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Did another workout with my sister today. We stretched and did Power 90 Sculpt 1-2. This video is a little shorter (I think 38-40 minutes) but packed with lunges, squats, weight-lifting, and push-ups. It was a really good workout and incorporated a number of different free-weight exercises I don't typically do. After that, my sister left but I ran on the treadmill for 2 miles at 6.2mph. I got good n' sweaty and decided to call it quits after 'House' was over. (There is a Sunday 'House' marathon on today!). Unfortunately, it has been a very busy week with a lot more work to do. Maybe I will put it on in the background, though. ;)

I guess this week was travel week for my family, so i was left home alone for a few days. I don't like not having a workout date for Power 90, so I just stretched and ran on the treadmill. I did 3.5 miles at 6.0-6.2mph with incline at 2%. Then I did a 0.5 or so mile cool-down at 5.0-4.6mph. Finished up by stretching and doing a bunch of leg lifts.

My sister cam back from her travels last night, so I planned a workout date with her for today. It was a Power 90 Cardio day. Stretched before and after and did about 167 or so crunches. I felt the burn today, because I skipped 2 days while my sister was away. Unfortunately I have a lot to do today, so I didn't get time to jump on the treadmill afterward. I hope to make up for this loss in miles sometime later this week and weekend.

Did a run before work today. Stretched and jumped on the treadmill at 2% incline for 3.2 miles at 6.0-6.2mph.  Then slowed to 4.2-4.0mph for a 0.2 mile cool down. Stretched and made a cup of tea and some breakfast. I will be doing some tap dancing instruction at work today, so i might burn a couple calories that way. If I'm not too tired when I get home from work tonight, I might lift free weights or do Power 90 Sculpt. 

Stretched and did Power90 Sculpt with my sister, Liana. It is tons of weight lifting, squats, dips, and the dreaded push-ups.Then stretched and "ellipticized" for 3 miles at 5.0 and 6.0 resistances. Liana ran on the treadmill. About a bucket of sweat later, we did some good stretching and called it a day!

Stretched and had a workout "date" with my sister. We did Power90 Cardio. I can really feel the power yoga working on my arms, chest, neck, and legs. Whooh! The crunches really burned today, too. Did around 168 of 'em. After that, I did some niiiice stretching and jumped on the treadmill. I did a 4 minute warm up at 6.0mph. Then I did several one-minute intervals of 7mph and one at 8mph (a little too fast for my liking) until I hit 3.2 miles. Then I did a cooldown of 6.0mph-4.8mph for the final 0.3 mile. Stretched again and lifted free weights for about 10 minutes. Did my final stretches, making sure to include my arms and neck.

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Sooo tired. Had to force myself awake to get up and run before work. Stretched and did 3.1 miles on the treadmill with 2% incline at 6mph. then did a 0.2 mile cool down at 5mph then quickly down to a brisk 4mph walk. Stretched again (with Skyler, the 2-year-old I help babysit) and lifted free weights. Stretched my arms and ran upstairs to make breakfast and hop in the shower.

Really windy and crappy day out today. Got back from a doctor appointment a little after noon, stretched, and did a workout with my sister. We did Power90 Cardio w/ the usual amount of crunches. After that, I ran a 5K on the treadmill at 6.0mph with 2% incline. Finished with leg lifts and more stretching.

Today, my sister and I did Power90 Sculpt and then I hopped on the elliptical while my sister used the treadmill. Up to 2/3 of the way through the workout, My sister kept saying "I don't wanna do this anymore" but I kept pushing her and she stayed through the whole workout. I "ellipticised" at resistance 5 for 3.2 miles. Got a big drink of cold water and did final stretches.

Today, Benn is over so I just did Power90 Cardio w/ around 200 crunches (I did a few extra crunches with Benn afterward). He and my sister, Liana, got going on the exercise machines. We all worked up a good sweat! Its is hot in my basement!

OLE BAJEESH! Just finished an extreme 48 minute cardio workout. I think my quads exploded. My sister and I tried to mix it up by finding a workout on Exercise TV on Demand (free on the television menu). We did an 8 minute booty workout (I forget the name, but I am sure I laughed at it) and another 8 minute core exercise workout. Both SUCKED for my legs, on top of them already being a bit fatigued from Power Yoga yesterday (even though I didn't run/ellipticise afterward like I typically do). Finally, we went to the "New Year, New You" menu and chose Cindy Whitmarsh's "Less is More Calorie-Burning Cardio." I have no idea why they stuck 'less' in the title, because it was all 'more, More, MORE.' I think with the combined routines from the 3 videos, we worked EVERY MUSCLE in our bodies. We were yelling at the tv when we could catch a few breaths and calling the woman obscene names.

It was a good bonding experience and a KILLER workout. I'm glad I kept pushing myself toward the end because I love that little feeling of accomplishment. Plus I needed to work off the extra calories from the weekend with Benn. I always eat more when he comes here because my Italian genes kick in and have to almost constantly offer food to any visitor.

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Woke up this morning and went right down to the treadmill. I planned on running after I got out of work at 9 last night, but the half hour commute, tiredness, and hunger kicked in when I was about 15 minutes from home. LOL my body knows when I am nearing home. I still planned on going, but to my surprise both my sister and mom were there! They usually get out of work at 10pm and 12am, so I really wanted to see them (because I rarely get to see them during the day). Also, my sister had a new Netflix tv series on dvd that we could watch together. So we all snuggled up on the couches and watched the first episode and realized we couldn't watch any of the next 3 on the disk. Our dvd remote is long gone & lost forever, so we had no way of clicking the little arrow over on the screen. Darn!! After my sister fiddled with the tv remote and instructions on how to use it for dvds... we gave up. 

Anywho... back to today!

I stretched and ran 3.1 miles at 6.0-6.2mph at 2% incline. Then I alternated the remaining mile between 6mph, 5mph, 4.2mph, and 4mph. Finished up with leg lifts, a few squats, stretches, and free weight lifting. Afterward I hauled tons of wood stacked on one end of my driveway to the other. We are supposed to get lots of rain, etc. this week and the wood would have gotten all drenched and frozen. After all of that, I picked up branches from my backyard (that had blown off in the wind storm last week) and added it to the bonfire pile. Finally, I shoveled off our trampolin ethat was bowing from the huge thick, heavy layer of ice and snow covering it. That was a mini workout in and of itself because the ice was so thick it was nearly unbudgeable. I had to hack away at it and then heave it to the side and over the edge of he trampoline. Wheph!!

 Now- time for work! blaaahhh :(

Really busy day and worked really hard. Took a break at 9pm and took a run on the treadmill. I did 3.1 miles at 6.0-6.2mph at 2% incline. Then did the last 0.5 miles as a cool down at 4.1mph. Stretched a bunch and went back upstairs to work some more!

Knew I needed to make up for lost time this week and weekend for runs. After this entry I am packing to go to Boston for the weekend to visit my big sister and my old college roommate. I know they won't allow me to exercise while I'm visiting, so I woke up this morning, ate eggwhites, veggies, and some rice krispies for breakfast then stretched and jumped on the treadmill. I did 5.o miles at 6.0-6.2mph and 2% incline. After that, I did a cool down at 4.2mph for the remaining 0.2 miles. Next, I stretched and did some lower ab crunches. Finished off with a bunch of free weight lifting and more stretching.

At around 11am, stretched and got on treadmill. Ran 3.2 miles at 6.0-6.3mph and 2% incline. Then did a 4.1mph cool down for 0.3 miles. Then did lower ab crunches and then the 2-yr-old boy my family babysits for showed up. He wanted to play on my yoga mat, so I taught him all kinds of stretches and he did (his version) of them along with me. So cute! Then carried him upstairs for breakfast :)

Had breakfast and a bunch of water this morning. Then at 11am, I stretched and went on the treadmill. I ran 3.5 miles at 6.1mph and 2% incline. Then I did a cool down for 0.5 miles at 4.1mph. Stretched again, did some neck stretches because it was a little sore, and lifted free weights. While I was running I noticed some focused pain in my upper right shin (about a half of a hand's length down from my knee). Nothing too serious feeling, but noticeable.

Stretched. Ran on the treadmill at 6.0-6.3mph and 2% incline for 4.1 miles. Then hopped on the elliptical for 1.2 miles. Then stretched and did lowed ab crunches. Also lifted a bunch of free weights.