Apart from my two sessions with Pete this week, I did no exercise. I was tired, lazy and just didn’t want to do anything.
I had a session with Pete on Monday morning. I began with a warmup on the treadmill:
- Walk x 1 min
- Run to 500 m
- Walk x 1 min
- Run to 1 km
I got to 1 km in 8:42. I did some stretches and Pete told me I’d be doing weights in the session. The first set of exercises consisted of:
- Leg extension x 12 (machine)
- Dumbbell crunches x 20 (10-lb weights)
- Rest and repeat two more times
I had a water break and moved on to the next set of exercises:
- Chest fly x 12 (10-lb weights)
- Bent over row x 12 (15-lb weights)
- Rest and repeat two more times
I had some more water, and did the next set of exercises:
- Hamstring curl x 12 (machine)
- Elbow to knee crunches x 20 (10 on each side)
- Rest and repeat two more times
After another short break, I did the following set of exercises:
- Bicep curl x 12 (machine)
- Overhead tricep extension x 12 (15-lb weight)
- Rest and repeat two more times
And then came the final set:
- Sumo squats x 12 (25-lb weight)
- Reverse crunches x 20
- Rest and repeat two more times
I did some stretches and went home. I even felt fine the next day.
I had another session with Pete on Wednesday morning. I started with a treadmill warmup:
- Walking x 1 min
- Running to 500 m
- Walking x 1 min
- Running to 1 km
I managed the 1 km in 8.33. I did some stretches and Pete told me it was going to be a tough session. The first set consisted of three rounds of the following exercises, without any breaks:
- Kettlebell swings x 20
- Upright row x 10
- Ski jumps x 20
- Scissors x 20
Ugh, it was hard. I then got on the cross-trainer for 4 minutes, alternating 20 seconds of sprinting with 10 seconds of an easy pace.
After some water, I did the next set of exercises:
- Combined squat/side kick x 10 (alternating 5 on each side)
- Jumping jacks x 30
- Combined side raise/bicep curl x 10 (5-lb weights)
I had to do that continuously for 4 minutes, no breaks. I got on the cross-trainer again for another 4 minutes of intervals.
I had some more water and then Pete said there were two abs circuits left:
- Plank x 30 s
- Abdominal knee in/out x 20 s
- Macarena plank x 30 s
- Double crunch x 20
- Rest
- Side plank x 30 s (on one side)
- Single leg lowering x 20 (alternating 10 on each side)
- Side plank x 30 s (on the other side)
- Butterfly situps x 20
And I was done. I was tired but didn’t ache at all the next day…
Eco Yoga Sanctuary was closed on Thursday for maintenance work so I couldn’t go to my yoga class (I totally would have though)…
And I didn’t work out again over the weekend. But, I decided that I was going to give myself a couple of days and then get back into it properly the following week.
Total distance covered this week? Just 2 km.
Low point of the week? I still don’t feel very motivated.
High point of the week? Was there one??
Weight loss? Hmm – it does seem to be going down a little. And when will I hit my goal weight of 65 kg? According to the Libra weight-tracking app that answer is still ‘NA’.
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Notes by Nectar 