Nope, I’m not talking about my way of life or even my style of running (though I do run in the fairly minimal NB Minimus Road shoes). I’m talking about my current strength training workout. “Minimalist” sounds much nicer than “slacker.”
Since it seems that I’m having trouble motivating myself to get my strength training in, I figured I would start small then build from there. For the next two weeks, my goal is to do this minimalistic workout from Coach Jenny at Runner’s World twice a week, then build from there.
This morning three of us ran four miles at seven minute intervals (run 7 minutes / walk 1 minute). I again forgot to turn my watch off until I had been stretching for a good 7 minutes or so, but here are the slightly skewed stats:
- Distance: 4.19 miles
- Time: 51:40.90
- Pace: 12:19/mile
Our average pace per running interval was 11:16/mile.
Afterwards I came home and did my slacker minimalistic workout:
- 60-second plank
- 60-second push-ups
- 60-second lunges
- 60-second squats
I was doing the workout from memory and completely forgot about the leg curls. Oops! Next time.
Do you incorporate strength training? How do you keep yourself motivated?
I Sweat Pretty 
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