EQUA water bottles

So about a week ago I did something that I usually never do: I clicked on a FaceBook advertisement. I usually never even notice them and avoid them by all cost. But this ad caught my eye: it had really pretty water bottles with fun patterns on it. So I clicked.

About 15 minutes later I was around 20€ poorer.

What did I buy? I bought 2 re-usable water bottles from EQUA: one for everyday use and one for working out. They look cool, are BPA-free (unlike regular plastic bottles) and hold 600 ml of water. Water is my absolute favourite drink and I drink around 3–5 litres of tap water every day. Tap water in both of my homes tastes just fine and having a re-usable bottle to carry it to school etc is great. Until today, I had been using regular plastic bottles to carry my water around but they collect tons of bacteria, get bumps in them and one has even broken in my handbag once, ruining some school papers. For workouts I had an old black sports bottle that was getting really dirty no matter how much I washed it. It also leaked sometimes. Not cool at all! 

My old bottles. Pretty pathetic.
My old bottles. Pretty pathetic.

EQUA also offers really beautiful and lightweight glass bottles but since I tend to break stuff very easily, I ordered plastic bottles. Better be safe than sorry. The bottles were 7,85€ each (on SALE right now!) + transportation (4,5€). They have so many beautiful patterns and it’s really hard to choose only one. 🙂 Right now I’m thinking about ordering another one in the future. I think I want a glass bottle to keep in my fridge. I wish they made something bigger, like 1,5 litres though… Anyone knows any other sites that sell something like that? 🙂

Around a week after placing an order online, my pretty bottles arrived. The quality is great and they look just as good as the photos on their website. The caps also look really durable and I’m pretty sure the bottles won’t leak and get all of my stuff wet. I’m 100% pleased with my order.

My new bottles: Green Leaves and Universe
My new bottles: Green Leaves and Universe

What is more, the creation of the company EQUA (from the words eco+aqua) was inspired by the idea protect the nature. Re-usable bottles are a great way to save the nature and not create as much waste. And also: EQUA donates 10% of net profit to organizations which promote a healthy lifestyle and are aware of the importance of nature. I find that’s socially responsible and awesome and from them. I felt a lot better spending my money on their products. 🙂

Drinking water is so important for your health and functioning of the body. Why not use a cute and environmentally friendly bottle? It sure inspires me not to forget to drink my water 🙂

Bottoms up!

Workout Week 17.–23.03.2014

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

17.–23.03.2014

On Monday I had Jooks Jõud Venitus (Run Strength Stretch) again. I was pretty scared before the workout since I didn’t know how my leg would hold up. Actually everything was fine. I didn’t have any pain. I skipped some exercises and replaced them with other things but in general it was a good workout. I did hold myself back and I think it was wise to do that. Recover first, then start going harder.

Tuesday was a complete rest day. It felt so weird! A totally foreign concept to me… I went to an hour long foam rolling class. Man, I didn’t even know it could hurt so much! The front of my things were the worst, my injured hamstring felt pretty good. Hopefully this stretching and conditioning did me good. I’m going to buy myself a foam roller for sure.

Wednesday was intervals day. We did a 15 minute warm-up, then stretched a little and did some running exercises. After that it was time for intervals. 5 min jogging, then 200 m in 5:30 pace, 220 m jog, 400 m fast, 220 m jog and 200 m fast in 5:30 pace. We did 3 blocks of intervals. Overall we did about an hour of running. Last we did some ab exercises and stretches. It was an awesome workout and I was pain-free. I was so happy that my hamstring felt normal again 🙂

That's how you smile when you're really really happy :)
That’s how you smile when you’re really really happy 🙂

Thursday started off rough for me. You can read more here. But a great workout can fix a lot of things! I did BodyPump 89 with Maris for the first time. OH. MY. GOD! I LOVE THIS PROGRAM! I really really do. I gave this workout my all and felt a lot better. Also, I really appreciate everyone who left me comments or messaged me, gave support and great advice. I’m glad I can share my thoughts and feelings and my blogreaders understand me. It’s great to know that people get you and have experienced similar problems.

Friday morning began with an hour long swim. I did 500 m breaststoke, 1000 m front crawl and 600 m breaststroke; all in total 2100 m. It wasn’t the best swim ever and I felt my technique getting worse the longer I swam… Well, every workout can’t be golden. I also got the chance to relax in the sauna for some time, that was nice. In the evening I made a 1 hour 45 minute long walk to my triathlon seminar, all in total 10,43 km. That day I burned around 1200 kcal and it didn’t feel like it, I wasn’t really that tired. Awesome! 🙂

On Saturday it was time to test myself again: it was the second virtual running race. Longer post here. I also rolled with my foam roller for half an hour or so to relax my muscles.

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Yup, that’s me 😀

I decided to take Sunday easier and went to Pilates. I actually isn’t an easy workout at all, especially since my arms were sore (from what? swimming? IDK). I was still sweaty and tired after the workout and wished we stretched more… I should have gone to yoga or something.


In total:

  • 3 hours of running
  • 1 hour 45 minutes of muscle workouts
  • 2 hours of body and mind workouts
  • 1 hour of swimming
  • 1 hour 45 minutes of walking
17.–23.03.14
I use sportlyzer.com for my summaries.

Before saving the summary from Sportlyzer I didn’t even realise I had such an active week. Almost 10 hours of working out but almost 4 hours were easier workouts. And my thigh is pretty much OK now. I don’t really want to use the r-word about it yet since I’m afraid to jinx it 😀

From tomorrow I will be following my half-marathon training plan for 12 weeks. I might have to change Thursday and Friday up if everything goes to plan, can’t tell you more just yet. Next week is also the Nike Training Day at Saku Suurhall. Lots of exciting stuff coming up! Game: ON!