Last night I stayed up late doing a whole lot of this…

[Did you witness the magic of my sister & I’s skills?]

Bedtime for me is 9 pm right now with my 2 middle of the night wake-up calls. I went to sleep at 11. So I slept in this morning until around 7:30 and lost my morning productive time.

Normally that would drive me crazy to lose that time. Today - totally worth it. And to make this post worth it to you – here’s some kiddo cuteness. 😀

Question of the Day – What is your bed time? What is sleeping in for you?

Evening! Glad you all enjoyed my explanation of how I create my strength training plans. For the record – the one I gave in that post was just an example. I’m currently doing something a little different.

Last night at the gym I completed an upper body workout followed by Week 3, Day 1 of the Couch to 5K program. My upper body workout looked like this:

[If you have any questions on moves, don’t hesitate to ask!]

It felt so amazing to do my own weight workout again. I adore DVDs for cardio, but when it comes to weights I much prefer the gym. With one exception – lower body only workouts. I enjoy moves like squats, lunges, and step-ups but always hate doing one huge leg workout at the gym. Popping in a DVD motivates me to get through solely leg focused weight training. The plan I created for this upcoming 4 weeks follows an upper / lower / full body weight training split. I did my upper body workout for this week (above) yesterday. And today called for lower body. Cathe DVD to the rescue!

I chose the Legs & Glutes workout (one of my favorites!) for today and could certainly feel it working. I did a whole lot of these…

I also realized something during the workout, which I have dubbed The Sticky 2/3 Spot. Around 2/3 of the way through workouts that I’m not 100% feeling I get very distracted with thoughts like:

• When will this be over?
• No more! No more! No more!
• Do I HAVE to do this exercise/last X minutes?
• This. Stinks! (although sometimes another word slips in)
• And so on…

Something about that 2/3 mark makes me feel like the workout will never end and I instantly feel my motivation waning. Then, oddly enough, the last sets or last few minutes of cardio come up and I suddenly have energy like I could go all day. The gripes turn into wondering if I could do more or go a little longer. It’s just getting through that Sticky 2/3 Spot when it pops up in particular workouts. I bet I will have to remember this situation when I get into longer runs, huh?

Question of the evening – Do you experience the Sticky 2/3 Spot? In which workouts the most? I would say spin class and leg training days are the most common culprit for me.