Carly's POWER 1/2 hour!

Today was a very active day. I started my day early at the office as I was trying to make up some of the time I'd had to use to make all the physio appointments. Meeting at 9:00, pushed some paper around until noon, workout with Carly, meeting at 2:00, pushed a few more papers around until it was quittin' time.

Once I got home I mowed the lawn (an hour of pushing my NON propelled mower around), then took the dogs to the park for a run, then cleaned the kitchen. Now I sit here, tired and contemplating a white wine spritzer!

Workout was killer! Man, Carly really takes advantage of every minute of the power half hour!! She has also very quickly figure me out - I'm competitive and a good trainer can use that to push me. For instance today in the line drills (my last of the circuit we did) I was moving fast and well, but clearly not as fast and I could. Carly saw this, called me on it, then started running beside me to make me move my a$$! Funny, it works everytime :)

After a 3 minute warm up on the rowers, the workout was a 90 second circuit of:

• Abs - hand to opposite toe, arms down, other leg up and touch toe.
• 2 footed jumps - 4 low obstacles far enough apart to jump double footed over each one, then run back to the start and do it again.
• Med ball run - running up and down the stairs in Core with a 16lb med ball - and again I heard 'you can run faster than that Maggie!' :)
• Plyo box jumps - I used the high box, and was very careful about walking back down
• Squat with a double armed row (using a elastic band with handles)
• Push ups using the suspended rings
• Line drill - run half way (touch the floor) run back to beginning (touch floor), run to end (touch the floor), run back to beginning.

Then  she called for the mats and I mistakenly thought we were going to start stretching - WRONG, Ab work time:

• plank for 2 minutes (in a variety of positions - on elbows, on hands, one leg out, one arm out, etc.)
• toe touches - one leg up and the other hovering above the floor - touch. Switch sides (20)
• bicycle (opposite elbow to knee) (20)
• another one I can't remember.....

Then it was stretching time....phew. And again, a slight wave of nausea - which I'm starting to think is my new clue that I've worked well in my 1/2 hour session ; )

Anyway, I'm tired and think I've earned a little drinky-poo....off to find my book and drink!
Later

PS Goal for next week is to get back into the picture mode - I know it makes the blog so much better!