My stems are killing me

Hello, hello! 

The last few days have been full of puppy snuggles and adjustments as we get to know our new little friend

Tuna is definitely a sweetie.. But just like any puppy, he needs to be watched every second. For the most part he has been really good… and seems to be fitting into our home just fine.

Workouts 

I’ve been walking Tuna every morning around the neighborhood for 45 minutes- which is great for the low impact cardio I’ve been ignoring.

 Tuesdays are run days- I did 3 miles at 9:40 pace and then moved on to some upper body strength stuff.. Basically just did some biceps curls, triceps extensions, shoulder raises (front and lateral) rows, and flys. I totally spaced on marking down the specifics- but I felt it the next morning, so I guess it was effective enough!

I knew Wednesday was going to be a long day- and Paula and I only had 45 minutes so we did some leg stuff

Immediately after or workout, I headed out to give a Thai Massage. With Thai massage, you use your body to stretch another person- so its kind of a workout too! It took about 80 minutes- and believe it or not, I was actually sweating! 

I also had a client (who showed up 30 minutes late) which allowed me to do a little workout with the class that was going on.. The focus was squats- my legs were already burning from earlier in the day so this was super intense. After working out and the client, I also taught a 45 minute yoga class. Needless to say, my body was exhausted and I was VERY happy to drink a glass of wine to seal the day :)

Thursdays are run days too.. but first I walked Tuna as my warm up and then headed to the gym for some treadmill speed work 

This run was tough.. not because it was particularly fast (and definitely not fast compared to other bloggers and athletes! You guys are amazing) but because my legs hurt so badly from yesterday. I think the walk with Tuna really helped, but my legs were cramping durning the two “speedy” 8:12 minute miles. 

I came home and immediately chugged some Mocha Recovery milk. I used 3/4 cup of whole milk, 1 1/4 cup vanilla almond milk with 1 tbsp each of coffee syrup and ovaltine.. it was absolutely delicious!

SIDE BAR: 

I realize that most of you are probably not from Rhode Island- so you have absolutely no idea what coffee milk is.. or coffee syrup for that matter- Believe me, it’s delicious. Apparently coffee milk, and coffee ice cream are native to RI only? I dunno.. but you need to get on board. That coffee syrup is from Wholefoods- and doesn’t have any weird crap in it.. so you should totally run out to buy some now. 

I wish I could chill out on the couch for the rest of the day to rest my stems.. but I have to take Tuna to his first vet visit.. Followed by a client and teaching yoga tonight.. Hmmm.. I think I need to grab another bottle of wine ;) 

Have you ever had coffee milk or ice cream?

Do you like Ovaltine?

Are you training for any races?!

Laundry + Legs

   Monday, Funday! How was your Easter celebrations? (oh yeah, and happy Easter Sunday if you don’t celebrate! I didn’t even get on the computer yesterday at all oops.) I started my Easter out with work and it was actually pretty awesome because I only worked 3 hours- so it wasn’t all that bad. I bolted home, grabbed a smoothie (since we wouldn’t be eating until 2pm and I had only eaten breakfast at that point.) and chilled out for a little while before heading to my Uncles house for Linner- not really lunch, but not quite dinner. Not a whole lot to report- but it was great to catch up with family and eat lots of veggies.
     Even though Easter Day was low key- we have to back up to Saturday… I came home from work and was surprised with these handsome devils..

Apologies for the crappy photos- but we don’t have the luxury of a laundry room- these dudes will be living in the Basement. James and my Dad hunted all day for a great deal and found these two at Lowe’s in the scratch and dent section (it’s completely crazy that they were there, because the “scratches and dents” on these are barely noticeable.. While they don’t technically match- they are both Whirlpool and Energy Star, both white.. and they are both brandy new :) The dryer (on left) is usually $1200 and the washer is usually $700. James purchased the dryer for $550 and the washer for $400! Sweet deal :) and yes there was a load in there as so as they were connected! You know your getting old when you get EXCITED to do laundry, haha. 

   Workout Wise- I took the whole weekend off. Paula hadn’t taken any rest after our jump rope circuit leading into the week of new workouts- and it seemed best that we just lay low. It was nice to take the weekend off- and go to breakfast with James and my dad Saturday instead of hitting the gym before work- but I was itching to get back to the gym.. Today we did legs, Same as last Monday with a little increase in some of the weight:

EXERCISE	Set #1	Set #2	Set #3	Set #4	Set #5
Warm Up	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
Low Quad Lunges, 30 yds	60 lbs	60 lbs	60 lbs	XX	XX
Squat Jumps, 12 reps	BW	BW	BW	XX	XX
Exercises	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
Leg Extensions, 12 reps	70 lbs	70 lbs	70 lbs	70 lbs	70 lbs
Narrow Squats, 8 reps	150 lbs	150 lbs	150lbs	150 lbs	150 lbs
Bulgarian split squats, 12 reps	40 lbs	40 lbs	40 lbs	40 lbs	XX
Leg press, 12 reps                         * Stiff legged Deadlifts 12 reps x3 * Farmers Walk 2x down and back	170 lbs 60 lbs 90 lbs	170 lbs  60 lbs  90 lbs	170 lbs  60 lbs	170 lbs	170 lbs

* Indicate my additions

  Well I’m just going to say that the Bulgarian Split squats really suck- in a good way of course.. Immediately my butt was hurting. They are really challenging for me for some reason- and thats what I like about them. Plus my theory is, the more I hate something- the more I actually need it..