Hump Day, Rump Day

As planned, I hit up World's today for a solid lower body workout. I started with a 15 minute run to warm up. I had planned on doing 25 and I really don't have any excuse other than just not being motivated enough to finish it. Although, my shins were kind of hurting so maybe I can use my non-running sneakers as my excuse today hehe

I began my weight sesh with 3 sets of 8 (each leg) on the standing glute machine (set at a 70 lb. resistance) and then moved on to 3 sets of 12 on the standing calf machine (75 lbs). I really love both of these machines and don't do them nearly enough! I decided not to save all of my abs workouts for the end today so I then moved on to 4 sets of 8 stability ball leg-lifts using both the 10 and 5 lb. dumbbells. Following these, I did 3 sets of 8 (each leg) one-legged deadlifts, starting with the 20 lb dumbbells and then moving to the 15's once I tired out. Finally, I ended my sesh with 4 sets of 12 incline bench crunches (2 sets forward and 2 sets side-to-side). I did the first two sets with a 10 lb. plate held to my chest but dropped it for the last two because I had made the bench so high I was seriously struggling to finish! World's was pretty busy today but I was on a mission and I must say, I did a pretty good job of tuning everyone out and staying in my own little workout bubble haha

I did a lot of standing stretching while I had the step set-up for the deadlifts (like my favourite standing glute stretch!) so I ended with just a few leg stretches on the mats and then scooted off to Whole Foods to treat myself to one of my favourite cookies (sesame tahini) for dessert tonight!