It’s that time, time for us to spring forward to action. Well, actually the spring forward happened earlier this year than it typically does. In fact, I know a lot of people who were thrown by the clocks turning forward on March 11th. It was early enough that it stayed dark here until after 7:30 in the morning and if that doesn’t throw you, I don’t know what will.
So here we are, a month later, to kick off our Spring Forward to Action fitness challenge. Last year, our Spring Forward challenge involved a detailed workout plan for every day for 30 days and we combined strength training and cardio. If you want to check out Spring Forward 06, I’ll be posting an index for that later today.
Spring Forward 2007
This is a new year and a new plan and we’re going to do things a little differently. As you may know I had surgery back in February and a longer than planned for recovery. This Spring Forward to Action 2007 plan is as much for me as for everyone else. I’m opening up a post over in our forums and I’d love to hear your stories – from how you get motivated to do your workouts to what you are doing currently.
For my part, this is what I am doing:
Cardiovascular Workout
Six days a week, I am returning to a minimum of 30 minutes of cardio. I’ll be using my treadmill on days I can’t get out doors, but my goal is to be outside as much as possible. I’ve forgotten how gorgeous this area can be during the Spring despite the gray and gloomy days we’ve had. Our garden is planted and many houses in the neighborhood are getting their gardens planted and I love to see all the colors.
We have many nature trails around us and I’ll be helping our neighborhood to clean those up this coming weekend in order to make the most of them when I’m out and about. I’m also looking for a bike that I can ride on alternating days because bike riding will also get my heart rate up. My first goal is endurance more than anything else.
Strength Training
The strength-training portion will also be focused on endurance above everything else. At least two days a week, I’ll do focused exercises that target key areas including my abdominals and upper body. Lower body strength training will come next month after I get my endurance up.
Currently, my endurance is pretty low – six weeks of sitting around and doing nothing while I heal has left me worn out if I walk my daughter to school and that’s just a mile’s worth of walking. I want to get back up to where I was before so our keyword for this year’s Spring Forward to Action 2007 challenge is endurance, endurance, and did I mention endurance?
Are you ready to get started?
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