What Have I Done This Week?

3x Barry's boot camp

2x Body Pump

1x long run

1x short run

1x BOOM! Cycle

The training week's been good, life's been busy - hence the lack of blogging. This is what I've been doing instead....:

Center of the Universe

Hands down my favourite running track at the moment. Ultimate guilty pleasure. Big tune. I absolutely love it!

HIT Parachute

Swedish blogger Jeanna has tried a new product from Swedish company Casall - the HIT parachute! I now want one, would people look at me suspiciously if I cam running with this in central London?! I think I could make this look work for me....

Picture borrowed from Jeanna

Make The Most Out Of Your Training

Swedish ski star Marcus Hellner talks about making the most of his training in beautiful surroundings, inspirational!

This Beats The Gym Every Time

Power Zone

The boys at OzoneFit have created a functional training class, a kind of cross fit inspired circuit class. On Thursday we started our day taking on this admittedly very tough class. After a thorough warm up we were introduced to the first five exercises, with heavy focus on correct technique (something I can't praise enough!). The first exercise was box jumps, the second high pulls with kettle bells, the third the plank, the fourth was bicep curls plus overhead press with a sandbag, the fifth was the plank and the sicth and last exercise was squatting down, lifting up a heavy ball high over your head to then slam it down to the ground as hard as we could.

 

We worked for 30 seconds and rested for 30 seconds, working as hard as we could. This was repeated until we'd gone the full circle of exercises a few times Before changing some of the exercises and then continuing with our intervals. It was a tough, full body, workout, using functional exercises to really blast those muscles and get your heart rate up high - in short, right up my alley!

Today I Ran Up A Mountain....

....and down again!

Well, first we trekked from Playitas to Gran Tarajal and had lunch, then fellow Swede Chris and myself ran back with Coach Rob over the mountain and down! For someone who is a) scared of heights and b) as light on the foot as an elephant it felt like a huge achievement to manage the run both up and down without falling on fainting. I might not have had the best form but as Rob said I showed 'plenty of enthusiasm'.....