Living, working, and playing in NYC.
Note to self…
Even though it feels like Spring weather in New York, booties over bike shoes is still necessary.
#toesarefrozen
Today’s workout:
10 Minutes Warm Up
10x400 Meters (400m Rest Interval)
10 Minute Cool Down
It was brutal…so cold and windy out.
I’m incorporating more circuits in my workouts. Last year, I barely lifted weights (once upon a time, I was a stocky 180lb guy. My sister used to make fun of me and ask where my neck was. But I digress…)
Today was a short, but explosive workout…
3x20/20/20 (2 minute rest interval)
20 Reps of Bench Press
20 Reps of Squats
20 Reps of Clean and Press
But wait, I wasn’t done…
1 mile easy on the treadmill then 20sec on/20sec off speed workout at 12.0 for 3 minutes.
1 Mile Easy
2 Miles MT Pace
1 Mile Easy
2 Miles MT Pace
1 Mile Easy
…and it was coooold outside today - even colder with the wind near the Hudson River
Ending the year on a great note. Only a 21 mile bike ride but felt great during and after the ride.
Here’s to great 2012!
I’ve been slacking off the past few weeks. With work, the Holidays, blah, blah, blah, I dropped the ball with training.
BUT, after eating a TON over the weekend, I needed to get back into the groove again.
Tonight was another speed workout…
It was FREEZING here in NYC, but it actually made me gut it out (I wanted to get inside as quickly as possible). Now, I’m hurting…
TONIGHT’S SPEED WORKOUT IN RAINY NYC
10 Minute Warm Up Jog (included some high steps and lunges in there)
6x800 Meters (90 Second Rest Interval)
1 Mile Cool Down Jog
Came back to the gym in my building…
3x10 Walking Overhead Weight Plate Lunges
10 Minute Core Workout (hate it)
10 Minute Stretching
My last official race was Westchester Triathlon, which occurred on the last Sunday of September. I’ve had two months to asses the year I’ve had, the races I’ve done, and what to work on during the “offseason.”
My first race of 2012 is a half marathon at the end of March - the same one I did last year. My goal is to better my time by 10 minutes. In order to do so, I’ve decided to add some speed workouts into my running routine.
TONIGHT’S WORKOUT:
10-20 Minute Warm Up
4x400 Meters (90 sec. rest interval)
10 Minute Cool Down
10 Minutes of Stretching
10 Minutes of Continuous Ab Workouts (Crunches to Wide Crunches to Plank to Side Planks)
I surprisingly feel great right now. I’m sure it won’t be the case when I wake up in the AM.
P.S. This normally would be done in the mornings to get my day started, but I woke up late and could not fit it in before work.
