I have
many different projects going on this week. One of them is finding a good strength
training plan. I was doing a great 30 day strength challenge, but stopped after
day 21. I was having some pain in my back, I think mostly because of the plank
exercise. When you are supposed to do 3 minute plank and can barely do 1
minute, you end up doing it incorrectly and your back suffers. And I no longer
saw the point of doing over 200 squats. Sorry, that is just silly. So, I’ve
been reading through all my sport magazines and my running books and googling
and youtubing. Finally, a friend introduced me to the 7 minute workout.
Fantastic idea. I will give it a try, it can even be found as an app. Here is a
link to it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECxYJcnvyMw.
I will keep track of my progress and revise if necessary, but I really like the
way it is set up as it’s easy to follow.
So, now
my weekly training plan is ready.
Monday: Walk + strength
Tuesday: Run (intervals/hills)
Wednesday: Rest (short walk + strength)
Thursday: Run (intervals/pyramid)
Friday: Walk + strength
Saturday: Run (long run)
Sunday: Rest (short/slow walk)
Looks
good, right?
And yeah,
I almost forgot. I’ve now officially signed up for the Reykjavik marathon, half
marathon distance, on the 23th August 2014. Paid for it and all, so now there
is no backing out but just full speed ahead with training. It will be so much
fun, I’m sure.
I’ve also
been focusing a lot this last week on food. Doing research on the internet,
googling and youtubing everything and more and have found that a plant-based
diet, like the one I’m working on, is very interesting and probably the best
decision I could have made. It doesn’t mean that I think it is for everybody,
but it looks like it will work for me. Not only for health reasons, but also
for ethical and environmental reasons. This last couple of weeks I’ve been
having some meat cravings, but my data collection on the benefits of
plant-based diet and casting out processed food for good has kept me on the
right track. In case any of you are interested to look into plant-based diet,
here is a link to a video with the author of the book The China Study. Basically,
it states that we are what we eat. There are, of course, some critics of the
book and I’m not here making any claims that it is 100% correct, but it seems
to make sense to me.
I’ve also
been watching some video from this ultra fitness guy, and a vegan. All the
claims that you don’t get enough protein from plant-based diet sure don’t seem
to fit him. His name is Rich Roll, you can check him out if you want, on
YouTube. So far though, I’m far away from veganism but excited about the
journey and the experience. I’ve started to fair a little better with my
chocolate habit, it is on the right track. And now I also really have to face
my coke light habit, again! I have found out that those two habits go hand in
hand. They complement each other, the pleasure of eating chocolate without the
coke, and drinking the coke without the chocolate, is not the same as consuming
the two together. I think I’m almost there, something is stirring in my brain
and I’m confident that before long there will be no more chocolate and coke
light for me :)
Have a
great week everybody, and remember: Be the change you want to see in the world!
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