You can follow along with the plans attached! Love to know your results
How I got into race running
As a child I was overweight — losing weight increased my confidence. I try do things out my comfort zone and this was my first challenge.
My very first race was in memory to my uncle who’s sadly no longer with us. I’ve made it a goal to try do a race every year (10k or half marathon). This year I’ve managed to rope in my brother-in-law and his dad!
Here’s how my week looked:
Monday 5th Sept — Outdoor Run
Tuesday 6th Sept — Chest & Back
Thursday 8th Sept — Outdoor Walk
Saturday 10th Sept — Shoulder & Arms
Sunday 11th Sept — Functional Funday
If you’re not familiar how Fitain works: everything’s colour coded by its interest tags. Here’s what they mean:
At a glance there’s a mix between muscle building and endurance plans. Now, Let’s break this down…
Monday — Outdoor Run | Endurance
I started the week with a morning run. On my Apple Watch these were my results:
Tuesday — Chest & Back | Building muscle
This agonist/antagonist routine took just over an hour. The reps are in the hypertrophy/endurance range mostly.. next time I want to aim for 13 pull ups. But as you can see, I’ve managed to beat last times targets!
Wednesday — Rest
Thursday — Evening Walk | Endurance
Went for a spontaneous evening walk. Not my normal route as I got soaked with the insane rainfall. My shoes are still drying (writing this Sunday)
Friday — Rest
Saturday — Shoulders & Arms | Building muscle
Like the chest & back routine, I’m aiming for 12+ reps to be in that muscular endurance range. I beat some targets from last time!
Sunday — BurnIt Bootcamp | Endurance
This should increase my overall fitness — due to its functional exercises. It touches on AMRAP, target reps & balance — great markers. Fancy giving it a go? Here’s the plan:
Really happy seeing those green ticks ;). They show up once you beat last times targets.
Overall really happy with my week so far. I may change it up as the weeks go by w/ different workouts.
