Working out in the heat is 100x harder.
Especially cardio and leg day.
I’ve actually gotten in a few good runs. Maybe I’ll one day earn the “sprint” back. Until then, I’ll be satisfied with my current summer heat pace. It’s definitely faster than I’ve been in a couple of years!
Since tearing my ACL a few months ago, this is the first time I’ve been able to do things without any pain or soreness. Like leg day. I did an hour of legs followed by cardio yesterday with basically no issues.
I say basically because I tried hack squats for the first time and that was a bit achey; however, it was achey in a “I haven’t done this in a long time” way vs. a “stop before you re-injure yourself, you idiot” way.
After an intense two hour workout, I was a hot, sweaty mess. I made sure to eat my vitafive Active gummies. Let’s just pause for a second to appreciate that they’re personalized with my NAME!
Hot AF
Read on for my whole day of eats, and link up to Jenn’s WIAW baby over at Arman’s today!
Breakfast:
The usual morning cocktail followed by my new gummies. I’ve been sharing with Vegas, who loves them too. My Active blend has CoQ-10, D3, and Calcium. A solid step up from Flintstones vitamins! 😉
Please disregard my ugly toes.
You can choose the best pack for you – they offer Beauty, Active, Sleep, Brain, Active, Immune, Essential, or you can make your own custom blend.
If you have kids, they make Healthy Bones, Essential, and Immune. You know they alllllll need the extra immunity going back to school!
AND they just offered a coupon code for you guys: sprint30 (all lowercase) will get you 30% off your first month!
For breakfast we had pancakes, which is a must on leg day.
I used the Flap Jacked Carrot Cake Protein Pancake mix and added an egg white. I also made my own “syrup” with 1/4 scoop Chocolate Cake Batter protein thinned with milk. Side of cherries.
Snack:
This is post-legs and cardio. I was dying of heat. Dying I tell you!
Smoothie bowl with NOW Fit and Tone Mocha Protein, spinach, cinnamon, a little sweet potato (makes it creamier), and enough ice/water to blend. Topped with chia seeds.
It melted really fast. That’s how hot it is.
Lunch:
This happened less than an hour later (I remembered to take a pic half way through the bowl – oops!). I needed to shower and cool down before I could have solids. Leftover chicken, cauliflower, mushrooms, and hummus dip.
The dip is my recent go-to for everything – an equal mix of spicy hummus and Korean chili paste.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BInxBdAhU5Y/
Snack:
I STILL couldn’t get enough food (it was quite the workout), so snack was a mini-meal. Sizzlefish shrimp sautéed with edamame. I love how quickly Sizzlefish stuff thaws – they package it individually so it truly is a quick meal.
I sautéed with simply with a little coconut oil, lemon, and pepper. Side of unpictured Plentil chips.
Dinner:
Vegas grilled, which was amazing because I was still tired and hungry. Sizzlefish salmon, eggplant (which she hates – how weird is that?!), zucchini, mushrooms, onions, and red bell peppers. Hit the spot!
Plus wine… it’s good to relax the muscles…
Dessert:
An old stand by: Zucchini Bread Protein Batter. It’s good, I swear.
Topped with hemp hearts, coconut fluff, and cocoa coconut fluff. The fluff is just coconut flour and stevia with water to thin. Add cocoa powder for the chocolate flavor. And sprinkles.
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Now the real fun begins… my baby sister is moving in with us today. 2 weeks after visiting from ATL she couldn’t stay away! 🙂
Did you chew Flintstone vitamins as a kid?
What’s the toughest workout for you? Leg day gets me every time.
That’s great about your sister! How fun! It’s hot in SC here too … we topped out at 105 today, hottest it’s been all summer. Those look like fun vitamins, enjoy! 🙂
Oh wow… I guess I really can’t complain about heat then. Hope it’s cooling down!
Urgh you reminded me how hard it was training in the summer here… Right now is just perfect. A little chilly at 6am but you soon warm up. Doubt it will be long before the temps go up again… But maybe this year I will know what to expect so it won’t be so bad!? Wishful thinking more like! Ha!
That’s so exciting that your sister is moving in with you! I’m hoping that my brother will eventually make it over here to visit…. But it’s a long way 🙁 Enjoy all the sister time you can!
Oh man… if I had family in OZ, I’d move in there! 🙂
I used to love flinstone vitamins as a kid! I hear you on a summer heat running pace – I can’t wait for it to cool down and I suddenly move faster again lol
No way!!!!!
I’d say I find it so exciting because it’s not my baby sister 🙂 but mine did exactly the same with Austin!
I have sooo much zucchini from my garden…I’ve made so many things with it but this smoothie…must make ASAP!! And how awesome is it that they personalize your vitamin pack…like a nice little note in the morning!
Good luck with the move in!!! And I absolutely love that the vitamins are personalized. How cool are you?…well, not very in that heat and I know all too well about running hard in it. The worst!!!…but you will enjoy it come fall…or whenever it gets cooler there?
WEll that will be fun! Or it will be a cluster. I guess you shall see 😀 I”m so helpful, aren’t i? I cannot do cardio in a stuffy room. Outside, I can handle it, inside F NO
That is awesome about your sister, family is so important. Loved thee pancakes they looked super tasty.
Good to hear the knee is on the mends! I know what you mean by feeling like am I going to get hurt again or achy. Achy is much better. I’d take that any day!
Yeah, it’s a relief to finally just have achey. I’m still kind of scared of it, but one day it’ll be normal… I hope…
Toughest workout is a close tie between leg day and hill repeats. It’s so rough working out in the summer, especially in good old PA when the humidity is a thousand percent even early in the morning.
Vegas needs to come grill for me. Your dinner looks awesome 🙂
Ohhhh… hill repeats SUCK. Ha!
Vegas is a champion griller. I’m sure she’d oblige!
That zucchini bread batter sounds amazing! Basically is zucchini bread in a more liquidy form! YESSS
Totally! You always want to eat the batter anyway… why not just go for it?
I’ve never heard of those vitamins but I’m alllll about the gummies haha so I might have to give them a try!
New roomie- sounds like fun, I wouldnt mind living with my little sister (for awhile). I haven’t done hack squats in foreverrr- i haven’t been lifting as much and thinking about hack squats actually makes me miss it, haha.
It’s been fin to have her here… for a week so far. 🙂
Hacks and I have a love-hate relationship. I love how challenging they are, but I hate the puke-y feeling they give me!
I’m definitely going to check out those vitamins. I won’t take them unless they taste like candy!
Leg day is my favorite day, but that’s probably because my legs are my strongest area. Arms, however, not so much. Barre classes have helped with that since a killer arm section is part of every class, so I’m forced to do it.
I hope you like the vitamins if you try them! I’m totally addicted.
As much as I hate leg day, I’m excited to build them up to be the strongest part of my body again. Injury aftermath sucks!
That is a really good pace in this heat! I’m curious about this zucchini bread batter! I was definitely a Flintstones kid 🙂
I am really impressed by how quickly you have come back from the ACL. This heat is killing my runs!
That PRP and Acell works wonders! I’m SO glad I decided against surgery.
WOW a 2 hour workout? Any weights workout that is 45 minutes or more really kills me. It’s good, because I know I’m getting stronger. I’m thankful God made our muscles to tear and repair, and that they get stronger every time! 🙂 Also those vitamins look good. I’m quite a fan of any chewy, fruity vitamins that remind me of gummy bears.
Sooooo… 2 hours is sort of my norm. Vegas makes fun of me because I’m at the gym grinning. It’s my happy place. 🙂
I hove how you can make a blend personalized to your needs – very cool! Also, good luck with your sister moving in!
I know – it’s one of those “why didn’t I think of that?!” ideas!
Don’t be silly. Your toes are cute. 🙂
Go girl–working out in the heat is tough! Make sure you’re getting plenty of rest, fuel and fluids between workouts.
Thanks… everyone makes fun of them. LOL!
I feel guilty I need to be better about taking my vitamins and getting in better snacks. Right now I just keep a bowl of watermelon at my desk. Which is great, but not a lot of protein.
But it sounds delicious!!
Speaking of the ACL tear. Did you have surgery or did it heal on its own. I’m struggling with a bum knee that I’m not totally sure what’s going on. Some arthritis and loss of cartilage but I feel like there’s soft tissue damage as well. We’ve only done xray and no mri yet. I’ve gone back and read some of your posts. Just curious about road to recovery with a bum knee. I want to run again!!!
No surgery! I had something called PRP therapy done (https://www.sprint2thetable.com/2016/05/my-bionic-bat-shit-crazy-knee/). It helps the ligaments to heal on their own. Worked like a charm on my ankle too! They’ll want to do an MRI before anything – I think it only works if there’s something still attached (my ACL still had a fiber left). I was running again in weeks!
Thanks for the info Laura. I have an MRI scheduled for tomorrow morning and doc appt Monday. Hoping for answers!
Let me know how it goes! If at all possible, I definitely recommend the PRP.
THAT DINNER – UM Vegas and I loveeeeeeeeeee the same things. I friggin’ want that ALL.
You know what else I want? I really want us to just make a whole bunch of breakfast… And eat the crap out of it. And drink morning cocktails.
Sounds good to me! When do we start the commune?
So happy to hear that you are back to working out without pain or soreness. Woohoo!
Thanks!!! I’m making me so very happy. 🙂
Kids are harbingers of germs. And they put everything in their mouth! Everything!
The thought of that makes me shudder. I watch some lady let her little boy crawl ALL over the floor at Whole Foods. Right outside of the bathroom. I almost yanked him up myself!
who hates grilled eggplant?! i didn’t know that was possible!! xD grilled eggplant and zucchini are my favorite, but i love them alll