Fit camp – thank you rain!

Hurrah! I made it through last night’s fit camp. After worrying how it would be after a week’s absence it actually wasn’t too bad. Last night we had our first spell of bad weather, therefore completing the camp in the rain changed how the sessions are usually run.

We started with off with a slow jogging warm up around the park, moving into high kicks, kicks to the butt and running backwards, then we were each given a number so when it was called we had to run into the middle, touch the centre cone and then sprint to catch the rest of the group whilst they were running (they were will still jogging mildly, thankfully).

Once the warm up was completed we then moved onto stretches and then squats to jumps. Once that was finished, we moved onto mountain climbers then onto some leg and ab work, which was really good. I really like the sessions where the exercises are a bit more controlled, as you can really feel burn but because you haven’t been rushing through many circuits you have the energy to really get involved with the exercises, and boy do my thighs and ab burn today.

We finished the session with some leg pulses which by the final set made my thighs really burn, but in a good way. Also the pulses were great for really getting your abs and core to help you balance. The leg pulses are a good and easy exercise to do at home, as if you are like me, living in a old converted house jumping around etc would upset the neighbours, so this controlled exercise is perfect.

Today I intend on completing another 5k lunchtime run. Not sure if I will be completing the run in 27 minutes again today as my thighs are quite stiff and in my unfit state I feel quite tired, but I will certainly give it my best shot.

Absent

Sorry for going all quiet last week – I was on my holidays! Which also meant that I was on exercise vacation too. So after a week of over indulging, today is the first day getting back to the routine (eeeekkkk) and surprisingly today’s 5k run was not too bad.

After telling myself to take it slowly, simply jog around the route to get back into it, I have completed my fastest 5k yet – in 27mins – which considering my first attempts at the start of the year, I have managed to knock off over 5 minutes from my initial running times. Very happy with that result and I am hoping to be able to sustain that time and perhaps push another couple of minutes off by the end of the year. 5k in 25 minutes here I come and hopefully 10k in under an hour…Hmmm!

Now I need to psyche myself up for tomorrow’s boot camp – really not looking forward that, given how my last session was beyond hard and I felt like crying like a baby – Oh what we do to ourselves in the name of fitness!

Torture Camp

So last night I went to fit camp afterwork on the common near to where I live and boy was it hard. But a good hard. It was 60 mins of pure torture but the right kind of torture. Today I feel worked out and my lunchtime run actually felt good after all of yesterday’s hard work. My legs, arms, back and core ache ALOT and I do wonder how I am going to fair in tomorrow’s class but i’m also slightly excited. In the four weeks I have doing fit camp I have felt my fitness levels improve and while there is a long way to go its a step in the right direction. I have also started to watch my food intake more and make better decisions instead of opting for the easiest and unhealthiest options. So here is to the next four weeks and hopefully some changes to my body shape as well improving fitness.