Nye's fitness blog

I went to the gym today to do some leg work with a bit of upper body stuff. I did some barbell squats, and I was unsure of my form. I asked the gym worker to check it, and he said 'that's perfect, as good as it gets'. Woo!

I've been exercising every day sine Monday. Monday was the second session of my weight-lifting class, which meant that I only did a little light exercise on Tuesday. I was hurting much less than the week before though. Wednesday I did 50 minutes of serious cardio. Got lovely and sweaty. Did some ab-work afterwards. Thursday I walked from Chingford to Walthamstow.

All good stuff :-)

Went to the gym today after work, partly because I was about to have a vegan ice-cream date! (In the end, I ate most of the ice cream.)

Reclining exercise bike: 5 mins warm-up, 35 mins intervals.

Abdominal work: skissor kicks (big and small), leg raises (big and small); opposite elbow to knee thing, crunches focusing on one side then the other, crossing my leg at the knee and using that as a focus point (there's got to be a quicker way of describing that, right?)

Exercise bike: 10 minutes.

Walked home from Camden Town to King's Cross via Somerstown (I usually go down St Pancras Way/between St Pancras and the British Library).

Mm, I'm sleepy.

I jogged half a mile to the gym. ( What I did at the gym )

Today I walked King's Cross to Camden Town, Camden Town to Kentish Town. Jogged back to Camden, and then walked back home to King's Cross again via Camden Town Sainsbury's. Not much walking, but no twinges, so yay!

I wrote a piece about motivation/fitness/starting CT5K for a friend, and gave her a print-out of that along with a print-out of the CT5K program. She has no computer at home. She texted me to thank me, and to say that she'd just been for a jog/walk thanks to my motivation :D

On Friday I went to the gym after volunteering. I got to the gym at peak time, but it's mostly the cardio bunnies who work out then. There was just enough space for me in the free weights area.

( What I did at the gym )

Saturday I was planning on going to the gym, but didn't get round to it. I did a bit of walking, but only short distances. Less than 3 miles in total.

Today I jogged around Regent's Park, just under 2 miles. Woot! I'm glad I got my distance up again. There was walking involved, probably 2.5-3 miles or so.

( Thinking about exercise: )

Long time no update.

The weekend before last I walked 23 miles in one day and gave myself a touch of achilles tendonitis. Had to rest as a result.

I finally got back to the gym today. Did a light upper body workout (chest mostly, bit of shoulders and arms). I had my first go on the elliptical/cross trainer since I got RSI, and it was fun!

Yesterday I did a trial jog, only about 1/2 mile. It went ok, and I'll do a longer run tomorrow.

Thursday was incredibly hot. I was busy and did a little bit of walking; no exercise other than that though.

Today I did a workout at the gym and did some jogging.

( gym )

Walked: home to Fitzrovia (1 mile), Fitzrovia to Covent Garden/Holborn (1 mile), Covent Garden/Holborn to home. Jogged from Old Street to home via the canal, doing probably about 1/2 mile of walking.

Go me! It was good to get back to the gym, and good to get jogging again. I need to do more regular jogging as I've lost some of my confidence with it.

In aromatic news: I absolutely stink right now! It is a good post-exercise stink. I'll hit the shower after I hit 'post'.

On Friday/Saturday I walked between 30 and 36 miles.

Sunday was a rest and moan day.

Today was mostly a rest day. I waited until after sunset to avoid the heat, and went for a 1.6 mile jog.

Go me!

Yesterday was my birthday. I decided to have my first taste of Poutine, and made sure to go to the gym beforehand.

Ran a mile to the gym, did a quick legs/shoulders/triceps workout with free weights. Increased some of my weights. Was squatting with 2 12kg dumbbells, walking lunge with 2 10kg dumbbells - this was an increase of 6kg per dumbbell from last time. Front deltoid raises: 3kg * 12, 10, 8. Seated shoulder press: 4kg * 12, 10, 8. Overhead triceps extensions: 2kg * 12, 10, 8. 2kg is still difficult with my left arm. Single triceps push back: 3kg * 12, 10, 8. 10 minutes cool down on the reclining bike. *really* short workout, but I had fun stuff to do.

Walking: walked around Covent Garden, then home to King's Cross, then to Angel and back. Probably 4 miles total.

I've not been very active lately. On Thursday all I did was walk to Old Street and back. On Friday I had work followed by a brief date with reddragdiva, but my ankle was bothering me so we couldn't walk far. Saturday I did mostly seated socialising in Hackney. Sunday I walked to Picadilly Circus and back. I could have walked further on Sunday, but I was mentally exhausted.

Tuesday I went to the gym. Ran there (1.1 miles), then did a leg/shoulder lifting workout, followed by half an hour of steady cardio on the reclining bike.

Today I did a little walking - possibly 3 or 4 miles. I'm going to walk to my Slimming World meeting in Kentish Town South, then have another run along the canal. Let's see if I can run as far as I did last week! That was 2 miles btw.

Sunday: walked from Highgate Road/Dukes Field to Golders Hill Park/Golders Green going up and across the Heath. According to maps.google.co.uk I only did 3 miles. It felt like much longer, but then I wasn't able to track my route exactly because a lot of the paths I took in the north-western end of the Heath were small ones that were covered with trees. Again I have the Garmin watch-want. Ho hum.

Today: Ran to the gym for the third time (1.1 miles away). I sprinted for the last few yards. I love sprinting :-) I *think* it's getting easier. It's certainly getting easier to run in public on my own. I plan to run home from Kentish Town South again on Wednesday night. Part of me wants to run the scenic route which is .2 miles longer than the direct route; however, after 1.5 miles I was bloody knackered. I think what I'll do is run 1.5 miles this Wednesday and 1.7 miles next Wednesday.

( What I did at the gym )

I'd better have lost weight this week! If I haven't, I'm going to start measuring my waist once a month and using that as a barometer.