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OUCHHHH!


The stairs are my Nemesis right now, mainly walking down them as I'm like jelly - tomorrow walking up them will be tough!!!

I haven't properly trained legs in a couple of weeks, so went fairly light and still end up nearly falling down the stairs leaving the gym ! I love it though

I did the following;

  • 500m row sprint (warm up)
  • Long stretch
  • Leg press 4 sets x 12 reps (60kg)
  • Leg extention 3 x 12 (35kg)
  • Leg curl 3 x 12 (30kg)
  • Barbell squats 3 x 12 (20kg) - we don't have a squat rack so I have to lift bar overhead and Ryan said not to haha - I'm being careful!
  • Deadlift 3 x 10 (40kg) - I don't feel like I am doing this right, my back seems to bend too much so next time I will ask the instructor to watch my form. - Deadlift video.
  • Calf lifts 3 x 30 -  body weight on stairs 

 30 second rest between each set and about 90 second rest between each exercise - except calves - each set throughout workout.

 I really need to do more leg workouts especially squats - My legs/bum is THE ultimate problem area for me...they are actually horrible! I hate working them but I know that the more I do, the better I will feel about them eventually! So just keep squatting just keep squatting, squatting, squatting....

I will be monitoring the progress of my muscle gain and eventually hope to have good before/after pictures but until then I will keep working like a trooper to get there.


 Here is an awesome motivational video I saw on The Gym Facebook page Fitness motivation - ladies 


THIS IS ME!
Well my running training is going ummm badly ! I have been really tired this week, can't sleep properly and think its because of the clock going forward an hour. I feel like I have been lazy but Sat I went on bike, Sunday I went on bike, Monday did weights and a run, Tuesday and today I did weights. Haha Definitely not as lazy as I used to be, just feel like I could be doing a lot more!

I spoke to an older man at the gym and he does a lot of running, he mainly enjoys Fell running, he told me to look it up and it looks a lot funner then street running but does look very hard. I am going to research into it. Ryan and I need something to train for and we can't spend too much cash as we are saving up for our holiday!

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