Workouts: Sept 5 – Sept 11

Since I couldn’t do my 100 Challenge earlier last week, I ended up having to do it 5 days apart instead of 7.  It worked out okay because the second time wasn’t as hard as the first, based on the exercises.  This was a so-so week for workouts – I had a lot going on so I didn’t do many extra workouts/yoga, but that’s okay.

Thursday, September 6

• Noon – 100 Challenge: Week 7:  This was the worst week yet.  It didn’t seem terribly hard while I was doing it, but I was sore for 5 days. I started with 100 plie squats (which I think made for a lot of the soreness) and finished with 10 calf raises.  I was the sweatiest that I can remember being for a long time other than after hot yoga.  I must have been extra hydrated.
• 7:00 p.m. – 80 min. GoYoga Heated Flow:  Luckily my soreness hadn’t quite set in yet, so I was ok for this class.  There were a couple of binds that I struggled to get into, but otherwise it was fine.  I can’t remember anything significant about this class.  It was hard, but good, as usual.  I was the sweatiest I can remember being after any other hot yoga class – except maybe my first one ever.

Thursday, September 7

• Noon:  I was so sore already. I believe I did 45 minutes elliptical. 
• 5:30 p.m. – Capital Club Vinyasa Yoga: Anne asked if there was anything we wanted to focus on for the class, to which I responded “not legs”.  She just laughed and said there wasn’t much she could do about that.  And then I swear she focused more on legs than usual on purpose.  I was really struggling for this class – even my vinyasas sucked because my legs were so tired/sore and my rib still felt like it would pop out of place.  I had to put my knees down a couple of times.  But I made it, and it didn’t kill me.

Friday, September 8

• Noon:  I did 25-30 minutes elliptical, 10-15 minutes shoulders (raises, presses, flys, etc), 5-10 minutes of foam rolling for my horribly sore legs.

Monday, September 10

• Noon:  100 Challenge – Luckily my soreness went away by Monday so I could do my 100 Workout for the week.  I started with 100 skater lunges and finished with 10 plie squats.  I wasn’t sore anymore, but I could still feel the previous soreness when I’d get to the bottom of a move.  I didn’t feel like I was going to be as bad off as last week as far as soreness, but those 80 burpees weren’t fun.

Tuesday, September 11

• Noon:  Capital Club Vinyasa Yoga –  Luckily I wasn’t as sore after my 100 workout as last week, so this was tolerable, but not awesome.  It was a pretty basic class, but with a lot of deep stretching, which is probably exactly what I needed.
• 7:15 p.m.: Dublin Reverse Co-ed Volleyball – This is the first week for the league and our team should be pretty good.  This league is a good workout because the women are the hitters, so I’ll be jumping a lot.  Looking forward to it!  I’m scheduling this before the game, so I can’t say whether we won or lost – hopefully won though!

I already know my workouts next week are shot because I’ll be at the bar beach!  There is yoga on the beach in the mornings, so hopefully we’ll go a couple of times.  I won’t promise a 100 workout, but it is doable anywhere, so I should try to do it.  Maybe.