Laura’s Week Five Reflection
July 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under Laura's Blog
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
- Off
Tuesday
- Fully Body Lift
- 20′ Cardio
Wednesday
- Yoga Class Went to a Bikram Yoga Class
Thursday
- 30′ Run
- 20′ Yoga
Friday
- 30′ Body Circuit Workout 8 Mile Hike to Ramsey Falls Instead
Saturday
- 40′ Run 30 Minute Body Circuit Instead (30 seconds each of squats, lunges, mountain climbers, push- ups and squat thrusts, then we did a 1 minute hill sprint. Repeated four times.)
- 20′ Yoga
Sunday
- Reflection
- 20′ Hill Interval Run No
I feel good about last week’s workouts. They were a little different than I had originally planned, but they were varied and fun. Tuesday and Thursday were both good workouts at the gym.
Wednesday I went to a Bikram yoga class. I’ve been to a hot yoga class before, but not a Bikram class. It was very different from the classes I usually attend. While I was doing the class I thought the timed poses and 20 second Shavasana were strange, but I felt great afterwards and great on Thursday. The studio was far from my house so I won’t go all the time, but I would go back. http://www.hotyogaasheville.com/
We were traveling over the weekend in Gatlinburg, TN so on Friday I got to go on an 8 mile hike to Ramsay Cascadesn the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. It was so beautiful. I love hiking and getting away from everyday life for a little while. Here is a link about the hike if you are interested. http://www.waterfall-picture-guide.com/ramsay-cascades.html
Saturaday I recruited 4 other family members to do the body circuit/hill sprints with me. The heat index was a steamy 105, but we sufferred through it together and had a fun time. I usually work out by myself so I had forgotten how fun it is to workout with friends.
Sunday I was exhausted from staying up to late on the trip and took a nap instead of working out.
The variety of the week was great and finding ways to workout with other people while we were traveling made the workouts more fun.
