Year: 2013

And so the cold & rain continues

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With storm warnings today and tomorrow. It’s freaking cold! Some days it’s really really hard to stay positive – not seing the sun at all makes me (and others) feel bleh 🙁 At least it should be sunny on Tuesday. I should leave work early to enjoy the sunny day!
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Knowing you live where the big with mass of clouds is located and you know it’s not moving – at all – CRY!
But, it’s nothing new that the weather is the way it is here 🙂

Gym Week #1

10:30 – 11:30: Step
11:30 – 12:30: Bodystyling
12:40 – 13:00: Cross-Trainer (10 min. backwards, 10 min. forwards)

After training the BF waited with a lovely and oh so yummy rhubarb cake. Before the gym I had an apple-banana-milk & water shake with lime.
My first gym week is completed, I’ve been to the gym:

  • Monday: 2 hours – endurance & strength training (Power Dumbell & Zumba)
  • Tuesday: 1,5 hours – endurance & strength training (Dance & Circle Training)
  • Thursday: 1,25 hours – endurance & strength training (Step & Circle Training)
  • Sunday: 3 hours – endurance & strength training (Dance Step & Belly-Legs-Tushy & Circle Training)
  • Monday: 2,5 hours – endurance training (Step with barbells and dumbbell & Bodystyling with dumbbell)

My belly after one week of gym membership. Didn’t change too much (duh!) but it’s gone through a lot of crunch, sit-up and leg-raise pain!
Belly week one

New Gym Clothing

When I joined the gym I noticed I can’t wear my normal jogging pants I wear around the house, my American Apparel T-Shirts & bra. So, after having my first Belly-Legs-Tushy course I decided to hit the local sports-store (it’s huge, I was impressed).

I knew I needed:
– shorter pants for the summer
– more tops
– sports bra

So I grabbed about 10 knee-long gym-capris, one fit, Puma Move Capris.
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I tried on a few tops but decided I really didn’t like them too much – all too short (I can’t stand too short tops), so I ordered some Under Armour HeatGear Fitted Victory tank tops online. Yum!
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I bought on in bright yellow, dark grey and light grey. I’ll get some more bright colors next month *coughsalarycough*.
After trying on a bunch of sports bra and not knowing if I should still be able to breathe or not I decided on an Adidas techfit bra, similar to the one in the image (just my back is grey, not purple).
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After going to the gym on a regularly basis I noticed I need to get a second (and maybe third) sports bra and maybe another pair of capris. I’d also like a long sleeve and maybe new shoes, I saw some nice Under Armours for a good price.
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At least it’s very much fun to buy all this stuff and unfortunately it’s quite hard to stop.
Tonight we’re going Sushi-Eating – I can’t wait!! 🙂

Gym Day #2

  • 18 km bike ride to work
  • 16 km bike ride to the gym
  • 18:00 to 19:00: Move & Style
  • 19:00 to 19:30: Circle Training on eight machines, two rounds
  • 3 km ride home 🙂

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So, Move & Style – not for me, they’re doing a choreography which takes about 5 minutes and they do it so fast, it’s impossible to get along. For me at least. And boy, how challenging to ride the bike from work one hour to the gym with around 20km/h (12.5mph) average and head wind. And to have ten minutes to change and start the course at 18:00. I was sweating like a pig.