The best thing about Mum is that she is pretty much willing to do anything. She is happy to try new things, happy to push herself and just an allround amazing woman. We've been working out together a couple of times a week and today instead of going to our usual sunday cycle class we just went to the gym ourselves because she had to be somewhere at 10.30. I told her that she therefore had to promise to do everything I told her-and she did, without complaint!
We decided to do a fair bit on the bikes cos we were missing the class so that's what we did for the first half an hour.
Workout 1: (cycling)
20 seconds hard, 10 seconds light
10 rounds.
hard=gear 15, sprint
light=gear 10, recover
30 seconds hard=gear 18, standing
60 seconds sprint=gear 10, sitting
5 rounds
5 minutes hard, going up 2 gears each minute starting on gear 10 so finishing with a minute on gear 20
Workout 2:
9 sit ups with 6kg medicine ball
15 pushups
21 (don't actually know what these are, its a squat with dumbells and when you go down for the squat you bring the dumbells down to your shoulders and then as you go to standing position you push the dumbells above your head? THRUSTERS!!!!! Thanks Jack :) ) (started with 6kg each in each hand, made it for one round but then switched to 4kg in each hand. Seriously need to get stronger.)
As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes.
Result = 6 rounds and 3 sit ups
Workout 3:
100 calories on the crosstrainer (stupid machine, this was just compromise with mum)
500m row-sprint
Was totally buggered after these....were at the gym for just over an hour. Definitely got our moneys worth.
Saturday, 29 October 2011
gnaaaarrrrrrrrllllyyyy
the last two days were a whole lot of craaappp eating. I went camping overnight for a friends birthday and the food was chips, lollies, cheese on crackers, more chips and lollies, chocolate and spaghetti bolognaise for dinner. I really needed to be more organised and have brought my own food. Very silly. I felt disgusting all today because of the crap and also the processed food that I hadn't really had a lot of in the last two weeks.
But when I got back to Perth and got home, it's back on!
Except that I spent most of the day eating nuts. Alllll day.
Food intake:
Nuts
Teriyaki chicken for dinner
2 pieces of katsu chicken
ice cream
Despite the crap eating filled camping experience, it was a very relaxing 24 hours and it was just what I needed. Just getting away for a short space of time like that can make such a huge difference.
Workout 1:
10 push ups
10 sit ups
10 squats
6 rounds.
Workout 2:
100 squats
Workout 3:
Running and on every minute:
10 squats
10 sit ups
10 push ups
For=17.30 minutes
The next part of the workout was not planned but seemed fun so it happened. It was all about 5's. There were 5 movements: double legged side jumps, double legged forward jumps, lunges, running and climbing.
5 double legged jumps, jumping sideways over each of these logs. (5 logs so 25 side jumps all up).
Then lunges to these:
Forward jumps over each of these. (Three jumps, five times so 15 all up).
Then running around these goal posts (in and out), five laps.
THEN climbing over this 5 times.
This was an awesome workout because it involved really functional stuff especially climbing over the frame. It was freaaaaking card but so fun. Definitely was getting some stares from passersby though. Would be more fun to do with someone else :)
But when I got back to Perth and got home, it's back on!
Except that I spent most of the day eating nuts. Alllll day.
Food intake:
Nuts
Teriyaki chicken for dinner
2 pieces of katsu chicken
ice cream
Despite the crap eating filled camping experience, it was a very relaxing 24 hours and it was just what I needed. Just getting away for a short space of time like that can make such a huge difference.
Workout 1:
10 push ups
10 sit ups
10 squats
6 rounds.
Workout 2:
100 squats
Workout 3:
Running and on every minute:
10 squats
10 sit ups
10 push ups
For=17.30 minutes
The next part of the workout was not planned but seemed fun so it happened. It was all about 5's. There were 5 movements: double legged side jumps, double legged forward jumps, lunges, running and climbing.
5 double legged jumps, jumping sideways over each of these logs. (5 logs so 25 side jumps all up).
Then lunges to these:
Forward jumps over each of these. (Three jumps, five times so 15 all up).
Then running around these goal posts (in and out), five laps.
THEN climbing over this 5 times.
And thennnn go backwards and do it all again! Ending back at the side jumps.
So that's a total of-
50 side jumps
30 forward jumps
approx 20 lunges
10 6m sprints
10 climbs over the wooden frame
Time=6.54 minutes
Then ran home, stopping each minute:
10 squats
10 sit ups
10 push ups
For=6.29 minutes
And then: WATERRRR
This was an awesome workout because it involved really functional stuff especially climbing over the frame. It was freaaaaking card but so fun. Definitely was getting some stares from passersby though. Would be more fun to do with someone else :)
techology sucks
the last post only half got posted so the second half is lost which was just jfk's quote and my food intake for the day. i don't remember the food but i know it included a snickers fun bar and a kingston biscuit. that's awkard.
but the quote can not be lost.
“I thought someone should do something,
then I realised I was someone.”
Thursday, 27 October 2011
rest day=boring day
This post is for yesterday, 26th October 2011 (Wednesday).
Yesterday was rest day, mainly that decision was because a. i needed one and b. i didn't think i was actually going to physically fit in a workout. Very busy day yesterday! Flat out from 8am-8pm. But learned a lot, as I heard John Button and Ann O'Neill speak, who are both incredibly awe inspiring people. John Button, wrongly convicted and inprisoned for 10 years for the manslaughter of his girlfriend. Ann O'Neill, victim to horrificly violent crime. Ann began the wonderful organisation Angelhands to help other people who have fallen victim to violent crime. Truly an extraordinary woman. She reminded me of something John F Kennedy said;
Yesterday was rest day, mainly that decision was because a. i needed one and b. i didn't think i was actually going to physically fit in a workout. Very busy day yesterday! Flat out from 8am-8pm. But learned a lot, as I heard John Button and Ann O'Neill speak, who are both incredibly awe inspiring people. John Button, wrongly convicted and inprisoned for 10 years for the manslaughter of his girlfriend. Ann O'Neill, victim to horrificly violent crime. Ann began the wonderful organisation Angelhands to help other people who have fallen victim to violent crime. Truly an extraordinary woman. She reminded me of something John F Kennedy said;
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
14 hours on my feet.
This post is for 23rd October 2011, Sunday.
On this day I was quite literally going flat out from 8am till 10pm. Killer.
Me and Mum went to the gym before our 9.30 cycle class and made the mistake/decision of going anywhere the near rowing machines. It was awesome because I haven't rowed in so long, and I really miss being able to smash out 2km for an epic time. I'll get there, I know I will, but Sunday definitely wasn't that day!
We warmed up by doing 50 calories on a bike and then rowed 2km on the ergos. I wasn't sure how I'd go on the ergo so I just went steady, wanting to test myself out before throwing myself full steam into an ergo. Not that i was race, but I did the 2km before Mum did (It was definitely a race). Then we headed downstairs and I introduced my beautiful mother to tabata.
We did tabata sit ups with a 5kg medicine ball and then a tabata plank. She got through the situps really well but in the second half of the plank she wasn't impressed. But I bullied into her keeping going and she aced it so that was awesome. I love working out with her.
Thennnn we went to our cycle class. Now i have done this class a few times now but holy shit - this time it was hard. Hard, hard, hard, hard. It was the first time where I thought, um I don't think I am actually going to be able to keep going. But I didddddd. Again, having Mum there with me makes such a huge difference. She's a huge motivator for me and very inspiring.
Then I was on my feet all day working from 11-7 and headed out to the local pub with friends after work for a few hours - more standing. Was pretty freaking stoked to fall into bed at the end of that day.
For the life of me, can't remember what I ate. OH WAIT! NO! I was so ridiculously proud of myself. The sports centre I work out has a constant supply of chips, sausage rolls, party pies and more chips out the back being eaten by everyone all day. I always pick up some chips or a sausage roll as I walk past them because its so easy to do, I never bring food with me to work and it's so easy to pick at cos I am always hungry. BUT I decided that now that I am working there all day on Sundays, I was NOT going to eat that crap so I took a salad and a fruit salad to pick at during the day and also a can of tuna to fill me up. It worked absolutely perfectly, I was full all day and i didn't eat a single piece of crap! Needless to say, i was pretty damn stoked with myself.
My boss however left a note on my salad reading 'what the fuck is this? can people even eat this shit?'
Hilarious!
On this day I was quite literally going flat out from 8am till 10pm. Killer.
Me and Mum went to the gym before our 9.30 cycle class and made the mistake/decision of going anywhere the near rowing machines. It was awesome because I haven't rowed in so long, and I really miss being able to smash out 2km for an epic time. I'll get there, I know I will, but Sunday definitely wasn't that day!
We warmed up by doing 50 calories on a bike and then rowed 2km on the ergos. I wasn't sure how I'd go on the ergo so I just went steady, wanting to test myself out before throwing myself full steam into an ergo. Not that i was race, but I did the 2km before Mum did (It was definitely a race). Then we headed downstairs and I introduced my beautiful mother to tabata.
We did tabata sit ups with a 5kg medicine ball and then a tabata plank. She got through the situps really well but in the second half of the plank she wasn't impressed. But I bullied into her keeping going and she aced it so that was awesome. I love working out with her.
Thennnn we went to our cycle class. Now i have done this class a few times now but holy shit - this time it was hard. Hard, hard, hard, hard. It was the first time where I thought, um I don't think I am actually going to be able to keep going. But I didddddd. Again, having Mum there with me makes such a huge difference. She's a huge motivator for me and very inspiring.
Then I was on my feet all day working from 11-7 and headed out to the local pub with friends after work for a few hours - more standing. Was pretty freaking stoked to fall into bed at the end of that day.
For the life of me, can't remember what I ate. OH WAIT! NO! I was so ridiculously proud of myself. The sports centre I work out has a constant supply of chips, sausage rolls, party pies and more chips out the back being eaten by everyone all day. I always pick up some chips or a sausage roll as I walk past them because its so easy to do, I never bring food with me to work and it's so easy to pick at cos I am always hungry. BUT I decided that now that I am working there all day on Sundays, I was NOT going to eat that crap so I took a salad and a fruit salad to pick at during the day and also a can of tuna to fill me up. It worked absolutely perfectly, I was full all day and i didn't eat a single piece of crap! Needless to say, i was pretty damn stoked with myself.
My boss however left a note on my salad reading 'what the fuck is this? can people even eat this shit?'
Hilarious!
Bootcamp bitches
This post is for yesterday, 24th October (Monday).
Yesterday was hilarious because I was busy doing things all day but they were all things I really enjoyed doing. Which is strange for me. But refreshing!
At 9am I went for a walk with Mum along the river, which I love walking/running along water so the river and the beach are amazing. Then at 10am I met my friend Conrad for breakfast/coffee/meeting to talk about uni stuff which was lovely, I had fruit (which to my absolute horror cost $9 and was barely anything) and Chai Tea. Then after looking in some bookshops with Conrad I bought some books and sat in a different coffee shop and read one of my new books for an hour or so waiting to meet Tim for lunch. At 12.30 I met Tim for lunch and then after that we went to yet ANOTHER cafe for more coffee! Then I got home at 3.30 or so, kept reading my book and then went to bootcamp at 5.30.
My sister bought a Scoopon which was $20 for 20 bootcamp sessions and we started last night. We'll be doing it on Mondays at 5.30pm and Thursdays 6.15am for 10 weeks. It was really good, quite hard, you can really push yourself as much as you personally want. What i liked best was that there was heaps of people and a real range of fitnesses. Because there were a bunch of really fit people, that really pushed me to work my ass off to try and keep up with them. Also because I didn't know what was coming in the session, I was able to totally switch off and focus purely on the workout. I couldn't think. Which was wonderful. The session was in a mixture of pushups, sit ups, burpees, running, hill running, squats, lunges, tricep dips etc etc. It was at Kings Park and stretched from the Jacobs Ladder corner of Kings Park all the way past the War Memorial end. The session included the Kokoda being smashed 3 times. Once is fucked enough but THREE TIMES! Awesome, but fucked.
Food intake=
yoghurt with chia seeds and frozen berries
1 poached egg with tomato sauce, salt and pepper
stir fry (beef and vegetables) ( no rice or noodles)
fruit and yoghurt at one cafe
mixed salad for lunch, lots of different vegetables and some chicken (from a salad bar)
Chai tea
1 skinny cap
I don't remember what else...this is why you need to do the post on the day!
Feeling really good about my food and my exercise. Can also ramp, ramp, ramp but it's certainly a start!
loose collar bone. (not even a typo)
I'm very naughty for not having bothered do a post in nearly a week! I think I will work backwards cos my brain won't function in any other efficient kind of way.
TODAY! 25th October 2011, that is.
I feel like I need to have an intervention for myself about that time I am waking up in the mornings! It's just ridiculous that I am not getting out of bed before 9am most mornings. My very wise Jack told me last week that he has realised finally after 20 years of living that the key to life is GOING TO BED EARLY!
So this morning I woke up at about 9am, and knew I had to get my ass into gear to get a workout in before getting to uni for my 12.30 class. Yesterday (Monday) I wrote a list of goals and am making myself write them on my mirror every night before I go to bed and every morning when I wake up. So I got up and wrote my 10 goals on the mirror!
Workout 1:
5 push ups (girls push ups)
5 squats
5 sit ups
20 rounds.
Time=10.57 minutes
Workout 2:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 sit ups
100m sprint between each set
Time=8.58 minutes
Workout 3:
21-15-9
squats
push ups (girl push ups)
Time=1.50 minutes
The first workout with 20 rounds wasn't actually that physically demanding, it was just quite tedious. 20 rounds of the same thing just got boring to be honest and didn't feel like that hard work. I probably needed to have pushed myself a lot harder. The same with the second work out, I could have really smashed the sprints more. I definitely didn't sprint as fast as I could. Something to work on - putting every bit into the workout. I think it really helps to workout with other people to get that competitiveness. Maybe I should start getting Hannah, my younger sister to workout with me, to motivate me.
I also had netball umpiring tonight, so I walked to the sports centre and umpired netball running up and down the court for 5 hours. Very exhausting, my body gets so stiff by the end of the night. I really want to start yoga!
Food intake=
cereal, yoghurt and chia seeds for breakfast
2 be natural bars (coconut, chia and apricot)
1 apple
1 pear
1 punnet strawberries (my blood sugar levels deplete like crazy while i umpire, and the umpiring girls usually eat lollies during the night to get a sugar hit, so tonight i tried to eat strawberries during the night instead, which seemed to work I think!)
1 can tuna
1 poached egg
pork, asparagus, broccolini and corn for dinner
1 skinny cap
For some reason I don't understand, my left collarbone is loose. I've always had problems with my collarbones, usually after I run for a certain amount of time, they just feel like they have come loose - the only way i can describe it...
But for some reason, the last 2 days its felt like my left collarbone is just chilling inside my chest, and is permanently loose. Not really sure how to fix this problem so at the moment just pretending its not happening. Very sustainable.
TODAY! 25th October 2011, that is.
I feel like I need to have an intervention for myself about that time I am waking up in the mornings! It's just ridiculous that I am not getting out of bed before 9am most mornings. My very wise Jack told me last week that he has realised finally after 20 years of living that the key to life is GOING TO BED EARLY!
So this morning I woke up at about 9am, and knew I had to get my ass into gear to get a workout in before getting to uni for my 12.30 class. Yesterday (Monday) I wrote a list of goals and am making myself write them on my mirror every night before I go to bed and every morning when I wake up. So I got up and wrote my 10 goals on the mirror!
Workout 1:
5 push ups (girls push ups)
5 squats
5 sit ups
20 rounds.
Time=10.57 minutes
Workout 2:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 sit ups
100m sprint between each set
Time=8.58 minutes
Workout 3:
21-15-9
squats
push ups (girl push ups)
Time=1.50 minutes
The first workout with 20 rounds wasn't actually that physically demanding, it was just quite tedious. 20 rounds of the same thing just got boring to be honest and didn't feel like that hard work. I probably needed to have pushed myself a lot harder. The same with the second work out, I could have really smashed the sprints more. I definitely didn't sprint as fast as I could. Something to work on - putting every bit into the workout. I think it really helps to workout with other people to get that competitiveness. Maybe I should start getting Hannah, my younger sister to workout with me, to motivate me.
I also had netball umpiring tonight, so I walked to the sports centre and umpired netball running up and down the court for 5 hours. Very exhausting, my body gets so stiff by the end of the night. I really want to start yoga!
Food intake=
cereal, yoghurt and chia seeds for breakfast
2 be natural bars (coconut, chia and apricot)
1 apple
1 pear
1 punnet strawberries (my blood sugar levels deplete like crazy while i umpire, and the umpiring girls usually eat lollies during the night to get a sugar hit, so tonight i tried to eat strawberries during the night instead, which seemed to work I think!)
1 can tuna
1 poached egg
pork, asparagus, broccolini and corn for dinner
1 skinny cap
For some reason I don't understand, my left collarbone is loose. I've always had problems with my collarbones, usually after I run for a certain amount of time, they just feel like they have come loose - the only way i can describe it...
But for some reason, the last 2 days its felt like my left collarbone is just chilling inside my chest, and is permanently loose. Not really sure how to fix this problem so at the moment just pretending its not happening. Very sustainable.
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Restless
Today was a rest day (because T-Marsh asked me yesterday if i was taking rest days and i lied and said yes, yes of course i am, and then thought shit i better take a rest day!) and the difference it made to my day, not having exercised, was huge. I was so restless all day, I couldn't focus, couldn't concentrate, couldn't sit in one place for more than a minute...
Food intake:
1 poached egg with tomato sauce, salt and pepper
vanilla yoghurt with frozen mango, passion fruit and strawberries with chia seeds
california rice paper rolls
2 cans of tuna
1 slice of cheese
1 rice cracker
1 kiwi fruit
strawberries
1 apple
Subway (6 inch sweet onion teriyaki with salad and cheese)
I really should have stretched more today. I did a bit, but I really should have taken out the time to do it properly. Must remember to do that on rest days!!
Food intake:
1 poached egg with tomato sauce, salt and pepper
vanilla yoghurt with frozen mango, passion fruit and strawberries with chia seeds
california rice paper rolls
2 cans of tuna
1 slice of cheese
1 rice cracker
1 kiwi fruit
strawberries
1 apple
Subway (6 inch sweet onion teriyaki with salad and cheese)
I really should have stretched more today. I did a bit, but I really should have taken out the time to do it properly. Must remember to do that on rest days!!
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
mayday mayday...NEED MASSAGE
Back is killing me today, would literally kill for a massage...there's just pain everywhere.
Woke up, did a workout before uni, went to all the way to uni so find out that my class was cancelled so went and got lunch with Timothy, went home did another work out and then umpired netball for 5 hours. Killllller.
Workout 1:
10 squats
10 sit ups
10 push ups (girl ones)
10 rounds.
Time = 9.26 minutes
Was a pretty easy workout, the sit ups were the hardest to get speed on. Can't wait till I can do lots of man pushups...that will be huuuge.
Workout 2:
200m run
10 squats
10 push ups (girl ones)
5 rounds.
Time = 8.31 minutes
Workout 3:
200 squats for time.
Time = 5.13 minutes
After the second workout I was done, and was so not interested in doing the 200 squats but after 5 minutes of arguing with myself, whinging and procrastinating I decided to just do it. JUST DO IT! The squats were a killer after having done so many goddamn squats in the last few days. Squat is a really funny word.
I didn't really eat a whole lot today I don't think.
Food intake:
Breakfast: Bowl of cereal (for the life of me can't remember what they are called...fibre bites? Weetie bites? I know they are super high in fibre and they taste good) and 2 poached eggs with tomato sauce, salt and pepper
Be Natural Bar (cococut and chia)
1 pear
Lunch: Teriyaki beef sushi roll
Dinner: Can of baked beans, strawberries, salad, 3 jelly babies (this is what I ate while I was umpiring, therefore quite erratic)
More strawberries when I got home and 1 slice of cheese.
BOXING TOMORROW, IRRATIONALLY EXCITED
Woke up, did a workout before uni, went to all the way to uni so find out that my class was cancelled so went and got lunch with Timothy, went home did another work out and then umpired netball for 5 hours. Killllller.
Workout 1:
10 squats
10 sit ups
10 push ups (girl ones)
10 rounds.
Time = 9.26 minutes
Was a pretty easy workout, the sit ups were the hardest to get speed on. Can't wait till I can do lots of man pushups...that will be huuuge.
Workout 2:
200m run
10 squats
10 push ups (girl ones)
5 rounds.
Time = 8.31 minutes
Workout 3:
200 squats for time.
Time = 5.13 minutes
After the second workout I was done, and was so not interested in doing the 200 squats but after 5 minutes of arguing with myself, whinging and procrastinating I decided to just do it. JUST DO IT! The squats were a killer after having done so many goddamn squats in the last few days. Squat is a really funny word.
I didn't really eat a whole lot today I don't think.
Food intake:
Breakfast: Bowl of cereal (for the life of me can't remember what they are called...fibre bites? Weetie bites? I know they are super high in fibre and they taste good) and 2 poached eggs with tomato sauce, salt and pepper
Be Natural Bar (cococut and chia)
1 pear
Lunch: Teriyaki beef sushi roll
Dinner: Can of baked beans, strawberries, salad, 3 jelly babies (this is what I ate while I was umpiring, therefore quite erratic)
More strawberries when I got home and 1 slice of cheese.
BOXING TOMORROW, IRRATIONALLY EXCITED
Monday, 17 October 2011
attack of the globo gym
Today was another sleep in, seriously need to get my ass into bed a whole lot earlier (I say this, as I'm writing this post at 3.05am!) but the minute I was awake Mum asked me if I wanted to go to a cycle class with her at her gym. It's a pretty mammoth gym, and I've been to a few cycle classes with her there. The classes are absolutely killer, you get seriously smashed. Today's one was at 12.30 and was only 1/2 an hour as we discovered, they have short classes at midday so people can come in their lunch breaks. It was all interval stuff so pretty much the whole class was 8 seconds max effort and 20 second normal pace. And the gears were changing like no one's business, one moment it will be light then a moment later it will have so much resistance that you can barely move the pedals. It was a killer workout-all the cardio was really good to loosen up all my muscles. Mum has bought a 50 pass card to that centre which she is sharing with me, so the plan is to go to a cycle class there once a week.
Once the class was over Mum suggested we go check out the gym which I was very disgruntled about because I've been totally converted into hating globo gyms by my crossfit mad best friends.
We got in there and it was honestly just depressing. Any exercise is better than no exercise, but it was so disheartening to see men on the cross trainers plodding along like it was a chore. I wanted to go up them, shake them by the shoulders and yell THIS IS MEANT TO BE FUN!
I think Mum had it in her head that we would do some light gym work but I managed to convince her otherwise. This gym has all the cardio equipment e.g. treadmills, bikes, rowing machines, cross trainers upstairs and then all the resistance machines down stairs. Mum and I jumped on some bikes and after a couple of minutes of warm up pedalling and gossiping as mothers and daughters do - I challenged her to a race to see who get to 100 calories first. It was on!
I was smashing her by about 7 calories when both our machines cut out!! She had already done over 50 calories and I had done at least 60 so we decided to finish the race to whoever got the next 50 calories first. And the woman cheated and started before we had even agreed on it to try and get a head on me! She totally succeeded because then I couldn't catch her for the next 50 calories. I was half a calorie behind her the whole time. Needless to say, I was not happy. It was fun making a race out of it though, instead of just sitting there pedaling along like all the other people were.
Mum then wanted to go downstairs and do some strength stuff, and it took me a few minutes to coax her off the machines and another few minutes of ranting about functional movement opposed to isolated muscles until she agreed to do what I wanted.
Workout:
30 sit ups with a 5kg medicine ball (with partner aka Mum)
30 push ups
7 squats
23 sit ups with a 5kg medicine ball (with partner aka Mum)
23 push ups
7 squats
10 sit ups with a 5kg medicine ball (with partner aka Mum)
23 push ups
7 squats
Time: 6.06 minutes
We were meant to be doing 30 sit ups for all 3 rounds but Mum nearly punched me during the second round when I told her she had to do another 30 so I took the number of sit ups down each round, for fear of my own life.
Food intake
Breakfast: 1 poached egg with tomato sauce and salt and pepper, blueberry yoghurt with frozen berries and chia seeds
Lunch: Salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, avocado), chicken and sweet chilli tuna
Dinner: Subway (Foot long sweet onion teriyaki chicken with salads and old english cheese on italian, herbs and cheese bread)
Not so smart on the subway...
Once the class was over Mum suggested we go check out the gym which I was very disgruntled about because I've been totally converted into hating globo gyms by my crossfit mad best friends.
We got in there and it was honestly just depressing. Any exercise is better than no exercise, but it was so disheartening to see men on the cross trainers plodding along like it was a chore. I wanted to go up them, shake them by the shoulders and yell THIS IS MEANT TO BE FUN!
I think Mum had it in her head that we would do some light gym work but I managed to convince her otherwise. This gym has all the cardio equipment e.g. treadmills, bikes, rowing machines, cross trainers upstairs and then all the resistance machines down stairs. Mum and I jumped on some bikes and after a couple of minutes of warm up pedalling and gossiping as mothers and daughters do - I challenged her to a race to see who get to 100 calories first. It was on!
I was smashing her by about 7 calories when both our machines cut out!! She had already done over 50 calories and I had done at least 60 so we decided to finish the race to whoever got the next 50 calories first. And the woman cheated and started before we had even agreed on it to try and get a head on me! She totally succeeded because then I couldn't catch her for the next 50 calories. I was half a calorie behind her the whole time. Needless to say, I was not happy. It was fun making a race out of it though, instead of just sitting there pedaling along like all the other people were.
Mum then wanted to go downstairs and do some strength stuff, and it took me a few minutes to coax her off the machines and another few minutes of ranting about functional movement opposed to isolated muscles until she agreed to do what I wanted.
Workout:
30 sit ups with a 5kg medicine ball (with partner aka Mum)
30 push ups
7 squats
23 sit ups with a 5kg medicine ball (with partner aka Mum)
23 push ups
7 squats
10 sit ups with a 5kg medicine ball (with partner aka Mum)
23 push ups
7 squats
Time: 6.06 minutes
We were meant to be doing 30 sit ups for all 3 rounds but Mum nearly punched me during the second round when I told her she had to do another 30 so I took the number of sit ups down each round, for fear of my own life.
Food intake
Breakfast: 1 poached egg with tomato sauce and salt and pepper, blueberry yoghurt with frozen berries and chia seeds
Lunch: Salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, avocado), chicken and sweet chilli tuna
Dinner: Subway (Foot long sweet onion teriyaki chicken with salads and old english cheese on italian, herbs and cheese bread)
Not so smart on the subway...
squats anyone?
This post is for yesterday, Sunday 16th October. This morning I slept in and then went to work in the city. It was a very quiet today, I think everyone was at the beach because the weather was amazing! Food was much better today, starting to find it easier to find things to eat that aren't processed etc.
Workout at work due to the lack of customers:
100 squats for time.
Time: 2.22 minutes
Needless to say, I was sore from the freaking tabata crap from the night before so 100 squats didn't come out easy. But they did nonetheless.
I headed down to the lake near my house to do the first workout on Eva T's list. Perfect time of the night, still light but a bit cooler than the 34 degree day it had been.
Workout:
Lap of the lake
50 squats
3 rounds
Time: 17.54 minutes
The workout said for the run to be 1/2 a mile which is 800 metres but I had no idea how far it is around the lake. Dad reckons it's about 500m, but it felt like further. So who knows, I just know I ran around it 3 times.
Food intake
Breakfast: 2 poached eggs
Lunch: a garden salad (never eaten so much lettuce at one time, I felt like a rabbit)
Punnet of strawberries
A whole bunch of almonds
Bowl of fruit and icecream
Lunch: chicken and salad (tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, capsicum. avocado)
Be Natural Coconut and Chia Bar
Workout at work due to the lack of customers:
100 squats for time.
Time: 2.22 minutes
Needless to say, I was sore from the freaking tabata crap from the night before so 100 squats didn't come out easy. But they did nonetheless.
I headed down to the lake near my house to do the first workout on Eva T's list. Perfect time of the night, still light but a bit cooler than the 34 degree day it had been.
Workout:
Lap of the lake
50 squats
3 rounds
Time: 17.54 minutes
The workout said for the run to be 1/2 a mile which is 800 metres but I had no idea how far it is around the lake. Dad reckons it's about 500m, but it felt like further. So who knows, I just know I ran around it 3 times.
Food intake
Breakfast: 2 poached eggs
Lunch: a garden salad (never eaten so much lettuce at one time, I felt like a rabbit)
Punnet of strawberries
A whole bunch of almonds
Bowl of fruit and icecream
Lunch: chicken and salad (tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce, capsicum. avocado)
Be Natural Coconut and Chia Bar
Saturday, 15 October 2011
I love you Eva T!
One of the more exciting things in the world was stumbling across Eva T's body weight workouts! They require no equipment which is exactly that I need! And there are so many! Eva T I love you!
http://www.crossfitgenesis.com/resources/eva-t-bodyweight-workouts
This is also helpful but it requires a pull up bar...not to mention being able to actually do a pull up. I know I will need to use a band to be able to learn how to do them, so my problem solving skills are still working on how I will achieve that...or even if I got a band, where I could do them...
http://www.crossfitgenesis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/comprehensive_bodyweight_workout_list_v15.pdf
Goals
1. Learn how to do handstand pushups
2. Learn how to do double unders
http://www.crossfitgenesis.com/resources/eva-t-bodyweight-workouts
This is also helpful but it requires a pull up bar...not to mention being able to actually do a pull up. I know I will need to use a band to be able to learn how to do them, so my problem solving skills are still working on how I will achieve that...or even if I got a band, where I could do them...
http://www.crossfitgenesis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/comprehensive_bodyweight_workout_list_v15.pdf
Goals
1. Learn how to do handstand pushups
2. Learn how to do double unders
How to poach a vegetable
http://gourmetfood.about.com/od/cookingtechniques/a/poaching.htm
Poaching, as a method of cooking, has been around for centuries, if not millennia. Our prehistoric ancestors were probably tossing freshly caught fish or reptiles into the local hot springs for a tasty snack. Even today, though, poaching remains somewhat of a mystery to home cooks, seen as an art only suitable for celebrity chefs. The occasional poached egg may make it into our repertoire, but anything higher up the food chain is left untested. In reality, poaching is one of the easiest forms of cooking and is fairly foolproof if you follow these simple steps.
- First, decide on what meat you want to use. Poaching works great with chicken, especially chicken breasts. Chicken absorbs the flavor of the poaching liquid well, and turns mediocre poultry into something truly tasty. Fish is also a classic poaching product. White fish works extremely well, but some red fish, like salmon, are equally suitable. Even beef can be poached! Although sacrilege to some hardcore meat-eaters, poached beef is a mainstay in Europe and can be a delightful change on the menu. For poaching, use the same cuts of beef you would use for roasting like sirloin strips or rump roast.
- Next, choose a container for the stovetop to poach your chosen protein. The pot should be a bit larger than the meat with enough room to easily cover the meat with about an inch of water or stock. To the pot add your poaching liquid and bring to a boil. What’s a poaching liquid? Don’t worry. This is the best part.
- Start with a liquid to match what you are poaching. Stock or broth adds instant flavor to the meal. Chicken stock for chicken, beef stock for beef, vegetable stock for fish (store bought is perfectly fine). And, of course, water will always work. Next, you need an acid. Vinegar, wine, or lemon juice are all good choices. Add about 1/4 cup of acid to each quart of your stock or water. You should be able to taste the acid in the liquid. Finally, add your flavorings. Add herbs, spices, and vegetables to the poaching liquid. These flavors will be absorbed by the meat and are what poaching is all about. Good things to add include: basil, chives, coriander, dill, oregano, parsley, rosemary, star anise, tarragon, thyme, bay leaf, peppercorns, onions, carrots. Use fresh herbs when possible and don’t worry about chopping things up. Just stick it in the pot.
- Bring the poaching liquid to a boil, and then add the meat. The poaching liquid should completely cover the meat by about one inch. This will ensure that the meat cooks evenly and will have the proper color and texture when finished. After the meat is added, reduce the heat to the proper poaching temperature. If you happen to have an instant read thermometer, this is a handy place to use it. If poaching fish, the temperature of the liquid should be maintained between 175ºF and 185ºF. The poaching liquid for chicken or beef should be between 160ºF and 175ºF. If you don’t have a thermometer, don’t worry. Just keep the temperature below that of a simmer. The liquid should not be bubbling (one or two bubbles is ok) and the surface will appear to be rippling.
- Cooking time varies depending on the size of the meat you are cooking. Typically, an eight-ounce portion of fish will take about 10 minutes and an equal size portion ofchicken about 15 to 20 minutes. If unsure if it’s done, you can always cut into the meat before serving to make sure it has been cooked through.
For a quick and low-fat sauce, add a vegetable coulis to the dish. Puree some steamed vegetables in a blender with a little bit of water and some salt and pepper. Classic accompaniments to poached meats include rice or pasta and steamed vegetables. Enjoy!
grill'd x2
As I'm writing this I know you'll be happy when you see this Tim!
So didn't do a lot during the week, but as Tim gently reminded me I should be doing posts even if I haven't worked out that day.
Today was the first day of Tim and Jack's Wounded Warrior competition which was awesome to see! Such an amazing atmosphere at Crossfit Perth, it just makes me want to do crossfit everytime! Still working on the money side of things so for now its on my own. I'm lucky to have two friends that are willing to give me good workouts to try! They did such an awesome job at olympic lifting today, both getting personal records. So that was definitely enough to swing me back into gear!
I learned today that 'tabata' is when you do a movement for 20 seconds and then take 10 seconds rest, repeating 8 times. So that makes 4 minutes. At least I hope that's right-if not please correct me either Marshall! Tim told me to do tabata squats so that's what I did. And then that wasn't enough so I kept going. Ow.
Workout:
Tabata squats = 133 squats
Tabata sit ups = 85
Tabata push ups = 99 (first 15 were proper ones but that clearly was not sustainable so I changed to girl push ups)
Tabata phantom chair
Tabata plank
The push ups were the hardest, definitely have to get better at those, I used to be able to smash out so many proper ones so there's a lotttttt of room for improvement! Towards the end of the chair and the plank I was definitely shaking. Tim said to aim to do at least 15 squats each time and did about 16 so I was pretty happy with that.
Food was erratic today (and Tim and Jack I know when you read this you are going to have a heart attack about the bread etc etc etc etc hahaha). I had Grill'd twice today! Lunch and dinner! Lunch after the boys comp and then dinner with Mum and Dad. Disassssssssssster!
Food intake:
Porridge for breakfast
2 pieces of wholemeal bread with avocado
Summer sunset for lunch
Summer sunset for dinner
salt and vinegar almonds during the day
I think the way to go foodwise will be to make a plan the night before for what I am going to eat and stick to it. Without a plan it's too easy to do something stupid like have Grill'd twice in a day. And I did the workout so soon after dinner that I nearly tasted Grill'd a third time in one day, as it nearly came back up. Grossss
Friday, 7 October 2011
ow ow ow ow ow
Today was a good day. My food intake was generally good and I did a good workout considering my shins are giving me hell. The weather was beautiful but I spent a lot of the day inside, mainly because my shins were hurting so much it's painful to walk. So I had to get creative and come up with a workout that wouldn't involve impact on my lower legs but still be a killer workout, getting my heart rate up and getting me all nice and sweaty.
Work out by me (i clearly have a death wish)
Work out:
Push ups
Sit ups
Squats
Tricep dips
Reps:
50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 9, 8, 7 ,6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Time: 26.19
This was a really good workout, I was literally dripping with sweat by the end. I contemplating adding rests after each round, e.g. 50 second rest after the 50 round, 40 second rest after the 40 round, but I decided to go all out and just try and smash it without a rest which was definitely the right decision. I don't think the rest would have actually helped to be honest. The killer was the tricep dips, it was almost as if after the first 50 my triceps just ceased to function. I'm pretty sure it ended up being the rest of body pulling itself up for the tricep dips because my triceps were just not happening. But the pushups and squats were surprisingly easy, although I did do lady pushups so I'll definitely aim to be able to do more and more consecutive man pushups as I get fitter. The sit ups were an effort but that's to be expected. I got through them which was achievement enough! I worked out that all up I did 195 reps of each movement so I'm pretty happy with that.
Definitely deserved the jump in the pool after that workout!
Food intake:
Oats with honey and skim milk
1 pear
1 bowl of chicken soup
2 mini time-outs
handful of almonds
4 pieces of teriyaki chicken sushi
4 mini pieces of tuna sushi
It was really interesting today because I have been drinking so much water all week and today I barely drank any, which made me feel instantly dehydrated. I had head aches, my mouth felt dry, and I could tell the workout was harder because I hadn't drank enough water that day. It goes to show that even something that you might think is not a big deal like your water intake, plays such a massive part in your mental and physical state all day.
It's going to be really challenging keeping on going with these bloody shin splints but I am determined to keep working at it.
Work out by me (i clearly have a death wish)
Work out:
Push ups
Sit ups
Squats
Tricep dips
Reps:
50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 9, 8, 7 ,6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Time: 26.19
This was a really good workout, I was literally dripping with sweat by the end. I contemplating adding rests after each round, e.g. 50 second rest after the 50 round, 40 second rest after the 40 round, but I decided to go all out and just try and smash it without a rest which was definitely the right decision. I don't think the rest would have actually helped to be honest. The killer was the tricep dips, it was almost as if after the first 50 my triceps just ceased to function. I'm pretty sure it ended up being the rest of body pulling itself up for the tricep dips because my triceps were just not happening. But the pushups and squats were surprisingly easy, although I did do lady pushups so I'll definitely aim to be able to do more and more consecutive man pushups as I get fitter. The sit ups were an effort but that's to be expected. I got through them which was achievement enough! I worked out that all up I did 195 reps of each movement so I'm pretty happy with that.
Definitely deserved the jump in the pool after that workout!
Food intake:
Oats with honey and skim milk
1 pear
1 bowl of chicken soup
2 mini time-outs
handful of almonds
4 pieces of teriyaki chicken sushi
4 mini pieces of tuna sushi
It was really interesting today because I have been drinking so much water all week and today I barely drank any, which made me feel instantly dehydrated. I had head aches, my mouth felt dry, and I could tell the workout was harder because I hadn't drank enough water that day. It goes to show that even something that you might think is not a big deal like your water intake, plays such a massive part in your mental and physical state all day.
It's going to be really challenging keeping on going with these bloody shin splints but I am determined to keep working at it.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
dear shin splints...i....hate....you
On this day Mum came to get me from my housesitting house at 6am and we went to the beach for a walk. I set my alarm for 5.30 and couldn't believe that it was actually already light at that time! We parked at North Cott and walked at good strong pace for 45 minutes. We tried to take it up to a run but after 5 minutes we were both so sore that Mum said hellll no. So a walk it was! But after about 15 minutes my deadly shins started hurting. I completely forgot that I am not meant to go for walks because my heavy heel strike when I was is what triggers my shin splints. Farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk. I got through the whole walk but had to stop a couple of times to stretch because it was so painful. They hurt absolutely all day which is annoying because I had to walk too and from train stations to get anywhere. Very very very frustrating. I was so sore that I didn't work out again that day. VERY FRUSTRATING. I know I need to just get creative and do work outs that don't involve putting any impact on shins. Need to try this tomorrow.
After the walk me and Mum did:
1 minute bridge
30 pushups
30 tricep dips
Food intake:
Omega 3 Plus cereal with yoghurt and skim milk
2 turkey rice paper rolls
2 apples
low fat apple and cinnamon muffin
1 coke zero
1 french vanilla forme yoghurt
3 pieces of pizza
3 pieces of garlic bread
I think one of my downfalls with food is that I often think, well it's only one thing that isn't healthy, I usually eat well so one thing is fine, it's all in moderation. But then that one thing is every day so that all adds up and equals not good for me. I do think that I need to be a lot stricter with myself and not take the easy way out.
Interesting to see how long these bloody shin splints last. Such bad timing damn it.
After the walk me and Mum did:
1 minute bridge
30 pushups
30 tricep dips
Food intake:
Omega 3 Plus cereal with yoghurt and skim milk
2 turkey rice paper rolls
2 apples
low fat apple and cinnamon muffin
1 coke zero
1 french vanilla forme yoghurt
3 pieces of pizza
3 pieces of garlic bread
I think one of my downfalls with food is that I often think, well it's only one thing that isn't healthy, I usually eat well so one thing is fine, it's all in moderation. But then that one thing is every day so that all adds up and equals not good for me. I do think that I need to be a lot stricter with myself and not take the easy way out.
Interesting to see how long these bloody shin splints last. Such bad timing damn it.
The Esplanade
On Wednesday I was lucky enough to get to see me friend Jess from Sydney! We went out for lunch in the city but before I met up with her and my sister, I went to the Esplanade on the foreshore and did a work out which was lots of fun. I was pretty damn sore so I wasn't sure how I was going to fare but it was gooooood.
Workout designed by me.
Run around the tree and then the pole and into the undercover area (approx 50 metres? not sure)
In undercover area 20 step ups on each leg (so 40 step ups)
On every second minute 5 pushups, 10 squats, 15 sit ups
I did this for 15 minutes. It was a sweaty, yucky workout but good to loosen up some muscles. The biggest surprise was how easy the pushups were, I was expecting them to be death cos I was hurting so much from doing pushups that last few days but nup, they were easy as! Shows you how quickly you can get something back, that's for sure.
Food intake: Can't really remember what I ate this whole day, I know it was Omega 3 Plus cereal with skim milk for breakfast, chicken sushi for lunch...stir fry agaiiin for dinner. Oh yeah and i had a plate of cheese, ghurkins and olives. <<<BAD, need to notttt do that. Rachael came round for dinner and got the ice cream tub out so i had a few spoonfuls of that too.
Love love love training outdoors :)
Workout designed by me.
Run around the tree and then the pole and into the undercover area (approx 50 metres? not sure)
In undercover area 20 step ups on each leg (so 40 step ups)
On every second minute 5 pushups, 10 squats, 15 sit ups
I did this for 15 minutes. It was a sweaty, yucky workout but good to loosen up some muscles. The biggest surprise was how easy the pushups were, I was expecting them to be death cos I was hurting so much from doing pushups that last few days but nup, they were easy as! Shows you how quickly you can get something back, that's for sure.
Food intake: Can't really remember what I ate this whole day, I know it was Omega 3 Plus cereal with skim milk for breakfast, chicken sushi for lunch...stir fry agaiiin for dinner. Oh yeah and i had a plate of cheese, ghurkins and olives. <<<BAD, need to notttt do that. Rachael came round for dinner and got the ice cream tub out so i had a few spoonfuls of that too.
Love love love training outdoors :)
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Death by lunges
This post is for the 4th October. I've realised that possibly both my strength and weakness when it comes to training is that if someone says I should try a workout - I can't cop out. I have to try it! So when I wake up on Tuesday morning and ask Tim what workout I should do today and he says 100 lunges...well it's all tied up and there's no where to escape.
There's a great park near my house sitting house which is sweet for training so we made our way down to the park and after several handstands, cartwheels and groans, we started the workout.
This workout was Tim's idea.
100 lunges for time. BUT after every minute 10 squats.
Time: 4.33
I completely underestimated how much this would hurt. The first 30 were fine and then I got to 40. I literally thought there was no way I was going to do another 60. But then I did. I love working out with Tim and Jack because giving up is not an option! There is no way that I would cop out in front of them and they really push me which is ace.
In the afternoon I went for a 15 minute jog and then took Molly for a walk, just to loosen up my muscles and get the blood flowing. Cos I am getting sorer by the second.
During the day I had moved my whole room around which was a feat in itself, heaving my huge desk from one end of the room to the over, manouevring around everything else in my room.
Food intake:
Omega 3 Plus Cereal with 1/2 cup skim milk
White bread sandwich with salmon, lettuce, tomato, beetroot, mayo and cheese
Stir fry with chicken, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, honey and garlic sauce, zucchini, carrot, capsicum
Chocolate covered peanuts
Watermelon
Almonds, cashews
1 bite of turkish delight
1 bite of a milky way
I definitely need more will power to stay away from snacking especially when I am in social situations. Also looking for more creativity and variety to continue coming up with new workouts.
Food intake:
There's a great park near my house sitting house which is sweet for training so we made our way down to the park and after several handstands, cartwheels and groans, we started the workout.
This workout was Tim's idea.
100 lunges for time. BUT after every minute 10 squats.
Time: 4.33
I completely underestimated how much this would hurt. The first 30 were fine and then I got to 40. I literally thought there was no way I was going to do another 60. But then I did. I love working out with Tim and Jack because giving up is not an option! There is no way that I would cop out in front of them and they really push me which is ace.
In the afternoon I went for a 15 minute jog and then took Molly for a walk, just to loosen up my muscles and get the blood flowing. Cos I am getting sorer by the second.
During the day I had moved my whole room around which was a feat in itself, heaving my huge desk from one end of the room to the over, manouevring around everything else in my room.
Food intake:
Omega 3 Plus Cereal with 1/2 cup skim milk
White bread sandwich with salmon, lettuce, tomato, beetroot, mayo and cheese
Stir fry with chicken, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, honey and garlic sauce, zucchini, carrot, capsicum
Chocolate covered peanuts
Watermelon
Almonds, cashews
1 bite of turkish delight
1 bite of a milky way
I definitely need more will power to stay away from snacking especially when I am in social situations. Also looking for more creativity and variety to continue coming up with new workouts.
Food intake:
ten ten ten
Day 2 is always going to be tough, sort of the day where if you don't do the training then you probably won't again. I began housesitting for some family friends on this day, which is a lovely huge house with a good backyard with a good patch of grass for doing some training.
This post is for 3rd October 2011.
Workout was designed by me and done in the backyard. This was tough but manageable and man I was sore after yesterday that's for sure. My body is definitely punishing me for taking such a long break from training.
10 squats
10 burpees
10 situps
10 leg raises left
10 leg raises right
10 tricep dips
10 pushups
10 lunges left
10 lunges right
10 metre run
This was to do as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes.
Result: 3 rounds plus the squats and the burpees
If i was to do this again I would change the leg raises for something harder, they were a bit soft. Another way of doing it would also to do 10 rounds for time. During the workout I was thinking about how hard that would be and yeah-it would be hard and it would hurt. Which only makes me want to try it :)
Food intake:
Cereal and milk
1 poached egg
3 slices of ham
2 tomatoes, 1/2 red capscicum with orange juice, balsamic, and salt and pepper dressing
chocolate covered peanuts
1/2 goldren rough
1/2 mint pattie
2 rice crackers with peanut butter
2 saladas with peanut butter
cashews, almonds
1 carrot with peanut butter
vintage crumbly cheese
1/8 of a watermelon
The lesson to be taken from the second half of the food intake is to not pick at food, sit down and eat a meal and not pick at food from the fridge and pantry purely out of boredom. A good trick to avoid this is to make a tea when I feel myself being drawn to the kitchen.
This post is for 3rd October 2011.
Workout was designed by me and done in the backyard. This was tough but manageable and man I was sore after yesterday that's for sure. My body is definitely punishing me for taking such a long break from training.
10 squats
10 burpees
10 situps
10 leg raises left
10 leg raises right
10 tricep dips
10 pushups
10 lunges left
10 lunges right
10 metre run
This was to do as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes.
Result: 3 rounds plus the squats and the burpees
If i was to do this again I would change the leg raises for something harder, they were a bit soft. Another way of doing it would also to do 10 rounds for time. During the workout I was thinking about how hard that would be and yeah-it would be hard and it would hurt. Which only makes me want to try it :)
Food intake:
Cereal and milk
1 poached egg
3 slices of ham
2 tomatoes, 1/2 red capscicum with orange juice, balsamic, and salt and pepper dressing
chocolate covered peanuts
1/2 goldren rough
1/2 mint pattie
2 rice crackers with peanut butter
2 saladas with peanut butter
cashews, almonds
1 carrot with peanut butter
vintage crumbly cheese
1/8 of a watermelon
The lesson to be taken from the second half of the food intake is to not pick at food, sit down and eat a meal and not pick at food from the fridge and pantry purely out of boredom. A good trick to avoid this is to make a tea when I feel myself being drawn to the kitchen.
First hardcore exercise in over 6 months!
Yep, judging by the title of this post this day was the beginning of a whole lot of pain.
This post is for 2nd October 2011. The workout I did was given to me by Tim and later in the afternoon Jack came round after work to do the work out with me. It was excellent having Jack to get me through it. We jogged down to Shenton park lake to warm up, did a few pushups, lunges, squats and had a bit of a stretch. I felt sick at the thought of what I was about to do but only one way up I guess! Jack made me realise how lucky I was to live do close to a place like the lake. Has a huge grass area, stairs, benches, and it's beautiful. Definitely need to get down there for training more often.
Workout:
400 metre run
5 burpees
10 pushups
15 air squats
4 rounds for time.
Time: 12 minutes
first round was bareable, second round made me feel like I was going to die and the second two rounds were just trying to push through!
I finished it, which was the goal-would love to do the workout again in a few months to see what my time is then :)
Food intake:
Cereal with skim milk
1/2 kiwi fruit
1/4 orange
1/2 apple
2 cheesesticks
Dark wholegrain sandwich with ham, salami, lettuce, avocado, aeoli and cheese
Milkshake (1 scoop vanilla icecream, hilo milk, 1 tbs milo, raspberries)
Pasta with chicken, olives, fetta and sundried tomatoes
Fruit and Nut Be Natural Bar
I have been focusing on drinking lots of water, which I am finding surprisingly easy which is a huge plus. Feeling really hydrated and burning calories from how many times I have to walk to the toilet every day thats for sure...
First day complete! Oh yeah and I am doing Ocsober as well which means I don't drink alcohol for the whole of October so that will definitely help me along. Good all round really :)
This post is for 2nd October 2011. The workout I did was given to me by Tim and later in the afternoon Jack came round after work to do the work out with me. It was excellent having Jack to get me through it. We jogged down to Shenton park lake to warm up, did a few pushups, lunges, squats and had a bit of a stretch. I felt sick at the thought of what I was about to do but only one way up I guess! Jack made me realise how lucky I was to live do close to a place like the lake. Has a huge grass area, stairs, benches, and it's beautiful. Definitely need to get down there for training more often.
Workout:
400 metre run
5 burpees
10 pushups
15 air squats
4 rounds for time.
Time: 12 minutes
first round was bareable, second round made me feel like I was going to die and the second two rounds were just trying to push through!
I finished it, which was the goal-would love to do the workout again in a few months to see what my time is then :)
Food intake:
Cereal with skim milk
1/2 kiwi fruit
1/4 orange
1/2 apple
2 cheesesticks
Dark wholegrain sandwich with ham, salami, lettuce, avocado, aeoli and cheese
Milkshake (1 scoop vanilla icecream, hilo milk, 1 tbs milo, raspberries)
Pasta with chicken, olives, fetta and sundried tomatoes
Fruit and Nut Be Natural Bar
I have been focusing on drinking lots of water, which I am finding surprisingly easy which is a huge plus. Feeling really hydrated and burning calories from how many times I have to walk to the toilet every day thats for sure...
First day complete! Oh yeah and I am doing Ocsober as well which means I don't drink alcohol for the whole of October so that will definitely help me along. Good all round really :)
Monday, 3 October 2011
Getting my fitness back!
Three years ago I was at my peak of fitness and was not only doing well but doing excellently. I was beating everyone else at ergos, beating everyone else on the runs, I was the one coming first. Three years on, I'm 19 nearly 20 and have lost all, absolutely all of that fitness. I've put on 13kg since then and have lost any confidence I had then. But that's all going to change! I am going to get my fitness back, get the weight back off and start coming first again. My friends Tim and Jack have blogs that keep them on track and keep them motivated, so I figure why not give it a crack! I will post my food intake, my workouts and my weekly weight. Lets get on it!
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