Post Christmas

Christmas was not good for the weight loss, back on the wagon now though. Need to shift the rest of the weight this year, that is the goal :)

Today's classes were really hard. I struggled in yoga and body pump. My trainer wants me to do more of my own training in the gym and not just go to classes which is fair enough. She also wants me to choose yoga and body balance type classes over the traditional ones I do to improve flexibility.

Gym Failure

Becoming a bit complacent with the gymming and healthy eating. Haven't really put any effort into it in a few weeks now, lots of long hours at work.

Now that I have a few weeks off for Christmas going to try and hit the gym more.

Motivation....

....is a bit shot at the moment :-( This could be due to having a knee injury and very restrictive activities I can undertake. I need to get my motivation back!

Interesting Article

Why Strength Training is Good at Any Age

This Week

Training this week has been pretty good :) I haven't made it to a single yoga class this week though, had to do the cardio and weights classes to balance out junk food over last few days.

I also started encompassing some training on the gym floor, using the weights machines to strengthen my legs for the run in a month! I need to train harder for the run too, apart from that one 6.33km run, I haven't done many other big runs :-(

Today's R.P.M and Body Pump were really good, this time though it was the lunge track that I didn't manage to do all the way through and I managed to whack my head with the 15k bar when lifting the weights off my back! Head really hurts :-( 

Training

I haven't really posted in over a week. Last week's training wasn't as rigorous as the week before as I had 2 rest days. I ran yesterday, 3K in 23 minutes, I really need to improve that time but I need to get the distance first for my 10K run in October. I also set myself a goal in pump to get through all the tracks without stopping (before I get to the next weight uppage). I managed everything but the abs track. I need to do this for a month I reckon before I up my weights.

I had a training session today which helped take my work anxieties away. It was intervals between 3 10 minute runs and exercises in between (i.e front squats with weights, lunges etc). It was really good and my running seems to be getting better. I just need to keep it going :)

I've been given lots of tips and advice, as always from the awesome trainers at the gym which I need to start encompassing into my training sessions.

Training over the past 4 days

I haven't blogged since Wednesday. On Thursday I did pump, which as always is challenging lately :) Friday was extreme R.P.M  day which was *proper* hard! Yesterday I did 3 classes, Zumba (which I suck at cuz I can't move my hips properly), Fitness Yoga and Body Attack. Had a good chat with Anita after the class :)

Today I had a training session which was proper hard, followed by body pump which was also hard. I haven't had a rest day in 2 weeks now so tomorrow I'm not going to the gym.

My hip flexor is pretty tight too so Alison showed me how to foam roll it which helped. She also showed us some techniques for chest work and gave us some tips too which was nice of her.