Workouts this week will see moderate increases.
Strength training pretty much stays the same. The shock of going up to 3 reps has settled, so this week will be about pushing myself while concentrating on keeping form. I was wiping out @ the end of the reps towards the end of last week. So the challenge will be to stay focused and not just get thru it. Especially in the abs. By that point I am drenched in sweat & panting something awful. Still, I'll increase those from 12 reps to an even 15 reps. Otherwise all other reps stay the same.
Couch to 5k increases this week. The matching repetitions of 90 seconds walk/90 seconds jog is over. This week has two 5 min jog portions, which went surprisingly well yesterday. I've still got to work on my gait. Now that I'm jogging longer, I've tried to increase my stride and it felt pretty good. When I was jogging 90 secs & 3 mins I was galloping w/ short steps.
@ the last minute I increased my 60min walk this morning. For that I blame Oprah 
. Even though 7%/3.3mph was challenging me, keeping my ♥ rate in the 140's, I read this:
Every day, take it up a notch; staying at the same level is the biggest mistake people make. Don't be afraid to jack up that incline! The idea is to continually push yourself a little further than you thought you could go, until you get to the point where you can talk but don't want to.
Well I wasn't increasing that incline any higher, bump that Ms. Oprah :
: , instead I increased my speed to 3.5mph. I normally break a sweat @ the 20 min mark, I think the sweatdrop trickled the second my foot touched the surface?.
Man!
I wanted to stop. Pause. Crawl under a hole. I was sooooooooooooo tempted to drop it back down. Even to 3.4. Full House couldn't go by fast enough & was so NOT funny today. It was the longest hour. It wasn't fun.
Plus my fingers were very tight. I was lackadaisical on topping off my bottle this morning. When I started the walk it was ? full. And given that my body is now spoiled by 130-150oz a day, it gave me a big ole' :: @ the 90oz I had on yesterday.
Harumph! The nerve!
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