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Another week…another weekly running recap!
Sunday: Rest
Monday: 30 minute incline treadmill walk, crunches, push-ups
Tuesday: 30 minute run/walk, crunches, push-ups
Wednesday: 30 minute leg strength workout, 30 minute yoga DVD
Thursday: Rest
Friday: 30 minute run/walk, 30 minute arm strength workout, crunches
Saturday: 1 hour run/walk
I’m really making an effort to plan out my weekly workouts, in order to not end up running everyday. I have a bad habit of neglecting strength workouts even though I know they are beneficial. I have a mile-stone birthday coming up this year, so I am aware of how important strength exercises are as I get older, in order to help avoid injuries.
Right now, the leg strength workouts are mainly body-weight exercises- meaning lots of squats, lunges, and leg-lifts. For the arm strength workouts I have 5 pound weights, so the exercises have higher repetitions. I am also trying to incorporate more yoga into my weeks. My flexibility is rather poor (in my opinion) with tight hamstrings and quads, and I think yoga will help that. Right now I am just using an old DVD, so if you know of any good yoga DVD’s or YouTube videos, let me know!!
I 100% agree with you on needing to write down workouts and planning ahead. I always turn to running more than strength training when I know I shouldn’t…I get so bored with lifting and what not.
Check out yogadownload.com. Great website for yoga workouts
And we should totally have a blogger meet-up at the Cleveland half!
Mallory,
Running is just easier, I think. I don’t have to worry- am I working all the muscle groups evenly. But, that’s just being lazy, when I know strength training is important!
Thank you for the yoga website. I am going to check it out.
Let me know if you sign up for the Cleveland half (sounded like you hadn’t decided yet), so that we can plan a meet-up!!