I'm continuing to add HIIT from 12 minute athlete and Planks to my routine, and it is going well. I can feel myself getting stronger as I do the exercises on the HIIT routine, however the planks are becoming increasingly hard as the time goes up. I have started to divide the time between sets of planks.
This is how my week lined out...
Sunday - 8 miles steady (average pace 10:26) & 1 min 40 sec plank
Monday - 1 min, 45 sec plank
Tuesday - 4 miles easy + strides (4x 20 sec. with 2 min recovery) & 2 min plank (1 min x 2)
Wednesday - HIIT & 2 min 5 sec plank (45 sec x 2, 35 sec x 1)
Thursday - 6 miles (4x1 mi fast, 2 min recovery)
My legs were a little sore from the HIIT yesterday... thinking it was the walking lunges that did it to me. I was not in the mood for a speed workout that day, but I kept after it and was glad I did. Although, to be honest, thoughts of these steamed vegetable dumplings are what got me through the workout!
Friday - HIIT & 2 min 10 sec plank (45 sec x 2, 40 sec x 1)
Saturday - Easy 5 miles (11:22 average pace)
TOTAL Miles = 23
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I need to incorporate more HIIT into my workouts.What a great quick way to get the heart rate up.
ReplyDeleteYou got in some good mileage this week. I have not idea what HIIT is, but it sounds pretty hard. I've started working with a trainer and that is kind of kicking my butt.
ReplyDeleteI downloaded the 12 Minuted Athlete...but I haven't done a workout yet. LOL. Baby steps. You had a great week of training! I don't plank every day, but am trying to increase my time by 10 seconds each time I do. It's getting tougher. Thanks for linking with us Vicki.
ReplyDeletethose dumplings look delish!
ReplyDeleteGood week. Those dumplings look so good and now I am craving veggie dumplings :) I've tried plank challenges a few times and I always get to a point where I can't keep up with the increasing amount of time. It always gets frustrating and instead of splitting the time, like you do, I often end up quitting. Grrr. Plank challenges are the only thing I've ever quit after committing to.
ReplyDeleteYes me too! Need to work on my speed more. I have gotten into the habit of just running. It's so hard to get out of it too! I have to admit those dumplings do look very good and I have not had lunch yet!! Thank you Vicki for linking up with us in Weekly Wrap! Hope you have a great weekend!
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