Week 13- the Week of N0mz

This is the weekend of Thanksgiving!
Like most others, I'm not sure how good I feel about the amount of things I ate this week -.-, but hopefully my participation in cardio workouts can make me feel better! On Monday, I ran for about 10 minutes at a MPH pace, rode on the stationary bike for about 10 minutes and then used the elliptical for 10 minutes. On Tuesday, we did the Fitness test. I rode my personal stationary bike on Thursday for 30 minutes.

 I was super close to reaching my Cooper Test goal! I was very proud of myself for only walking  less than a 1/4 of a mile of the 1.24 miles I ran in the Cooper Test! Whoot! I also wasn't surprised that my weight hadn't changed that much, even though I was hoping it would.

However, it was interesting to compare my changes to the Pre/Post test of my KN 136 class with Lauren and my KN 137 class. I definitely lost a lot more weight in my KN 136 class last semester, but there are a few variables that could have gone in to it, including me religiously doing aerobic exercise 5 times a day in addition to Lauren's excellent resistance workouts last year and the fact that we did not have student instructors last year. I'm going to try to make my workout more intense and incorporate more resistance once I'm done with my 137 class. I'm going to try to model it off of Lauren's 136 class last year to achieve the same results as before.

Motivational Picture of the Week:

Week 12!

This week was a decent week, I didn't make it to the gym as often as I wanted to. I worked three days - Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Tuesday I ran for 10 minutes, was on the elliptical for 20 and then used the resistance machines. Thursday, I ran for 10 minutes, then participated in the workout that was "land-based". It wasn't very well organized, and I was almost forced to crab walk for 1/8 of a mile! However, we did planks for an extended period of time, and my muscles were sore the next day and the day after. On Friday, I used the resistance machines, used the stationary bike for 5 minutes, ran for 5 minutes and was on the elliptical for 20.

I'm a little anxious to take my fitness assessment tomorrow and see how the results turned out. Eeep!

Motivational Picture of the Week:

Week 11!!

This was a wonderful week for me!! I successfully completed Lauren’s 5k! I think I beat my time, but I walked a lot more than I wanted to. However, considering that I beat my time, it must have meant that I went a lot faster in the beginning than I expected myself to. Yaaay! That Thursday, I also ran another 3.25 miles instead of swimming during class. Running the first two miles were a lot easier than they ever were for me. Also, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I did a combination of various cardio exercises, including the elliptical, treadmill and the stationary bike.

I’m super proud of myself for not giving up on myself and completing my goal of finishing a 5k! Hopefully there will be more to come!! Eep!

MOTIVATIONAL PICTURE OF THE WEEK