Smoothies

I finally put my blender that I got last weekend to use making a smoothie from my new book. It is hearty. I'm not sure how I feel about the oats in there. It does make a good post-workout or breakfast drink (often one and the same ....)

This is the kind of day that I wish I could go for a run, but I figured I should stick to low-impact. My quads were feeling the Friday run and the two hours on the bike. It was too windy to really enjoy road biking and I considered hauling the mountain bike out to BRP, because wind doesn't matter much once you're in the woods on the trail. But I went to the boring gym.

Lift: Usual routine, with the addition of the tricep dip machine. I think I need another back/core/tricep exercise. Why didn't I just do regular dips, either on the bars or the gravitron? Good question. I think I can actually do a few real dips. The problem is getting to the equipment in the testo-zone, unless I want to do the gravitron, which I've never really warmed up to. I guess I could add some gravitron dips/pullups to my post-machine routine at the gym.

I am trying to get two weightlifting sessions in a week. Three would be better but I am burdened with a full-time job that really cuts into my workout time. Yoga is some strength work, though not alot in the Monday session. The power yoga class would cover strength and flexibility. I know I am always totally spent after Ashtanga and I think the power class does alot of the Ashtanga series. Maybe I can get 20-30 mins on the ball, to focus on the core.

Elliptical: 35 minutes, Hill program, Level 8. I am maxed at 35 on a machine. It's too damn boring to do any longer than that.