Yesterday after work, I did an easy run on the treadmill. I ran for 70 minutes at 5.7 mph, so the distance came to 6.64 mi. This is an approximation, because the treadmill spontaneously re-set several times. I don't think it's grounded properly, and static electricity from me kept causing it re-set.
This morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Max Hammer Strength. This is the only workout in the program that I've done three times already. It's definitely a good one, although not necessarily fun. I increased my weights on the lunges and squats. I burned about 145 calories.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Combo Win!
Yesterday morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Iso Strength Chisel. The iso moves are hard! This one really makes my glutes sore. I burned about 135 calories.
Last night I had a tennis match with my 6.5 combo team. My partner, Joan, and I managed a pretty straightforward win: 7-5, 6-0. After she and I had had two losses lately, it was good to get a win. Unfortunately, we lost the other two courts in the match in match tie-breakers.
This morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Chisel Balance. The first one-leg sit-squat moves are so hard! I did better than last time, though. I burned about 150 calories.
Last night I had a tennis match with my 6.5 combo team. My partner, Joan, and I managed a pretty straightforward win: 7-5, 6-0. After she and I had had two losses lately, it was good to get a win. Unfortunately, we lost the other two courts in the match in match tie-breakers.
This morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Chisel Balance. The first one-leg sit-squat moves are so hard! I did better than last time, though. I burned about 150 calories.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Long Run
Last night, I had a match with my 3.5 tennis team. My partner, Whitney, and I won 6-4, 6-4. It was a really fun match, because there were a lot of good points, but we were glad that we got a clear win. No tie-breakers!
Our team won three more courts and lost one, so we won the match overall. Two of the other individual matches timed out, so it was really quite close.
Today I did the next run on my training schedule, which was a 130-min easy run. I've really felt like my runs so far on my new treadmill have felt pretty hard - honestly, like I was running uphill. So I put a level on the treadmill, and sure enough, I was running uphill, even though the incline was at zero. I re-ran the calibration sequence, and that seems to have fixed it. The run definitely felt better - it was just long. In 2:10:00, I ran 12.23 mi on the treadmill.
Our team won three more courts and lost one, so we won the match overall. Two of the other individual matches timed out, so it was really quite close.
Today I did the next run on my training schedule, which was a 130-min easy run. I've really felt like my runs so far on my new treadmill have felt pretty hard - honestly, like I was running uphill. So I put a level on the treadmill, and sure enough, I was running uphill, even though the incline was at zero. I re-ran the calibration sequence, and that seems to have fixed it. The run definitely felt better - it was just long. In 2:10:00, I ran 12.23 mi on the treadmill.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Two Runs
Yesterday was supposed to be my rest day. In the morning, I did some stretching and foam rolling.
However, my run on Thursday night was shorter than what I was supposed to do on my training schedule - partly because I was low on time, and partly because my legs really weren't feeling it. So, after work on Friday, I did a 70-min run - on my new treadmill!
My new treadmill was delivered yesterday afternoon. It is a Spirit Fitness XT485. I have to admit that I also wanted to run on it as soon as possible. It thumps so much less when I run on it! And it doesn't creak like it's about to collapse! And it doesn't slip!
I ran for 1:10:00 at 5.7 mph, so the distance came to 6.64 mi. This run still felt hard - my legs just aren't very happy lately. Too much Hammer and Chisel, I think.
This afternoon, I was supposed to have a practice with my tennis team, but plans changed and I didn't get to do that. So I did another run on the treadmill instead. I ran for an hour at 5.7 mph. Because the treadmill is kind of slow getting up to speed, the distance only came to 5.65 mi. I suppose that's more accurate than the previous treadmill, because it certainly did that, too, but it's a bit annoying to record it that way. This run felt a little bit better than yesterday's, but I still took a lot of breaks.
However, my run on Thursday night was shorter than what I was supposed to do on my training schedule - partly because I was low on time, and partly because my legs really weren't feeling it. So, after work on Friday, I did a 70-min run - on my new treadmill!
My new treadmill was delivered yesterday afternoon. It is a Spirit Fitness XT485. I have to admit that I also wanted to run on it as soon as possible. It thumps so much less when I run on it! And it doesn't creak like it's about to collapse! And it doesn't slip!
I ran for 1:10:00 at 5.7 mph, so the distance came to 6.64 mi. This run still felt hard - my legs just aren't very happy lately. Too much Hammer and Chisel, I think.
This afternoon, I was supposed to have a practice with my tennis team, but plans changed and I didn't get to do that. So I did another run on the treadmill instead. I ran for an hour at 5.7 mph. Because the treadmill is kind of slow getting up to speed, the distance only came to 5.65 mi. I suppose that's more accurate than the previous treadmill, because it certainly did that, too, but it's a bit annoying to record it that way. This run felt a little bit better than yesterday's, but I still took a lot of breaks.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Almost a Win in Tennis
Last night, I had a match with my 3.5 tennis team. We were playing one of the top teams in the league, so I wasn't expecting an overall win. Nevertheless, I am an optimist and always hope that somehow we might get one. We came very close!
We won two of the five courts. My partner, Whitney, and I were the last court to finish - we timed out. We had lost the first set 6-2, so I thought we weren't going to have a chance, but we managed to win the second set 7-6. The problem was that we took a long time to win the set tie-breaker (it went to 11-9), so we didn't really have enough time to play out the match tie-breaker. We were pretty much neck-and-neck in the match tie-breaker. We had our chance to win it 6-4, but instead we lost the last point, and it timed out 5-5. That meant that the match tie-breaker didn't count, so our opponents won because they had won more games.
Little did we know as we were playing that if we won our match, our team would have won overall! It was that close! A disappointment, but also kind of thrilling to at least have come that close. It was a fun match, too.
This morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Hammer Plyometrics. This is a short and sweet workout - only about 25 minutes, including warm-up and cool-down. At the end, it appeared that I had burned about 160 calories, which would've been about 60 calories more than the last time. I think I misremembered my starting calorie number.
Today after work, I had planned to do the next run on my training schedule, which was a 100-min easy run. However, I had to stay longer at work than I had planned, and I just didn't want to be running so late into the evening. Instead, I only ran for 50 minutes. This turned out to be a good idea, because my hamstrings felt quite sore. I ran at 5.7 mph on the treadmill, so the distance came to 4.75 mi.
I hope to do a longer run tomorrow, on my new treadmill! It is being delivered in the afternoon.
We won two of the five courts. My partner, Whitney, and I were the last court to finish - we timed out. We had lost the first set 6-2, so I thought we weren't going to have a chance, but we managed to win the second set 7-6. The problem was that we took a long time to win the set tie-breaker (it went to 11-9), so we didn't really have enough time to play out the match tie-breaker. We were pretty much neck-and-neck in the match tie-breaker. We had our chance to win it 6-4, but instead we lost the last point, and it timed out 5-5. That meant that the match tie-breaker didn't count, so our opponents won because they had won more games.
Little did we know as we were playing that if we won our match, our team would have won overall! It was that close! A disappointment, but also kind of thrilling to at least have come that close. It was a fun match, too.
This morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Hammer Plyometrics. This is a short and sweet workout - only about 25 minutes, including warm-up and cool-down. At the end, it appeared that I had burned about 160 calories, which would've been about 60 calories more than the last time. I think I misremembered my starting calorie number.
Today after work, I had planned to do the next run on my training schedule, which was a 100-min easy run. However, I had to stay longer at work than I had planned, and I just didn't want to be running so late into the evening. Instead, I only ran for 50 minutes. This turned out to be a good idea, because my hamstrings felt quite sore. I ran at 5.7 mph on the treadmill, so the distance came to 4.75 mi.
I hope to do a longer run tomorrow, on my new treadmill! It is being delivered in the afternoon.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Cardio Tennis
Yesterday after work, I finally got to do cardio tennis! It was reasonably fun, but pretty easy. We had a lot of newbies, and so the instructor had to explain a lot.
This morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Total Body Chisel and 10-min Chisel Abs. Total Body Chisel was a solid workout, with three sets of three supersets. I need to go heavier on my weights for my legs. 10-min Chisel Abs was meh. Most of the forearm plank moves on the bench were relatively easy. Some of the other moves were harder. This was a very short workout, with maybe seven moves in the whole thing. I burned about 150 calories total.
This morning, I did the next workout in The Master's Hammer and Chisel, which was Total Body Chisel and 10-min Chisel Abs. Total Body Chisel was a solid workout, with three sets of three supersets. I need to go heavier on my weights for my legs. 10-min Chisel Abs was meh. Most of the forearm plank moves on the bench were relatively easy. Some of the other moves were harder. This was a very short workout, with maybe seven moves in the whole thing. I burned about 150 calories total.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Monday Night Doubles
Yesterday morning, I did the next workout on my schedule for The Master's Hammer and Chisel. This was Max Hammer Strength (again - I did it Thursday) and 10-Min Ab Hammer. I had gotten new 30-lb dumbbells over the weekend, so I used them in several of the moves, which was good. I burned about 140 calories overall.
Yesterday evening I had my normal Monday night tennis doubles at TCCP. I haven't been there for awhile, with traveling and then the snow storm. It was fun! In the first round, my partner, Renee, and I lost 6-2, but we had fun. In the second round, my partner, Lindsay and I lost 6-5; however, we didn't expect to do nearly so well, since both of our opponents were very strong, so we were quite happy with this result. In the last round, my partner, Julie, and I lost 4-3. A good night!
This morning, I did the next The Master's Hammer and Chisel workout, which was Chisel Agility. This workout was a bit of a mixed bag for me. The workout couldn't decide if it wanted to be cardio or agility. Some moves were really easy (the plank tap things), some were hard (the jumping diagonal lunges), and some were meh because they weren't fast enough (the skater's triangle thing). I didn't really like doing two rounds of the same thing. Anyway, I burned about 170 calories.
Yesterday evening I had my normal Monday night tennis doubles at TCCP. I haven't been there for awhile, with traveling and then the snow storm. It was fun! In the first round, my partner, Renee, and I lost 6-2, but we had fun. In the second round, my partner, Lindsay and I lost 6-5; however, we didn't expect to do nearly so well, since both of our opponents were very strong, so we were quite happy with this result. In the last round, my partner, Julie, and I lost 4-3. A good night!
This morning, I did the next The Master's Hammer and Chisel workout, which was Chisel Agility. This workout was a bit of a mixed bag for me. The workout couldn't decide if it wanted to be cardio or agility. Some moves were really easy (the plank tap things), some were hard (the jumping diagonal lunges), and some were meh because they weren't fast enough (the skater's triangle thing). I didn't really like doing two rounds of the same thing. Anyway, I burned about 170 calories.
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