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

Monday as always was BodyPump day. I’m liking program 88 more and more. Still very challenging, I really pushed myself hard. 

On Tuesday was the last strip aerobics of 2013. But for me, the next one will be in 2 months in February. That’s way too long! We did almost the same routine as last week and a week before that and I enjoyed every minute of it!

Wednesday: 8 PM BodyPump. My last BodyPump until February with Maris. She encouraged us to add some weight in warm-up, I added 1+1 kg. I also added 1+1 kg in back track and shoulders. I could feel the extra weight working. My back and shoulder area were pretty tired even when I went to bed.

On Thursday I did something Maris wouldn’t approve of: a third BodyPump of the week. She always tells us to do maximum of 2 Pumps in one week and mix things up with other workouts. But I wanted to enjoy my last proper BodyPump in two months since I won’t be going back to Tartu until February. After the workout I rushed to my dorm, took my extra heavy red suitcase and took a bus back to my parents’ house, my real home. Christmas break officially begun! 

On Friday I went running when it was already dark (7K and average pace about 8 min/km) and then took my dog for a walk. Also did other fun stuff like sleep in, clean and decorate  the house, make gingerbread dough and spend time with my family. We might not have snow but I still felt the Christmas mood starting to grow…

Saturday was a day full of errands and a weird mood and I seriously considered not going out to run. I really don’t like the humid and cold weather. But around 7 PM I motivated my ass off the couch and went for a run and it was great. Running always manages to lift my mood by 500%. Loved it! 6,4K and 7,27 min per km. I also wore my anti-slipping shoe extras and they worked good on ice.

On Sunday me and mom went for an afternoon swim at the local pool. It was totally overcrowded and really uncomfortable but I still did 500 metres of breaststroke, backstroke and front crawl, all in total 1500 metres. After that walked my dog as usual.

 

In total:

3 hours of BodyPump
1 hour 50 minutes of running
1 hour 30 minutes walking
1 hour of dancing
45 minutes of swimming

Overall a good week. I am a little worried about upcoming weeks since I don’t have the ability to use the services of a fitness club or work out with my favourite instuctors. That means less muscle workouts and more running and swimming and also some Zumba again with my friend. Not to mention all the Christmas feasts coming up… We’ve spent the last 2 days cooking and baking and some gingerbread, canned pumpkin and other (sweet) goodies might have found the way to my mouth. Oopsie! Well, it is the holidays but still I need more self control. 

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

Wednesday: BodyPump. I was a little sore so it was a difficult workout. Before we started chest track, Maris (my instructor) put her 1 kg weights by my step bench. So naturally I had to use them and pushed them on for the last part of the track. Oh, it burned but felt so good! Program 88 in general is more challenging to me. 

Thursday began with an 8 AM core workout. I was tired and didn’t have enough rest (less than 12 hours between two workouts). It was pretty hard and my abs were on fire. But I did it and then could sit on the bus and go back to my real home for the weekend. In the evening I enjoyed a walk with my dog. 

On Friday I got up bright and early again. It takes me ages to get to the pool (the bus schedule is just killing me here!) but I was in the water by 8.30 AM. I did 500 metres of breast stroke, 500 m of front crawl and 500 m of backstroke. I just got myself a waterproof watch I ordered from eBay for like 7€ and it worked great. Now I can start measuring my swimming better 🙂 When I got home, I went for a walk with my dog and it was killing us because the storm had hit Estonia at night. The wind was seriously incredible and I had to really work my leg muscles.Saturday morning began with a run. 7K and 50 minutes: a normal run, not too slow, not too fast around 7 min per kilometre. But it sure was cold outside. After running took my dog for a walk.Sunday started with swimming: 500 m of breast stroke, 500m of back stroke and 500 m of front crawl. Improved my time with the crawl, stayed the same with breast stroke and was a little slower with back stroke. Later had a walk in a winter storm with my mom and dog.

In total:

2 hours 45 minutes of muscle training
2 hours of walking
1 hour 30 minutes of swimming
1 hour of dancing
50 minutes of running

An average week. Haven’t had a proper rest day for quite some time now but I’m also not missing it that much… Am I weird? Next week will also be a “normal” one but aftet that I’m coming home to have my Christmas and winter break. Since I’m doing all of my exams in December, I won’t have any in January so I’ll have 7,5 weeks of no school (except I will be working on my bachelor’s thesis). But: I don’t have a normal sports club around my rwal home like I do in Tartu. That means NO group workouts (BodyPump!!! 😦 ), doing muscle training alone at home, running and swimming more and doing Zumba with my friend.  Things are going to get interesting.