Keeping Fit Take 1

Keeping Fit:

Take 1

Over the summer I decided that I really miss taking classes like yoga and zumba. Before I moved here I had a membership with a gym that didn't have classes and I took some classes at another studio because it was relatively cheap. It's not relatively cheap here to do that. So I finally sucked it up and got a membership that was a lot more but provides me with classes, racquetball, swimming and a bunch of other things. This post isn't about the gym though it's about me trying to determine what I'm going to do to help myself get more in shape. For awhile I was running a lot to prepare for a Ragnar Race but it looks like I'm not going to be able to do that anymore so now I want to get in shape in more ways than just running. 

One of the perks of this gym is that I was offered a free fitness consultation with my membership, to help me come up with some goals and new exercises to try. I was finally able to find time in my work schedule to meet with a fitness instructor to prepare myself for this new little challenge. My major issue is that I get bored at the gym and I don't really weight lift because I have really bad arthritis in my back. The instructor was able to help me learn some new exercises and from there I've made out a calendar of what I want to do for the next month and a half. Anyway the new weightlifting things that I tried were:

Squats (2 sets of 10-15 reps, 8kg weight)

Deadlift (2 sets of 10-15 reps, 12kg weight)

Kettleball Swing (2 sets of 10-15 reps, 10kg weight)

Cable Row or TRX (2 sets of 10-15 reps, 70lbs weight)

Single Arm KB Swing (2 sets of 10 reps, 10kg weight)

Squat with Overhead Press (2 sets of 10-15 reps, 12lbs weight)

Lat Pulldown (2 sets of 10-15 reps, 40lb weight)

Oblique Twist (2 sets of 10-15 reps, 30lbs weight)

Dead Bug Progression

Plank

So that's going to be what I use for weight lifting exercises for the next month and a half, I hope to either increase my sets first, then maybe my reps then change my weight and start over with just the 2 sets. I also came up with a calendar that provides me with a rest day, weight training, cardio and classes mixed in. The Here's a sample of the calendar I want to try:

SUNDAY	MON.	TUESDAY	WEDN.	THURS.	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8 Bike
9 Ellipitical	10	11 Run	12 Yoga	13 Zumba	14 Weight Lift	15 Cardio- Bike/Elliptical/ Run Indoor Golf
16 Rest/Yoga Rock Climbing	17 Weight Lift	18 Cardio- Bike/Elliptical/ Run	19 Yoga	20 Zumba	21 Weight Lift	22 Cardio- Bike/Elliptical/ Run
23 Rest/Yoga	24 Weight Lift	25 Cardio- Bike/Elliptical/ Run	26 Yoga	27 Zumba Thanksgiving	28 Weight Lift	29 Cardio- Bike/Elliptical/ Run

This is for the month of November, obviously some of the month has already happened and I can't remember what I've done. My plan is to bold anything I do. For example- the 16th would have been a rest day but instead I went Rock Climbing so I added Rock Climbing and put it in bold and kept Rest/Yoga how it was to show that I did not do that. I'm hoping this will provide me with some motivation, especially around the holidays when everything will get so busy! 

Check back in for updates, I'll try to do an update on November the beginning of December and I'll add the December plan and how I feel about everything!