Oh my! Only five weeks until the cruise! Eek!
Mini goal for the week: more steps! Somehow, I had four days (!) under 10,000 steps last week! I usually only have one - my rest day. This week has to be better! At least it's warmer; that'll help get me outside at work.
Second mini goal for the week: more protein! Mid-week I'll start a protein powder because I just can't get up to Cathe's recommended 100g of protein a day to save my life.
Monday: Cathe's Pyramid Upper Body + walk + YWA
Wow. So, this workout comes from Cathe's old Intensity Series. And it kicked my butt - er, arms. The theme is high reps - you start light, go heavier, and then come back down to lighter....like a pyramid. But this burns your muscles out quickly. I struggled at the end of each pyramid....and I only got through 45 minutes of the workout! At lunch, I walked at the rec center. Yay, steps! After a very long day, this YWA: True practice was just so, so lovely. Adriene has outdone herself with this series.
Tuesday: Cathe's Jabs and Abs + YWA
I love kickboxing days! This was a fairly new live workout and I really enjoyed it! I'm amazed when my heart rate can stay up with punches alone. Wow! Cathe really did a good job with this workout. My 40 minutes ran up before the abs (and then I had to stretch) but maybe I can go back and do that portion this weekend. After work, YWA! It was a good one today - again!
Wednesday: Cathe's Butts and Gutts + walk + YWA
Another new Cathe workout for me! I only got through the "butt" portion of Butts and Gutts but that was my intent. And boy, it was a painful 40 minutes! I sure hope it was effective - all those squats and lunges have to do something! At lunch, I walked at the rec center and then stretched. After work, I did a YWA: True..... These will be out of order for the next few days due to time constraints. This one was short, which was what I needed!
Thursday: YWA + abs
My rest day! And I needed it - my body was tired! This was a great YWA to do today (out of order still). It got my juices flowing at this early hour and stretched me out a bit. I did some additional stretching afterward and added in some ab work to finish off my morning. Nice!
Friday: Cathe's Ripped with HIIT: Low Impact HIIT One + Two + YWA
Cardio....and I wasn't dreading it this morning! I actually really like these two HIIT workouts. They're both about 25 minutes so I did all of One and most of Two to fill up my 40 minutes of time. It gave me a great workout. Interestingly, my heart rate was higher in the second one - that uses a weight for most of the moves. After work, I backtracked in YWA: True. My balance was amazingly good this day - wonders never cease.
Saturday: Cathe's XTrain 06: Cardio Leg Blast + BBW + YWA
I love the concept of this workout. Cardio, strength, cardio, strength. It's a great metabolic workout. And this one worked me hard today - but it felt great. The next four weeks will roughly follow this rotation with the Bonus Butt Workout (BBW). Because I'll miss the last weekend of the month, I had to do a BBW early - this weekend. You'll also notice that Cathe's suggests 300 walking lunges. I did those today, interspersed throughout my workout. Then, I did the BBW after it all. And, man, I could barely move afterward. YWA was awesome today because it stretched the legs really well. It felt great!
Sunday: Cathe's Flex Train + abs + YWA
Amazingly, I could walk today! Yay! This Flex Train was a welcome change after yesterday. But dang, it really worked my arms! And all the leg work was.....excruciating. It lasted for 55 minutes and I did the abs....which I think I also did last week somehow. They're tough. Finally, I stretched and tuned into today's YWA: True. It was very flow-y but also gave me a good leg stretch.
Calorie Counts:
Monday - 1183
Tuesday - 1239
Wednesday - 1200
Thursday - 1160
Friday - 1344
Saturday - 1383
Sunday - 1266
More calories this week...but I'm hoping they were good, lean muscle building calories! I didn't weigh because I just couldn't face the scale this week. Sigh. A few of my pants/skirts were a bit looser so that gives me hope.
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