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Workout Week 1.–7.07.2013

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In Workout Week posts I will tell you everything about my last week’s workouts. 

This week was a little bit different because my Wednesday’s Zumba class was moved to Monday. Besides that I also did a regular 30 minute walk that day.

Tuesday was rest day because Saturday and Sunday had also been workout days. On Tuesday I did a regular half an hour walk and also some cycling because I had to go to the library and decided not to take the bus.

Wednesday was a day of bad decisions. I somehow saw that it was a gorgeous day outside and thought that the warm weather would be just fine for running. At midday. Bad decision! I have never been so wrong! The sun was HOT, there was strong wind, I had no water with me and no sunscreen on me. I killed myself that workout, was dehydrated and got tanlines from my top. I had to walk a lot and I hate walking on my runs. My heart rate didn’t go back to normal in hours. If it’s hot ans sunny and windy: no matter what Nike says (“Just do it!”)… Just don’t. Don’t. Wait for the evening hours. Later that day I also did a walk.

Thursday was a tough day also because I could feel the Wednesday’s bad decisions in my muscles and body. But I did a regular run without walking and a small walk in the night time.

Friday was rest day again. Did a walk and cycled to my nearest town and back.

Saturday was a great day for me because I completed my ultimate goal aka 10K run. Read about that here.

Sunday I didn’t feel like running and decided to take my bike and just cycle around my area for an hour. The weather was nice but it was really windy so my speed wasn’t that great, only about 16 km/h. But that is still really good for that kind of wind.

 

In total:

2,5 hours of walking

1 hour of Zumba

2 hours 10 minutes of cycling

3,5 hours of running

 

It was a good week. 🙂

My workout routine

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First of all I have to say: I really don’t have a specific routine.

I work out 5 times a week. Usually one of those times is zumba. Zumba is a dance fitness program. My best friend is an instructor so I take her class once a week, usually on Wednesdays. The other 4 workouts are either an hour of cycling, an hour of running, an hour of tennis.

Pretty basic.

An hour of running equals 7,2 kilometres (4,5 miles) for me. So it is basically jogging not running. I run outside.

An hour of cycling is 17 kilometres (10,5 miles). Nothing special about that. Just keep your legs moving and you are fine. NB! The first couple of times you might encounter serious butt pain the next day.

An hour of tennis is a bit more complicated because I need someone to play with me, I can’t do it all alone. Usually I play with my dad. Fortunately we have a tennis court 200 metres from my house. I really suck at tennis but as long as I am moving, it’s all good.

Rain or sun – if it’s workout day, I will go outside and do my thing. But you have to have the right clothing! Or shoes and socks I should say. If I wear the wrong shoes or socks, I will get foot pain and blisters. Make sure you don’t do more bad than good when working out. It is really worth investing in well known brands when it comes to workout gear, they really hold up well and are worth the money. Example: my last Nike running shoes held up for 7 years!

If you want a post with pictures and more about workout clothes/shoes, let me know.