Good afternoon and happy Monday! It’s the second week of our Spring Forward to Action 2007 plan. I’ve developed the method for how we’re going to handle this week’s worth of exercise in goals, methods and accountability. This week’s plan is to ramp up the challenge, to stay engaged and to really push myself past my current limits so I can achieve new levels.
This week, you can expect our daily workouts to include the following:
- Daily Goal
- Time Spent
- How I’m Feeling
- What’s Next
- Challenges to Overcome
Daily Goal
Today’s daily goal is to increase the intensity of the 30 minutes of cardio to include two five-minute push past my limit moments. I’ll use the treadmill. My standard pace is about 2.9 at the moment, so for those five-minute pushes I will increase the incline from 0 to 3. This week, I’ll push the speed upwards, but for now I will stick with the incline because it will create greater stress on my legs and more for them to overcome during the workout. This will help me work on my endurance.
Time Spent
I worried that I wouldn’t get to the workout today as I woke up feeling vaguely off. But rather than ‘wait’ to see if I felt better, I went ahead and did the workout regardless. The cardio session lasted closer to 40 minutes as I added 5 minutes to warm up and cool down at the beginning and end of it.
How I’m Feeling
I didn’t feel that great when I woke up this morning. I was battle some waves of nausea. I think it was associated with stress. Although my husband seems to be intent on coming down with stomach flu, so here is hoping that I don’t have it too. The workout is done, so I feel pretty good about that regardless of the rest.
What’s Next
Tomorrow, the cardio session will involve a great new workout DVD that I’m going to review called DanceX Total Body Cardio: Everybody’s Workout. One of the great things about my job is I get to review new workouts and use them in my own workout at the same time. So you’ll see my review of this workout DVD this Friday.
Challenges to Overcome
I have a lot of challenges to overcome including making sure I have the time to do my workout. The best time for me to workout is the morning and I enjoy working out early. I also do my best writing first thing in the morning – so it’s tricky to make sure I don’t schedule myself out of my workout. Getting my endurance back is also tricky, because I have a tendency to overdo it. My biggest challenge is to workout without overdoing it and then finding myself sore the next day. A little soreness is okay, but the twinges in my abdomen right now I’d rather avoid.
How’s your workout going?