I have just finished my third week of training and am feeling really good. Lots more energy and I am starting to notice some really positive changes to my strength and fitness. I can recover faster between intervals and I am starting to learn how hard I can push myself. As an indication of how I have improved, we do a high intensity circuit at the end of each strength training session. On Monday, I completed the circuit in 4:20. Today I did it in 3:18 - so over a minute faster!
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| Healthy Breaky! Poached eggs, smoked salmon, spinach and tomato. Yum! |
Which brings me to my next point! I have gone from not much training to now training over 7 times a week. Kimmy and I sat down and worked out a program with the aim of doing two things. Firstly, ensuring that I was getting the right balance of sesssions to help me achieve my goals, and secondly to make sure that I don't burn out or get an injury. For instance, I am doing two sessions on Monday, cardio circuit in the morning and strength in the evenings. Because of this, when I go to the running session on Tuesday, I have to really cut back the intensity and use it as a bit of a recovery session. It's hard to do that though when everyone is pushing themselves - you get caught up in the competitiveness!
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| East Side Crew guys doing strength training! |
This week, I think the double sessions caught up with me a bit. I started getting a really tight hamstring and I was a bit scared that I might have torn something. I missed Wednesday's session and went to the physio instead. As it turns out I have not torn anything thank god but pinched a nerve from my muscles being so tight. It made me realise how important it is to warm down properly! By the end of the session I am usually so exhausted I really have no energy left to stretch! But from now on I need to make sure I stretch properly after each session.
Tomorrow I am going to take on the Cronulla sandhills with the Crew! So nervous! Wish me luck!!
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