Week 1 - review

My first week was relaxed and I'm quite happy with it. This really feels like a new beginning, not just rushing into full speed workouts despite my flu and need for holidays. This rate is quite good! I want to be up and running with energy when we hit our first scrimmage ever in less than a month.

Monday
day off

Tuesday
PRD practice 60

Wednesday
day off

Thursday
bodybalance 60

Friday
run 40
triceps (3 x 20 3 kg)
biceps (3 x 20 3 kg)
abs (5 mins + 1 min plank)

Saturday
day off

Sunday
PRD practice 2 hours

Gloom

Hi guys! I've been taking it easy as I promised! I still have a bit of a flu so I haven't done any workouts, except our first practice on Tuesday. It was so great, awesome! And somehow I hadn't lost my ability to skate, it was almost the break never happened. Actually this fresh start taught me already. The push and pull doing crossovers really clicked in my head this time. I feel like I'm gonna make it work in near future. So excited! Now I'm waiting forward to our practice on Sunday. Yesterday I had to skip practice because of work stuff.

I need to buy more lemons, I need this tea right now.

Week 1 - take two!

So did I reach all my goals last year? Nope. But did make some progress? Yep! This spring is all about taking my time and more about game prospects. PRD has already booked two scrimmages both within a couple of months. Our first scrimmage as a team ever is coming up in less than a month and that is awesome! This is also why the quality of workout is more essential than the quantity. Just like before running a marathon you need to save some of that energy before the actual leap. I've done quite a good job around Christmas break and found again a new course for workouts. SURPRISING! I'm keen on getting bored after a while so the break was a good way to renew my routines.

So what have I been doing? Only what I've felt like doing. My love has grown towards yoga and bodybalance during the break and that's something I've done a lot. Both at the gym and at home. Also RVP has again gotten a place in my heart and with great relief I can say that this combination has TOTALLY and UTTERLY taken my buttock pains away! There's not even the smallest trace of the pain. That also led me making some progress in bodypump and upgrading my squat weights to 8,5 kg a head! How about that! All this in just three weeks! I'm throwing hats in the air.

I've also done running, gym, indoor cycling, bodypump, dancing and last but not least: just taken my time on the sofa reading.

This is what I've been reading

So be patient with me on spring season. I'm not gonna be a racket and all high fly but more like meditating this winter away with some awesome workouts. Slow curing start it is to be, I'm all excited about our practice tomorrow and how my body responds to it!

Week 16 - slow down for Christmas!

I'm tireeeeed.... Just trying to keep my eyes open! There's a good reason for this: I've just eaten my first Christmas meal, our company offered us the buffet. There's carols in my head and my eyelids weight a ton. I want to crawl under this desk and sleep there until tomorrow. I don't want coffee, I don't want to cheer up, I want to have a nap!

We went ice skating yesterday. It felt weird! Well first of all it wasn't like "I can skate with quads, I can definitely skate with ice skates too". Nope. I stepped on the ice with my skates and immediately lost balance and almost fell. The point of gravity is totally different when ice skating. We had a free skate session, I practiced turning, a little jumping, cross overs and just skating. It was fun! But we had even more fun at our on skates practice where we again had our new fresh meat with us, the new girls are great! So nice to have more people at practice :).

It turned out my gym is closing already on Sunday (I was prepared for a afternoon spent in there) and it seems I am to take it real easy for some days. Don't really care! At the moment I can only think of sleeping. Of course there is our last practice of the year in the evening and I don't know what to think of it! I'm gonna miss it a lot. I will also rest and do other stuff like hopefully get back on the pole again.

Monday
Bodypump 60

Tuesday
PRD off skate practice: ice skating 45
PRD on skate practice 60

Wednesday
PRD on skate practice 2 hours (LAST ONE OF THIS YEAR!!)

Thursday
day off!

Friday
run 30
RVP 30

Saturday
day off

Sunday
some of these
RVP at home
bench press
biceps
triceps
lower & upper back
pole dancing

Week 15 review

Last week was wrapped up with a great Sunday practice. I have missed two practices during the last two weeks and other practices have been cancelled, so I had a two week break from skating. I was afraid it would slow me down... but no! It was so great yesterday, I loved every second and could have kept on for couple hours more. And despite my sick leaves and all my attendance is still 80,5%. Maybe this Christmas holiday is also coming at a right time, two more effective practices tomorrow and on Wednesday and then almost three weeks without our practice. I'm going to miss it badly, but it will be for the good for sure. I'm convinced now to have a brake from this blog too so I don't create pressure for myself.

I'm quite happy with last weeks workouts, I'm so happy to be OK again! I really kicked that flus ass!

Monday
sick :(

Tuesday
sick :(

Wednesday
day off

Thursday
Bodypump 30

Friday
Run 30

Saturday
day off

Sunday
PRD on skate practice 2 hours

Hopes up!

Feeling as bright as it would be the beginning of spring! Well it isn't, but yesterday I felt quite good and decided to go and take a chance on bodypump express. I promised to take it easy and stop immediately if it would feel bad... but it didn't! The ½ hour workout was just what I needed after the fever and having this flu. It was just the right amount of exercise, you should have seen my smile doing those squats. I also realized that despite all my complaints of not having the time or fit to do as much as I would like to I still do quite a lot. I skate, run, do yoga, workout in bodypump and other muscle toning classes and dance too. I even remember to do little exercises during the day, since sitting the whole 8 hour in the office is bad , I stretch my hands and other muscles too. I don't need to worry about skipping a week, really. Phew.

Today I wanted to do another test exercise, this time more aerobic one. After workday I went to the gym to run and for the first 10 minutes my breathing was hard because of my blocked nose but after that it was awesome. I got high on exercise. I'm officially turned out to be a sports junkie. Some of my friends have maybe noticed this earlier than I have, I've been receiving such comments lately and maybe haven't thought of them earlier. Why is it that we are often so blind to our own habits, skills, faults and looks? I for myself regret not saying the truth to my friends, who are awesome, beautiful and keep me up when I'm about to fall. None of them would be my friends if they wouldn't be the perfect match for me, and they are! I love meeting new people but I don't make friends easy, even though I'd love to be able. I need something to bond me with my friends, something deeper we share. Luckily those girls in our team are the best: crazy enough, relaxed, fun, a great bunch to skate with.

It's Friday and I'm making Karelian hot pot with mashed potatoes and carrots. Our cats are sleeping, I'm home alone and radio is playing night club hits. After I finish this I'll dance in the kitchen till I'm bored and grab a book so I can disappear under a blanket.

We made it yesterday!

Week 15 - nothing to report

We drove to our practice hall yesterday and found around 50 cars parked in the yard and streets near it. Suspicious... And so it seemed there was some Christmas related party going on that someone had forgotten to inform us about. Well, no skating yesterday either! All the carbohydrates I ate were of no use. Some of us decided to have nice warm drinks and at least the time was well spent in good discussions. All the rest is also useful to me although I feel I need some good exercise. My doctor said that if I usually exercise a lot it could actually help me loosen up some phlegm (what a nice thing to tell you all about). I feel slimy and filled with germs. I wash my hands constantly and am really sorry every time I cough or sneeze. Also I'm red in the face, especially around my nose. They suggested I could be our offices Saint Lucy and have a crown of candles since it's the Saint Lucy's day but I nominate myself as our offices Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. He's way cuter too.

Lovely!

Nope, not me

I'm not even going to plan this week. I have no idea how is this flu going to evolve and there's definitely NO hard workout for me this week. Blah blah blah, why has this autumn been so full of setbacks, really? At least it's Christmas time so I've got plenty of other stuff to do. Like gingerbread houses today! I've never made ones before but I've got the best people to help me.