Pregnancy Week 35: KB combination lifts and bodyweight training

As my due date draws nearer, I feel the pressure (literally!) to train my squats even more. Squatting opens up the pelvic outlet, which is certainly a positive thing during birth!

Activity:
KB clean-military press-overhead squat (10 kg) x 10 each side
Advanced position sideplanks x 18 each side

Repeat cycle 10x

Breakfast (I had what was left of the lunch I made Adam this morning):
Curry beef with spinach, mushroom medley, onions, garlic; 1/2 avocado and 1 diced roma tomato
1 GF paleo Chocolate chip raisin scone (with organic ground flaxseed and chia seed)

Morning snack:
1 GF paleo Chocolate chip raisin scone

Lunch (at 3:30 p.m. LOL! wasn't hungry after the scone!):
Spinach salad with green and red bell peppers, cucumber, balsamic vinegar & olive oil
1 banana with almond butter
1 GF paleo Chocolate chip raisin scone

Dinner:
GF Rockfish Fish sticks (from the Gluten-free Almond Flour Cookbook by Elana Amsterdam) with ketchup
1 scrambled egg (leftover from the fish sticks)
2 kiwi
10 ounces Monavie with glucosamine

Fluid:
6 cups water

Pregnancy Week 34: Snatches, How I Love Thee

For the 34th time this pregnancy, I have done a snatch workout on Tuesday. It was lovely. Pregnancy insomnia hit again last night, so I was up early and figured I might as well start my workout!

Activity:
KB snatches with 10 kg, alternating 15/15/15/15 R/L with 20/20/10/10 R/L for 5 cycles each (10 cycles total, 600 snatches total). Felt great!

Breakfast:
Large bowl of Vitamix drink (1 C cultured coconut milk with probiotics, 1.5 handfuls organic baby spinach, 2 kiwis, 1 orange, 2 bananas, 6 Tbsp organic ground flaxseed)
6 ounces Goat Milk Kefir blueberry pomegranate flavor
1 GF paleo chocolate chip raisin scone

Lunch:
Paleo Chicken with broccoli and mushroom medley
Garden salad with cucumbers, balsamic vinegar & olive oil

First Dinner:
Bowl of paleo Fish soup (Wild rockfish, kale, coconut milk, chicken broth, basil, curry)
Handful Organic thompsons raisins
6 ounces Goat milk kefir

Second Dinner:
Small bowl of paleo fish soup

Snack:
2 GF paleo chocolte chip raisin scones (fresh from the oven!)

Fluid:
7 cups water

Pregnancy Week 33: Saturday Run

I did a nice run today with my 10 YO white German Shepherd Dog Priya. Way back in the day, when I was a marathoner, Priya was my faithful training partner. We'd go for long runs (the longest I ever asked her to run with me was 12 miles--if I had to do more mileage, I would finish those first, then swing back by the house and pick her up for the last 12), many times in the dark, sometimes in the rain, snow and even ice. She was always game, and though I did have to pull her along in the later miles, she was always a good sport and would respond to my encouragement by increasing her speed (for a few steps)! It's been a long time since I've run with her alone; maybe a few years since we've had Odin for 4 years and he is the more hyper (and younger) dog who we try to exercise more. Since I'm eight months along and my pelvis can get wonky easily, I decided to take Priya with me today; Odin can be unpredictable around other dogs/distractions and I didn't want to have to worry about being pulled the wrong way. I had a great time (and I think she did too, especially having Mommy all to herself for once)! I was reminded of the good ol' days...Priya running in front of me, kicking back dirty road water on my legs, stopping to poop and pee in the middle of the road (who has time to go to the curb when one is running, she asks?!), and (after running off her initial energy) settling into a nice stride next to me. Priya was my very first pet (now we have Odin, prior to him, I have fostered several other German Shepherd Dogs), and she is still my best friend!

Activity:
30 min run with Priya, moderate speed, mostly flat terrain, SIJ belt

Breakfast: (we need to go grocery shopping!)
eaten prior to run: 1 GF paleo Chocolate scone
1 banana

Lunch:
1 can light tuna mixed with 1 diced red pepper and 1/2 avocado, sea salt
4 pieces 70% dark chocolate with mint

Dinner:
3 slices Beef sausage
1 bowl of roasted Brussels sprouts seasoned with Olive oil, dried dill, parsley and basil, sea salt, pepper and fresh garlic
1 Honeycrisp apple

Fluid:
8 cups water

Pregnancy Week 32: Tuesday KB snatches!

It took a while to get started this morning....but I ended up having a great workout!

Activity:
KB snatches (10 kg) = 600 total snatches
15/15/15/15 x 5 (R/L) = 300
20/20/10/10 x 5 (R/L) = 300

I ended up doing 4 cycles of the 15/15/15/15 before I thought about mixing up the intensity...then, I had too much fun doing the 20/20/10/10 sets that I finished all 5 cycles before going back to the 15/15! I found that if I really pulled my free arm back during the back swing, I got a better hip hinge and therefore, felt like I just had to stand up and the KB floated overhead. What a fun movement KB snatches are!

Breakfast:
1 banana
1 Ruby grapefruit
2 GF paleo Chocolate scones

Lunch:
Steamed broccoli and Red Pepper & Spinach sausage
1 GF paleo Chocolate scone

Snack:
1 honeycrisp apple

Dinner:
Modified paleo GF "fish sticks" (ran out of almond flour): wild-caught Rockfish dipped in egg, 2 filets
Large bowl of Roasted seasoned brussels sprouts
2 squares of Hershey's Pure dark chocolate
4 ounces Mona-vie w/ glucosamine

Fluid:
7 cups water

Pregnancy Week 31: KB Snatches

We got back last night and we have both been itching to bond with our kettlebells after 8 days away. I got my wish this morning and enjoyed every minute of it!

Activity:
High volume snatches with 10 kg, 15/15/15/15 R/L x 10 = 600 snatches

Breakfast (since we got back really late last night, we haven't restocked our fridge and have very little food available):
1/4 avocado
1 slice honeycrisp apple
Handful cashews

Lunch:
Large romaine lettuce salad with 1/2 green bell pepper, 1 tomato, 1 fuji apple, balsamic vinegar & olive oil
3 chewy fruit confections ("Aplets & Cotlets" a made-in-the-Northwest candy)

Dinner:
Costco Rotisserie Chicken breast
1 C steamed broccoli with celery salt
3 GF paleo Cranberry Walnut Chocolate chip cookies
2 spoons of Adam's Coldstone ice cream (we're not quite back to full paleo)

Fluid:
6 cups water

Pregnancy Week 27: Wonky Run

Activity: 20 min run with Asher in stroller
The run started out great, but about 15 minutes into it, my pubic symphysis (the joint where the two halves of the pelvis meet in the front) felt all wonky. I stopped twice to do some self-mobilizations, which helped some, but not for long. Since this is the first time in this pregnancy that I have had any discomfort during running, I wasn't prepared and thus didn't have my pelvic support belt....so, our run became a walk! When we got home, I put on my sacroiliac belt (this supports the joints between the base of the spine aka sacrum, and the two halves of the pelvis), which is simply a maternity abdominal support belt that I wear low, around my pelvis. I wore this for the rest of the day and felt more supported.

Breakfast:
2 sunnyside up Omega 3 eggs
Small bowl of leftover Vitamix drink from yesterday
1 slice gluten free paleo Cranberry walnut chocolate chip bread
1 gluten free paleo cranberry walnut chocolate chip cookie

Lunch:
Very large (overestimated the amount!) spinach salad w/ 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 tomato, 1/4 avocado, 1/2 can tuna, balsamic vinegar & olive oil
1 Fuyu persimmon
8 ounces Monavie w/ glucosamine

Dinner:
Roasted brussels sprouts (quartered w/ olive oil, dried dill, dried parsley, sea salt, pepper, garlic powder; 375 degrees/30 min, then 400 deg/20 min)
Leftover sauteed cabbage w/ 4 slices red pepper & spinach sausage
4 squares of Ghirardelli Intense Dark chocolate 72% and 86%