i am a little larva

let's get running. current goal: 15 km

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The barbell was long and hard to the touch.

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I don't actually have a proper record of what I did at the gym today because I went along to a "fat burn" class, and then accidentally stayed for the abs class after. There were barbell squats (just 5 kg, but it was my first time using a barbell), barbell lunges, whatever its called where the barbell is across your shoulders and you bend forward and straighten up, pushups, tricep dips, jumping on-off a step, using a barbell weight like a twisty steering wheel, lifting it above our heads, crunches with our feet in the air, crunches where we raised the barbell to our feet, planks, planks with star jump legs, side planks where we dipped our hips to the floor It's getting hard to remember already - that's why I'm making notes! Still, it was the mixture of strength and cardio I was looking for today, and I now know what a barbell feels like to use, so yay!

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3 kg dumbells Lateral raise 10 10 10 5 kg dumbells Upright row 10 10 12 Bent over row 10 10 15 Bicep curls 10 10 15 7 kg dumbells Dumbell squat 10 10 10 No weights Leg raise 10 10 10 Sit ups 10 10 10

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I'm at the gym and I feel sad, but I don't know if I'm actually sad, tired, or hungry. I guess I've had a couple of late nights in a row, thought it's not that 11:30 pm is actually /late/ for me just that I was socialising beforehand, which is tiring. I was a little hungry when I got out of work at 5, so I had a Starbucks and some sort of cashew and date raw bar. I don't know;; I have trouble interpreting my body's signals sometimes and often mistake hunger for sadness and lethargy. Can't eat much though, I'll probably be having dinner not long after I get home.

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3 kg dumbells

Rear lateral raise 10 10 11 5 kg dumbells Shoulder press 10 10 11 Floor Bench press 10 10 13 Tricep dips 10 10 6 Leg raises 10 10 11

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I tried out the rowing machine today. About half an hour or so. I wondered why I couldn't get up a decent sweat or anything, but it turns out that was because it was on drag 10/10. Apparently that's equivalent to a big wooden rowing boat, and the smaller the number the more streamlined the hypothetical boat. So next time I go I'll drop it down to 5 and give that a go. I also listened along to an interval playlist of the tabata style, 20 min on the rowing machine and later 10 min on the treadmill (to work up an actual sweat). I'll give that another go on the rowing machine but on the treadmill constantly having to change the speed up and down was annoying. I also weighed myself, and apparently I'm the lowest weight I've been in ages (just under 63 kg) which is a surprise. The fat measurement basically failed though (it measured at exactly the recommended minimum so I don't believe it).

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Plus 2.67 km in 19:46, basically HIIT

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5 kg dumbells

Upright row 3 x 10 Dumbell curl 2 x 10 1 x 22 - increase weight Bent over row 2 x 10 1 x 16 No weight Lying leg raise 3 x 10 Sit ups 3 x 10

3 kg Lateral raise 3 x 10

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3 kg dumbells (4 kg were in use when I got there)

Shoulder press 10 10 17 - increase weight Rear lateral raise 10 10? 11 Dumbell bench press 10 10 20 - increase weight

Lying double leg raises 10 10 10 On crossed knees pushups 10 10 10

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4 kg dumbells Upright dumbell row 2 x 10 1 x 23 - increase weight Lateral raise 3 x 10 - not all elbow to shoulder height, decrease weight Bicep curls 2 x 10 1 x 30+ - definitely increase weight Bent over row 2 x 10 1 x 25 - increase weight Cross armed sit ups 2 x 10 1 x 15 Double leg raises 3 x 10

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Other people: write workout plans in bullet journals, with fancy colours and pens Me: uses the back of edamame bean packaging and a sharpie

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And an hour and a half later I've warmed up, run 5 km in bang on 40 minutes , cooled down, and showered. Now to get home. (5km in 40 min)

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Forgot my leggings, so this is all I have to wear at the gym

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2 kg dumbells 3 x 20 bicep curls 1 x 20 1 x 15 1 x 10 single arm triceps extension 1 x 20 2 x 15 seated palm up wrist curls 1 x 20 2 x 15 seated palm down wrist curls 3 x 15 double arm triceps extension 1 x 10 1x 15 1 x 20 bent over row 3 x 10 R L RL lateral raises

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Honestly?

I have not run since the disastrous Halloween 🎃 run that was meant to be 5km but was cut to 1.2 km.

That really sapped my motivation for running, it was so disappointing. And alongside winter weather, I have not run.

But I’ve wanted to? I’ve just not wanted to run in the conditions there have been - cold, dark, etc.

So I’ve bitten a bullet and joined a local gym. One month rolling contract, cardio and weight machines.

And I am here! Today, now, in the gym.

Bit of a hassle, confusion over changing facilities, buying a padlock, etc.

But I am here, and I have just run.

So, really, I have run since October. I’ve run today. Just 2.82 km in 25 minutes (warmup/cooldown included).

But it felt good!

It felt good.

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Well that was f*ckin disappointing. I know it’s not the race organiser’s fault, but there was fog which made them decide to cut the race course short.

From 5 to 1.6 km. I literally spent more time waiting around after I had got my race number than I spent running.

I heard some people talking about how it normally is - there are normally wooded sections where people jump out at you and it’s normally quite scary. I suppose because the start and finish sections were along the same section of path they thought they wouldn’t be able to have us do more than one ‘loop’.

I still felt like crying from disappointment when I was finished.

1.64 km in 11:23

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So...until yesterday I hadn’t run in two months D: I went for a gently 5 km to see if I could still run...

because I have a race tonight! A Halloween night time race where I have to wear I head torch and they say I’ll get scared.

Having done no training I’m not expecting to do well, but it’ll just be fun to do I think.