TODAY'S 5 FITNESS GOALS:
1. Run, REGARDLESS of anything -- time, weather, work!
Oh I ran, but it wasn't the run I anticipated. I've been delinquent with getting outside for my regular morning runs and I really thought the whole struggle and "I-hate-you" screaming legs would have smarten me up but it really hasn't. This doesn't mean I haven't been running though, gosh no, I've been treadmill running. Yes, I know I said it wasn't "real" running but woozers did it work up a warm up sweat for me right before I started my boxing. I like splitting up my training -- running in the morning, a few hours of break, and then boxing and weight training once the club opens. Having said this though, treadmill running today proved to be quite an effective warm up for my boxing with getting my heart pumping and sweat pouring. I hope next week to be back on track with my outdoor running, "real" running, but will definitely add maybe a 2 or 3km treadmill run to my boxing workouts.
2. Start training right at or before 2:30pm.
BINGO!!! I was geared up, stretched, and had my earphones on and feet on the treadmill just shy of a minute before 2:30. Mind you, it was partly do to the arrival of one of older Hulkies who tends to hog the treadmill for his afternoon walk time. I'll never quite understand why people walk to the gym only to walk on the treadmill, especially because all you can see when you're on our treadmills is yourself starring back in the mirror, but whatever. To each their own. He probably thinks it's weird I get geared up in the morning to run outside when I've got two perfectly fine treadmills right her.
3. Be as close to par with my macro nutrients for the day.
To be on par with my macro nutrients, this meant me using my phone app, MapMyFitness. It's a clean eating, macro nutrient-lovin' app that is awesome to use. I don't usually write out my meals anymore because I pretty much know what I should be eating but you know how it is. Life gets hectic, people get super busy, and sometimes what you eat or what you don't eat gets ignored. The same is true for me. I'm not a stress eater but a "bored eater", meaning if I am not preoccupied with already doing something than I tend to eat. This tends to be my problem on the weekends whereas the work weekdays I have the polar opposite -- I don't eat enough because I am busy.
When I woke up and enjoyed my breakfast today, I mapped out today's meals and played with them a bit to match my macro nutrient count.
Meal 2: whole wheat toast with homemade peanut butter and banana
Meal 3: grilled seasoned chicken with steamed broccoli and organic long grain rice
Meal 5: Quest protein bar
Meal 6: green veggie quiche
As you can see by the side screen shots of my phone MapMyFitness app, I was pretty dead on with my macro nutrients -- carbs, fat and protein. I ended the day being exactly on par with my protein (of course... love, love, LOVE my eggs and chicken), 2 grams left of fat and minus 4 grams of carbs. Pretty good.
4. Drink a cup of water every working hour.
I tend to drink water only a few times during the day but when I do it's more like one massive glass at a time. Spacing out my water seemed more appropriate though I should note that it meant I felt like I was going to the bathroom every single time I had something I had to do, like talk with a mini Hulkie parent or run a Crossfit class.
5. Every work hour do 20 push-ups and 40 squats.
I'll admit here to doubling up a couple of hours worth of push-ups and squats. When we got really busy I was much too distracted so dropping to do the hour's set was the last thing on my mind. Some of my Hulkies knew what I was doing and cheered me on when I did that hour's set. A couple of them even joined in on a set too. I technically didn't work until 4:30pm because of my own boxing training so I worked for 7.5hrs, that made for about 8 sets -- 160 push-ups and 240 squats. I ended the night with what felt like permanently flexed quads and swollen triceps... nice.
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