Take breaks when needed!
A much needed break!
Push hard and then take a break when one is needed. These have been words that have been much easier for me to say than to apply. The fear of loosing what little progress I might have made has time and time again caused me to continue on when a little time off would have served me best. Even though it has been my experience that I am stronger after a time of rest I hesitate to stop.
These past 2 weeks have been a time of rest for me. It was more a forced break due to getting sick. I didn't have a desire to workout until the 2nd week and even then it wasn't much. As I sit and write this tonight I am looking forward to getting up in the morning and going back into my gym. Though there will be a time of rebuilding I know that it comes back fast. The renewed enthusiasm I feel, not only, for working out but for school and everything else I have to do causes me to be excited for what lies ahead.
I pray that you will be wiser than me and stop when you need a break. Instead of loosing what you have gained you will find a renewed strength and enthusiasm. Working out needs to be a part of our lives to enhance us, not to tear us down.
Have a GREAT week!
These past 2 weeks have been a time of rest for me. It was more a forced break due to getting sick. I didn't have a desire to workout until the 2nd week and even then it wasn't much. As I sit and write this tonight I am looking forward to getting up in the morning and going back into my gym. Though there will be a time of rebuilding I know that it comes back fast. The renewed enthusiasm I feel, not only, for working out but for school and everything else I have to do causes me to be excited for what lies ahead.
I pray that you will be wiser than me and stop when you need a break. Instead of loosing what you have gained you will find a renewed strength and enthusiasm. Working out needs to be a part of our lives to enhance us, not to tear us down.
Have a GREAT week!
Monday:
10 minute warm-up
5 rounds:
5 Deadlifts
500m row
5 push ups
500m row or 7 minute bike
Cool down - Stretch
Tuesday:
10 minute warm-up
4 rounds
10 bench dips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0326dy_-CzM
800m run
10 dumbbell curls - Alternating (25 per arm) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av7-8igSXTs
800m run
Cool down - Stretch
Wednesday:
60 minutes of yoga
Thursday:
10 minute warm-up
5 rounds
25 walking lunges
25 scissor kicks
400m run
Cool down - stretch
Friday:
10 minute warm-up
6 rounds
12 Shoulder press http://www.muscleandfitness.com/workouts/shoulder-exercises/videos/dumbbell-shoulder-press
12 tri-cep extensions https://www.muscleandstrength.com/exercises/two-arm-dumbbell-extension.html
600m row, or 7 min bike or elliptical
Cool down - Stretch
Saturday:
10 minute warm-up
Run 5 - 10 miles
10 minute warm-up
5 rounds:
5 Deadlifts
500m row
5 push ups
500m row or 7 minute bike
Cool down - Stretch
Tuesday:
10 minute warm-up
4 rounds
10 bench dips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0326dy_-CzM
800m run
10 dumbbell curls - Alternating (25 per arm) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av7-8igSXTs
800m run
Cool down - Stretch
Wednesday:
60 minutes of yoga
Thursday:
10 minute warm-up
5 rounds
25 walking lunges
25 scissor kicks
400m run
Cool down - stretch
Friday:
10 minute warm-up
6 rounds
12 Shoulder press http://www.muscleandfitness.com/workouts/shoulder-exercises/videos/dumbbell-shoulder-press
12 tri-cep extensions https://www.muscleandstrength.com/exercises/two-arm-dumbbell-extension.html
600m row, or 7 min bike or elliptical
Cool down - Stretch
Saturday:
10 minute warm-up
Run 5 - 10 miles
I hope you have continued to feel better in all ways this week. Thank you for your words about breaks. A great reminder for us that breaks, regardless of the reasons for them, are simply breaks and not failures.
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