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Workout Week 23.–29.12.2013

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

Monday was the first Monday in a very long time without BodyPump. I did muscle exercises to BodyPump 88 music. I didn’t have a bar, only one 3 kilogram dumbbell. All in total 1 hour of exercises and quite the bit of sweat. Late at night also made a quick walk with my dog.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. (T. Roosevelt)

Tuesday: Christmas Eve! The 24th is actually a lot more important day here in Estonia than the 25th. All Christmas dinners and present opening usually happens on Christmas Eve not Christmas Day. In the morning I enjoyed a run outside. I had a goal to run for an hour at 7 min per km. I was doing great when suddenly on my 6th kilometre – BAM! – two loose dogs running around. I had to stop and stand there for about 5 minutes. I got so cold and my muscles completely froze! Finally I could continue my run but my legs barely moved. The rest of the day was filled with cooking, baking, visiting relatives etc. The day ended with a waaaaaaay too rich Christmas dinner at our house. I ate some non low-carb foods too but I’m not going to stress about that. Everything tasted wonderful! 🙂

Wednesday: Christmas Day. My day began with THE BEST RUN THIS YEAR. I had cheat-eaten for about 4 days before and the biggest cheat was on Christmas Eve: I ate lots and lots of sugary foods. But as it seems, the carbs really help running. The feeling I had on this run was so much different from running on low carbs. It was a lot better. It was windy and on some parts of my lap I felt extremely bad-ass when battling it. But the greatest part was the last 2 kilometres. I felt like I was flying on my lap, I was so fast and smiling all the way. I felt amazing. This is what running is all about. It really made me wonder if I should go off strict LCHF (after getting to my goal?) and allow some grains (go up to 75–100 g of carbs) like buckwheat, millet and quinoa, maybe at least for races and competing? Don’t know…

Thursday was yet another running day. It was just straight up BAD. My legs were tired and sore, it was dark, rainy, windy and cold outside. I planned to run 10K but ended up running 7K. But I did it! Every run can’t be golden 🙂

Friday was Zumba day in a VERY long time. I loved it! My friend is a great instructor 🙂 Also enjoyed a walk with my brother and dog.

Saturday was swimming day: 500 m of breaststroke, 500 m of backstroke, 500 m of front crawl. A good workout, my front crawl was pretty good. After that we enjoyed a walk with my dog.

Sunday was another swimming day: I did 500 metres of front crawl, 250 m of backstroke, 250 m of breaststroke and then another 500 m of front crawl. I got some water in my goggles and that was annoying but finally I got them on OK. Then I enjoyed a walk with my dog to end the week.

 

In total:

2 hours 40 minutes of running
3 hours 30 minutes of walking
1 hour 30 minutes of swimming
1 hour of Zumba
1 hour muscle workout

 

A great week when it comes to working out! The highlight was obviously Wednesday’s run. But my nutrition is all messed up and causing me stress. How will I lose the weight I gained with holiday cheating? That’s yet to be seen…

Workout Week 16.–22.12.2013

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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!

Last strip aerobics of the year: done :)
Last strip aerobics of the year: done 🙂

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.

Running on ice: no problem! 5€ well spent :)
Running on ice: no problem! 5€ well spent 🙂

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.