achieve my weekly fitness goals

Monday: Pilates Reformer class (1h)
Brisk walk (30 minutes)

Tueday: 5km run

Wednesday: 3km run
Yoga (1h)

Thursday: Pilates mat class (1h)
Brisk walk (30 minutes)

Friday: 3km run

Saturday: Restorative yoga workshop (3h 15min)

Sunday: 5km run

on this goal, for various reasons too dull to go into, but instead of Iron Leopard I seem to have turned into someone who always has an excuse (it’s too dark, I’m too tired, I don’t have time, going to the gym never seems to translate into weight loss so why bother, it’s raining etc. etc.)

This morning however I did make it even though it was raining, the first time for some time, and remembered the crucial thing: whatever else it does or doesn’t do, it makes me feel better and lifts my mood, and that’s the most important thing.

The plan for this week is:

• Monday: short weights session at home
• Wednesday: 45 min treadmill
• Thursday: 20 min intervals
• Friday: short weights session at home
• Sunday: 45 min treadmill

This may be over-ambitious given how little I’ve done recently, but I’m feeling quite optimistic this evening.

Monday: Private pilates session

Tuesday: Swimming

Wednesday: Running

Thursday: Pilates class

Friday: Walking

Saturday & Sunday: Try to be active

I have been going to pilates twice a week pretty consistently and I love it but I need to build some cardio back into my routine.

I’m a day late getting here, but for once that’s not because I’ve been slacking :)

Plan for the week was:

• Mon: recovery day done!
• Tues: 20 min high-intensity intervals for some reason the Nordictrack wasn’t working so did 30 min easy cardio instead
• Wed: 60 min tai chi done!
• Thurs: 30 min easy cardio + 10 min weights at home did 20 min intervals, no weights
• Fri: 30 min easy cardio done!
• Sat: recovery day did 60 min easy cardio instead, just couldn’t help myself ;)
• Sun: 60 min easy cardio + 10 min weights in the gym did about 5 min weights at home (which I can feel today!) and walked for an hour

Pretty happy with that.

This week:

• Mon: day off
• Tues: 30 min easy cardio
• Wed: 30 min easy cardio, 60 min tai chi
• Thurs: 20 min intervals
• Fri: day off
• Sat: 5 min lower body weights, 30 min easy rowing
• Sun: 5 min upper body weights, 60 min easy cardio

Here’s how I did with last week’s goals:
Monday: 30-min inline skating in park done
Tuesday: 1-hour pilates class (evening) done
Wednesday: 30-min power walk (morning) done
Thursday: 20-min run (morning) done
1-hour pilates class (evening) done
Friday: 30-min power walk (morning) done
Weekend: Something active at least one day not so much

Despite having a lazy weekend, this was not too shabby at all. It’s going to be harder this week because I’m going to a conference.

Monday: 20-min run (morning) done
Tuesday: 20 min-run (morning) done
1-hour pilates class (evening)
Wednesday: 30-min walk (morning)
Thursday: 20-min run (morning)
Friday to Sunday: Not sure.

The plan was:

• Mon: recovery day done!
• Tues: 20 min high-intensity intervals + 10 min weights did the intervals but not the weights
• Wed: 30 min easy cardio, 60 min tai chi did the cardio but not tai chi due to mix-up over location
• Thurs: 60 min easy cardio done!
• Fri: recovery day done!
• Sat: 60 min walking outside + 10 min weights did nothing
• Sun: 60 min easy cardio done!

A mixed bag. But 2 hours 50 min spent in the gym, so not a disaster by any means. The one thing I seem to have trouble with at the moment is the desire to do weights. I don’t know why I’m so resistant to it.

This week:

• Mon: recovery day
• Tues: 20 min high-intensity intervals
• Wed: 60 min tai chi
• Thurs: 30 min easy cardio + 10 min weights at home
• Fri: 30 min easy cardio
• Sat: recovery day
• Sun: 60 min easy cardio + 10 min weights in the gym

Here’s how I did with last week’s goals:

1. 3x running (at least 20 minutes) or other cardio I did one run of 20 minutes during the week and a 7-mile day hike on Sunday.
2. 2x pilates and/or yoga class I did 2 pilates classes.
3. Make some progress on the other goals not done

This week is half over but I’ve been active so I’m not far off schedule.

I’m really loving the pilates right now so I’m going to do that twice a week. I’ve also decided to go for morning walks or runs to get my metabolism moving. I’ll walk on the days when I did pilates the previous night and run on the other days.

The week so far:
Monday: 30-min inline skating in park done
Tuesday: 1-hour pilates class (evening)done

Goals for the rest of the week:
Wednesday: 30-min power walk (morning) done
Thursday: 20-min run (morning)
1-hour pilates class (evening)
Friday: 30-min power walk (morning)
Weekend: Something active at least one day

This week, the plan was:

• Mon: early gym, 30 min light cardio done!
• Tues: early gym, 20 min high-intensity intervals done!
• Wed: 60 min tai chi done! and also did 30 min light cardio
• Thurs: 30 min weights did about 10 min in the end
• Fri: early gym, 30 min light cardio done!
• Sat: day off! done! walked for about an hour
• Sun: 10 min weights + 60 min light cardio didn’t do the weights as my shoulder is feeling rather fragile, but did the cardio

Overall: very happy with that! Somehow telling myself it’s easy cardio means I make it out of the door in the morning. I have also decided to abandon the Nordictrack for that, as holding on to the bar thing at an incline of 15-20% seems to give the same heart rate as not holding onto the bar on the normal treadmill at 8-10% incline, which is a more natural movement As G puts it, there’s a reason why old people use zimmerframes. Cheers ;) Will continue to use it for intervals though, got it up to 35% on Tuesday!

This week, more of the same.

• Mon: recovery day
• Tues: 20 min high-intensity intervals + 10 min weights
• Wed: 30 min easy cardio, 60 min tai chi
• Thurs: 60 min easy cardio
• Fri: recovery day
• Sat: 60 min walking outside + 10 min weights
• Sun: 60 min easy cardio

Here’s how I did with last week’s goals:

1. 3x running at least 20 minutes 2x running
2. 2x pilates or yoga classes not done
3. Something active on the weekend, such as rollerblading or hiking not done
4. Lots of walking done
5. Investigate tennis, swimming and kayaking more thoroughly found a pool, not super close but it sounds nice
6. Look for an Alexander Technique class not done
7. Book a massage not done

Here are this week’s goals:
1. 3x running (at least 20 minutes) or other cardio
2. 2x pilates and/or yoga class
3. Make some progress on the other goals