But on to the bigger news - tomorrow I'm starting a 12-week Body for Life challenge with my friend Afton. With Hawaii in six weeks I needed something to kick my butt back in gear (on top of the half marathon training) and Afton's done it before and was up for doing it with me again. So tomorrow starts day 1. And the best part is that the program actually sounded pretty doable to me.
Exercise:
Three days of intense strength training (Afton's coming over on M/W/F to do this with me)
Three days of a 20 minute intense cardio session
Eating:
5-6 six small meals a day, every 2-3 hours
10 cups of water
Each meal includes one portion of lean protein + one portion of carbohydrate
Two meals a day at least include a serving of veggies
One meal should include 1 TB of good/natural fat
One "free" day a week - but when I say free, I'm not going to binge
I'm going to add in my own exercise on top of this exercise plan because there's no way I can run a 10 mile run in 20 minutes no matter how fast I run and that half-marathon is going to be real long if I don't run more than two miles in the next six weeks. I'm also going to continue playing volleyball at least twice a week AND finish out my yoga challenge. And since no blog should go to waste, I'm going to track my progress on my workout blog.
2 comments:
Awesome job on the yoga challenge! And I think having a fitness goal to work toward for Hawaii is great! It's nice to have something that gives you a reason to be motivated! Have fun and good luck.
Wow, that sounds intense! Can I say ONE more time that I am sooo jealous of your Hawaii half marathon!
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