Sharing My Life One Bite at a Time
Oooooh, I have another great treadmill workout for you guys! I did a Tabata workout, which is interval training of 20 seconds of maximum intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated 8 times for a total of four minutes. My total workout time, including warm-up and cool-down, was only 20 minutes, but it [...]
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Yowsahs! That was a killer workout! I didn’t expect 800’s to be so challenging. It seems like a nice, friendly distance until you’re giving it your all on repeats and then it seems like it’s never, ever going to end! Friends, don’t let those 800’s trick you! Workout This afternoon, I hit the hotel gym [...]
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Hi, friends! I got my sweat on first thing this morning. Woohoo! I woke up, ate breakfast, and headed straight to the gym for a run on the treadmill. I had some fun with inclines and intervals, and I covered 4.37 miles in 40 minutes. Once I finished, I spent a few minutes walking on [...]
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It’s that time of year again (in the Northeast): treadmill season! Here’s how to not die of boredom on the treadmill and a bunch of my favorite treadmill workouts. Happy running! 45-Minute Treadmill Workout This is my favorite treadmill workout ever! Burn up to 450 calories walking or 550 calories running with this 45-minute treadmill [...]
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What a blog post title. Altered reciprocal inhibition. It’s actually a pretty cool concept. I’ll explain in a minute! Workout Mid-morning, I headed to the gym for a workout. I started with a 3.5-mile run on the treadmill. I used the Option 1 workout to guide my run. Option 1 Option 2 After my run, [...]
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Hi, friends! I woke up to the sound of pouring rain and huge wind gusts outside of my bedroom window. The last long run of my training (8 miles) was on my agenda for this morning, so, obviously, I wasn’t psyched about the weather. While I don’t love running in the rain, I don’t mind it [...]
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Long runs on the treadmill are not fun, but I’m learning to like them… at least a little bit. At 8:30 this morning, it was 15 degrees F outside. Generally, my cold weather cut-off for an outdoor run is 30 degrees. I’m sure I could probably handle a few degrees colder, but 15 was just too [...]
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