Monday - Gym
10x10 work out but added another 10. 10 minutes of incline walking. I started at level 10 for one minute, level 9 one minute, level 8 one minute...etc down to level 1 for minute 9:00-10:00. This is training for hill hiking which I am hoping to do over Labor Day Weekend.

Also tried to boost up the number of reps 2-5 in the weight exercises.

95 mins 308 MEPs 816 Calories AHR 144 80% Effort

Tuesday
Gym- Off-Ice training: spin trainer, jump walk throughs, etc Plus back to doing RDLs...hadn’t done any in awhile and it showed...these are great for balance & strength in the spiral/arabesque/camel positions.

98 mins 300 MEPs 777 Calories 138 AHR 77% Effort

Rink-Group lesson. After 15 mins of power, did a lot of jumping- trying to fix the toe loop technique that coach L doesn’t like. Coach G had me work on the draw back. She also reminded me to keep my freehip up on backspin. Amazing how much better & easier it was.

45 mins 162 MEPs 428 Calories 134 AHR 74% Effort

Wednesday-Gym
10x10x10 added extra time to the cardio so I was doing 2.5 mins on the incline treadmill & stairclimber, 3 mins on the rowing machine (that thing would stubbornly stay at 88-89% until about 2:35. I am a tad bit OCD about ending on even numbers.

104 mins 327 MEPs 842 Calories AHR 141 78% Effort

My plan is to work as hard as I can through the month of August and then to scale it back to more manageable time frame. 45-50 minutes strength/cardio and then my 20 minutes of stretching. Just want to see if I can get 7000 MEPS before the month is done. Currently at 5187.