March almost over for me and workout recap

I was laying in bed after taking Charlie out in the middle of the night (now that weather has been nicer and yard has thawed, we’ve been letting him run around in the backyard, and I think that unfortunately means he has maybe rediscovered the joys of rabbit poop? 😫), and I was thinking about the fact that it’s already mid-March. We leave in a few days for our trip, and we get home the final weekend of March (29-30) and the boys go back to school March 31st.

So when we get home, March is essentially done for.

Obviously, the time that we’re traveling counts as real time, but I always find that for me, travel time feels like a time warp, or not real time. It’s kind of like a black hole in the month. A very fun, great black hole, but a time where all other activities, “productive stuff”, work, goals, etc. are completely stagnant. It’s like a big, long, blink.

And once March is over, then 2025 is already 25% of the way over!! Crazy. After spring break it always seems like a pretty quick downward slide to the end of the school year, too.

I don’t think I feel that I’m 25% of the way through accomplishing all my 2025 goals. Haha. I have made some progress on them though, though some of the repeat areas (the “do X, Y # of times per week/month type) have kind of fallen off a bit. Not in an unredeemable way, though, I don’t think! I still feel generally positive about the goals I set overall. And if I completely miss the mark on some, well, it won’t be the first time. 😅

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Workout Recap

After a very strong beginning to 2025 (of course…), I had a little dip in workout consistency in February. I struggled some to hit my weekend workouts when Asher had all those swim meets. I always feel like weekend workouts should be easier to hit, since I don’t have to work, but sometimes that’s not the case.

My strength workouts are usually Tuesday-Thursday- Saturday- Sunday.

Cardio is supposed to be Monday- Wednesday- Saturday.

Friday is supposed to be yoga.

The strength workouts are my big blocks, the ones I try most not to miss. I do sometimes struggle to hit the weekday cardio (M and W) because I don’t like to do sweaty cardio over my lunch break. So that leaves before or after work, but between you and me, it’s usually never before. I just can’t seem to get amped about doing cardio in the morning anymore!! Wish I could because this would really make my life easier.

This week’s workouts:

Monday: I did this “IDGAF Emkfit Kickboxing HIIT” workout at home. Just 22 minutes long, so nothing crazy, but that’s fine. It felt good and effective! My goal is really just 20 minutes of strong cardio, 3x/ week anyway.

Tuesday: I did my Upper Body #1 strength workout of the week. Included flat DB bench press (I’m really getting stronger at these!), pause bent over DB rows, torso elevated push-ups (on a bar), DB flys, overhead lat pulldown, and cable high-to-low face pulls.

Wednesday: Was supposed to be a cardio day but ended up working late and then evening got derailed…. So, nothing.

Thursday: Lower Body #1 at gym. Included leg press, hip thrusts, braced DB split squats, kettlebell deadlifts, 1- arm DB lateral squats, and torso elevated renegade rows.

Friday: Was going to attempt to make up Wednesdays cardio by maybe going for a little RUN before work! Weather was unseasonably warm and I even set out my lightweight running jacket and shoes before bed on Thursday night. But, shocker, I ended not going. HA. I had to finish work early for an appointment and ended up deciding I really didn’t have time and just needed to shower and get working early.

I DID do a quick yoga video on a midday break. I have been trying a few of Yoga with Adrienne’s “Yoga for Lower Back Pain” series on her channel lately. I did this one called “Lower Back Love“. It felt nice in the moment, though I sometimes feel like whenever I try to do stretches or anything targeted at my lower back, it actually aggravates it?!! Ugh.

Saturday: First, I did 20 minutes on the elliptical. I knew I wanted to do both cardio and lift, but forced myself to do the cardio first so I wouldn’t bail after lifting. Lol! I kept the pace and resistance up the whole 20 minutes and it felt challenging.

Then I did my Upper Body #2 for the week. This workout included bench press, more lat pulldowns, a half-kneeling DB shoulder press, 3-point DB row, rope tricep pushdown and rope hammer curls. I liked this work out a lot. I always enjoy working upper body the best!

Sunday (today): Haven’t exercised yet, but plan is Lower Body #2. Which will be 3-second pause heavy DB glute bridges, trap bar deadlifts, front foot-elevated DB split squats, 45- degree cable glute kickbacks, DB sumo squats and kettlebell swings.

I will probably attempt to make up that Wednesday cardio as well so I can hit 3 cardio workouts for the week. Although, I typically don’t really like to double up Leg Day with Cardio Day if I can help it. Leg Day workouts always take longer, for one, and my legs are just kind of toast by the end. And since most cardio involves my legs, it’s just not the best combo in my opinion. Oh well. I guess that’s my fault for not sticking to my schedule where that cardio was supposed to fall on its very own day of the week!!

I have taken zero workout photos this week to add to this post, but here is me yesterday afternoon heading to the gym.

Off to do a massive email clean out now!! This keeps spiraling out of control on me.

Daily Gratitude:

I am grateful for making good progress on my to do list yesterday. Really wanted to get certain things done before our trip, and I checked off a bunch of them. A few more today but feeling manageable.