SO - our first team work out was a KILLER. Tyler said it would be simple but not easy... huh. It was simple, but I think it's safe to say that EVERYONE was hurting afterwards!! We walked over to the Bee Street garage, which apparently has 8 flights of stairs. The goal of the activity was endurance not speed... so how long can you continually climb up 8 flights of stairs? How many times can you do it? And since walking back down stairs is jolting on your joints, especially your knees, we rode the elevator down and climbed up the stairs once more... over and over.
Tyler said that in 20 minutes, we should be able to climb 3 rounds of 8 flights! (24 flights of stairs!!) When I had completed 3, he said we had 15 more minutes to go... when I completed 4, he said we had 15 more minutes to go... So I'm not entirely sure how long we went - approximately 30 minutes? And I did 6 rounds! Last night I climbed 48 flights of stairs. Whew!! My quads & glutes are SORE - but that's the point, right?
I have a flight of stairs in my house - and when I got home last night AND this morning, I made sure I had everything I needed before going up (or down) stairs so that more than one trip wasn't needed!! Sore, sore, sore, and more sore - but again, as I said in a previous post, I've decided that if you're not sore after a workout, it's not the best workout you could've done!
We have another team work out with Tyler tonight and on Wednesday = team workout with Larsyn (other trainer).
Other fun things? Sunday and Monday were all about preparing for the week with food so that I no longer make poor choices! Sunday I made a big batch of steel cut oats and divided it into 6 servings for Monday-Saturday. I also made a large batch of quinoa and divided into 5 servings for lunches and I have some left over to add to my yogurt or other needs... I wonder how long quinoa lasts? I've been making lunch for work the night before - and lunches this week = some combination of quinoa, roasted root veggies (sweet potato, yellow beet and turnip), salmon or smoked turkey (NOT deli meat), and salads... YUM.
Snacks this week = 1/2 banana with 1 tbs of almond butter or 1 hard boiled egg (or egg white if I've already had a whole egg that day) or 1 piece of ezekiel bread toast with plain yogurt and an egg white and S&P and dill (kind of like an egg salad on top of toasted bread). For those of you who don't know, ezekiel bread = sprouted whole grain and is one of the best choices for bread out there for those trying to be healthy!!
I'll report in tomorrow after the workout tonight - I am hoping for an arm workout since my legs hate me :)
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