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I got new shoes! My wonderful guy helped me pick them out and they were only $20, beat that Zappos. Actually, I love Zappos but how come all of their cute shoes are always way over $50?!? My new shoes are so cute. I love them already. They are perfect for work, that’s why I bought them. I need a cute black pair (which I have) and a cute brown pair (which I just got). Now I’m all set, and did I mention they were cute?!?
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Okay, so that’s not really what this post is about, but really now, isn’t that cool?
What is important, is I am back to the gym tonight and ready for a workout. Well, sorta. I did the elliptical yesterday at the gym for 35mins. Something easy to get moving again after a week off. And, I was secretly hoping to sweat out my cold and use my muscular system to move my lymphatic system into processing all my germs and getting over this darn ickyness. It was definitely therapeutic if not helpful. It feels good to sweat and move even if I didn’t feel close to 100%.
Tonight, I’m back to my regular schedule. I’m sure I won’t be at 100% again, but I don’t need to be. Even if I’m a week late, I’m still on my Intro week of my second round of strength training (of my new training plan). Tonight, I try the new set of exercises and see what weights are my base point.
Goal of the Week: While my goal could easily be just to finish the workouts planned, I am going to stray a bit from the norm and set my goal to – Every day this week, use the foam roller and do my stretching yoga DVD (Yoga for Athletes). Flexibility has taken a hit recently and I want to get it back. It’s pretty bad so in future weeks I may add a yoga class to the routine. Next week, I’ll set a new goal and let you know how I ended up with this one. Hopefully, I’ll feel super awesome by then. Fingers crossed.
Are you setting goals for your training every week?
Well that was pretty unexpected. I had a great, lazy couple days with my guy last weekend. I even fit my run in on Sunday (it was raining Saturday) and started the week excited about my new set of exercises for strength training. One month in and I was feeling pretty good.


You want your muscles to be exhausted after lifting. You want all your sets to push yourself to the limit so you can build new lean muscle tissue and burn more calories.