After I completed my target jeans goal 20 days early I was like wahoo…. That’s amazing, OMG I did it I did it…… but then I was like erm…… what shall I do now? I struggled for a little while as to what I was going to set my new goals to be…… as for me it has to be sporty rather than looks or about my figure…. As if I am going to train for an event my body would change as I know I would be busting a gut to achieve my goals.
So I have finally settled on going down another jean size and get a better set of abs for when I go to Thailand end of July…. This has turned into a bit of a competition as the other girlies that I am going with want the perfect beach body and I don’t want to be left out!! However, once my leg gets fixed this goal will go out of the window and then it will go back to some form of sports related challenge…. However, I shall probably have to start off with a 5K run then build myself up to a half marathon so that I don’t injury my leg again. Also I have decided I want to play squash at club level and then look at getting back into play squash for the county…. Probably not the best choices of sport with dodgy knees/legs but I love the sports and I’m not quite ready to play netball…. Sorry to all you netballers!
I had various gym free workouts over the weekend…. And then on Sunday. I decided if I am serious about achieving my new goals I need to be disciplined to achieve them… I thought right Gregory you were organised when you were training for the marathon… and this is the same stance I need to take now… SO I planned my workouts for the week…. Menus I even programmed in rest days as well…
So Sunday night I laid out my gym kit at the end of my bed…. Kettlebell in the dining room which I seem to have converted into my home gym… yoga mat at the ready and music all set up so I am ready to rock and roll… I prep my lunch and chop up the veg for my stir-fry as I will need to work before I can workout so that I have had my painkillers… sorted…. I go to better feeling 100% satisfied that I will defo achieve these goals!
Monday I had an awesome Gym free session…. I had 20 Kettlebell exercises where I worked hard for 30 secs then had 10 secs rest….. These included double handed swinging; left and right hand; snatches, cleans. ( I think they are called that!!) Grand Slam. Horn out and in…. horn up and down….. these are my ways of remembering what I am doing!!
2 mins rest and I am now on the floor having a killer abs session… this time I am working for 30 secs with 10 secs for 24 exercises….. Oh boy my abs are working… Flutters, plank, flutters more plank, abdominal pendulums. Apple catchers and lots lots more
This was defo a workout I needed tonight as I am in for a really busy and stressful week and exercising is relieving the stress big time.
Tonight Tuesday…. I really went for it big time…. I can’t remember how hard I have worked like this on my own….. Tonight I had planned to work for 60 seconds with a 10 sec rest for 10 kettlebell exercises followed by a 2 mins rest and the I repeat the same set of exercises again…. Half way through the second set…. I am struggling not only physically but I am working so hard I am now worrying that the kettlebell is going to fly out of my hand and smash through the dinning room window…. Result I have managed to complete all of it… Well chuffed as I wanted to give up at exercise 6 but loads of positive thoughts came into my head… so onwards I went…. I was so pleased when I was allowed to rest for 2 mins but half of me was like OK I am all pumped now let’s get on with it but I knew I defo need the recovery period… The last set of 10 exercises were a mixture of kettlebell and the plank flutters but I had to change the flutters to abs cycling as I was all tight in my legs so had to change it as there was no way I was giving up on my workout….
Oh my god that was amazing….. oh and I downloaded some music thing that tells you when you should work rest and it also tell you you are 15 mins in half way through and so many seconds left to go etc..
You can download it here…Spartacus 60:15 interval workout music
