takeaways from a trainer..

My training sessions will be wrapping up soon, so I tried to write down as much as I could remember. I think it would be easy to replicate the workouts on my own at the gym.

Here is a list of item to chose from to mix and match. Usually you would pick 4 or 5 moves. Do them in sequence. Repeat 3 times. If there is time leftover at the end do one or two more moves.

Back to Basics

So guys it's been a while.

I've been one laaaaazy bugger. Seriously since my last post it's basically been 6 months well 5 really but who cares.

Let's see I had a super busy summer and have therefore barely done any workout. I haven't been home much so I haven't gone to the gym much. I haven't restarted boxing yet because I was gone for three weeks and so it goes on.

I have however started private training sessions with a friend of mine tomorrow is my third class, my friend unfortunately can't make it, so this should be interesting.. 

In my last class I got some homework --- to practice doing a cray which is something you do to practice getting into a handstand supposedly..

Anyway I plan on being back and sporty next year. I have signed up again for a level 3 poledance course this will be the third time i'm doing that. So that'll always be wednesday evenings. Tuesday mornings at 8 I have my personal training sessions and mondays and thursdays i will start with boxing again.

It's time to get real and back to business :) Especially with it being december again ..

I shall review my training session with you tomorrow ! Wish me luck 

Badminton, Running in Boston and Back to the goodlife

Slowly getting back into things..

Last week S and I went to Badminton on Wednesday night. I hadn't played in ages and my arm hurt for so long. No joke, i couldn't squeeze out conditioner for a good 5 days after! That may explain why my hair looks so crazy..or maybe just the wind.

Here we are running along the Charles River in Cambridge.

We stopped for a bit at this cool outdoor gym!

Here I am like, what can I do? I was tired but I kept wanting to go further to get better views. one more bridge..okay one more..okay one more.. we made it all the way to the end, crossed over into Boston and back and then ubered home. Actually ubered straight to 3 little figs..

So nutrition is still a work in progress. trying to eat healthier since being home. the weekend in Boston was a write-off.

We walked up the Bunker -hill monument, that has about 300 stairs and I was huffing and puffing. That doesn't bode well for my upcoming hiking weekend in the Adirondacks..

I went to body shred Monday, soccer yesterday and hopefully badminton today :) I also packed lunches today so that's a start. Fall back to the basics I guess!

Back to the Grind

I hate letting myself get out of shape, because getting back into shape is a b*tch!! But hey, it beats the alternative of staying lazy and barely squeezing into clothes.

After a wonderful vacation and amazing summer I gained 5 pounds. unacceptable.

So, what now?

well, Goodlife membership started up. This week I did:

Monday pm spin

Tuesday am short run with S and Maya the dog

Tuesday pm soccer but I was late because of work so only 1 hour instead of 1.5

Wednesday lunch yoga

I am hoping to go to badminton tonight with S

All this don't mean nada without proper nutrion and last night I had beer and wings. yikes!!

Today so far i've eaten healthy, musli yogurt and raspberries for breakfast, salad for lunch, carrots and apple for snack.. so far so good.

That's all for now, I'll try to post regularly with workouts and nutrition.

get up and get out!

Finally I got up and got out! And I was happy I did :)

I started out my day with a good, quick 5k run :) it started raining on my way back and I got quite soaked but it was a rather nice cool down!

Going to the gym later to do some weights training - been doing a lot of shoulder/arm/legs training so I might to arms/stomach today or legs/stomach

Has it really been so long

I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted on this blog! 

What can I say too much to do not enough time...

I've done a couple of runs, kept up boxing still did a bit of pole dance, which I've given up on just because it's a bit too pricey and sadly the classes I want to do always intervene with my boxing -.-

I've also travelled a lot! 

I've been to Africa, America, Turkey, England, France, Sweden and I'm headed to Italy, England (again) and AUSTRALIA! 

Very excited about that!!!

I sadly haven't been doing a lot of running, I've been in a running slump... but I've done more and more HIIT training on the bike, which has improved my cardio immensely :)

I've also done a fitness check up and in comparison to 2014 july I've lost 5 kilos of fat and gained 3 kilos of muscle!  LOVE IT! Although now i've gained some weight and can't seem to lose it -.-

I've become more social, started going out more, more dinners, more drinks but balancing my workouts ... I've been trying to go to the gym at LEAST 5 times a week and for the past month or so it's been working with of course a couple of exceptions.

Here are a couple of photos I've taken for the blog over the last couple of months and haven't posted ...