It’s just about been two years since I have stepped on stage and to be honest I don’t miss competing or contest prep. Yes, I liked how lean I got and how I looked when I was getting close to a show, but there’s so much I don’t miss. I … Continue reading
Well it’s been four months since I’ve posted on here and now it’s time for me to start posting again on a regular basis. For the past few months I’ve been slacking a little on the running front, but have been doing CrossFit on a regular basis. Running recap I … Continue reading
So I’ve completed slacked off with the blog over the past month or so. I was busy with a few other things and at the end of the day I couldn’t come up with anything of interest to write. I also slacked off with my running a little as well, … Continue reading
I’m now into week five of the training program I’m following, which means the format of today’s run changed from what it has been for the past four weeks. For the past four week’s the run consisted of a 10 minute warm-up, 3 x 1 mile repeats with a 60 … Continue reading
Training consistently really does make a difference. It’s been five months since I’ve gotten back into running and it keeps getting easier by the week. This past week of training felt great and consisted of: Wednesday: CrossFit Thursday: 4 km easy run Friday: off Saturday: 10 km run in 51:39 … Continue reading
I was originally going to do today’s training session at lunch on the treadmill at work. I headed downstairs to the gym at 11:30 to get my workout on and once I changed into my running shorts I realized I forgot to put socks in my gym bag, so I … Continue reading
For the most part I eat a fairly healthy diet full of leanprotein, complex carbs, fruits and veggies and healthy fats. I’m not perfectand sometimes I fall off the healthy eating wagon, even though eating the foods listed above makes me feel way better than when I eat poor … Continue reading
Week two of my running training program is complete and I’m on to week three. The runs have been going well and even the days where I do 1 mile or 1 km repeats feel pretty good. Last week I ran four days out of the week and racked up … Continue reading
On Wednesday I decided to change up my strength training workouts and try something new, the something new being CrossFit. I had read a bit about it and what the workouts consisted of and I figured a class shouldn’t be that hard. Was I ever mistaken! I got to the … Continue reading
When I competed in figure competitions I used to do bi-weekly check-ins with my trainer and post the pictures every two weeks along with a blog post. This was fine leading up to a show, but afterwards it was a hard habit to break. That along with weighing and measuring every … Continue reading
