Happy Thurday! One more day till Friday...and NYC! I'm excited to hit up the big apple for the weekend and play with friends, old and new. Bottomless mimosa brunch? Well ok! Also very excited for a Saturday full of surprises. Woke up to beautiful sunshine after 8 glorious hours of uninterrupted sleep, totally new person today. Soaking wet pants are a distant memory. Random thought of the day: iced coffee is dangerous. It doesn't really taste like coffee, it is much more thirst quenching. If I don't pinch the straw when I drink, a venti goes down in appx 10 minutes. Jitteryyyyyy. I'm trying to stop myself from chugging currently. I'll let you know how that goes.
I decided to skip spin class this morning and do my own thing. Since I will be in NYC this weekend, I assume that I won't be working out [although I wouldn't put it past me to find a NYSC somewhere]. It is really important to me to get all my lifts in for the week, otherwise I feel athletically incomplete [cardio is sort of extra points]. Today was squat day! Yay! I found myself doing one legged squats when I was brushing my teeth last night. Normal? I think not, but since when have I claimed to be normal. Squats are the perfect exercise, they strengthen lower back, core, glutes, hammys and quads. You can do them with a bar, with dumbells, with kettlebells, with bands, with body weight! You can do them with both legs, one leg, split legs, or no legs[kidding don't try that last one]! You can do them under a rack, on a box, on the gym floor, using a cable machine, or in your apartment! You can do them anywhere, anytime, with anyone! They are amazing for total body strength and SO versatile.
Squat day fun
Kickass warmup/sweat inducing circuit x 3:
10 each split squats @ 25lb dumbells [back leg on an elevated surface]
10 jump squats [get your butt below parallel and jump as high as possible for each rep, no rest in between, touch down and explode up]
10 each side lunges @ 25lb dumbells
BACK SQUATS!
6 x 175lb
4 x 195lb
4 x 205lb
3 x 215lb
It feels like a long journey back to regaining squat strength, but little steps are being taken every week. Feels awesome to get my lower back and legs loaded up with some weight. Brings me back to the good old days...
Hamstring/glute circuit x 3:
10 x physioball hamstring curls [make sure to keep hips level through extension, squeeze the glutes!]
20 each x donkey kicks [as fun as they sound? maybe...not. but awesome for your glutes]
This is a seriously ass-kicking workout. Implement 1x a week and you will have butt of steel. Or at least closer to steel than not steel. Enjoy and happy almost Friday!!!
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