Another workout!

Man, I'm starting to think HIIT may be my jam.  It is nice to bump that metabolism up while not having to run for an hour.  Wednesday I ran almost 4 miles, so yesterday was technically a non-run day.  I decided to do my HIIT on the treadmill, so I did end up running, and it was fun!  I think I am going to try continuing my 3 runs a week and then do 2-3 days of HIIT followed by weight training.  

Yesterday on the treadmill I did:

5 minute warm up walk (on 4.0)

1:00 run (should be hard and something you can only do for a minute.  I am a slow runner, so I tried 6.5 first, 6.6 second time and then finally landed on 6.7 as the rest of my sprints)

2:00 walk on 4.0

Repeat 10 times.
The beauty of HIIT is shorter workouts.  I think shooting for 20 minutes is good, but I was having fun so I kept going.  For kicks I ran my last minute sprint at a 7.0- I just wanted to see if I could do it.  And I could.  ;-)

Next did weights, with absolutely zero plan going in.  Sometimes that ends in disaster, but yesterday I think it went pretty well.  I'm taking my sore body today as a good sign anyway.

Low Row (pully)   (27.5 lbs) 3 sets of 12 reps
Lat pull down (pully) (27.5 lbs) 3 sets of 12 reps
Body weight low squats     3 sets of 15
Back row with barbell  (40 lb bar)  3 sets of 12
3 40 second planks
modified (on knees) push ups    3 sets of 10

Lots and lots of stretching.

That ended up being over an hour workout after stretching.  I don't usually have quite that much time, but I got to the gym an hour earlier than usual so I wasn't chasing the clock trying to get the little one home for nap.