Hey there! It’s time for the Weekly Rundown (and Day #3 of MayBloPoMo!) I didn’t have a stellar week of workouts, but at least I have a lot of excuses. Read on to hear them all! Thanks as always to Kim and Deborah for hosting.
Monday
The day started off with yoga- Adriene’s morning hip mobility. After work I went to the gym to run on the treadmill… but let’s back up a couple days. On Saturday I did an Iron Series leg workout, which was pretty much all lunges. On this run, I felt those lunges in my left knee- it didn’t exactly hurt, and I completed 4 miles, but it was weirdly stiff. I didn’t like that ONE BIT.
Tuesday
In the morning I did Adriene’s yoga for psoas. Later in the day I had Iron Series Day #13, posterior chain. My knee was still not right, but I figured a workout for back, glutes and hamstring wouldn’t bother it too much, and I was right.
Wednesday
In the morning, a 4 mile run.
I knew Thursday was going to be a crazy day, so I decided to do the next Iron Series workout today- except it was a full body workout, and I was sore from yesterday. I decided to skip ahead one day, to day #15- shoulders. In Caroline’s words, this one was a “sizzler”. But at least it sizzled my shoulders and not my knee.
Thursday
Here’s where the week started to fall apart. I did yoga for low back pain in the morning, and then, because of a jazz band concert and emergency dress shopping trip (long story- not for me, for my daughter) I did nothing else all day.
Friday
This was a tough day with lots of teen drama. I finally got out for a 4 mile run in the early evening. It was definitely a stress-reliever!
Saturday
Ugh. I had a horrible night’s sleep, but I also had a PLAN. Work, nap, and then an Iron Series workout… except that when I lay down for my nap, I slept through my alarm. My husband came in to wake me up 20 minutes before we had to leave for dinner with friends. FAIL!
Missing that workout did not feel good, but I drowned my sorrows with a couple of these:
Sunday
Okay. Let’s get back on track! The plan for today is the full body Iron Series workout that I skipped earlier in the week. Next week will be better!
How was your week? Any workout fails, or were you consistent?
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lunges not done properly can really trigger my knee issue so I’m now only doing in your gym group workout sessions as the instructor checks the form carefully.
I had a good workout week, 3 an hour strength training at the gym class, and 5 runs (the last one today as recovery run). I did less yoga and stretching though, will do it again today.
Oooh… so I should check my form. I probably did something wrong to tweak that knee. Thanks for the tip!
Sometimes it’s ok to get the extra sleep and skip a workout. I’m sure you will be right back at it this week. This is the first vacation that I really skipped a bunch of workouts because we were touring all day. Normally this would freak me out but it’s not. It’s okay and my gym will be there when I get home
When I used to do Peloton, I remember one workout where Matt said “If you didn’t sleep well last night, skip this workout and go back to bed.” I guess I inadvertently took his advice!
I dunno, that beer looks epic, so I’d say it was a good week, as long as we edit for teen drama.
This week was insanely busy, so workouts had to take the back burner. I think I’m in a fitness season of “I made it up myself” bodyweight strength workouts plus dog walking.
The beer was pretty epic!
My phase previous to this, for strength training, was definitely “I made it up myself.” It worked well and I didn’t get injured- but I also ended up avoiding all the things I don’t like, which are also probably the things I really need to work on. Still… strength is strength! It’s all good.
I’m sure sleeping through your alarm and missing the workout wasn’t what you wanted, but it sounds like your body needed it! Sometimes we all need a nap and a beer 🙂 Hope your knee feels okay and you get in your good workout today.
Thank you Melissa! Yes, a nap and a beer… I guess that does sound pretty good.
Your body must have needed that extra sleep for you to have slept through the alarm. You’re consistent enough that one little missed class won’t hurt a thing!
Here’s to a fantastic week ahead!
Thank you Debbie! I’m definitely getting back in the “consistency” mindset.
It sounds like your body needed that extra sleep. Hopefully this week goes as planned with less teen drama too.
Thanks Coco. I’m hopeful there will be less drama, as all the big events are over. But you never know. I definitely needed that sleep!
We all those “fails” on occasion, and I think they’re a necessary evil. Your body was probably needing that extra rest. I seldom ever take naps, but yesterday afternoon it was necessary. And then I was fully charged for an energetic evening at a rock concert (give & take, LOL).
I’m a big nap lover. If I were going to a rock concert I would DEFINITELY need a lengthy nap beforehand!
It sounds like your body needed the extra rest so don’t beat yourself up. You’ll get back on track. I took a day off this week to tackle the first round of fire exposure therapy and that allowed me to get an extra workout on. So I did 5 OTF classes this week. 2 of them were very challenging with lots of elevation changes (one worked up to 15% incline, the other started at 15%). It was HARD!
Wow, you had a great week of workouts- AND I’m very interested about the therapy. I hope it went well!