Friday Night Workout

Tonight I went to the gym.  Which is definitely the norm for a Friday afternoon.  But I was out of town in the beginning of the week, so I slacked off a bit.  Since I ran yesterday, I decided to do resistance today.  I never go in with a real plan, just figure it out as I go.

I started with a warm up and then moved to core.  I did ball crunches with a six pound weight, alternating with side crunches.  Three sets of 15 reps.  I like doing three sets, it seems like the perfect number.

Then I decided to do upper body, mainly chest, biceps and back.  So I alternated ball pushups, one-legged bicep curls, and cable pull downs.  I tend to do exercises in a circuit.  I feel like I get more done in less time, since one muscle group is resting while the others are working.  I also like to make things harder than they should be, like doing curls on one leg.  It just makes the rest of the body work a little harder and you get more bang for your buck.

I moved on to lower body and did standing squats with one-legged dead lifts.  I may have overdone the weight on the dead lifts because now my left hamstring is feeling a little twingy.  Anyway, a decent work out for a Friday afternoon.

I got home and made dinner, like usual.  I was eager to use some of my new produce and I found the perfect recipe.  I made Savory Sausage and Peppers from Vegan on the Cheap.  I really like this cookbook.  All the recipes are really easy and I almost always have everything on hand.  I am also obsessed with Field Roast Apple-Sage Sausages and this seemed like a great new way to make them.  Usually I just saute them with peppers and add penne.  Sometimes I add tomato sauce.  But this recipe called for peppers, carrots, and tomatoes, and I served it over rice.  It came out great!

After dinner, Jon left to go backcountry snowboarding.  They are driving up and staying overnight so they don't have to get up so early in the morning.  So, since I had the house to myself, I decided to play a little WoW.

I have been playing WoW since it released.  Lately my interest has tapered off, but it is still a fun distraction.  I deleted my never played warrior to make room on the server for a new worgen druid.  It's hard to delete a character, but I really hate melee.  I am definitely a caster at heart.

Tomorrow I hope to go for a run, and then clean up the house a bit.  I think I hear some cupcakes calling my name.