Sweat Roundup of the Week

You may have noticed I stopped posting my weekly workouts in early July. That's because I more or less stopped working out for the last month and a half. Who does that? Who works out consistently until bikini season and then decides it's a good time to stop? #Backwards.

Add in my 3-week trip back to Massachusetts in (July 25-Aug 13), when I became a complete sloth, and I've been a Lazy Lucy for nearly the entire summer. Ugh. And I feel gross. I can feel my muscles disintegrating, which has been a real wake-up call for me that I need to maintain my workout routine if I want my hard-fought-for muscles to stick around. Muscles really can weaken quite quickly if you don't exercise them. #YOUMEANIHAVETOWORKOUTFOREVER??????? #FAHK.

So before my muscles deteriorate any further, I'm going to try to get back into a workout routine of some sort. Here's what I've been up to the last week:

8/17 (upper body and core)

20 mins biking

12 overhead press, 10 lbs 

12 bent over rows, 10 lbs

30 reverse crunch + leg raise

12 deltoid fly, 7.5 lbs

12 tricep kickbacks, 7.5 lbs

30 weighted v-sit twist, holding 10 lbs

1:00 plank

:30 plank

20 deadlifts, 10 lbs each hand

suitcase deadlifts, 20 each side, holding 10 lb dumbbell

8/18

6.6 mile walk to/from Spanish Banks in Vancouver

8/19 (lower body and core)

15 mins bicycle 

split squats, 12 each leg, 12.5 lbs each hand

15 dynamic side planks each side

20 heel presses on each leg

50 Brazilian crunches

20 squats, holding 20 lbs

10 Russian get ups, 5 lbs each hand

20 side lunges + plyometric pushoff (each side)

30 weighted crunches on exercise ball, holding 12.5 lbs

30 calf raises, 12.5 lbs each side

30 cobras

12 lat pulldowns, 30 lbs

12 lat pulldowns, 40 lbs

12 lat pulldowns, 50 lbs

1:35 plank

5 mins elliptical

8/20

6.6 mile walk/run through downtown Vancouver

8/22 (upper body and core)

5 mins elliptical

12 chest press on exercise ball, 15 lbs each hand

50 Brazilian crunches

12 bent over rows, 15 lbs each hand

15 Russian get ups, 5 lbs each hand

2x:

   - 10 deltoid fly, 5 lbs each hand

   - 10 deltoid raises, 5 lbs each hand

20 lying overhead raise + double crunch, holding 5 lbs

12 close grip chest press on exercise ball, 10 lbs each hand

50 plank knee to elbow

10 alternating medicine ball flys, 10 lbs medicine ball

30 cobras

12 lat pulldowns, 30 lbs

12 lat pulldowns, 40 lbs

8/23

5 mile walk along Sunset Beach and into downtown Vancouver

As you can see, #bitchesbewalkin this week. The Seaside Bike Path is the place to be, y'all, so if you come to Vancouver you better bring your walking shoes... or your bike, I suppose. 

Today I'll finally be breaking in my new-to-me rock-climbing shoes and trying my hand at rock-climbing. We'll be heading north of Vancouver to Squamish, where I've gone before to hike the Stawamas Chief. Squamish is quite renowned for its rock climbing - though we won't be doing anything extreme, obviously, since I am still a total newbie. Hopefully my freshly weakened muscles will hold up while I'm climbing. Wish me luck!

Do you like going for long walks too? Do you live in a walk-friendly place? Have you ever tried rock climbing?

OH and for GOD'S SAKE please do not miss this tonight. You'll be kicking yourself for the next 15 years if you do.

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