Happy Monday Ya’ll! I find that I always do better with my fitness plan when I have it written down and laid out to keep me on track and organized. This is true in all areas of my life: meal planning, activities, bill paying etc. Writing things down helps keep me organized and on track. Creating and sharing a fitness plan helps me see the week at a glance.
My running goals are still the same as they have been the past few months. I am running for fun and focusing on heart rate training. I am not necessarily doing the Maffetone Method of heart rate training anymore… although the route I am following is similar. The past few weeks, I have been using the Polar Personal Trainer heart rate training plan that coincides with my RC3 GPS watch.
I am not leaving all my fitness activity to running. I am enjoying following the Les Mills Body Pump program. I will be following this program 3 days a week.
Monday: Les Mills Body Pump & Burn (30 minutes) + Hard Core Abs (20 minutes)
Tuesday: Basic Run (55 minutes)
Wednesday: Les Mills Body Pump & Burn (30 minutes)
Thursday: Interval Run (56 minutes) or Trail Run with girlfriends
Friday: Les Mills Body Pump & Burn
Saturday… we are heading on vacation. My workouts will be spontaneous and on the go. I am sure it will involve some sneaking away to run with my sister-in-law, hiking with the family, and just enjoying being active while on vacation.
The fitness plan I have down and love following. I am still working on the nutrition plan. I am very interested in trying a Whole30 challenge or the 21 Day Sugar Detox or the 3 Day Refresh … but I think it would have to wait until we get back from vacation. Meal planning this week will be focusing on having as little left over as possible at the end of the week.
I always have a weekly plan for my workouts and that really helps me. We are going on vacation next week too. I will be ok with workouts there it’s the restaurant eating that wil kill me. You never really know what’s in anything.
Oh yes. For me, the healthy eating will be easy (as my in-laws eat SUPER healthy). It will be the sneaking away from the family fun to get in a quality sweat fest that will be the challenge. 🙂 Have a great vacation!!
I do so much better when I’m following a plan. It’s not just about juggling everything to make sure I have the time but keeping a certain fitness level. I have a tendency to go from 5-milers to 4 to 3. Just because. BUT, I struggle much more with eating. I have to have some kind of focus or it goes crazy. I eat no sugar, no grains about 80/20, and it makes me feel centered.
Way to go on the nutrition! You are a rock star! (In my honest opinion!) 😉
Nutrition by far is my hardest to stay focused on… dang calories everywhere!
Mega ditto, friend! Mega ditto! #lesigh
I agree, writing it down and scheduling is easier for me to stick too .. and I always feel accomplished when I can cross it off. Nutrition is my most difficult . I too try to stick with 80/20 rule 🙂 some days it’s 20/80 but .. Who’s counting 🙂
Have a great fun, spontaneous vacay .. Can’t wait to see what you do on your adventure.
haha! I love the 20/80 approach! I can totally get behind that one! Do you think we could write a book and it be a best seller!? lol
I’m just not that organized anymore. LOL! I haven’t done Whole 30 but I’ve heard good things. I did do the Whole Life Challenge which was 8 weeks of strict paleo and that was rough. But I learned some new food tricks from it so it was helpful. Leanest I’ve ever been. If you did something like that would you stop using shakeology?
I would probably continue using shakeology because it is a whole food packed with nutrients (I use the Vegan Shakeology). But would make sure I do more of a focus around the other food I eat the rest of the day. 🙂
I don’t have a fitness plan sadly, I just get myself up and run, and if I am not doing Pure Barre with it, then I find something else to fill in the rest of the exercise. Nutrition planning is not my thing, I just shop and eat as healthy as possible and get creative in the kitchen when I am feeling it 🙂
I love it. How is your July running challenge going?
I too am so much better about fitness than nutrition. I also am thinking about the 3 day Refresh. If you do one of those plans I would love a blog review.
Thanks. I am thinking of doing the 3 day refresh in August. 😉 I will totally do a blog review. Would you be interested in doing it if I have success? #winkwink
I always have to write down my workout plans! It’s the only way to ensure they happen. Whole 30 was fantastic for me you should totes try a challenge. Although with a family it is its own crazy challenge. My family didn’t love it I ended up having to make 2 meals one for me and one for them. Have fun on Vaca!
Thanks. That is what I think I would have to do too… make/plan/prepare two separate meals at dinner/lunch. #sigh
My fitness plan is moving heavy pallets around all the time for work. However, I can see how this would benefit someone . It’s also nice to have someone know where you are when you’re away from the house.
Why did you stop using the Maffetone program?
I stopped using the maffetone method because I found that I missed running. My heart rate naturally runs high (high adreneline) and when I run in my MAF zone, I found that I was basically power walking. To train truly with the MAF program ALL your workouts/runs need to be in the MAF zone. Which meant that I would not be running at all. For me, I needed to try a different program wtih heart rate training. 🙂