2015 is
going to be a big transformative and competitive year. I can feel it. Change is
happening.
So far I was training 2-3 times a week randomly without any
plan, incorperating the Martial Arts Capoeira twice per week at college. About
3 weeks ago, on Monday January 5 I started training for a goal to reduce some
bodyfat and to get a six-pack or at least some abs, improve endurance,
enhance appearance and I want to tone my core as well for specific modeling
goals. As I am studying Sports and Fitness Coaching, I designed a 8 week
training program a few months ago as part of a college assignment. So its a
good way to test it this year. Also I am combining it with a body
transformation challenge of 12 weeks from bodybuilding.com, where great cash
prizes are up for grabs, 200k in total! I knew that is the right
motivation to take my fitness, training and diet to a next level of more
discipline. My transformation cannot be that big as I am already at a
healthy body weight, however I am far away from six pack abs and aiming to tone
up. The best is that some friends and flatmates joined the competition and we
can push each other and motivate each other, as well as having a little fun
team competition to stay on track. Yey! We took embarrassing before pictures,
but I will post them after the challenge, not just yet!
I decided to blog a bit about it, see it as a training diary.
So far my schedule was so packed with training and work, I did not end up
writing yet. Now I just wanna start and work on it over time, lets see where it
will improve to.
The motivation level was
very high in particular in the very first week and I pushed myself to the
limits already a lot, but actually felt great after training. From week 2
onwards the motivation has dropped already a bit, be it the sore muscles, not
to sure? For about 2 days I was not feeling very well, which was very likely
due to the reason that I swapped 2 shifts at work and needed to work the
overnight shift from 11pm till 7am and so my sleep pattern was out of control
and that does not go well together with extensive training. :-( But
that is life, its never gonna be perfect I suppose. So I was only for 20
minutes on the treadmill for an interval cardio session, but I was literally
melting and was more exhausted than usual. The next day I felt even worse after
not sleeping at night and probably it would be better to skip the training, but
then I felt like I am giving up, so I was a good girl and pushed myself and
sticked to my training plan, as I believe there may be always excuses. I
pushed through and actually even felt slightly better after it. :-) Here
is pic after the workout, T shirt was all wet of lots of sweat, so tired but
then well deserved rest and bedtime finally at night time, no more overnight
shifts for me!
More about
week 3 in the next post. Also not feeling like writing much more, planning on
sharing some nutrition and training tips soon. Stay tuned!
