My fitness suite spare bedroom is coming along nicely. I’ve told you about the ‘mill, which has been kitted out with the TV on the wall, and the surround sound 😛
Well, there’s a new addition:
Yip! We’re now the proud owners of a rowing machine!
@TheWelshWookie and I have been talking recently about doing more cross training: I definitely don’t do enough. We talked about how a rowing machine would be great for me, as my upper body strength is nil not what it should be, and that a rower would be good for combining some leg work with upper body and cardio. And what happened next? You’re right: someone was selling one locally. It almost fell into our laps!
So, @TheWelshWookie and I collected it last night, and tonight I gave it a test run.
So far, so good! 😀
It sits nicely next to the treadmill, yoga mat, swiss ball, free weights and resistance bands.
Has anyone else accidentally ended up with a home fitness suite? 😉
It’s a wild, wet and windy Wednesday. So what do you do?
Do you:
1. Man up, and go for a run: get blown around the harbour, soaked to the bone, but feel smug and thaw out when you get home.
2. Do some indoor exercise: strength training. Yoga. Fitness DVD.
3. Do those stretches you know are good for you, but you neglect. Foam roll.
4. Sit on the sofa and watch TV, listening to the rain battering on the window.
Can you guess which I did tonight?
Tomorrow is the big day: the one I’ve been working hard for. It’s my second half marathon- the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in Dublin! Squeeeee!
Today’s plan is to take things easy: do some sight seeing, stop for lunch and for coffee, and stretch my legs with a short two miler. I’m hoping to get a good night’s sleep too!
I’ll let you all know how it goes- see you on the other side! 😀
Well, tonight, I came home from work to find that @TheWelshWookie had my dinner waiting for me. 😀 He had made a fabulous turkey curry. Deee-lish!
But it meant that I was too full to do and looking for any excuse to get out of doing my strength training as planned. So, instead I went for a lovely walk in the sunshine. It was too gorgeous a night to waste indoors doing strength training anyway 😉
We live about 14 miles away from the nearest ‘normal’ gym, which is located in Lochgilphead. That means that any strength training I do is at home, using bits and pieces of light equipment I’ve picked up over time: dumbbells, resistance bands, swiss ball, mat, etc. I mostly do NTC training, so that’s about all of the equipment I need. But in Tarbert, we are very lucky; we have a secret weapon: an Outdoor Gym!
I took some pictures of it this evening, to let you see it:
There’s even a table tennis table, and some basketball hoops:
There are picnic tables located nearby, and a glorious view of the harbour:
When I arrived home, I thought I’d better begin to pack for the Color Run UK in London this weekend. I’m deciding what to take with me…
And right now, I’m brushing my wig, trying to make it look presentable! 😮
Today’s Life Lesson: Don’t wear brand new sandals to work before breaking them in first. Ouch!
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Happy Independence Day to all in the US! I hope you’re having a lovely day, and getting the miles in?
For me, the closest I got to any celebrations was stocking up for this weekend’s Seafood Festival. We’re having a house full of guests, and looking forward to it! If you want to know more about the Seafood Festival, have a look here: http://www.facebook.com/TarbertSeafoodFestival1?fref=ts
So, my shopping basket was a tale of two halves. One half good kid stuff:
Yum!
And one half naughty kid stuff the really good stuff!. Ahem:
Which half do you prefer?
Today’s Stats:
Run: no: today was a strength day for me
Exercise: 30 minutes NTC Get Strong, Full Action. Man, burpees to shoulder presses are killers! I followed that up with an hour of housework including brushing and mopping the kitchen floor- the worst job!
Today’s surprise strength training track:
Today’s Life Lesson: Don’t add bleach to water, dip your hands in it, then wipe your wet hands on your trousers. Big mistake.
What silly housekeeping mistake have you made?
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