Was a real struggle to get motivated and get out of the door this morning. But as ever it was good to be cycling.
Steady away up the big hill and rail back down. Bit further and bit faster next time and build it back up to getting all the way up the Chevin in good time every day.
Looking out or the window whilst working away and I saw it was sunny… step outside it’s warm and dry for the first time in 6 weeks, so punted all the work tasks to later and broke out the Lycra!
Doing 2 sessions in a day is going to become a regular thing now.
I’ve a cycling /bike packing event at the end of April that I’ve been training for since before Christmas, but due to a knee injury running and cycling have been mostly of the table, so I’ve focused on strength, stabilisation and flexibility.
The strength work isn’t to get big though, I don’t want or need extra bulk for the event, I do need the strength to hold positions for a long time, to pull and push smaller weights (loaded bike) repeatedly for hours. So my workout has been limited to a set of 10kg dumbbells. That’s all I’ve got and home exercise equipment is so expensive at the minute I’m not over paying for something when I can do more reps with what I have to achieve my goals.
So that’s what and why I’m working out
What differences have I noticed over the past 6 weeks of this routine?
Increased strength, muscle definition, movement control, endurance in poses, better sleep, less body fat, maintaining the same weight, happier, confident, focused.
So if you’re wondering about what to do with the equipment you have…. just do it. Lift it, push it, use it, if it’s easy just repeat it until it isn’t.
Actually woke up early (first time in a month… so it deserves an actually) and my first thought wasn’t turn over and go back to bed, it was get up and do the workout, seeing and feeling the benefits of a daily routine like this is really motivating, I’m having to resist the temptation to do it twice a day at the moment but I don’t want to injure something.