Yesterday’s Evening Workout
- 2.54 miles treadmill
- Plank
- 10 minutes stretching
Last night, my dad and stepmom came over so Danny and I could go to the gym.
It was really crowded, as it usually it in the evening, but we were able to find two open treadmills.
I alternated between walking at 4.1 mph and running at 7.1 mph for 30 minutes. After the treadmill, Danny and I decided to see who could hold a plank longer.
I won.
Danny held his plank for 1 minute and I held mine for 2 minutes and 4 seconds! I don’t do the plank very often except for at the end of BodyPump sometimes, so I was happy with two minutes. I think I’m going to do a plank every day and work on holding it longer. We finished up with about 10 minutes of stretching.
According to my BodyMedia Fit, I took a little over 18,000 steps yesterday!
Breakfast
Lately, I have been eating Special K and fruit for breakfast, but today I wanted to eat something a little more filling, so I had a bagel thin with two egg whites, cheese, blueberries, and a clementine.
And coffee. There must always be coffee. And gingerbread coffee mugs are perfectly acceptable to use after Christmas…right?
Today’s Workout
- .6 mile, treadmill
- BodyPump – 60 minutes
I know it’s a little bit ridiculous that sometimes I do such short distances on the treadmill, but I have been really trying to get in 10,000 steps every day, and some days when I do BodyPump, I don’t quite hit 10,000 steps. Even short distances on the treadmill help me get to my goal of 10,000 steps, and it’s a good warm-up for BodyPump. And really that was all I had time to squeeze in before BodyPump.
My right shoulder has been having problems since the summer. It’s fine most of the day, but I notice it’s sore the most during BodyPump and whenever I have to lift anything over my head (which is why I go lighter on the shoulder track). Today, we were doing the plank during BodyPump and my arm kind of gave out under me and I felt this pain in my shoulder. Great. Right when I thought it was getting better, this happens.
It definitely hurts, but it’s not excruciating. I am hoping that some Advil and ice will do the trick, but since it was already sore, I have a feeling that it’s going to be sore for quite a while. Damn.
Target
After the gym, I stopped at Target…for the third time this week. I kept forgetting to look for the new flavors of Chobani, so today I went just to look for them. Success!
I bought three of the new pear Chobani flavors - 140 calories and 14 grams of protein. I also bought the Chobani Bites in Pineapple Caramel – how delicious does that sound?! The Chobani Bites only have 100 calories and 8 grams of protein. I can’t wait to try one with lunch!
Tonight, we’re going to Bingo night at Jaden’s school, and we actually have no other set plans this weekend – very nice for a change!
Questions of the day:
- What was your last injury? How do you deal with injuries?
- Do you like yogurt? Favorite brand? Flavor?
- Any plans or workouts for this weekend?
I bought the raspberry with chocolate, Chobani bites a couple weeks ago and they were delicious. You will have to let me know how the pineapple caramel tastes because I had a hard time deciding between the raspberry and pineapple.
I did too! I kept changing my mind. I wanted to get them both but they would have expired before I ate them all! Im getting the raspberry next!
I love greek yogurt. my favorite is mango! I am doing a chobani giveaway today! Get it on it!
I most definitely will! Thanks!
last and current injury, a sprained ankle….rest (ugh), ice, wrapped it to keep the swelling down and elevation. It’s getting better…thank goodness. Try icing your shoulder, it should help.
Hope your ankle feels better! How did you hurt it?
after my run on wednesday, I was trying something new on the bosu landed wrong and slid off and sprained my ankle….stupid move on my part! Hopefully I can run on wednesday, tomorrow I’ll try the elliptical.
Great job on the plank! I did an av workout last night and it hurts to cough today. LOL.
Would love to hear the bingo night details! Sounds fun
I love chobani! I bought blood orange! Yum!
Those new flavors sound awesome!!
I live in the UK and can’t get hold of Chobani. In fact, there aren’t that many varieties of healthy, low-fat Greek yoghurt. I just go for plain Greek or natural yoghurt, and sweeten it up with a drop or two of honey! Although it sounds like your refrigerator is much more exciting than mine
great post, I hope your shoulder gets better!
Thanks! Adding honey is a great idea – I should try that!
I haven’t eaten cereal, seriously, in years. I think I should start buying some flakes. This organic cereal makes the best flakes I’ve ever had, and now I can’t remember what they are called!
Let me know if you remember what kind it is – I love cereal but try not to eat too much of it!
Congrats on the fantastic plank! I think I could beat my boyfriend in a plank contest too…ha ha! Some coworkers were talking about the new Chobani coffee flavors, so I need to hit up Super T and check it out!
I didn’t even know they had coffee flavors! I need to find those!
My coworker said there was a coffee & flavor (I can’t remember what it was combined with) AND a caramel pineapple. Both got rave reviews!