Well, this is the end of my first full week back in the gym and I have come through with flying colours.
So far I have attended three Yoga classes (with another two scheduled for the weekend), done five hours on the treadmill, and had two sessions with Gary on the gym equipment. Yesterday I was in the gym for two and a half hours as I had Yoga, PT, and Cardio (plus I also walked the dog for half and hour). I woke up this morning feeling tired but okay. Of course, I am avoiding going down to the gym by typing this blog.
I have been thinking about doing Yoga on the 2 days I have off (Monday and Friday), but on Friday the class is at 5:45am and frankly, I can't see anyway that I can get myself out of bed by 5:45am, let alone be at the gym, dressed and ready to bend my toes to touch the back of my head but 5:45am.
Funny story, yesterday I was feeling very proud of myself for managing the swan pose and sitting upright whilst holding my leg until I looked up and saw the woman beside me touching her foot with the back of her head. There was a 1 meter gap between my foot and my head an I was as stretched as I could get.
Oh well, if Madonna can manage it at 50 I'm sure I can get there at age 40 ... couldn't I ?
Friday, 24 August 2007
Friday, 17 August 2007
My New Goals
Okay, so that they're down in print, here are my new training/weight related goals
1. Lose 10 kilos of fat by Christmas 2007
2. Tone up thighs and stomach (shed fat and gain more tone)
3. Build bigger bum muscles (I'd like to have a bigger bum)
4. Continue the great work that I've achieved with my shoulders, arms, back and chest (I'm actually really happy with them)
5. Continue to improve my cardio fitness. I already have an excellent level of fitness for my age so I'd like to get into the "superior" category.
1. Lose 10 kilos of fat by Christmas 2007
2. Tone up thighs and stomach (shed fat and gain more tone)
3. Build bigger bum muscles (I'd like to have a bigger bum)
4. Continue the great work that I've achieved with my shoulders, arms, back and chest (I'm actually really happy with them)
5. Continue to improve my cardio fitness. I already have an excellent level of fitness for my age so I'd like to get into the "superior" category.
I'm Back in the Saddle Again - Week 1
Okay, so a lot of my postings have had a bit of "seriousness" about them that I believe takes away from the enjoyability of reading a blog. So I'm going to try to inject more humour into my postings, after all, as Oscar Wilde once said "Life is too important to be taken seriously."
I've started back with the Personal Trainer, Gary. I'm sure some of you were unaware that we'd stopped our sessions, but I reached the end of the 12 weeks and decided to have a month off to re-think my training. You see, I picked up one of those "Over 40 and gritting our teeth and loving it" magazines that the Americans are so fond of writing. The articles have the best titles such as "Learning to Love Your Sagging Boobies", "Finding Jeans to Fit and Flatter the Over Forty Body" and many, secrety sponsored I supsect, articles about Botox.
Oh, and BTW, I know there are several of you gals out there who are having Botox and aren't admitting to it. Don't think I haven't noticed that you can't frown anymore. That's okay, you can do whatever you want to your faces, just don't get on your hobby horse about my other friends who are openly talking about their procedures. It's just naughty to feign indignation when you're office having "Bessie's Botulism" injected into your "Who knew tanning in the 80s without sunscreen was such a bad idea?" lines.
Anyway, back to Gary and the training sessions. This article for over 40s (I just typed over 50s by mistake, it's a sign!!!) and here's their proposed training schedule for us 40+ gals
Weights - 2-3 x 30 minute sessions a week, with a gap of up to 72 hours between sessions to recover
Cardio - 3-4 sessions a week of 35 minutes (well, I do an hour a day 7 days a week because I am trying to shift my vegan cheesecake spare tyre)
Core Strength - Pilates 2-3 times a week
Stretching - Yoga, Body Balance, Tai Chi - 3 to 4 sessions a week, OR 10 minutes a day.
Seems like an awful lot of work to me, but if you include your 10 minutes stretching immediately after your weights and cardio it makes it a bit easier.
So anyway, here is my new revised schedule
Weights - 2 a week with Gary
Cardio - 6-7 times a week for 1 hour
Stretching - 3-4 yoga classes a week
On other news, my weight started plummeting with the new Vegan diet, but then I discovered Vegan wine and this week I gained 2 kilos. I'm hoping it's fluid retention that's causing my Miss Sixtys to look like Miss Eightys at the moment.
My goal this time around to keep a better record of my achievements for the 14 weeks and give you a posting of how I'm progressing.
If I slip a week, please send me a reminder to pull my fucking finger out.
Love to you all
Kate
I've started back with the Personal Trainer, Gary. I'm sure some of you were unaware that we'd stopped our sessions, but I reached the end of the 12 weeks and decided to have a month off to re-think my training. You see, I picked up one of those "Over 40 and gritting our teeth and loving it" magazines that the Americans are so fond of writing. The articles have the best titles such as "Learning to Love Your Sagging Boobies", "Finding Jeans to Fit and Flatter the Over Forty Body" and many, secrety sponsored I supsect, articles about Botox.
Oh, and BTW, I know there are several of you gals out there who are having Botox and aren't admitting to it. Don't think I haven't noticed that you can't frown anymore. That's okay, you can do whatever you want to your faces, just don't get on your hobby horse about my other friends who are openly talking about their procedures. It's just naughty to feign indignation when you're office having "Bessie's Botulism" injected into your "Who knew tanning in the 80s without sunscreen was such a bad idea?" lines.
Anyway, back to Gary and the training sessions. This article for over 40s (I just typed over 50s by mistake, it's a sign!!!) and here's their proposed training schedule for us 40+ gals
Weights - 2-3 x 30 minute sessions a week, with a gap of up to 72 hours between sessions to recover
Cardio - 3-4 sessions a week of 35 minutes (well, I do an hour a day 7 days a week because I am trying to shift my vegan cheesecake spare tyre)
Core Strength - Pilates 2-3 times a week
Stretching - Yoga, Body Balance, Tai Chi - 3 to 4 sessions a week, OR 10 minutes a day.
Seems like an awful lot of work to me, but if you include your 10 minutes stretching immediately after your weights and cardio it makes it a bit easier.
So anyway, here is my new revised schedule
Weights - 2 a week with Gary
Cardio - 6-7 times a week for 1 hour
Stretching - 3-4 yoga classes a week
On other news, my weight started plummeting with the new Vegan diet, but then I discovered Vegan wine and this week I gained 2 kilos. I'm hoping it's fluid retention that's causing my Miss Sixtys to look like Miss Eightys at the moment.
My goal this time around to keep a better record of my achievements for the 14 weeks and give you a posting of how I'm progressing.
If I slip a week, please send me a reminder to pull my fucking finger out.
Love to you all
Kate
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