I've been trying the mills mess with 3 balls for what feels like a godzillion years and now I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel🕯️😁. I'm close!
The same goes for alternating 2-1 doubles with the clubs
It was raining cats & dogs 🌧️ and I came back home completely drenched 💦
Afterwards I will help coaching my son's pre-school swimming lesson. It's not exactly an intense effort, but it's 30' floating and moving in the pool, so it isn't light exercise either.
Back on track with my training plan. I ran for 12 km and the weather conditions were ideal. 14°C, a cloudy sky, no wind, no rain or big annoying water puddles.
I went #running today after an 11 day break. Knees were more or less ok. I applied a heating patch which gave me a burning sensation halfway through the run until the end.
The weather was hot, sunny and 22°C. An abrupt change of 15°C in just a couple of days.
I gave up after 8,3 km, as the sun and the burning knees won over my resolution. I walked for 10 min and then I ran again for another 1,8 km.
Notes: 4️⃣ I could keep good form touching the floor for 3 laps 💪
6️⃣ feels easier. I'm relying less on my arms but I still can't do it without the TRX assistance
I'm planning on resuming #running on Sunday after 10 days break. I'm hoping that my knee will feel ok before and after 🥹
Avoiding high impact exercises at the moment because of knee pain. I hope I can go back to normal within a few days, otherwise I'm stuck with mountain climbers as high intensity exercise with no jumping 😭.
I might try plank jacks too.
My priorities are:
1️⃣ Slowly increasing the distance
2️⃣ Maintaining a good #running form that allows me to keep doing it consistently "for as long as I breath" (quote from the awesome"Dune - Part 2" movie 😉).
My aim in #fitness is functional. I want to be able to do things no matter how long it takes me. And what I can't afford at all is injury.
Also they finally opened the river path in the other direction 🎉. I saw a 🐎 too!
I was afraid because yesterday my knees hurt during circuit training. I don't know why and it never happened before. We trained outside and there was a chilly wind, so maybe that's a possible cause.
Anyway I could run pain free today, so nothing to worry about 😅
Wind was at 25-30 km/h. After 6 km I wanted to give up. At km 8 I was convinced I could get to 9 and then stop. Then it got weirdly easier because I thought that I could continue until 10 km and once at 10 I convinced myself that the 11 km I planned were attainable.
It was a fight against the wind and my mental will 😂.
x5:
1️⃣ #animalflow ➡️ loaded beast, beast reach, loaded beast, beast, side kick through, under switch, 🦀, 🦀 reach & repeat on the other side
2️⃣ Hanging scapular contraction x8
3️⃣ Calf raise @ 8kg x8
4️⃣ Turkish get up @ 3kg x3/side
5️⃣ Band hip abductor @ 9-15kg x8/side
6️⃣ Band inverted leg extension @ 9-15kg x8
I went too light on the legs exercises, both for the KB and the elastic band. I'll keep that in mind for next time.
Last week it was intermittent headaches and a sore throat, this week it's a runny nose, a sore throat and, as I unfortunately found out during my #running session, diarrhea.
No, I didn't 💩 in my pants!
Since I've started taking #creatine its effects have been gut regulation and sphincter strengthening. I can now hold it in even in such extreme conditions (if I walk instead of running)! 😂
➡️ 0,8 km warm-up walk
🏃♀️ 3,53 km run
🚶♀️2,9 km walk back home
Today I did something unprecedented: I ran without music and notifications.
As soon as I finished my warm-up walk I realised that I forgot my earbuds at home 😱. It came to either delaying my run of 15-20' to walk back and take them or #running without them.
So I turned this catastrophe into an opportunity: listening to my breath and making no noise with my feet. As soon as it got noisier I would correct my stride and my pace.
As you can see I am a bit scared of single leg jumps 😁, particularly with my left leg. Unilateral exercises are very important to highlight muscle and joints imbalances so my workouts are often integrating them
I don't feel well. I have a sore throat with light coughing and eye bacterial infection.
Still I decided to go for a run but when I started having abnormal heat waves after 8 km I stopped. I hope I can feel better tomorrow.
I felt tired today. I was very motivated before, but as soon as I started running my legs felt heavier than usual.
This afternoon I'm going to assist pre-school kids at the swimming pool . I'll be spending 30 min moving and standing while helping the kids complete their exercises.