Active recovery day mmmm low intensity cardio and yoga class to get my zen back and stretch out all my lifting tightness. The best day in a week of workouts especially when well earned! Let's review the past week:
Saturday- Strength legs (soreness ensued) and 20 min of stepmill (yes after legs I know I'm crazy)
Sunday- 2 hour hike/run on South Mountain
Monday- Strength back and biceps (its friday and my biceps are still sore ouchy!)
Tuesday- 40 min HIIT cardio bike and treadmill (hello sprints!)
Wednesday- Strength chest shoulder and triceps plus 30 minutes of intervals on Elliptical
Thursday- Hike Camelback Mountain (all anaerobic cardio as well as burning legs!) body=exhausted
So today I hit up the treadmill for some good ol' Zone 1 cardio for 55 minutes to the tunes of Bob Marley... totally puts me in a great mood! Take about a 15 minute stretch break and then gear up for the yoga class I have been yearning to do all week. Yoga really relaxes my body and deep stretches all the tight spots. After the months of working out of a car and constant travel this is MUCH needed. But oh no, I ended up in the wrong studio and into a Fitness Pilates class before I knew it. If you haven't done this class before... oh. my. god. ROCKS your core muscles. So I wasn't completely prepared for this but I''m pretty impressed with how well I did considering all the time off from core work. I did forget the wonders a Pilates class does for my posture which is needing work again. Even though I was going for a zen-day, I feel great.
My body is transforming back. My energy is spiking so that I don't need caffeine! I've been doing a LOT better at fighting the sugar craving (hint- L-Glutamine pills). Even though the 10 days off from work is stressing me out a little bit, the break was definitely needed to reset my body and charge me up!
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