{"id":16181,"date":"2011-04-13T09:32:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=16181"},"modified":"2011-04-13T09:32:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T16:32:04","slug":"modified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=16181","title":{"rendered":"Modified"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just because I was sore (ahem, for four days) doesn’t mean I can just slack off on my workouts. I knew that at the bare minimum I could at least<\/em> do an ab workout. I’ve learned over the years that no matter how sore your legs are from running\/weights there are two workouts that always feel good: swimming or focused ab work.<\/p>\n

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\nLast night I warmed up with some jumping jacks (no pain) and then did tons of ab work with the Ab Burner. I didn’t burn as many calories just doing that like some of the other Nike App workouts.<\/p>\n

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\nOh well, it was a modified routine–more as a recovery session than anything. After that I hopped on the bike trainer. I turned the resistance way down and did higher revolutions on the bike. It didn’t make my legs hurt, in fact it seemed to loosen them up a bit.<\/p>\n

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\nI did about 45 minutes on the bike and called it a night.<\/p>\n

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\nI did some stretching afterward. It felt so good to stretch. I wanted to do some yoga exercises as well but ran out of time. On a side note, check out this great article about different stretches: Swimming Stretches for Flexibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After my workout Michael and I made Braised Chicken and Spring Veggies<\/a> for dinner. It’s a nice go-to chicken dinner that is pretty easy and not very time consuming. Plus there’s only a few ingredients (that we almost always have on hand). I poured myself a glass of Pinot Grigio while we cooked.<\/p>\n

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\nI really loved that bottle of wine. Gnarly Head is delicious. We didn’t have asparagus for the recipe so Michael chopped some onions instead.<\/p>\n

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\nI also steamed some cauliflower to go on my dinner only. I wanted a little extra veggie in my dinner.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was good but it needed some more salt. Michael thinks the flavors were a little bland because we didn’t have chives (we substituted parsley) and the onions and carrots added sugar to the dish.<\/p>\n

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\nLast night’s #fitblog chat was really good. I loved the questions. They are great questions for discussion here:<\/p>\n

Q1. How often do you workout each week and for how long? <\/strong>This is a good question. I think I’m a pretty active person so it’s hard for me to really figure out what should be considered “working out.” But I’d guess I spend about 7-8 hours a week total doing fitness activities. My swims are usually 55 minutes long. My gym sessions twice a week include running, weights and stretching and last about 1.25 hours. Biking once a week I spend about an hour. I think that’s pretty balanced. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Q2. What gets in the way of you completing your workouts? <\/strong>The only things that get in the way of my workouts are illness or injury. But with some injuries I can work around it. For example, when I had to stop running for a few months I switched to upper body weight lifting and kept swimming. In the #fitblog chat it seemed like the most popular answer was that they were their own worst enemy (i.e. wanting to be lazy, sleep in longer, etc). <\/strong><\/p>\n

Q3. If you could have one thing to make working out happen daily what would it be? <\/strong>I wish that I could have more time to workout in the morning before work (without having to get up at 4am to do so). <\/strong><\/p>\n

Q4. What are some creative ways you get a workout in? <\/strong>I liked this question a lot because there are easy ways to sneak in some fitness. I walk almost 2 miles to work almost every morning. I walk at lunch time when weather is decent. I part far away from the store so I have to walk further.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: How would you answer those questions?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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