Hi Friends! I hope your week went as swimmingly as mine! This week, I had a lot of free time, but I had a wonderful time taking it easy because I know next week is going to be slightly crazy!

It’s that time of the week, time for Fitness Friday!

• Saturday: Pool with Matthew and Daniel!
• Sunday: Another Pool Day
• Monday: REST
• Tuesday: 1 mile run on Treadmill, played “Personal Trainer” to my little bro at the gym!
• Wednesday: 4.5 mile Interval Run on Treadmill at Body Structure

• Thursday: 90 Abs- using exercises from Tina’s recent abs post on Faith, Fitness Fun
• Friday: 5 mile Ladder Workout on the Treadmill at Body Structure

1 mile Warm Up
400 @ 7.5mph
400 @ 8.0mph
800 @ 8.0mph
1200 @ 8.0mph
800 @ 8.2mph
400 @ 8.5 mph
400 @ 8.5 mph
0.5 mile Cooldown

(rest was 0.13 miles- 1/2 walking, 1/2 jogging at 6.5)

• Miles for this week: 10.5
• Abs for this week (towards the 3,000 in 35 challenge): 90

I felt SO GOOD this week during my runs! I retired an old pair of running shoes, and pulled out another pair from the closet that weren’t as worn. Well… these “old but not too old shoes” did something:

I have a huge blister on the inside of my arch. It formed on Wednesday’s run, and on todays run, it busted open. Fortunately, I was at the gym and I had access to bandages. I put on 3 band aids before I started my run, but about half way through, my blister was pretty painful. Then, I put on a super bandage, and wrapped my foot with neoprene. The blister still hurt a lot, but at least I wasn’t getting blister goo and blood everywhere!

I also had another running “injury” this week- I lost a toenail. Gross, I know. So you may think I have all of my little piggies painted orange, but really I just painted a chunk of skin on one of my toesies.

Well folks, that’s all for this week’s edition of Fitness Fridays with the Coopers! Stay tuned for a Post about Squid-Ink Pasta!

Betcha thought I forgot about our weekly Fitness Friday post, but here it is!

I guess technically this is a Fitness Saturday, but I don’t care. Let’s pretend it’s Friday again!

• Saturday: REST! We played at the pool for a while!
• Sunday: BodyRock.tv workout- “Marine Corps Workout” (same one as last week, I loved it!) (200 Abs towards weekly total)
• Monday: 100 Abs and REST!
• Tuesday: 2 Mile Run Swim- it was SO humid!
• Wednesday: BodyRock.tv workout- “What’s my Name?” (80 Abs towards weekly total); Started mowing the grass
• Thursday: 5 Mile Run (on a treadmill because it is BLAZING hot outside!); Finished mowing the grass; Gave Silas a bath with the hose
• Friday: REST

Miles Run: 7

Abs: 280 (towards my 3,000 in 35 Abs Challenge)

So, not the most exercise filled week, but it still felt great to move! Plus, I am really, REALLY happy that I did a 5 mile run. I’ve been having trouble with getting in more than 4 or 4.5 miles, so heading to the air-conditioned gym was definitely a good decision to get me out of the heat and HUMIDITY. One negative from that run- my legs are still really stiff, I think that my legs just don’t care for the treadmill too much.

That’s all for this week! Hopefully I’ll figure out a way to log some more miles next week- I suppose that might mean a few visits to the treadmill…

And now, a totally unrelated picture…

See ‘yall later! Look for some fun blog posts including:

• Ashley’s Birthday Celebration
• Fun with Matthew
• New Recipes!

This is the first post in the series “Fitness Friday”. Each Friday, I hope to recap all of the fun activities throughout the week! Remember when I posted about the 3,000 in 35 Abs Challenge? Well, Fitness Friday posts will track my progress in that challenge, as well as my other weekly exercise activities!

I posed a loose workout plan last Saturday, and here’s what actually went down this week:

• Sunday: 3 mile walk with Silas
• Monday: BodyRock.tv- Booty Shaping Workout; 3.6 mile Run; 158 ABS (as a part of the BodyRock.tv workout)
• Tuesday: (my mom’s birthday!); 5 mile Run on the Legacy Trail (with Daniel on rollerblades!); 100 ABS
• Wednesday: 100 ABS; 30 minute walk with SIlas (2.4 miles)
• Thursday: Daniel and I went to the GYM! Bodyrock.tv- Cardio, Legs & Core Workout; 100 ABS
• Friday: Rainy 4 mile Run; 100 ABS
• Saturday: TBA- Rest or walk with Silas

ABS Total Week 1: 558

Miles Run: 12.6 mi.

Not too shabby! I had a lot of extra time this week, and it felt really good to do something active every day. Daniel asked last night if we can aim to have one or two days per week where we do something active together, so I’m excited to see what we come up with each week!

Here’s the post for the 3,000 in 35 Abs Challenge: Week 2!

Weekend Schedule for the Coopers:

• ROONEY (Silas’ best friend) is staying with us over the weekend!
• Hopefully some yard work, dog park visits and warm summer walks!
• A recap of some this weeks recipes!
• Update and organize our Recipes page!
  

Since my schedule is going to be changing a bit, I thought it would be a good idea to write down some of my exercise routine goals!

• Monday: Bodyrock.tv workout
• Tuesday: Run (starting at 20-30 minutes)
• Wednesday: Bodyrock.tv workout
• Thursday: Run
• Friday: Run Make-up Day (in case Tues or Thurs doesn’t work) or Rest/Long Walk with Silas
• Saturday: BodyRock.tv workout or Run
• Sunday: Rest Day (I can never seem to muster up much energy after church on Sunday mornings!)