Posts Tagged ‘Bosu ball’

I knew last summer that I needed to do something else to compliment my running, but I failed miserably at that. Lesson learned. Let’s move on.

Last week for the first time in a long time, I looked forward to do some of the other things that have slowly crept into my workouts in the past few months. In addition to having a good running week — 16 miles complete with speed work and hills — I had a good “other” week.

All told, I did 60 jumping jacks, 50 squats, 72 crunches, 2:40 of plank and 107 push-ups. It was a nice mix of “regular” exercises and doing some of them on the Bosu ball. My max plank was 1:40, which is just 20 seconds away from my goal for this month.

I know I need to do more and I know I can do more, but this is a drastic improvement from what I’m used to. My change in actually looking forward to it is also a major step in the right direction.

As for my other “commitment” post, I weighed in at 187 last week. With weight loss not being a top goal right now, I’m just looking to stay consistent. I am ready to kick soft drinks to the curb again. Since the marathon I fell off the wagon. It hasn’t been all that bad, but it stops today. No more soft drinks until I feel like I’ve done something good enough to reward myself.

I love the Bosu ball. I just don’t know why I don’t use it more often. This week, though, I’ve got it out a couple of times. I have a long way to go to make workouts with it feel completely satisfying, but I’m taking small steps to make that happen.

Tonight I had a good variety on it for 20 minutes or so, totaling 42 push-ups, 25 squats, 70 sit-ups (including 20 “crunchy frogs”), about a minute’s worth of balance and the bird dog again (two 20 counts). If I can keep doing these things a couple of times a week this month it will become routine. That routine will only help with my running. Getting to that routine, though, is a major constant trouble I have.