This Morning's Workout

Hello everyone. Just wanted to share my morning diet and workout with you in the hopes that it'll inspire you to get moving. I hope you had the chance to see the full moon setting this morning. It was beautiful, awe inspiring and energizing. Just what I needed before my morning workout. What is that workout, you wonder? Well, here you go:

Fuel
Before my workout, I always grab a light snack of Vogel's Honey Whole Wheat Bread toasted and covered with Bionaturae Apricot Jam. (Both are amazing products! Try them! If your store doesn't carry these products, ask them to.) This combo's easy on the tummy and gives me all the fuel I need for an hour to an hour-and-a-half depending on the type of workout I do.

Interval Training with the Dog:
After toast, I was off for a walk/jog/run with our German Shepherd, Mila. We have been doing a lot of run/walk intervals due to the high heat and humidity.

Warmup: Light jog 5-10 minutes.
Intervals: We go for as long as we can with each interval, always pushing the envelope. Each interval is faster than the previous one. We then rest and repeat.
Rest: We walk or jog slowly between intervals.
Hill Sprints
We always sprint up hills during our walk. This means running both sides of the 1 hill in our neighborhood 2 times. (This is So. Cal after all.)

We usually head to the park in the mornings for some obedience training and fun.

Park Workout
1 set of 6.5 pull-ups this morning. #7 didn't count. It was weak thanks to my arms being sore from swimming the other day.

Real Breakfast
Back at home, Justin and I cooked our usual breakfast of: slow cooking oats with applesauce, blueberries, cinnamon and ginger. We are out of Soymilk, so we had to cook this oatmeal mixture in water.

After Breakfast Ride
After breakfast, I needed to run to the bank, so I did a 10.2 mile road bicycle ride while listening to Megadeth, Prodigy, and Alice in Chains. Did some fast sprints just for fun. Toasted a couple riding bikes that probably cost more than both of our cars put together. Who-hoo! Just goes to show you that money does not buy fitness.

The Weight Room
Back at home, I did the following strength work:

Seated Row:
Wide Grip: Did 3 sets of 8 at 60 pounds
Narrow Grip: Did 2 sets of 12 at 40 pounds

Chest Press:
Wide Grip: 3 sets of 12 at 50 pounds
Narrow Grip: 3 sets of 12 at 50 pounds

Leg Extension:
3 sets of 8 at 60 pounds

Stretching
Spent 10 minutes stretching and now I'm off to grab my pbj sandwich. I feel great!

How are you exercising today?

Copyright 2009 Amy Giaquinto