Weekly Workouts – January 13 to January 19
January Fitness Minutes: 191 – I use SparkPeople.com to track my fitness. If you’re interested, you can find me here.
January Nike Fuel: 45664 - I use the Nike+ FuelBand to calculate my Nike Fuel and overall activity. It’s a great motivational tool!
Ugh, several more days below freezing. It is not supposed to be this cold in Denver! I’ve been feeling off for a couple of weeks, and I ultimately figured out that I have a sinus infection. I tried to do some cardio and it made things worse, so I decided to skip that while I wasn’t feeling well. I’m already uncoordinated, and my equilibrium was off, so I made the educated assumption that falling over was not a great plan. All told, it was kind of a failure fitness wise but I don’t feel like it was my fault.
Sunday – Nike Fuel 1420: Calf raises, biceps curls, and tricep lifts with resistance bands.
Monday – Nike Fuel 2204: Calf raises and biceps curls. I also practiced on my balance board, which I’m trying to get back into. I want to get to the point that I can do squats on it.
Tuesday – Nike Fuel 2300: Minimal strength training.
Wednesday – Nike Fuel 1783: I had a deliberately slow day, I just didn’t feel up to anything.
Thursday - Nike Fuel 3084: I unintentionally multi-tasked this day. I did some grocery shopping, and I thought it was only going to be a bit, but I ended up needing more than I thought. When I walked in, I grabbed one of those little carry baskets, and I ended up putting about 15 pounds of stuff in it. I’m pretty sure those baskets aren’t made for that, but I got my strength training in by carrying that thing around!
Friday – Nike Fuel 2843: Strength training and playing with dogs.
Saturday – Nike Fuel 1584: Least fun day this week. The sinus infection hit me pretty hard this day and let’s just say it didn’t go well.
Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at 12:20 pm |
You’re doing a great job and your RW posts always motivate me! Hope your sinus infection is gone!
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Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at 1:42 pm |
Aww, thank you! I’m feeling mostly better now so I’m planning on getting back to my routine this week.
Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at 7:08 pm |
Sorry about the sinus infection. Good job getting in a little strength training. I find yoga or light stretching can be a good activity, too, when I’m otherwise not doing well.
Take care of yourself!
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Wednesday, January 23rd 2013 at 9:20 am |
I’m sorry about it too, my head felt sooo unhappy! I’m glad it’s basically gone at this point. I definitely need to work more yoga into my daily routine, I always feel so much better after doing just a little bit of it.
Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at 8:16 pm |
Good job keeping active despite the sinus infection! I hope you feel better soon!
Wednesday, January 23rd 2013 at 9:21 am |
I’m feeling mostly better this week, thankfully. I’ll be getting back on track this week!
Wednesday, January 23rd 2013 at 8:24 am |
Well done for even trying to exercise when feeling sick. I’m a big baby but fortunately since starting running have had no illnesses (now I’m gonna get a bundle of course!) It’s not a bad thing to have a break when you’re sick though, or find an alternative means of exercise from your usual routine. I need to find one of those because at the moment running is the only one I have.
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Wednesday, January 23rd 2013 at 9:36 am |
My activity level while sick really depends on what the illness in. If I feel nauseous or really fatigued, I won’t even try. There’s a line between what will be good for me versus what is going to make things worse, so I try hard to pay attention to what my body is telling me.
I do try to vary my workouts too. I get in some strength training almost every day, during good weather I go out with my dog for walks, and I often change up what I do at the gym. I figure it’s fun to always keep my body guessing!