A little time trial and a little yoga go a long way…

I wore a belt today that I haven’t worn…since I bought it at least 3 years go (yeah I’m not so smart sometimes).

I packed my lunch & snacks for the day which were, as promised, the exact same as yesterday.

I came home this afternoon and went on a 12.5 mile bike ride in 42:23. The bike portion of the triathlon is not so coincidentally 12.5 miles, so I suppose this was a bit of a time trial. I again had issues with the wind. My average pace was 17.7 mph.

When I got home, I did the C&K Strength Training Plan again tonight. I should say I modify it a bit, but really only slightly:

1. I keep my legs in pretty close when doing the chair dips. The further out your legs are the more weight you are putting on your triceps. I thought my triceps were strong until I tried chair dips. I cannot put my legs as far out as Kath’s in that picture.
2. Today I did 5 sets of 20 seconds on the wall sits. I didn’t really feel the burn doing the ten second ones, but holy cow can I feel it at about second 12. The next 8 seconds are excruciating.

I took a few self timer pics while doing some of the moves. Pushup (that’s better form than I expected)…

And my favorite strength move…the bicycle crunch.

As much as I love the bicycle crunch, I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate lunges. They are extremely painful for me. I think it may be all the cycling. I can feel the pain in my quads when I do these like no other. However, I fight off the pain and do it anyway.

Next I did another session of Power Yoga. I did 7 more minutes of it tonight. I still didn’t manage to finish the whole video (although it’s supposed to be 20 minutes and I did over 20 so I’m not sure what that’s all about). I think I might actually be starting to like yoga!

For dinner, the fabulous M made his famous salsa chicken, which is always good. I picked up some more food at Target after work today, including the above pictured food. That’s my favorite item at the Indian buffet that I go to every now and then. This version was pretty good, super easy to make (cut a whole in the package, which doesn’t have to be refrigerated, microwave for 2 minutes and it’s ready), and the list of ingredients was great! It was completely natural stuff that I recognized. My plate looked like this…

Another good day overall…

What’s your least favorite work out move??