A lot of people have been asking me about what all I do for workouts during the week. So, while it may not be the most exciting blog post for most of you, I don't have any other real ideas. Deal with it.
Monday-This is a rest day for running (when you see Sunday, you'll understand). It is an arms day for the weights and, as Zach says, "curls are for the girls!" I also like to do some other form of cardio during this day. I use this day more as a joints rest day than anything. Running isn't allowed but a bike ride or elliptical workout is usually my go-to workout.
Tuesday-I do a three mile run as my scheduled workout. I also enjoy a bike ride or my Bob Harper's Yoga for the Warrior DVD.
Wednesday-This day is one of my least favorite days. It wears me out. It is my speed day. I alternate what I do each week. One week, I will do sprint intervals. The intervals consist of 400 meter intervals of sprinting broken up by 400 meter intervals of jogging. I hate it. I do anywhere from five to eight sprint intervals. The next week, I will do a tempo run. Not as bad as sprints but still not fun. I will start out going about ten minutes at an easy pace to get warm then go fifteen minutes at a faster run followed by ten minutes of easy cool down jog. I also do weights on this day. It is a chest and triceps day.
Thursday-Same as Tuesday. Three mile run with a bike ride, elliptical, or Bob's yoga.
Friday-Rest day!!! This is my actual rest day. I do nothing. Rest is important as you need your body to take a break so it can repair and rebuild joints and muscles. If you workout seven days a week without a break, you will do more harm than good.
Saturday-Build up for my long run. Anywhere from three to five miles will be run on this day. The distance depends on what the distance is for my long run on Sunday. The longer the Sunday run, the longer the Saturday run.
Sunday-Ugh. Long run day. The shortest I run on this day is five miles. I just started this program two weeks ago and I've done five miles both Sundays. This Sunday, I up it to six. Definitely not looking forward to it. Eventually, it will get up to seven miles.
So, that is my current workout schedule. It has changed before and probably will again. I got my running schedule from www.halhigdon.com. He has an intermediate 5k training program and that is the one I'm doing.
I'm sure some are thinking, "hey, Ager, why don't you have a legs day with the weights?" Well, as I said, my schedule has changed before. Friday used to be legs day. But with my new, more agressive running schedule, I need Friday as a rest day. I will eventually throw in legs day with the weights when I adjust and figure out which day it will fit into better.
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