Josh took the kids to bowling and frozen yogurt (Menchie’s), giving me a blissful ~3 hours at home. I will do something similar for him tomorrow. I spent half the time on podcast work and camp forms, and then did the last workout in Total Strength with Andy (on the Peloton app – I do not have a bike/tread/etc but I do like the app subscription and honestly someday may succumb to their treadmill, too).
It’s always satisfying to finish a program, though I still have to do the ‘strength test’ (maybe Monday) of pushups + squats. TS was 4 weeks long, but since I alternated with running and took a couple of total rest days (sometimes I’m just tired, you know?) it took me 5 weeks. I’m trying to decide whether to start TS2 — I’m a little concerned 45 minute workouts + warmup + cool down could be kind of long, but maybe I could abbreviated the w/u and c/d a bit.
TO DO LIST
✅ workout (done! why yes I am putting it here just to check it off)
❏ outline next week’s BLP ep on tracking: the good the bad & the ugly
❏ order groceries for tomorrow
❏ work on the family monthly calendar for April to share with our nanny b/c there is a MOVE, CALL, and a lot going on!
❏ organize desk (it’s bad right now)
❏ possibly buy plane tickets for all of us to Williams reunion (need to get this done but have been procrastinating)
Then date night!
Yay.
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You would probably like the hard core on the floor peloton calendar. It’s made up of a couple of short strength classes that are schedule by this amazing person Nicole at the beginning of each month.
I’m like oh my gosh. How are they so big! So cute!
I almost finished TS2. I didn’t have time for both warm up and cool down so I skipped the warmup. Andy has a warmup in each workout. On the weekends I could usually squeeze it in and it was nice but during the week, I didn’t have time. I got pretty sick at the end of week 5 and had to skip working out for almost a week. The only thing I don’t like about Pelotons programs is that if you miss a week you can’t go back. You have to start the program over. You can skip classes within the week but you can’t progress beyond the week. Even so, I felt great when I got better! I pushed myself hard with the weight amounts during TS2. It was much more exhausting than TS1, so maybe prep yourself for that possibility!
A looks SO mature in that picture! This is such a fun age for having kids join at events!
What was your overall impression of the Total Strength program? Are the workouts all full-body strength days?
Nope – the first two week are upper / lower / full, and the second two weeks upper / lower / full x 2.
And I liked it. Not super intense but I had taken a break of a few weeks so it was a good re-entry point.