This morning I was up for some speed work on the track. I tried to go about a half-hour earlier than usual, but it still got really hot in the middle of my workout. My laps were strong, though, and I hit my goal on the nose every time. I love the track because before you know it, you've run three miles.
Because Mike had secret plans for our weekend dinners, we went to Whole Foods before our workout. I picked up some vanilla soy protein powder because it was on sale. They also had a chocolate flavor, but it had only 14 grams of protein per serving as opposed to the 24 grams in the vanilla. I have no idea why the protein amounts were different.
So back home, we warmed up and hit the gym for legs and back. I felt really good about the leg part of this series. It was lots of intense squats, but squats are something I've been incorporating into my workouts for years, so even the one-legged wall squats felt challenging but doable.
The back ones were still a lot of pull-ups, so I couldn't do too much here... I did manage more hanging with some pulses. Mike helped support me on one of the pull-ups, and that definitely helped. I still couldn't do more than one!
Tonight was another set of Ab Ripper. I finally gave it a solid try and was impressed by what I was able to do once I decided to go for it. It was still hard, and I certainly couldn't complete all of the sets, but at least I gave it 110%. No more wimping out on this core workout for me.
It was pretty late when we finished up, so I decided to mix my protein powder with water. I actually liked this concoction. It had the faintest taste of my vanilla soy milk (as I figured it would being vanilla soy powder) but because of the water, it had a thin consistency. I look forward to enjoying it in more substantial smoothies!
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