#train insane

[fitness-kayjgrey]

[coffeeandpodcaststilidie]

I officially started Beachbody Insanity last week, I found a whole unused kit for $5 at the digger store and couldn’t pass it up. But between terrible sleep and everyone else having a cold last week I fell off the wagon after the first workout 😭

Fitblr community! Is anyone starting/alread have and thinking of starting Insanity again that would maybe want to be my Insanity partner? I do a lot better when I have a workout partner to show up for. Would totally be down for a whole group if you guys want. IN FACT, I think I might be able to do a zoom meeting where you guys can see the video too if you don’t have the workouts.

Sooooo, Insanity zoom workouts? Anyone? I have to figure out how to coordinate it but I think that would be a great winter workout community.

There’s some jumping in there but I can go through and find no jump alternatives if there anyone who can’t jump.

*Disclaimer: Insanity is freaking hard, if you can’t do high intensity activity this is not the workout you want to do.

[franfromfattofit]

Know your pushing hard when you sweat like this 💪

[mymotivationandprogress]

[absolute-drive]

[mindovermiles]

Fartleks: Not Just a Funny Word.

Training info for those who want to know:

Fartlek is actually a Swedish word.  It means “speed play”.   Fartlek workouts are meant to prepare a runner for the more serious speed training.  Basically it’s a speed training intro, and it’s meant to be fun and kind of spontaneous.

Here’s how they work:

12 min of easy running (or 1.5 miles, whatever is first, generally)

For one mile, throw in some speed bursts of varying times and distances.  For example, think “I’m going to sprint to that tree/mailbox/telephone pole, etc.”.  Do a recovery jog after each burst…try not to walk!  Burst to a landmark, recover to a landmark, and repeat.  Increase the distance you do these bursts as your tolerance increases each week..

OR, instead of using landmarks to judge burst distances, do timed fartleks.  30 sec jog, 30 sec burst.  And repeat, and repeat, and repeat.  Work up your burst time so it’s longer than your jog time (30 sec jog, 45 sec burst, for example).

Plan how far/how long you want to do these bursts before you go out running.  Having a goal will make you stick to the program better, and reduce the risk of injury by just barreling along for awhile.

Okay, I’ll get off my soap box now.  Just thought this would be good to know info for people starting to train for the first time.

Hope you have some happy and healthy running :-)

Source:  Liberman A, Pribut S, Devito C.  The Everything Running Book. F + W publications.  Print, 2002.

[nicistrying]

I'm becoming a social butterfly!! I've been challenging my social anxiety soo much since coming back to uni and I'm so proud of myself, today I had a 2 hour French seminar and was late so couldn't sit with the people I knew and had to sit next to a girl I didn't know (this would have TERRIFIED me this time last year) and I managed to make conversation and practice my French really well and quite confidently! And then I was late to the second hour too and ended up next to a different girl I didn't know and I just got on so well with her and it felt so amazing to have some confidence to reach out and talk to new people, I've been so so nervous around people for so long but I'm trying super hard this year and I'm so proud of myself! Then to celebrate I went to the gym and absolutely murdered my legs (I LOVE leg days now too as I've learned to make them really fun for myself 😄), had lunch (quinoa w veggies and sweet chilli again, and nuts and cranberries and homemade protein bars) 😋 followed by a lovely coffee with my boyfriend ☺️ Now just waiting for my bestie to come over so we can get takeaway which I haven't had in sooo long so I'm excited 😅

[fitmamachelsea-blog]

Train your mind.