{"id":203,"date":"2013-04-04T22:40:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2013-04-04T22:40:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:40:34","slug":"an-at-home-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"An At-Home Workout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey all! I want to thank you all for your kind comments and e-mails I received yesterday. It has been so incredibly frustrating not only NOT being able to run, but having no one understand when you explain the pain! So thanks for that!<\/p>\n

I thought I’d start today off with something I observed at the train station today. Do you remember my post<\/a> explaining how a very old train line, The T\u00c5\u008dky\u00c5\u00ab T\u00c5\u008dyoko Line, was having its last night of operation? I walked by it for the first time since that night, and you’ll never believe what it looks like:
\nThe only picture I could find of it before it changed: regular train station!
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\nPhoto by ResponseJP<\/a>
\nAnd what it looks like now
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\nIt was turned into a Uniqlo<\/a> store! It’s so crazy, seeing clothes rack on train tracks.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I tried to start my day out with a run but after spending all day yesterday in my new shoes, my feet were really sore and achy. Probably from using all new muscles I wasn’t using in my other running shoes! It was really disappointing. <\/p>\n

So I came home and tried a new work out dvd a friend lent me. It was recommended to me by a running friend of mine who is a fitness consultant, and it’s called the ChaLEAN Extreme Workout<\/a>. It has a hefty price tag, but luckily a friend let me borrow it so I can test it for a workout or two before I commit to dropping the cash on it. I believe it’s about $90 plus $20 shipping, but it has nothing but positive reviews on many web sites. <\/p>\n

It was about a 35 minute workout, a good burn without being too difficult. I was only on day 1 though! I plan to do it again tomorrow and see how I do. On a random note- if you want to get fit I highly encourage you to blog if you don’t- I didn’t want to have yet another day with no workout to discuss, so I did the dvd! Nothing like a sea of people via the internet holding you accountable \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Also, how’s this for embarrassing? I was rooting around the apartment looking for some weights I purchase when I first moved to Tokyo 2 years ago, and eventually found them- with the packaging still on them! Yikes! Time to put these to use!
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I didn’t have much free time after til I had to hit the trains and head out to the air force base for tanabata dance class. I’m still reading City of Bones<\/a> by Cassandra Clare and it’s become a lot more interesting. I should finish tonight or tomorrow, and then I can have a little book club with my niece! Now, what should I read next?<\/p>\n

Dance class was fun, most of them were preparing to dance in a festival this weekend, and I can’t make it \ud83d\ude41 I’ll be cheering Dan on at the half marathon, and then our running groups Sunday chapter, Square Hash House Harriers<\/a>, is having a 4 year anniversary party, and I volunteered to bake something (of course!). Our next performance is at an elementary school, where we’ll perform and then teach the children a simple dance. Fun!<\/p>\n

QOTD<\/strong> Do you have an at-home work out you love?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey all! I want to thank you all for your kind comments and e-mails I received yesterday. It has been so incredibly frustrating not only NOT being able to run, but having no one understand when you explain the pain! So thanks for that! I thought I’d start today off with something I observed at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[205,220,181,272,271,11,130,196,321,307,13],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-books","tag-dance","tag-fitness","tag-hash-house-harriers","tag-injury","tag-japan","tag-running","tag-shoes","tag-square-hash","tag-tanabata","tag-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}