Compare a cantalope and a baseball: which one would you rather have on your butt?  Me, I’d like a baseball.  Two equal sized ones.  (My hubby said he’d rather have the cantalopes so he’d have something to eat!) Don’t want to be walking down the street with cantalopes on my butt, sorry, but that’s just me.  Always striving for more MUSCLE!  5 pounds of fat is = 1 pound of muscle.  Push-ups, sit-ups and wall sits at bath time, constantly stretching…

So, my team Faturation Point was not the winning team in week one, but, you know, how do your clothes fit? Any extra room in them?  Replace one mid-morning snack with a protein shake and give yourself two extra servings of veggies.  AND GRAB SOME DUMBBELLS or GET A KETTLEBELL- if you can swing it, you can get an awesome workout!  Go see MizFitOnline for demonstrations of exercises and get moving.  

One of my team members is training for their first 5km and I’d like to share a plan I found on Runner’s World.  This is a BASIC plan but would for sure get you to the starting line in good shape.  Two components that are missing are CORE work and intervals.  Core work will include your strength training on the cross training (XT) days and interval work.  I’d suggest on Tuesdays to try and incorporate some 30 seconds of fast running followed by 30 seconds of slow running.  Week one do 5 sets of 30/30 in the context of the 2 mile run.  Progressively add 1-2 sets per week.   (13.41 is the PACE to run each mile in).

Team Faturation Point is doing awesome!! See you all on Twitter.  If any of you are interested in joining the next challenge starts on August 11th.

Wk Dat Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun Total 1 8/11 8/17 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 6 miles 2 8/18 8/24 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 3mi @13:41 7 miles 3 8/25 8/31 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 3mi @13:41 Rest / XT Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 4mi @13:41 9 miles 4 9/1 9/7 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 3mi @13:41 Rest / XT Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 5mi @13:41 10 miles 5 9/8 9/14 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 6 miles 6 9/15 9/21 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 3mi @13:41 7 miles 7 9/22 9/28 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 3mi @13:41 Rest / XT Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 4mi @13:41 9 miles 8 9/29 10/5 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 2mi @13:41 Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 3mi @13:41 Rest / XT Rest / XT Easy Run Dist: 5mi @13:41 10 miles