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Essential Abs: Weeks 5 & 6
Some time over the weekend I’ll be starting Level 3 of the 6-Week Essential Abs Program. Weeks 3 and 4 turned out to be quite challenging in the end – the number of abdominal exercises increased from three to six and a more advanced lower back exercise was introduced. Level 3 (Weeks 5 and 6) [...]
Tough Love, The Treadmill & Essential Abs
I wanted to make a positive start to my training week today, so decided on an indoor bike workout, treadmill session, followed by the second workout of week four in the Essential Abs program. I tend to log my workouts Monday –> Sunday which allows me the opportunity of making up any shortfall in my [...]
Spinervals 10k Strength Builder & An Ab Workout
Last night’s workout was just an indoor bike ride for about 35 minutes with no running or strength work. The recovery day left me feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a treadmill workout, and I decided to follow Troy Jacobson’s 10k Strength Builder from the great Runervals series. Here’s a review of the workout from [...]
Three Short Bricks & An Ab Workout
Tonight’s workout made a very pleasant change and turned out to be quite a challenge. I needed to run tonight and I also needed to ride my bike, so I decided to combine the two activities and perform three short “bricks”. For those not aware of the terminology, a brick is a combination “bike/run” and [...]
Steady 8 Mile Run < 150bpm
It was nice to run easy tonight after two tough workouts from the FIRST Marathon Training Plan. The aim was to run 8 miles and keep my heart rate under 150 beats per minute and not worry about speed or pace for a change. The cooler weather (approx. 67°F) and slight breeze made for a [...]
Running Rest Day
Too much going on to get a run in today, but I did manage to complete Week 3 Workout 2 of the 100 Push Ups for Breakfast plan. I have to say, it’s getting really difficult to finish the workout. For example, today started with 22 push ups followed by 90 seconds rest – fairly [...]
