plank 20 Lunges 20 Squats Day 3 and I added in some lunges and squats for today. These were tough though, …
Up to 15 minutes
The second day of my journey to get into shape and I am already seeing some progress. Day 2 Running 15:11 minutes = 1.16 miles 2 sets of 10 push-ups and 15 second planks 10 jumping-jacks, 10 cross-jacks, 10 high …
A Journey of a Thousand Miles
I used to run marathons and was in pretty good shape, but after a series of illnesses, injuries, and overwork, I fell off. Other priorities took over (including gaming) and I stopped working out. Now that it's been a few …