Week of June 1

Back to Weekly Workout Logs! Remember those?

This month, I've recommitted to continuing the hard work I did over the winter. I let a lot of frustrations with my hip take control and both my training and diet have not been as good as they could have been. Luckily, bodybuilding.com is sponsoring a 6 weeks No Limits transformation challenge ... and while I've no intention of completely transforming my body in 6 weeks, it's a good thing to keep me motivated and accountable.

For anyone curious, I'm following a carb cycling diet plan that (I feel) is a lot more flexible than the diet plan I followed over the winter. Less pressure = a happier me, and it gives me a healthy relationship with food, which has always been hard, as I've been that person that turns to food when I'm feeling bad. That is not going to be the case moving forward!

With that, here's what I did this week:
Monday -
Leg day, using a routine I put together myself. It works all the muscles that need extra attention and allows me to build my butt :)
Here's what I did (all exercises times 2 until I get my hip figured out)
Superset 1:
Clock lunge 10lbs x 5 reps
Split squat with dumbbells 10lbs x 8 reps

Butt lifts on bench 15 reps

Low bench step ups: 10lbs x 10 reps

Superset 2:
side leg raises 10 reps
single leg cable kickback 30lbs x 10 reps

Short HIIT on exercise bike:
4 minute warm up
6 x (1 min fast level 10, 1 min slow level 4)
3 minute cool down

STRETCH!

Tuesday - 
Was feeling good enough to try a run, so took it easy with a 5 minute warm up walk, then
6 x (3:30 walk, 1:30 run)
and a 4 minute cool down

Total time: 39 minutes and about 2.57 miles

Wednesday - 
Didn't want to push my luck, so took a rest day and officially got myself addicted to "Friday Night Lights" - it only took getting through most of season 1.
Thanks, Netflix.

Thursday -
Had planned a full body workout, but the hip was bothering me a lot, so I stuck to my runnersconnect.com Bia Hip and Atlas Core Routines.
3 more episodes of Friday Night Lights.

Friday - 
Hip felt good, so went ahead for full body day. Was going to do some HIIT afterwards, but I honestly forgot. Oops.

The workout:
3 sets of each superset
Superset 1:
Russian Twist 8 reps, 20 lbs
Two arm kettlebell swing 12 reps, 20 lbs
Single arm cable row 10 reps, 20 lbs

Superset 2:
Side plank hip abduction 8 reps
Single arm overhead lunge 10 reps, 15 pounds
Cable sweeps 10 reps, 40 pounds

Superset 3:
Close grip dumbbell press 10 reps, 15 pounds
Russian deadlift with bar 8 reps, 45 pounds

Superset 4:
Body hollow holds 15 seconds
Medball slams 10 reps, 12 pounds
Kettlebell snatch 10 reps, 20 pounds

Saturday - 
Jodi's Race for Awareness 5K. Plan was to walk 3:30, run 1:30 and do the running portion at an honest 5K effort. Screw the hip. I was running for a high school classmate who is about to undergo cancer treatment for a second time for ovarian cancer. If she can take that on a second time, I can push through this. And I did. It was awesome.

Total time: 37:18

Finished season 2 of Friday Night Lights.

Sunday -
Hip and core strengthening, long walk with the dogs. Yes, I said dogs, plural. Dog sat this week.
More Friday Night Lights.
SPOILER ALERT: 


I cried when Smash got the walk on position at Texas A&M.