Workout for today!

My plan was to participate in the Twilight Scavenger Hunt at Potomac River Running Reston. But, I ended up not going. Kyle had football practice so I had Olivia with me. I was planning on bringing her but the sky looked as if it was going to open up. It never did but better safe than sorry. I would hate to have a wet little unhappy girl!! 

So, I ended up doing some toning at home! 

Here is what I did:

Push-ups on knees - 10 reps

Crunches - 20 reps

Reverse crunches with toe touch - 20 reps

Bridge with leg raise - 3 raises per leg

Bridge-up with inner thigh ball squeeze - 10 reps

Single Straight leg raises - 10 reps each leg

Glute kicks - 10 reps each leg

Not too much but enough for a mini workout. Today is a cross-training day for my marathon training. Doing good so far!

A Little Time to Roam....

Yesterday when I got home from teaching my HardCORE class my Hubby and son Kyle had flag football practice and Kaleb was at work. Little Miss Olivia was outside driving around in her "Red Car" and was not even close to being ready to go into the house yet. So, I walked around behind her pushing her when I needed to or to get her up the hill or if she just decided she didn't want to move the car herself. She is a silly girl like that!! HA!!

After a while she decided it was time to stop "driving" and wanted to check out the different plants & flowers in the front yard. After rummaging through the yard and trying to get her to understand the different smells that plants and flowers have I thought it would be fun to go on a little hike through the woods in my back yard. The back yard butts up to Fairfax County Park Land and there are many different trails throughout the whole area back there. I also thought it would be fun to search for some Morel Mushrooms while we were out back there.

So, Olivia and I went for a little hike through the woods, I showed her where the tree house was and we walked toward the creek. I pointed out different trees and rocks and she enjoyed picking up sticks and rummaging through the leaves. She did a pretty good job walking along the trail with her short little legs (she is only 1) but once we got near the creek she decided she didn't want to walk anymore so I carried her back up to the house. It was a fun time for both of us even though I couldn't find any morels we both had a great experience that we can do many times over again!!

You never really know the possibilities for different interactions that you can have in your own back yard. Try to make a point to get out there, get down on the ground and check things out. You might be surprised by what you find!!

Tuesday April 30th workout

Today is a cross training day for my marathon training so I decided to pull out the workout DVD's...

The first DVD I grabbed was The Lotte Berk Method: Muscle Eats Fat. This 30 minute workout consisted of a warm-up using knee lifts and arm swings, upper body work with light weights if you want to use them. The thing about the upper body portion is you were standing with bent knees and a pelvic tuck the whole time. After a little bit your thighs start talking to you! Next is lower body which they suggest using a piece of sturdy furniture to help with balance and the next section was the Lotte Burk signature move, Knee Dancing. I have to say that really digs into you quads. The final section was Shape by Stretch which was a great way to finish out the Program.

The second DVD I did was The Lotte Berk Method: Hip Hugger Abs. I decided since I was already warm I would jump right into the workout! If you want to really work your abs you need to do this workout!! WOW!! I am going to be feeling this tomorrow!

All in all a good cross training workout. I definitely need to work on my abs!

Today's workout-Tuesday 4/23/13

Pilates!! I love Pilates!! I definitely need to do it more!! So, my workout for today was:
Footwork
Roll Up
Stomach Massage I
Coordination
Rolling Like A Ball (great spine massage)
Rowing I (yeah, I need to work on this)
Single Leg Stretch
Double Leg Stretch
Single Straight Leg Stretch
Double Straight Leg Stretch (needs work)
Crisscross or Bicycle
Spine Stretch Forward (love it)
Open Leg Rocker (needs work)
Long Stretch
Double Leg Kick
Low Back Stretch or Child's Pose
Reformer Teaser (stance was good, no arms though, needs work)

Used the book Pilates Body Challenge by Brooke Siler for this workout.

Workout-Monday April 22nd

Today's workout was a trail familiarization run for the walking group that I am a coach of. The walking group is part of the Reston Runner's Women's Training Program.

Workout Sunday 4/21/13

I Ran for Boston at the Marathon Monday Memorial Trail Run at Burke Lake Park sponsored by Potomac River Running. I did a run/walk of 4.79 miles!!

Workout for today 4/18/13

Today's workout is called 300 Abs:

1st set:

30 crunches
20 bicycle crunches
30 toe touches
20 reverse crunches

2nd set:

15 side plank hip lifts (R)
30 crunches
15 side plank hip lifts (L)
40 Russian twists

3rd set:

30 bicycle crunches
15 oblique v-ups (R)
20 reverse crunches
15 oblique v-ups (L)
10 leg lifts

Then stretch.

Good workout!