McMillan Core Routine
I decided to make the jump into an official runner's core routine. I surveyed the web to find a routine that I wanted to follow and that was progressive. I settled on the McMillan routine (
link) because it requires little extra equipment (at least initially). It was only $5 for a year and the progression of the videos will last 18-27 weeks to complete the full program. Steph and I decided we were going to do this together. The question was - when? After I run in the evenings?
-That might get tough when I come home late sometimes
-More importantly G would be ALL over us on the ground.
-I feel like post-workout and while Steph is making dinner will make us more likely to skip out on the workout consistently.
So, initially we've settled on doing it in the mornings before work since G is almost always still sleeping. Since my hard runs are Tues/Thurs nights and Sunday morning, then I didn't want the workouts to be Wed/Fri mornings (since I would still be recovering). I also wanted to try and keep Mondays open and completely off for more G time. Since the mornings are generally Steph's "me" time and give her the chance to watch her shows at 5:00-6:00am, we settled on trying to do it before that. Which means I'll move my wake-up time from 5:30am to 4:45am.
Phase 1 of the training (for the next 4-6 workouts or 2-3 weeks)
Front Plank - 3 x 10 seconds
Side Plank - 3 x 10 seconds
Leg Lowering - 10 repetitions
Metronome - 5 repetitions
Sit-up with a Twist - 5 repetitions
Jane Fonda - 10 repetitions
Balance Ball - 5 seconds
So the intent of this workout will be in addition to my 6 days per week running. We'll see how that goes. I'm trying to start it now as part of the morning routine so that when running comes around it's just "normal". Wish me luck!