Awesome Workout Day

Yesterday I only ran and was feeling a little lazy because of it so today I decided to step it up a bit.  I have a ton of fitness channels that I subscribe to on YouTube; all of which have really fantastic workouts.  Today I decided to go with The 20/20 Workout from Blogilates.  Great workout!  There are 20 moves which you do for either 20 reps or hold for 20 seconds depending on the exercise.  It went by super quick - it took me 15:12 to complete - and had my heart racing and ready for the treadmill.  (side note: I keep trying to embed it into my post but then every time I add another link to something else, it goes away...what gives!?)

After the 20/20 workout, I ran an easy 5 miles with the sprints peppered in.  After that, I turned to YouTube again for a workout I actually found on Pinterest a few days ago. This one is with Bob Harper (don't you just love some Bob?!).  It's his 7 minute AMRAP workout.  He does quite a bit of talking about the workout in the beginning so I'll give you a quick run down.  There are four different workouts in the AMRAP (As Many Reps As Possible).  You do each workout for the given number of reps repeating until the 7 minutes are up. 

In this one, you perform 30 forward lunges with a weight overhead, 20 mountain climbers, 10 side to side planks, and 30 air squats.  I did this workout for the first time on Saturday before my run and really liked it.  It is quick - obviously...only 7 minutes! - but gets the job done.  On Saturday, my count was 2 and 29.  In other words, I completed 2 full rounds plus 29 forward lunges.  Today my count was 2 and 30.  I'm not really sure how I managed to get one more rep than I did on Saturday because Saturday I had fresh legs and today, it was the third of my workouts and my legs were toast.  Especially during the air squats.  Ouch.

After all three, I wobbled up to the kitchen and made a massive smoothie!

Green Recovery Awesomeness
1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1/2 cup water
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/2 cucumber
1/2 banana
1/2 pear
2 big kale leaves
2 big handfuls of spinach

There is something about pear and cucumber together.  This is by far one of my favorite smoothies! Feeling pretty pumped up about my workout success today.  And soon the kids will be back in school so I can get back to my regular routine - yippppeeeee!