No Gym, No Problem: Part 2

How was Week 1 of "No Gym, No Problem"? Did you manage to keep up and workout three times a week? How do you feel?

I hope you've been keeping up. This whole process of becoming more active takes your effort, your dedication and your determination. You have to want this for yourself. You have to want it more than just having a great body. You have to want this for yourself. Working out is the one thing you can do for yourself that can be entirely just for you. But YOU have to do it! No excuse is good enough to allow yourself by not taking care of yourself.

This week, I challenge you to evaluate your life and see what things you have given a high value. The things you value the most are the things you make time for. Nobody ever has time. YOU MAKE time! I am going to challenge myself this week by budgeting my time. I will use sticky notes and record how I use each waking hour. I will literally log my time. Each sticky note will represent a high currency of an hour. My budget is the hours I am awake. At the end of the week, I will look back on my time log and see what things I am giving great value. I will review how well my budget is. This will give me the platform to make re-evaluate and reorganize my life so that I can get the maximum value out of every second. This week, time is money.

Here's the workout for this week:

DO THIS AT LEAST 3 TIMES THIS WEEK. 

Record your time each session.

Here are  video links on how to perform each exercise:

• Burpee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTo-V6RgiE
• Mountain Climbers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyeZM-_VnRc
• Ab crunch and twist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lEKIInCo2o
• 20 high knees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZoCNMU48U
• Oblique crunch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0be5avh6gO8

This a Cardio Blaster. It is simple and effective. Give it your maximum effort. The more effort you put, the more you burn.

If you want an added challenge. After the circuit go out for a fast 12 minute run/walk. Record your distance and time.

Let me know how it goes.

Any questions?
Feel free to ask :)

Goodluck!

Xx

Rati

Half-Marathon Training: Any Idiot Can Run

I must say that, that is a very beautiful quote. I think, to a lot of people, running a half-marathon,or even running at all when there is nothing chasing you, is simply an idiot's idea of... FUN?!! I tell people I am training and some say: "Awesome!" and they really mean it, whilst others say: "Uhm... awesome?... Why? Is it for a cause?"

And though it is nice for those who have the opportunity to run for a cause, however, for me, I run because I like it. No, wait, correction... I run because I LOVE IT!

There is really no way to explain the joy and exhilaration that comes from running. You fall in love with the rhythm of your feet.
The sound of your breathing.
The movement.
The release.

Its an amazing feeling.

Sometimes the runs hurt and take more effort.
Other times the runs are all a beautiful experience.
But all the time, at the end of a run, I always feel a wonderful sense of release, happiness, confidence and accomplishment.

Yes, to me, running is fun!

I run in the rain. I run in the snow. I push through the wind and sweat it out in the scorching sun.

Of course if you are a new runner... your runs, at first, may feel more like a session of torture. But as you build your endurance and find your stride, running sessions become a strange and beautiful kind of pleasure.

So, I signed p to run the Den Hague ABN AMRO Half-Marathon on the 10th of March 2012. I am currently in week 3 of official training and its going real great.

Week1 and Week 2 were really good. They are all distances I am comfortable with running but, I think from week4, the long run distances will become a bit more of a challenge. In week 1, the run was supposed to be 4.4miles. But, well, i didn't "empty the tank" before heading out and I was feeling horrible by the first mile, I had to turn back. *Blush*

Note-To-Self: ALWAYS empty the tank before a run.

haha!

oh and also I ran my fastest km of 5:50 on thursday. YAY!

I hope everyone is doing great and that you are enjoying 2013 so far.
I definitely am :).

Below you can see my training schedule from week 1 and week 2.

61 MORE DAYS!!

Have a great start of the week.

Xx

Rati