Sunday afternoon we were at a pre-football party and someone brought a Jack Daniels ice cream pie. I swear, I have been dreaming about it the 40 hours since. Oreo crust held on by caramel to some kind of chunky ice cream goodness. I literally had only one bite of Brian’s, and then the whole pie was gone (because of the other people there, not because of me.)
Monday was nothing special. 22 mins on Stairmaster and full body weight workout. Lots of squats - with and without weights. Music during the workout was boring, but music at work included Yael Naim. You know one of her songs from TV. She has this blend of English, Hebrew and French that I like, because those are the languages I have dabbled in.
For dinner I made chicken fricassee for the first time. It did not have tomatoes or mushrooms, like some of the recipes I’ve seen online. My fingertips kinda smell like garlic still. Someone said to rub them with a half a lemon. Seems like a waste of lemon, it’ll wear off today I’m sure. It was quite tasty!
Tuesday (this morning) my lower neck/upper spine felt tight so I started with 25 mins of Yoga. (I have Yoga for Runners #1 from yogadownloads.com on my MP3) Then 1.5 miles on the treadmill. The girl next to me was doing a walk/run program and I wanted to ask her to keep running because we were at almost the same pace and it was motivating hearing her along side me. But I didn’t recognize her and didn’t want to freak her out. I focused a lot on obliques today at the end of the workout - side crunches on ball, diagonal on captain’s chair, bicycle crunches on floor, etc. Feelin’ tight!
Tonight is karate - we’re back in our forms unit. Wendy is excited! Forms are a series of movements we memorize in a specific order to learn proper form. They represent a fake fight. As you go up belt levels you need to learn harder forms as part of testing. Here’s a video of a beginner form - 2 tests ago for Wendy.
Do you use the Stairmaster? When I do, I add back kicks, side steps, skipping steps, etc. so I don’t feel like I’m just doing the same motion for a half hour. Do you mix up your Stairmaster workout? Let me know if you have ways to make it more exciting…
2010 goal update: 3300 crunches, 79 minutes of plank remaining.
February 10, 2010 at 9:33 am
i much prefer to have a treadmill neighbor running (any speed) than walking! the walkers make me want to stop and walk too
guess my mental power is weak…
in college i would do the stair step machine and go “sideways” sometimes. now i wonder if that even does anything? i think back then i thought it would slim down my thighs… (who knows). i do skip steps too, though i really have to concentrate so i don’t fall off when the bottom step rolls away! otherwise i don’t have any unique ‘changes’ to give, sorry.
February 9, 2010 at 6:22 pm
I think you have exactly the right idea of mixing up the stairmaster. Most people just get bored and give up. The idea of kicks etc does break up the motion and keep it fresh.