It was another really great week as far as workouts go. I ran 22 miles, did yoga twice, had a few strength training sessions (full body), a serious climb on the stairs machine, and even a walk outside on Friday evening!
I haven’t had a complete rest day in a while though so tomorrow (Sunday) is going to be a full day of no working out. Sometimes those days are really hard for me mentally but I know my body needs that right now so I have to stick to the plan…
How often do you take a full rest day?
I hope you’re all having a great weekend!
Miles ran so far in 2012 –> 47
Sunday, January 13th
5-minute warm-up Walk
10-mile Run (1:24:42…a pace run)
10-minute Walk
Monday, January 14th
Jillian Michaels’ Yoga Meltdown Video (level 1) 35 minutes
Core Workout:
Tuesday, January 15th
Wedding Day Arms upper body strength training workout
5-minute warm-up Walk
3-mile Run (25:30, gradually sped up throughout the run)
10-minute Walk
Wednesday, January 16th
Jillian Michaels’ Yoga Meltdown Video (level 2) 30 minutes
Lower Body Workout…the following + repeated for 2 times through total
*=with added weight
- 30 jumping jacks
- 20 squats*
- 20 straight-legged deadlifts*
- 30 bridge lifts
- 10 forward lunges*
- 10 backward lunges*
- 10 crossover lunges*
- 20 (per side) donkey kicks
- 20 inner thigh leg lifts
- 20 outer thigh leg lifts
- 30 jumping jacks
Thursday, January 17th
5-minute warm-up Walk
5-mile Run (43:16 … 200 feet climbed)
15-minute Walk
Friday, January 18th
morning:
15 minutes Elliptical
Upper Body Strength + Core Workout (~20 minutes)
20 minutes Stair Climber (70 floors)
10-minute Walk
evening:
40-minute Walk (outside!)
Saturday, January 19th
15-minute Walk
4-mile Run (35:00)
15-minute Walk
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I rarely take complete rest days with NO exercise whatsoever. Maybe 1 or 2 times a month, which is usually determined by my travels…but then again, on many of those days I either end up walking a lot or at least lifting and carrying my backpack around that is a workout itself ;-) Now I do have easier days when I only do 30-60 mins of pilates, no walking, no running, no nothing else, but sitting around all day, so only a little pilates feels like nothing. (Normally I run 4x a week for a total of 40 mpw, do pilates 3x a week and walk around quite a bit most days, not for exercise, but it is still moving, being active.) On the other hand, when I was in college track or marathon-training (60-70 miles/week) I did make sure to take 1 day off every week but for sure every other week since my daily training was quite rigorous.
OOOooo I love finding short little workouts like this Quick Core Workout. Thanks!
hope you like it!
These are some really great workouts Danica. :). I am definitely going to try a couple! I don’t think that I have ever said this, but your commitment to healthy living inspires me and keeps me coming back!
Have a great and blessed Sunday!! :)
Brandi, that is so sweet of you to say…that kind of comment inspires me to keep writing and sharing on this blog! Thank you :)
You’re workouts are so good :) I run four times a week and do a Pilates class and sometimes manage to squeeze a bit of strength training in (like 20mins that’s all). So I usually get at least one or two rest days. I think it’s important to let your body heal and grow. And make the next workout amazing!
You’re absolutely right…that workout the day after resting is rarely anything but awesome :)
I am all about at least one rest day per week wether my body says so or not!
Yey for the stair master! It’s by far my favorite cardio outside of running but feel like it gets overlooked.
I totally agree about the stair master! I have a love/hate relationship with the thing ;)
I need to start making sure I take a full rest day per week too, whether my body (mind, usually) says so or not!