I have Saturday, Sunday and Monday off. This is a perfect time to get some strong workouts in! I'm going to try to do 2-A-day workouts in all three days.
Up first on a Saturday afternoon - a 4 mile treadmill run!
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***UPDATE # 1 | 7:38 PM***
I ran 4 miles this afternoon on my treadmill. It felt good. I still need to squeeze in workout #2!
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
2 Workouts in 1 Day Today
This morning I got up extra early to jog and ride the stationary bike. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel the rest of the day. I had plenty of energy and my fear of hitting a “wall” later in the day was unwarranted.
In fact, when I got home at 5pm I felt good enough to go to the gym like I normally do for a strength training session. I put in 1 hour this evening at the gym. I worked my legs, back and biceps.
For my legs I performed leg presses and hack squats followed by leg curls and calf raises. For my back I did two types of pull downs, and for my biceps I did dumbbell alternating curls and preacher curls. It was a good workout.
Now it’s 10pm and I need to get to sleep. I’ve got to be up at 4:15am. I will not be doing 2 workouts tomorrow, however, so I should get some quality recovery time in on Wednesday.
Tomorrow I’m going do some more strength training. I’ll be working on my chest, shoulders and triceps. I may do some cardio cross-training on the stationary bike as well. I plan to have a hard workout tomorrow - like every other day.
On Thursday I have the Race Judicata 5K charity race after work in downtown Chicago. The race starts at 6:30pm. I should be very well rested by the time the race starts since my last run will have been about 36 hours earlier (this morning).
In fact, when I got home at 5pm I felt good enough to go to the gym like I normally do for a strength training session. I put in 1 hour this evening at the gym. I worked my legs, back and biceps.
For my legs I performed leg presses and hack squats followed by leg curls and calf raises. For my back I did two types of pull downs, and for my biceps I did dumbbell alternating curls and preacher curls. It was a good workout.
Now it’s 10pm and I need to get to sleep. I’ve got to be up at 4:15am. I will not be doing 2 workouts tomorrow, however, so I should get some quality recovery time in on Wednesday.
Tomorrow I’m going do some more strength training. I’ll be working on my chest, shoulders and triceps. I may do some cardio cross-training on the stationary bike as well. I plan to have a hard workout tomorrow - like every other day.
On Thursday I have the Race Judicata 5K charity race after work in downtown Chicago. The race starts at 6:30pm. I should be very well rested by the time the race starts since my last run will have been about 36 hours earlier (this morning).
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
2-A-Days Not Easy... I wish I could get more sleep
Everything I've read says that I need at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep. On a good day I get 6 hours and it isn't uncommon to get by on 5 or less hours on some days.
It's the lack of sleep that's interfering with my plan to do 2-A-Day workouts. I normally wake up at 4:15am. In order to get a morning workout I need to get up around 3:30am. That would be fine except that I can never get to bed before 10:30pm (usually its about 11pm).
Over the next few weeks I'm going to experiment with 2-A-Day workouts on Saturdays and Sundays when I have a little more control over my sleep schedule. If I'm able to do these double workouts and I don't feel too tired as a result, then maybe I can push myself to do them on the weekdays too.
It's the lack of sleep that's interfering with my plan to do 2-A-Day workouts. I normally wake up at 4:15am. In order to get a morning workout I need to get up around 3:30am. That would be fine except that I can never get to bed before 10:30pm (usually its about 11pm).
Over the next few weeks I'm going to experiment with 2-A-Day workouts on Saturdays and Sundays when I have a little more control over my sleep schedule. If I'm able to do these double workouts and I don't feel too tired as a result, then maybe I can push myself to do them on the weekdays too.
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