märts 2014 – Lehekülg 11 – Nourish, Train & Flourish

In Workout Week posts I will tell you everything about last weeks’ workouts.

Monday was a national holiday in Estonia so I wasn’t in Tartu and couldn’t go to BodyPump. Since everything was closed, my only option was running. The second day in a row. My shoulders and upper back were less sore from Saturday’s Crossfit. I had some uphill and downhill parts so overall it was still a pretty fast run. Time: 51 minutes; distance: 7,18K; average pace: 7:09 min per km.

Tuesday was not a traditional strip aerobics day, it was actually BodyPump day. We had an unknown instructor substituting and well… it was not what I’m used to. First she couldn’t get the warm-up track playing so she had her phone (!!!) play music. I couldn’t hear it in the front row, not to mention people in the back. After warm-up me and some other people figured the music issue out and then we at least had normal music. But she left us waaaay too little time between tracks. I didn’t have time to change weights, not to mention stretch a little, drink water or wipe sweat. Not the best workout.

Wednesday was time to try something different: in Estonian it’s called Jooks Jõud Venitus (Run Strength Stretch). We ran 30 minutes, then did different bodyweight exercises (3 rounds) like plank, wall-sits, stair runs, bar exercises and lunges and then jogged between rounds. It was AMAZING. Small training group, effective exercises and fun people. I’m gonna have to find a way to fit that workout into my schedule more often.

Thursday was MY BIRTHDAY. I turned 22. Can you tell me a better way to celebrate my birthday than going to one of my absolute favourite workouts with my favourite instructor? 🙂 BodyPump with Maris! She knew it was my birthday and had a special biceps track for me: “Raise Your Glass” by Pink. She even told it out load that this track is for me. So so sweet, it made my day more special 🙂

Since I had had very intense workouts all week + last week, I decided to take Friday easier. I went for a very slow run. Time: 1 hour, distance: 7,74K, average pace: 7:47 min per km.

Saturday was finally a swimming day after weeks. But it wasn’t a good one! 😦 First of all, my goggles kept filling up with water and I lost almost 3 minutes fixing them up… And then on the last 300 metres my left leg totally cramped up. But I still finished it, I didn’t give up! I ended up being in the pool 5 minutes longer then I could but since it wasn’t crowded, it was OK. All together 500 m of breaststroke, 500 m of front crawl and 500 metres of backstroke.

Sunday was also dedicated to swimming. 1500 metres of front crawl. Not a great swim but not bad either. Is 42:45 per 1500 metres with no breaks too slow? I really tried my best…

In total:

2 hours 50 minutes of muscle exercises

2 hours 30 minutes of running

1 hour 30 minutes of swimming

1 hour 45 minutes of walking

Ignore the heart rates, they are automatically calculated by Sportlyzer.

All in all a great week! I did what I love best (running, swimming and muscles) and felt great. The beginning of the week was maybe a little too intense but the end was a lot more relaxing. Next week: I’m ready for you 🙂

Recently my blog changed its name / title from “Margit’s workouts and LCHF lifestyle” to “Nourish, Train & Flourish“. I also moved it to my own domain. Some people might be wondering why I decided for a change, others have figured out some reasons for themselves. But initially I had these reasons.

Reason no. 1.

Original title was too long and clumsy. 5 words is a little bit too much, especially when using long words.

Reason no. 2.

Not memorable. No one actually remembered it, my blog was still known by “Margit’s blog” or “LCHF Margit”.

Reason no. 3.

Too concentrated on LCHF. I am still totally all for low-carb nutrition but since I do occasionally eat some root vegetables, will be adding fruit to my menu when I get more serious with running etc, it didn’t seem right to leave LCHF in the title. Some people are already telling me I’m not “actually” LCHF any more. For them LCHF in strictly staying under 20 g of carbs per day, no fruit etc. I still think I am, the “Food Revolution” does allow some root veggies and a little bit of fruit. And even if people wouldn’t consider me LCHF, I’m definitely low-carb: no grains and refined sugar.

Reason no. 4.

Not attractive. I just simply did not like the old name! I didn’t put too much creative thought into it when I first started in June 2013. BIG mistake. The new title is more fun and creative in my eyes.

Reason no. 5.

New title has a better meaning. First of all: nourish. Nourish your body with real food. Secondly: train. Exercise, work out, train, be physically active. And after nourishing and training: flourish. Really flourish a and be a beautiful human being, inside and out. (Eesti keeles: Toida, Treeni ja Õitse)

Uhmmm, that’s about it. Let me know if you like the new title and URL and site. If not… well, I like it and I’m not going to change it 😀 But really, comments and thought are welcomed and appreciated.

Kuu: märts 2014

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