Workin' on my Fitness

I had a high school teacher that would tell us when we were writing papers, "If you don't know how to start, leave it blank, and come back to it." So that's what I did here, but an opener worth reading wasn't coming to me tonight. My b.

Workout Accountabilibuddy check from last week:

S: Yoga

Mon: Long Walk

Tues: Two a day, Chest and Tri AM, Race training PM

Wed: Legs

Thurs: Rest

Fri: Bike HIIT, Abs

Sat: Race training

S: Yoga + Back and Bi

Last week I planned a rest day on Thursday on my workout notebook, but forgot to consult said notebook before Target Practice. SuperDan and I also keep a workout calendar in the kitchen that we write our workouts on when we get back from the gym. It's fun to be competitive, and its really easy to see when its been too long for you to skip another day. Yep, that's three different locales for workout calendaring. Excessive you say? Quite possibly, but they make me happy, and I find cute free printables, and if I need a little bribe to keep up a good habit, so be it. Seriously though, check out the link. Her stuff is so cute!

Overall, I feel pretty happy with how last week went. Fitness wise at least! Saturday I had to cut my run a little short to get my hair did, but I was proud of myself to get in there and leave when I had to. Trying to not run late EVERYWHERE I go should be my life Target Practice like.every.single.week!

I have been frequenting the free yoga at lululemon in North Hills every Sunday that I'm in town for the past couple of months. I really can tell that the breathing helps with just every day stress, and I treat it more as a relaxation process than a workout, though I'm happy for the added benefits. This week's focus was on alignment, which is hard to do in a large class, but this instructor made it work. One of the creepy but beautiful things about yoga is how a good teacher gets inside your head. It's like she knows that my knee is rotating out before I even do, and that I should bring it back to center. Or that I *really* don't want to hold this pose, "but I can do anything for 5 breaths." Downward dog has always been a challenging pose for me. As of late, I've been having a little inflexibility (wasn't sure that was a word until Word said so) in my left shoulder, but even prior to this new and unwelcome development, Downward dog was so incredibly hard for me to hold. I'd look around the room and think "what could I possibly be missing!?" And then this class happened. Teacher said to push through your finger pads and think of the weight coming through your hands and out of your shoulders. And just like that, my dog got a little happier. While I was originally a little disappointed that this class wasn't the sweat rag the previous week was (literally, my pink pants turned red and I was horrified to give my mat back!), I did end up learning some things that I know I can take into my practice moving forward.

As I've said in previous posts, I tend to have fitness ADHD (rereading this post, I'm not at all convinced my ADHD is limited to fitness and not my thought process entirely). There are so many activities that I like, want to try, or want to be part of my weekly routine. I read a tip somewhere to think about making your routine based on a time frame that works for you, not necessarily constrained by calendar days. This is something I might continue to flirt with regarding my strength training workouts. I don't love that I work out each muscle group only once a week, but I have a hard time figuring out what to cut to get more time in. 

Anyways, here is my tentative schedule for this calendar week. I'll try to leave my Type A self behind in February and play with a 10 day rotation or something even crazier!

M- Race training

T- Bike Sprints + Shoulders and Abs (OUCH today!)

W- Race training + Incline hike

R- Legs

F- Yoga (Sign up with me! Donation class for GOTR.)

Sa- Race training + Chest and Tri

What about you? How do you divide up your workouts? Do you focus on muscle groups for lifting or hit em all at once?