Since losing 50 pounds, fitness has become so much more enjoyable than it used to, because I’ve found what I enjoy.
I like to run, if I haven’t mentioned that once or twice.
I like taking fitness classes with friends, like Physique 57.
Once I get my ass out and going, I like working out, most of the time. But sometimes I still have a really, really hard time getting motivated.
If I’m tired or overwhelmed, it is so easy to want to bag a workout; sometimes trying to fit a workout in can just be added stress, honestly.
But every once in a while, I just feel really compelled to workout, rather than doing it because it’s good for me, or because I have a training plan to stick to.
Today was one of those days!
I woke up and checked Twitter from bed like most other days, and saw that people were tweeting that it was really warm. That was all I needed to not put my run off until tonight and get out! (By the way, really warm = 40 degrees. This is relative to the cold snap from this weekend.)
My plan called for a 60-minute run: 8 minutes of comfortable-paced running, 2 minutes of pushing it, repeated for 60 minutes. The first set of 10 minutes, I felt a little rusty as my body warmed up, but somewhere around 15 minutes, when I started listening to the Katy Perry Pandora station (you read this blog for my completely edgy taste in music, right?), I started getting into my run. At one empty patch of the West Side Highway, I may have done a little fist pump. Unclear. If you fist pump, and nobody’s around to see it, did it still happen?
I covered 6.53 miles in that hour, grabbed Dunkin’ Donuts coffee on my way home and went to work so high on endorphins.
My new favorite yoga instructor was teaching tonight. I won’t be able to make it to her class on Thursday so I really wanted to go tonight…so I did.
Two-a-days for the win? Go ahead and frame this post because this probably won’t happen again for a while.
Do you ever work out twice in one day? What kind of workouts do you do when you do this? I think (from my highly qualified background as a former overweight girl who still has to push herself to work out sometimes) two-a-days probably work best if you pair an easy workout with a more intense workout, like running and yoga, or running and lifting.
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Lately I've been combining TurboFire and marathon training :)So most days I have a Turbo workout and a run!
I workout twice aday most of the time. People consider me crazy, but I love working out since it helped lose 113 pounds. I usually do weight lifting class plus a cardio class like a Spin class or a Zumba class. I also run once in awhile. I have done a few 5K but I will start training for my first half marathon in October. I have found a new passion.
I did a two a day once. Kickboxing class in the morning, easy rollerblading path around a park that evening. The next day my legs felt dead. Lesson learned.
Awesome workout! I also did a two-a-day today! 4x1000m in the AM and a spin class at Revolve tonight. Legs were beat and I was nervous but the spin class definitely helped stretch them out! I think I will also being Refine Method on days I have easy runs! Trying to step it up this round :) :)
I love this post! I too have been known to succumb to the occasional running fist pump if the music moves me. ;) Regarding two-a-days: if you have the energy to burn, I say go for it. It makes up for those days when you aren't feeling it so much.
I love two a days! Typically I do run + yoga or spin + strength training, something that balances out. When I start work in the fall, I think I'll always have alternate workouts for the evenings when I get out at a reasonable hour (law firm life is very unpredictable so I have no idea when I'll be leaving most days). Being able to take an evening yoga class is such a great capstone to a day!
I think that is how I injured myself 2 years ago training for my first half - did trx one night and speed work next morning. Last weekend I hurt my foot I have plantar fasciitis, i do physique 57 4-5 days a week with running 3-4 days (training for a pr in march). I don't know how many more 2 a days are in my future, but I do love them honestly. I'm jealous of your yoga kick I need more yoga in my life. I should do the west side highway for a change. If you see a crazy blonde girl running in the park as you fly by me saying ur blog rocks don't be alarmed lol.
@Tricia: @Tricia: @Tricia: just realized I made a comment similar to this last night - duh sorry -I'm blinded by my foot pain. Sorry about that!
If I get the motivation, I will work out twice in one day, but those days are far and few between :) I love that you did a fist pump on your run - I do that all the time!
@Abbie: precisely :) It rarely happens that I feel that motivated, so I take advantage of that!
Wow 50lbs. Congrats. That is amazing. I don't know you but I am super inspired and excited for you.
I too definitely need to be in the right mood, but I think today's the day! It's wet and grey here in Boston, but my run this morning was awesome and I'm planning to get in some easy cross training at the gym tonight too. If my body would let me I'd totally go for another run, but I don't want to tempt fate when I've got a 10 mile race in a month, and my second half marathon a month and a half after that!