A few nights ago I went up to the fitness center around 11pm. I honestly was shocked to see that there were a ton of people there! It must just be a good time for students to go workout after they have finished all of their other commitments during the day. I told myself going into it that I was going to do at least 2 miles on the treadmill to go toward my 365 miles in 365 days goal. One thing that has always bothered my about running is that I feel so slow.
Most people talk about how much they hate the treadmill and running
inside, but mentally it feels good just not to be passed all the time :)
One time this summer I was running out by the portage canal and actually got passed by a few people walking! This bothered me a lot at the time, and I actually stopped running to see if my walking was faster ( it wasn't lol). Now I realize that speed isn't the important thing at all, but it is something that I would like to work toward getting a little better at. During this last workout I started to play around with the different speeds on the treadmill. Usually my speed stays somewhere between... um an embarrassing 4-5 mph. I wasn't really doing anything consistent, but I just wanted to keep moving until I got the 2 miles in. I actually started to run above 5mph which is something I thought I couldn't do! It was an awesome feeling. Now that I know that I am capable there is a new goal. ;) The fastest mile that I have ever done was around 13 minutes in elementary school gym class. Sooo.................
New Goal : run a mile under 12 minutes!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Week one of classes
Well honestly things haven't been going as well as I had hoped they would. I haven't been able to figure out a regular workout schedule. This has led me to not getting much exercise at all. At least I live off campus and walk to school each day. I live a little less then a mile away so at least I get some walking in. I have a goal of running 365 miles this year but I am not going to count my walk to school in that. I will count some walking but only if it it is part of a running workout. So, day 18 into the year and I have 0 miles done.. oops. It's time to get going on that! A one mile a day average should be doable. What I think will help a lot is if I can find a spot to put exercise in my schedule. I am a huge planner and am extremely reliant on a schedule in order to be productive. I think that if I see exercise on my calender I will see it more as something that has to get done before I move on to the next thing.
Another thing that has been a huge struggle for me is my diet. Being a college kid I am basically broke and have no time. This is the worst combination for eating healthy! I have found myself shopping for foods that are quick and easy like a frozen pizza. I know this food is horrible for me and full of nasty chemicals. When I was watching biggest loser the other day they were saying how your diet is truly 1/2 the battle toward losing weight. no wonder I have trouble! I think that maybe I need to get a healthy cook book or something like that. That will help me with more healthy recipe ideas but I still struggle with finding time to cook proper meals and finding cheap healthy food. Does anybody have any advice or suggestions?
I recently joined a broomball team at my school in hopes it would be a fun form of exercise. I had never played before and I was super nervous! For those of you who don't know broomball is played almost exactly like hockey but you don't wear skates and you use brooms instead of hockey sticks. It is still played on an ice rink though! Here is a picture of how it is played
I played my first game last night and even though I was only on the ice for about 10 minutes I am very sore. This is probably a result of falling so much. Even though I sucked pretty bad and we lost our game horribly I still had a lot of fun and am looking forward to the next game! I defiantly got a workout too :) The most difficult thing for me was getting out of the rink. Time to do some push ups and practice my jumping :)
Though this first week has been tough I know that I can't get discouraged. The path to health and fitness is not an easy one and I am learning that very quickly. I just need to take it one day at a time and not give up. I am so grateful for all the support I am getting :)
Another thing that has been a huge struggle for me is my diet. Being a college kid I am basically broke and have no time. This is the worst combination for eating healthy! I have found myself shopping for foods that are quick and easy like a frozen pizza. I know this food is horrible for me and full of nasty chemicals. When I was watching biggest loser the other day they were saying how your diet is truly 1/2 the battle toward losing weight. no wonder I have trouble! I think that maybe I need to get a healthy cook book or something like that. That will help me with more healthy recipe ideas but I still struggle with finding time to cook proper meals and finding cheap healthy food. Does anybody have any advice or suggestions?
I recently joined a broomball team at my school in hopes it would be a fun form of exercise. I had never played before and I was super nervous! For those of you who don't know broomball is played almost exactly like hockey but you don't wear skates and you use brooms instead of hockey sticks. It is still played on an ice rink though! Here is a picture of how it is played
I played my first game last night and even though I was only on the ice for about 10 minutes I am very sore. This is probably a result of falling so much. Even though I sucked pretty bad and we lost our game horribly I still had a lot of fun and am looking forward to the next game! I defiantly got a workout too :) The most difficult thing for me was getting out of the rink. Time to do some push ups and practice my jumping :)
Though this first week has been tough I know that I can't get discouraged. The path to health and fitness is not an easy one and I am learning that very quickly. I just need to take it one day at a time and not give up. I am so grateful for all the support I am getting :)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Fitness Class
This week is dollar days week at the fitness center. This means that anybody can go and try a fitness class for just $2! This is a great idea for somebody like me who hasn't ever taken a fitness class before and doesn't know what they are like. With dollar days I can try out a different fitness classes and find out if they are for me. I had been debating doing a fitness class for a while but I was concerned that after I pay for the class that I wouldn't like it. The nice thing is that because I am a student they are a reduced cost if I do decide to go for it! So far I have tried a class called ultimate conditioning (scary name huh) and I hope to try spinning and aerobic kickboxing. The hardest thing for me is actually getting to the class because they are early in the morning.
Ultimate conditioning. Ouch. :) I tried it out yesterday morning and it was pretty intense. We started out with doing a TON of lunges and squats. I remember looking at the clock and 10 minutes in my legs were shaking so bad! Just when I didn't think I could handle much more we got weights and exercise bands to work our arms. This wasn't nearly as bad because I chose a fairly thin band ( i know i'm a wimp!) We also did a lot of ab work and a variety of stuff with an exercise ball. I feel that most of these exercises I could have done at home for free but there was a lot of things that I really loved about being in a group atmosphere. They played music the whole time so everything seemed very exciting. Being in a group was also extremely motivating. I don't think I would have ever pushed myself that hard or had done as many reps if I didn't have somebody in front telling me to keep going and seeing everybody else around me work hard and not give up. My favorite thing (and kinda my least favorite thing at the same time) was that I had gotten my workout in before 8am! I didn't have to think about it for the rest of the day. I felt very proud of myself and spent the rest of the day getting through the first day of spring semester. :)
So that was yesterday, and today I hurt sooo bad in so many places. At least it is a "hurt so good" type of pain :) I am discovering muscles that I didn't even know I had! I am also learning how often I use my abs. I am very glad I tried that class and I hope to try out more this week. :)
Ultimate conditioning. Ouch. :) I tried it out yesterday morning and it was pretty intense. We started out with doing a TON of lunges and squats. I remember looking at the clock and 10 minutes in my legs were shaking so bad! Just when I didn't think I could handle much more we got weights and exercise bands to work our arms. This wasn't nearly as bad because I chose a fairly thin band ( i know i'm a wimp!) We also did a lot of ab work and a variety of stuff with an exercise ball. I feel that most of these exercises I could have done at home for free but there was a lot of things that I really loved about being in a group atmosphere. They played music the whole time so everything seemed very exciting. Being in a group was also extremely motivating. I don't think I would have ever pushed myself that hard or had done as many reps if I didn't have somebody in front telling me to keep going and seeing everybody else around me work hard and not give up. My favorite thing (and kinda my least favorite thing at the same time) was that I had gotten my workout in before 8am! I didn't have to think about it for the rest of the day. I felt very proud of myself and spent the rest of the day getting through the first day of spring semester. :)
So that was yesterday, and today I hurt sooo bad in so many places. At least it is a "hurt so good" type of pain :) I am discovering muscles that I didn't even know I had! I am also learning how often I use my abs. I am very glad I tried that class and I hope to try out more this week. :)
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