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Workout Week 30.09–6.10.2013

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

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On Monday I felt a little pain in my hips but still decided to go to BodyPump. Our instructor got injured right before the class. And she’s running a marathon on Saturday so I hope she recoveres. We had a substitute instructor Florian. OMG. He was just amazing! I really gave my all in that class like never before. He was so emotional and really managed to get us focus and push ourselves even more. I was in front row this class and it was so much better. I felt like my technique improved during that class. Awesome end to the day.

Tuesday was the day of strip aerobics. The same routine for the third class in a row. I have to tell you, it started to get a little boring. I hope the instructor has a new exciting routine for us next week. After the class, a girl approached me in the dressing room and told me she reads my blog. Thank you, Kristel, for coming up to me and saying that! It was lovely to put a name with the face. If any blog readers see me somewhere and want to say hi, please do! I loved it and kept smiling all evening long. It was the first time ever a blog reader has talked to me in real life.

Wednesday‘s body conditioning was absolutely great this week. We had a little bit of those crazy coordination exercises but I managed them. We did squats and other fun stuff that I enjoy. I also had the second heaviest bar at squats and that made me feel good. I saw some girls looking at me jealous/admiring and I liked that lol. I love when I can actually feel improvement and more strength while working out. In the evening I really started to get a little nervous about Saturday’s 10K race.

On Thursday I had an 8 AM workout so that I have maximum time for studying larer on. Well, since I went there on an empty stomach first thing in the morning, I thought it would be a nice idea to weigh myself. I hadn’t weighed myself in the morning for about 10 days since I don’t have a scale in the dorm room. I was hoping to be like half a kilo lighter. Oh, that didn’t happen. I was 1,5 kg HEAVIER than 10 days ago. I don’t understand that really. I feel like I look better but I’m gaining. God knows. Next time I will weigh myself in about 10 days back at home and we’ll see what happens. I’m not going to freak out right now. The workout itself was great: we used bosu balls and I managed to keep mu balance at all times! I used to be so bad at bosu, now I’m pretty good. 

Me still smiling after that horrible weigh-in.

In the evening I felt so tired and bad from sitting on my bum all day and studying so around 6 PM I went for a quick 40 minute walk before the sun went down. Forgot to take my gloves. It was so cold! But the walk gave me a nice amount of energy and fresh air. Really needed that after a day of researching books and papers. What made me worry though, were the anterior shin splints I’d been experiencing for about 2–3 days. I was really hoping they went away by race time on Saturday.

My Thursday walk in Tartu

Friday began quite late in the morning with an hour and 10 minute long powerwalk at 11 AM. The race center opened at noon, that’s why I didn’t go for a walk earlier, I didn’t want to chop up my day by going for a walk, studying half an hour, then heading out and coming back again. From my powerwalk I went straight to the center and got my start materials. Scary stuff! Nerves kicking in even more. 1 day left till the race!

Saturday was the day of the race! Post coming soon.

Sunday was rest day. I made a 1 hour 10 minute walk is the autumnal, cold and rainy weather.

 

In total:

  • 3 hours of walking

  • 1 hour 10 minutes of running

  • 2 hours 45 minutes of muscle workout

  • 1 hour of dancing

I had an amazing week. Next week will be lacking in muscle workout and have more cardio since I’m going home after being in Tartu for 2 weekends in a row. Usually that doesn’t happen: I go home every (other weekend). When I’m back at my real home, I’ll be doing some cardio, hopefully get to go swimming s well.

Workout Week 23.–29.09.2013

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

Monday was a busy school day that ended with BodyPump at 8 PM as usual. And it was hard as usual. But the feeling after that workout i amazing, I can really feel that all muscle groups have gotten a good workout.

Tuesday was also nothing new: an hour of strip aerobics. Great, fun and full of good emotions as always. If they cancel that class, I will be crushed in my heart.

On Wednesday I had a regular body conditioning class aka lots of different muscle exercises with dumbbells and the weights that usually go onto bars. Wednesday’s class just for me this time! Lots of different moves that needed excellent coordination and balance that I don’t have that much. Like putting one dumbbell in my knee-cap and the other one in my hand and then moving in a certain way. The dumbbell in my knee-cap just kept falling and I spent more time fixing it than working out (so angry about that!). So I got a little unmotivated and the fact that I was sore from BodyPump didn’t help. I didn’t give my all that day and I hate that feeling. Hopefully next week’s program is more my cup of tea.

I really should have made Thursday a rest day but I was determined to kill my muscles totally. Fortunately the functional workout with indtructor Ivika isn’t as tough as with other instructors like Kristi or Reene. We did exercises with a fitness ball. Me and my balance… Don’t even get me started. Oh, Ivika always tells us to take our shoes and socks off in classes where we don’t need to jump etc. It is supposedly good for our feet and posture. But it was interesting to have a change in my workout routine. 

Friday was my university’s sports day at my sports club TYSK. Every student and uni employee could take part in almost 2 hours of Zumba, functional workout and back workout for free. Isn’t that great? I managed to get my friend to come with me. Everything was great except after stretching in the end, I got a leg cramp. Not good. I think I needed to drink more water. After that I listened to a very interesting lecture about how you should build up your training plan for endurance sports. The lecturer Jarek Mäestu was from the University of Tartu Faculty of Exercise and Sports Sciences and has a PhD in Exercise and Sports Sciences. After that we also talked a little about exercise and low-carb but unfortunately there isn’t that much research about mixing exercise, competing and low-carb diets so he couldn’t really help me in that perspective but I did learn about training zones etc. It gave me the idea that maybe I should start thinking about a heart rate monitoring sports watch… He has written 2 articles in Estonian for Delfi, check them out here and here.

Saturday was the only rest day of the week. Spent most of it studying but in the morning made an hour and 10 minutes long powerwalk. I was fast! Usually my walks are slow at around 4 km/h (because I walk with my dog and he has to stop and sniff everything), today my average speed was 6 km/h. After my walk I feltthat my legs and ass are sore from the days before. Those two barefoot classes really had a great effect!

Work out, then smile – that’s how it works.

We had an agreement with Heidi (from the blog Tarkpea teeb trenni) since August that when she comes to Estonia, we will go running together. So we did that on Sunday. She had a lap planned out where to run and it was really nice. The weather was good, we chatted all the way and I didn’t feel like I was tired even once. All together 1 hour 11 minutes and 11 seconds, oh, and 9,3 km. Average pace was 7:40 per kilometre which is good for me considering it was a rather lengthy run for me (although it didn’t feel like it). I hope I wasn’t too too slow for Heidi who is far more advanced runner than I am. It was lovely meeting her, she is an awesome girl and I hope we go running together in the future as well.

 

In total:

1 hour 10 minutes of running

1 hour 10 minutes of walking

1 hour 35 minutes of dancing

2 hours of intense muscle exercises

2 hours 10 minutes of moderate muscle exercises

All together it was a great week again. I’m loving my life right now: school is interesting but not overwhelming (yet), I have free time to have some personal life, my eating is all normal and workouts feel great. Let the good days continue! 

PS. Next Saturday will be the 10K race at Tartu 2. Tudengimaraton. Can’t wait! I’m excited and nervous at the same time. Hoping for a great feeling and experience from that day.