This month was a bit of a mixed bag exercise wise as I didn’t have a real plan in place for my gym workouts, which generally does my head in as I like to know what I’m doing and get in, do it and get out and get home. I also wanted to increase the cardio a bit this month since I haven’t really been doing a lot the past four months since I injured my ankle.
1st – Legs at the Gym
2nd – Random Arms/Shoulders/Chest day at the gym
3rd – Gym – Squats & Deadlift Sessions (New Squat PB!)
4th – Rest
5th – Rest
6th – Gym – Random assortment – lunges, calf raises, abductor, bench press and bicep curls.
7th – Gym – Squats / Deadlifts & Leg Press then the Hakarimata Staircase (oh my calves!!)
8th – Rest
9th – Chest & Arm Workout (New Pull Ups PB!)
10th – 20 minutes on the wind trainer (bike) at home
11th – Random Workout – Deadlift, Squats, Abductor and 20 minutes of cardio
12th – Rest
13th – Random Workout again – Squats, Bench Press, and a quick Arm Circuit. (New Squat & Bench PB!)
14th – 5.5km Walk home from #laptopclub
15th – Random Workout – Deadlifts, Leg Press and Step ups. (New Deadlift PB!)
16th – Random Workout – Bench & Arms (New Bench PB!)
17th – Rest
18th – I forgot my notebook this day so I have no idea what I did, I would guess upper body 😉
19th – 25 minutes of cardio and a kettlebell workout at the end.
20th – Leg Press, Heavy Squats, Step ups, a little bit of Ab work an 20 minutes cardio.
21st – Rest
22nd – Chest, upper back and shoulder workout.
23rd – 2.5km run to test my ankle for the weekend. Gym Work- Heavy Squats, Biceps & Triceps and some Heavy Deadlifts.
24th – Rest *
25th – Rest *
26th – Rest *
27th – Rest *
28th – Tough Guy / Gal Challenge- 6km Mud Run
29th – Upper Body workout & 3.5km Walk
30th – 100 * Squats, 100*Leg Press – all well over body weight, nailed my quads!
Overall a great month even though I didn’t have a lot of direction for my training. I managed to smash out quite a few new PB’s on some big lifts which is awesome! I also managed to squeeze in a bit of extra cardio which is good, although not at ideal levels for me just yet I am getting there slowly!
* I had a few days in a row set aside as complete rest as my body was really feeling it and just not recovering after workouts, presumably doing too many PB’s in such a short amount of time 😉 Sometimes you just need to listen to your body and take a break and get back into it.
Next month I am making sure I put in place a more directed training plan and am also going to include more cardio so I make sure it gets done as I tend to leave it out. I am officially finished at course now (Yep I’m now a qualified Personal Trainer!), so I will have my Tuesday and Thursday nights back which should make a difference to the amount of cardio I am able to squeeze in!
How has your exercise been this month?
Whoooa, that’s some SERIOUS exercising! Good on you!
If I was to share *my* movement diary, it would practically be non-existent… I’m at the end of my pregnancy and have been sitting on my enormous butt for most of the past two months *bows head in shame* I can’t wait to get out there and get healthy again soon though, and this post is excellent inspiration for exactly that!
You keep resting up and keep that little one nice and cosy in there until baby is ready to come miss!