Laura’s Summer Goal Wrap Up

Goal:  I am so happy and feel great that I have accomplished my 8 week summer exercise goal.  Each week I ran four times, practiced yoga three times and lifted weights twice. Week 8 Monday 30′ Walk Tuesday Full Body Circuit   No Wednesday Yoga Class 30′ Run Thursday 30′ Run 30′ Yoga Friday Full Body [...]

Laura’s Summer Goal Week 8 Update

     Hot! Hot! Hot!  Humid! Humid! Humid!  Need I say more?  We’ve been at the beach and though I love the ocean the weather has seemed exceptionally oppressive.        Tuesday I didn’t get my workout in.  I let the heat talk me out of it and took a nap instead.  I felt sluggish all day and [...]

Laura’s Summer Goal Week 8 Plan

Goal:  I am so happy and feel great that I have accomplished my 8 week summer exercise goal.  Each week I ran four times, practiced yoga three times and lifted weights twice. Monday 30′ Walk Tuesday Full Body Circuit  Wednesday Yoga Class 30′ Run Thursday 30′ Run 30′ Yoga Friday Full Body Circuit With Running [...]

Laura’s Summer Goal Week 7 Reflection

Goal:  I am so happy and feel great that I have accomplished my 8 week summer exercise goal.  Each week I ran four times, practiced yoga three times and lifted weights twice. Monday Yoga Class Tuesday 30′ Run Wednesday Full Body Circuit With Running Intervals Thursday 30′ Walk 20′ Yoga Friday Full Body Circuit With [...]

Laura’s Summer Goal Week 7: Wednesday and Thursday

      Wednesday’s workout was a body circuit/sprint combination that was a great workout when you don’t have access to a gym.   Here is what I did. Warm Up:  5′ Walk and 5′ Jog 1′ Walking Lunges 1′ Sprint, 30 seconds walk 1′ Squats 1′ Sprint, 30 seconds walk 1′ Squat Thrusts 1′ Sprint, 30 seconds [...]

Simplify: Monday and Tuesday Week 7

     During Monday’s yoga class the teacher, Leigh Ann, talked about the idea of simplifying.  She talked about all the layers that we require of ourselves and the demands we put on ourselves.   She reminded us that sometimes simplifying is letting go of something or it could be quieting the mind to be truly present [...]

Laura’s Summer Goal Week 7 Plan

Goal:  I am so happy and feel great that I have accomplished my 8 week summer exercise goal.  Each week I ran four times, practiced yoga three times and lifted weights twice. Monday Yoga Class Tuesday 30′ Run Wednesday Full Body Circuit With Running Intervals Thursday 30′ Walk 20′ Yoga Friday Full Body Circuit With [...]

Laura’s Summer Goal Week 6 Review

Goal:  I am so happy and feel great that I have accomplished my 8 week summer exercise goal.  Each week I ran four times, practiced yoga three times and lifted weights twice. Monday 20′ Run Tuesday Fully Body Lift Wednesday 30′ Run  20′ Yoga Thursday Yoga Class 20′ Cross Training No Friday Full Body Lift [...]

Thursday Week 6: Tuning Into Your Body

     Thursday’s workout was a Yoga class at Brightwater Yoga (http://www.brightwateryoga.com) taught by  Leigh Ann.  Special thanks to my husband for babysitting so I could go!        Leigh Ann’s classes are always wonderful.  She opened the class sharing about how our bodies carry stress, perhaps as tightness in our back, jaw, shouders or upper back.  Thru yoga, [...]

Wednesday Week 6

     Today I had a great lesson in how our mind talks us out of exercising.  My plan for today was to run for 30 minutes after work, before I picked up my daughter.  Due to meetings and a lot of work to do at the end of the semester I only had 20 minutes to [...]

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