Thursday, January 20, 2011

Wednesday = hump day, and I busted mine

Comments/Thoughts:
My ankle held up really well today and my soreness level is decreasing.  I am glad things are becoming more fun to do.  I did the treadmill today at 15 incline and it was not too bad.  All of the hiking is paying off in a general fitness way.  They really focus on the lower body here, most stretches and lunges and squats really help you build some strength down low.  I do think I need to ice my ankle everyday from this point forward.




Statistics:
I walked 22,422 steps and 11.6 miles and burned 5,294 calories via my fitbit 


Watch Stats:
Hike: 1149 calories
H2O: 249 calories
Spinning Class: 448 calories
Kickboxing: 320 calories
Mountain: 413 calories
H2O: 230 calories




Hike and Exercise:
The hike today was Winding Way, and it was a moderate hike.  We finished it pretty early too so I had time to relax before my water class.  The hike starts out in a neighborhood and goes downhill mostly to begin with.  There are only a couple of challenging hills on the hike so you get to enjoy the scenery.  There is a nice waterfall and lots of creeks to cross.  I rented walking poles and found that they really helped my lower back and ankle for the hike.

As far as classes for the day, I started with stretch with Sam teaching which started the day off right.  I signed up for a spinning class and am still coughing out the seat.  The seat on those bikes are crazy painful.  After spin I went immediately into kickboxing and then mountain.  Mountain was on a treadmill for me today, it essentially is 12 - 3 minute intervals, increasing either speed or incline on each interval.  Good class, and I was lucky to finish the day in the water.


Food:
Breakfast was a turkey sausage and egg sandwich with some mixed fruit.  One of the better breakfasts since it has some meat on it.  Lunch was french onion soup, and a greek pita with salad.  This was a great lunch and much better than I thought it would be.  The soup was great even though it had no onion chunks in it, and the pita was amazing.  Finally, dinner was a salmon fillet on Israeli couscous with asparagus, and a grilled pineapple skewer for dessert.  The salmon was great and I thoroughly enjoyed the pineapple.  I was starving at night so I ate a side salad from the bar and that seemed to hit to spot.


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