Word for the Week: USE

AM workout:

• 5 minutes extreme slow lunge L, R
• 100 quick-style wall squats
• 5 minutes extreme slow push up
• 100 quick-style towel front delt raise
• 5 minutes extreme slow curl, 10-lb dumbbells
• 100 quick-style towel curls
• 5 minutes standing extreme hamstring
• 100 quick-style glute ham raise to arm's length

We had a little discussion before the workout regarding my using (or not using) my glutes and hamstrings correctly while running. Even if I'm not necessarily thinking about "squeezing" or "contracting" them, I should at least be thinking about using them. So that's what I was focused on during the lunge, and the wall squats seemed to follow—I was using my muscles right. Now I just have to translate that to the road while I run!