Living a Life Fueled by Healthy Food and Fitness
I think my chest exploded in the gym today. One of Ryan’s past treadmill workouts loosely inspired me to complete what I’ll call an “increasing interval 0.2 workout.” The breakdown: Minutes Incline Speed 0-5 8.0 4.0 5-10 1.0 6.5 10-14 8.0 4.0 14-15 1.0 4.0 15-16 1.0 8.0 16-17 1.0 4.5 17-18 1.0 8.2 18-19…
This morning I awoke feeling excited about my new life. Of course I am looking forward to essentially being my own boss and working from home, but part of me is also nervous about not having anyone to hold me accountable other than myself. Fortunately I’ve always been pretty self-motivated and I am determined to…
Sometimes the hardest part of a run is motivating yourself to actually get out there and do it. When I was training for the Chicago Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon last year, I found it easier to stay motivated because I felt like I couldn’t miss a training run since I wanted to finish the…
In the words of the Dixie Chicks, I awoke this morning “ready to run.” Fortunately this little menace did as well… We were quite the running duo and completed 5 miles in right around 46 minutes while jammin’ out to my favorite Run, Run, Run playlist. Normally I take Sundays off from working out, but…
Running. I don’t hate it. I don’t love it. But sometimes it’s exactly what I need. For me, I can do intervals on the treadmill, take a spinning, BodyPump or boot camp class that totally kicks my butt, but nothing beats the feeling of a good run. As you may have ascertained, this morning’s run…
Whoa baby. What a workout this morning! Phew. Yesterday evening, as I was perusing blogs, I came across an interval workout on Holly’s blog that really intrigued me. I printed off her workout and tucked it into my mini gym bag and awoke this morning feeling inspired to give it a go. I hopped on…
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