Posts Tagged ‘running’

Exercise Program: Day 20 – Sledding

February 1st, 2010

This post is for Friday January 29, 2010. Read my update post from a few days ago if you want the lowdown on why I’m posting it today.

This is day 2 of no school due to weather incidents and it’s been great! I’ve been doing a bit more hanging out than usually, so it’s nice to be connecting with old friends. We still don’t have power, so we’ve been trying to find ways to entertain ourselves. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 20 – Sledding

Exercise Program: Day 19 – My Last Running Day

January 31st, 2010

I just realized that this was the last running day of this exercise program and tomorrow is my last day period. It’s kind of exciting because I didn’t realize I was so close to being done. I still have not yet decided what I’ll be doing, but I’ll announce my plan tomorrow when I figure it out. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 19 – My Last Running Day

Exercise Program: Day 18 – Light Strength Training

January 27th, 2010

I was feeling sore these past two days from running, so I decided to go light on my strength training. Light Workouts consist of high reps with low weights pretty much, so they’re a nice break from heavy lifting. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 18 – Light Strength Training

Exercise Program: Day 16 – Strength Training

January 26th, 2010

Today was my strength training day. Nothing too fancy from what I’ve done in the past. I was running a bit late, so I rushed through exercises, and skipped some, so I could shower and get ready for a meeting I had. I didn’t have time to workout this morning, so I was lifting weights at around 7pm. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 16 – Strength Training

Exercise Program: Day 14 – Strolling

January 21st, 2010

Initially I had planned on going running today, but that didn’t happen. Instead, I ended up strolling for about two hours. Yes I got sweaty, but it was fun. If you don’t know what strolling is, let me explain. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 14 – Strolling

Exercise Program: Day 12 – iPod Death

January 19th, 2010

I was so frustrated today because midrun, my iPod died. I had only run for about seven minutes and then boom, everything went silent.

I’m one of those people that can’t really run without listening to music, unless I’m really stressed and have a lot on my mind. Today wasn’t extraordinarily bad because it just so happened I had a lot on my mind, so I could entertain myself. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 12 – iPod Death

Exercise Program: Day 9 – Running Basics – Part 2

January 14th, 2010

Let’s continue what we started talking about on Day 7. This is what we’ll be covering today:

What should I do for my first run?
I have bad knees
Running with Music » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 9 – Running Basics – Part 2

Exercise Program: Day 8 – 1 Rep Max

January 13th, 2010

Today, for my workout, I decided to do some testing, my 1 rep max to be exact. Usually you do tests before you start exercise programs, but I didn’t have the equipment to do it before. Now that I’m in Norman, I can go to the gym and use their stuff; before I was working out at home with dumbbells. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 8 – 1 Rep Max

Exercise Program: Day 7 – Running Basics – Getting Started

January 12th, 2010

I felt today would be a good day to go over some running basics. There are some simple things that I’d like to talk about and I’ll finish on Day 9. I’d like to go over with you the anatomy of running, form, shoes and foot types; we’ve got a heavy load today. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 7 – Running Basics – Getting Started

Exercise Program: Day 4 – Snow Day

January 7th, 2010

I went on a pretty crazy run today. Weatherbug says we’re supposed to get an acculumation of 2 to 4 inches of snow. I’d say we’ve already gotten about 5 inches already. It’s been snowing all day today so I can expect we’ll get more. » Read more: Exercise Program: Day 4 – Snow Day