Announcement, Cardio, Pain, and EF
>> Thursday, December 10, 2009
Oh, let's see, I guess I'll begin with the cool stuff.
First, 2nd day in a row of working out. This girl is on a roll! :P (More on the workout a little later in the post)
Second, Michael- my husband and athletic trainer extraodinaire- has been designing a new exercise plan for a while. I'm excited to announce that the time is here to roll it out to everyone!
It's called FITR (Functional Integrative Training at Random) and it's exactly that- functional movements done in various, random intervals to help you lose body fat, gain muscle, and tone up!
His website, FitQuest, will post a workout daily! The blog itself is still very much a work-in-progress but the first workout for today was officially posted last night. Hopefully this weekend we'll have time to update the blog and really provide some valuable information for everyone in addition to the daily workout.
With that said, it transitions me perfectly into my third topic which is my cardio workout. I did Michael's FITR "workout of the day" which called for 3 minutes at 60% effort then 1 minute at 90% for 20 minutes (AKA 5 rounds).
I started off on the treadmill and did 3 rounds. It sucked (the workout was great, keep reading...). Sucked bad, which leads me to my next topic of pain. I can't explain it but my hip felt like it was going to separate from my leg. You know how Barbie's legs move and you can pop one off? That's what it's like...I honestly thought my leg would just buckle and fall off. Crazy, I know, but I don't know how else to explain it. I ended up finishing on the bike and that was fine.
It was a great workout. I was drenched at the end. I've got to figure something out with this leg deal. Enough time has gone by since the marathon (11 months ago) and the half marathon (8 months ago) that I realize it's an issue and I need to do something to fix it. Luckily I know a good trainer to help me :) Now, if only I would do as he prescribes... I swear, I'm his worst patient!
On the financial front, Michael's check luckily did come in more than we were expecting/budgeting. I was hoping this would happen, but I planned for the worst just in case.
Therefore, instead of $700 I was able to send $900 to our Emergency Fund today! Jam!
We're $1,451 away from having our Emergency Fund fully funded to our goal of $12,864.
Despite my freak-out post awhile back where I said we couldn't possibly have it in place by year end, it might just happen after all...
Kelsalynn
3 comments:
I am so excited to check out your hubby's workouts! How cool is that! How do you gage 60% and 90% effort?
Sorry to hear about your hip. Have you had it checked out? Do you know what it is or have an idea what is causing the pain?
Yeah, I was wondering too how you'd gage 60% of effort.
Congrats on being able to contribute more than expected to the EF!
Yay Michael! And yay you! I totally think you're going to meet your emergency fund goal by the end of the year. I never doubted that you would.
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