Weekly Workout Recap

Monday - 2.45miles, 29:97mins, av pace 11:52min/mile
Tuesday - Gym session: 20mins elliptical hill workout, 20mins rowing @2:37split
Wednesday - REST
Thursday - REST (my birthday!)
Friday - 2.56miles, 29:04mins, av pace 11:20min/mile
Saturday - REST
Sunday - Gym session: Cycling intervals, and weights.

Slowly upping the mileage!

I finally got my bike out and cycled to the gym on Tuesday. I'm such a wuss about cycling on the roads, and get really scared about what might happen, especially at night. But our gym is a 25min walk from home, and I feel so lazy driving there! So it was really time to just suck it up and cycle!

I didn't die (lol) and it was actually really nice- a decent 10min warm-up before the gym and liberating to be able to get there and back so quickly and easily. I promise I won't be a wuss anymore!

The gym workout itself was good- the gym was super busy (6pm on a weeknight, eeugh) but I managed to get in a good steady state cardio workout. 20minutes on the elliptical on a hill program, and 20mins on the rower keeping my split at 2:37min/500m. That's pretty poor, but I haven't rowed for aaages so it was quite tough.

Here's a video of how to make sure you have good form on the erg- I see so many people getting it wrong, and probably injuring themselves. Rowing is a great full body workout if you do it correctly! I rowed for a year when I was doing my Masters and I think it was probably the fittest I've ever been! 🙂

Friday was a really good run, my legs felt quite tight and I was flagging a bit by halfway but then some Britney Spears came on my iPod (Stronger, oh yeah I'm not ashamed!) and it spurred me on! Music makes such a difference to my energy levels, it's really amazing.

What are the songs that push you to keep going when it gets tough?

Sunday I headed to the gym for an intervals and weights session. I'm trying to get in one steady state and one HIIT and strength workout per week, to complement my running.

This is the Spinning workout I completed:

It was tough! And I was a little light-headed by the end of the second set (probably needed more than a chocolate croissant to fuel my workout, lol) but it was a really good quick session.

Then I completed these strength moves- I'm going to try and do the same every week, and slowly up the weight. I'm mostly focusing on upper body strength moves, to balance the running/cycling/rowing which is fairly leg-centric! (is that a word??)

Today I used 8kg for the rows and tricep dips, 5kg for the press and curls, and 3kg for the raises- I selected dumbells for all the moves as it allows each arm to work independently and strengthen itself, rather than relying on the strong arm to put in all the effort!

Beki x