Kubicki's Korner: August 2014

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Week 34 Workouts & Stuff

Summer is coming to a close and so last weekend Mike and I took a trip to Cinnamon Beach in FL - great little getaway HOWEVER the trip messed with my blogging routine!

We got home from FL late Sunday, and then I traveled to RI for work with a lingering head cold so week 35 was a travel / recovery week... We all need them every once in a while, right?

Anyway, I wanted to record a quick summary here, as best as I can remember (and get myself back on track for next week!)

Monday... Tennis was rained out so I went up to the fitness center in the evening and rocked 22 minutes on the rower

Tuesday... I hit the gym at lunch

and then Miriam and I got in our final tennis match - another 3 set win!!

Wednesday... Just a walk at lunch, I was outside for about 30 minutes

Thursday... travel day - no workout

Friday... 60ish minute walk on the beach with Becky

August Goals...

- 3x Strength Workouts (incomplete just Tuesday)

- 2x Cardio Workouts (complete Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday!)

- Total Loop Walks (month): 4/4

- Total Rower Workouts (month): 3/5

- Current Plank Time: 70 sec

I think for September I'll aim for 5 loop walks and 6 rower workouts... It's a shorter month and I have a couple of trips again but I've got to keep myself moving forward and feeling great.

I'll keep my strength and cardio goals and add in that I'll do 3 more 30 day challenges this year (I'm currently half way through the 'Little Black Dress' challenge) and I'll be sure to share summaries as I complete them.

#bringingtheawesome

Monday, August 11, 2014

Week 33 Workouts & Stuff

Monday... PM gym workout!

- Rower 20 min

- BOSU-ball workout 2x through, approx. 15 min

I am still feeling some of Friday's workout.. mix that with walking 10 miles yesterday and my legs are tired like no other! Tonight's workout was low key but still a grind as I work through the pain saying bring it on! Tomorrow is a new day and a new workout!

Tuesday... AM workout!

Time to work in some upper body attention - I pulled out an old Self workout that I had really liked (read actually felt after) when I brought it to the gym a few months ago. I decided to get the most out of my time I'd work in some Tabata intervals between sets... I can't speak to true health benefits there but it kicked my butt and felt AWESOME!!

Wednesday... AM workout!

I found this workout on FitnessBlender.com called "Best Butt Workout" and just had to try it! I started my morning with a walk (approx. 27 minutes), then hit the basement for a workout that proved to keep the sweat flowing. I used 12.5 lb weights for everything except for the last set... and next time I do this I think I'll try 15 lb weights instead. After lifting I went for one more cardio blast with a little 4 minute Tabata before I cooled down and stretched. Great start to the day!

Walked the loop tonight!

Thursday... my glorious day of rest this week!

Friday... Lunch time gym workout!

Today I used my lunch break to walk to the gym with Miriam.. I got ready by putting on sunscreen then doing my 5 minute booty workout then head out to meet Miriam. Once we got to the gym she hit the machines while I set my GymBoss for 10 rounds or 50 seconds work / 10 seconds rest, then came up with the idea to do the above circuit... 10 rounds was twice through the circuit then I rested before going through the whole thing again... I felt a little unorganized but good overall!