Julia's activity log

[julia]

last entry was about Sep 18th instead of Sept 17th..

Sep 19th: -
Sep 20th: walking around town a lot, and also out in the nature
Sep 21st: 30 min rowing machine (860 strokes, 4 km, 205kcals [according to machine]), feel a bit sick today.. My whole family's been feeling feverish lately except me.. blah.. I hope it's over tomorrow..

[julia]

Sep 22nd: 4 km run [max HR: 195, average about 150, 240 kcals] + thorough stretching; 40 mins
Sep 23rd: arms, 30 mins; upped weight on dumbbells from 5kg to 6.5kg; self-confidence on a scale from 1 to 10 is -1 hope for better days to come soon, wish to be more motivated about working out again!

[julia]

Sep 24th: -
Sep 25th: swimming (2.5km, 1:08), 6km cycling

[julia]

Sep 26th: -
Sep 27th: abs but completely different than I usually do.. today:
>10 min running place warm up
*50 crunches, 10 windshield wipers (on floor), 10 bicycle crunches
>2 min running in place
*50 crunches, 10 windshield wipers (on floor), 10 bicycle crunches
>2 min running in place
*50 crunches, 10 windshield wipers (on floor), 10 bicycle crunches
>2 min running in place
*50 crunches, 10 windshield wipers (on floor), 10 bicycle crunches
>2 min plank (the last 20 seconds were killing me! HR went up to 165!)
+ thorough stretching
average HR: 116; highest: 178, cals: 170

uni starts in a week, so this is my last week before uploading my after pics of this summer.. feel better now than I did last week so I want to push myself real hard this week and hope to train a lot.

[julia]

Sep 28th: 30 min rowing machine
Sep 29th: 90 min stationary bike (just 28 km though, 460 kcal)

[julia]

Sep 30th: 40 min upper body
most exciting(!) video ever: 2 min plank, think my starting position was too high, though
http://yfrog.com/j8file1130z

[MaryStella]

pretty well rounded program your doing.

[julia]

Thanks mary!

Oct 1: -
Oct 2: swimming (2.5km, 1:05) it was so much fun today because I had a kind of race with a guy that was swimming as well..

want to go for a run later today, afterwards I'll post pictures

[julia]

Oct 3: no running after all, just a walk and later a 25 min workout, with lots of lunges, which I have never done before! (I did 25 with each leg forward, side, and backward)

wanted to post progress pics today but ended up being in a hurry, so I took just one picture, here it is:
"before": after:

I'm not happy with the picture (I think the only thing I flexed was my biceps ), so I only post it here.
I'll take some more pictures within the next week and share them in the progress pics - thread

[julia]

Still don't have any new photos, and haven't been that active lately.. (1 hour of swimming per week, 1 to 2 times rowing machine or stationary bike and on other days upper body or abs)
Feel like my tummy is leaner than ever, though I'll try to stick to the way I "train" and eat now, and see if I can keep the muscles and keep fat away. Since uni started I often leave home at 5:45 and come home 5 and 8 PM, because I don't live in the same city (yet). So I don't have much time/energy left for training.

[julia]

Last week: 30 min rowing, 45 min stationary bike, today 3 hour hike
walks almost every day, also pull-ups and push-ups

[julia]

Mon Nov 1st: 2.5 hour walk
Tue Nov 2nd: 1 hour walk
Wed Nov 3rd: 30 min workout including rope jumping (count: 1000), burpees, pull ups, push ups, crunches
Thur Nov 4th: -
Fri Nov 5th: 30 min stationary bike

first week of getting closer to a workout routine again! Been so lazy all throughout October.. Need to be more active again..

[julia]

Sat Nov 6th: 8.5k cycling, 1 1/2 hour walk in the forest (soo beautiful!)
Sun Nov 7th: 1 hour walk, quick arm workout (about 20 min)
Mon Nov 8th: - Ha! did end up working out at 9PM (probably a stupid idea considering that I had to get up before 5 AM, but I just felt like it)
so that was 30 mins of mostly abs + arms, legs a bit [in addition to the 30 minutes: Stretching + meditation after that..]
Tue Nov 9th: commuting on bike, taking it easy today! just some push ups and crunches, no real workout

[julia]

Wed Nov 10th & Thu Nov 11: walking + commuting by bike
Fri Nov 12th: 30 min rowing machine, 4.2km (some day i want to get to 5km in 30 min ), 900 strokes, 260 kcals burned
am so happy with my body today

[julia]

Sat Nov 13: 30 min whole body: pull ups, push ups, burpees, crunches etc
Sun Nov 14: - (1 hour walk)