Rubriik: Workout Week

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

Monday was my first time in Tartu doing BodyPump. I knew the instructor Maris Tamm from previous AeroBurn Step classes. She kills it every single time. I love her style: she recommends weights, gives easy to understand instructions and doesn’t overcomplicate things. The only thing after BodyPump I could think about was how sore I’m going to be on Tuesday. After class I needed some food so I grabbed some white cabbage. Love that stuff as a snack. Went over by 5 net carbs that day because of the cabbage but who has gained weight because of cabbage? I hope I won’t be the first one. 

Tuesday is my favourite workout day because I just adore our strip aerobics class. An hour of dancing and having lots of fun. I’m getting more confident in my body with every class and more actively shaking every part of my body. Love it, love it, love it!

On Wednesday I had yet another body conditioning class. I was still sore from BodyPump abd the class wasn’t easy. Felt really tired afterwards and went bed already at 10 PM. 

Thursday morning started bright and early with an 8 AM core workout. After that I rushed to the bus station. Weekend at home – yay! After getting off the bus I made a 20 minute walk to the next bus station to catch a bus from city to home. In the evening made a lovely 30 minute walk with my dog.

Friday was official rest day. Weather was still warm and summery, so I made a nice 1 hour walk with my dog.

On Saturday I had a certain plan to go running after stepping on the scale in the morning and finally seeing numbers I like again. It was kind of hard getting my ass off of the couch but I finally did it. And the first 2,5 km were difficult! But then it got better and I ended up with a great average pace of 7:21 minutes per kilometer. I was happy. Progress is good!

Sunday was the second rest day of the week. Again, I made an hour long walk with my dog. It was lovely. 

 

In total:

2 hours 50 minutes of walking

1 hour of running

1 hour of dancing

2 hours 45 minutes of muscle workout

 

Had a great week and enjoyed myself. Let’s keep that trend going!

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

Monday was my last day at my real home aka my parents’ house. A lot of packing in a sad mood. I love my home so much, I didn’t want to leave again. In the evening made an hour long walk with my dog. My last walk with him in 2 weeks…

Tuesday was extremely busy. Woke up at 7, on the bus by 8, in Tartu by 10.30. Then I was running around town all day long: had to get my books from the library, get my gym membership renewed, do grocery and house goods shopping, unpack all my things and then rush to strip aerobics class. I’m not going to mark down walking in my workout summary table anymore unless it is really going out for a walk, I’m not going to put down the walking I did during the day (on Tuesday nearly 15 000 steps). The strip aerobics was great as usual. Then I got home and finally had time to eat and went to bed at 10.30 PM. I was exhausted.

On Wednesday I had a lot less walking to do. Thank god, my legs were still tired. In the evening I did a free weights class (or I don’t know how you would call it in English). The homepage of my gym says it’s a body conditioning class. We basically do exercises for all major muscle groups with various things like rubber bands, dumbbells, step benches etc, sometimes even only with a mat (the instructor sometimes does the class without fancy fitness things so that we can do the exercises at home too). 

Thursday was pretty much the same workout as Wednesday but it’s called Functional Workout for some reason. I was so sore from Wednesday’s workout I wanted to die. Besides that I went thrift shopping which gave me exactly 10 000 steps. Got a lot of great stuff, like pyjama pants for 0,5€ and a lovely Nike sports jacket for 0,4€ (!!!). The thift shops in Tartu on Kuperjanovi street are awesome: you can find incredible deals, the value of a euro is now different in my eyes.

Friday was official rest day. Finally! Sore as hell. In the evening I went for a walk. I wanted run but told myself my muscles need a rest day. Good decision.