There is so much I'm trying to do with my body at the moment that I'm finding fitting it into a weekly schedule just doesn't work. So I'm thinking of rotating my different exercises over say about 10 days. I have some tweaking to do but it's looking a bit like this.
Day
1 )run 5km/7km
2 )full weight session with stretching and abs
3 )speed walk 5km or long up to 15km
4 )1km swim
5 )day off
6 )Nordic walk 5km
7 )mixed up out door 3km speed run 3km speed walk, hills and out door resistant bands, stretch
8 )swim 1km
9 )day off
10 ) 5km slow walk.
It's a complete mixture of cardio, strength and stretch. I'm trained up to my next three events distance wise now so it's a case of building on stamina and strength.
Do you think it's ok to shake things up this much?
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You'll soon know as it doesn't take long for your body to decide what's right for you. See how it goes and then you can adapt things if you get over-tired. Good luck with it. It's good to have a plan!
Thank you, I want to do all these things but would have to double up on days if I were to fit it in a week so this way I'm more likely to be able to cope.
What a great idea and there is so much variety too. You could write each activity down, fold it up and put it in a bag, then pull out one each day... for a bit of fun!!!
Sounds good I'm in a rebellious phase at the moment. I have decided the my fitness has to be the fun part of my life and I need to be relaxed about it. I will lose this belly fat as requested though. 😃.
I like that 'pulling it out of a bag' idea (although perhaps it would need tweaking so you don't have a run on consecutive days?). What your plan says to me RFC is that possibly you want to have this much variety and freedom but you want a framework to be sure you'll do enough?
You could experiment with two activities in a day sometimes - it can be really interesting.
Gosh, RFC that looks so impressive... do you do the weight session at a gym? Or do you have your own weights.
I was thinking of doing yoga or similar (pilates?) I am very inflexible. I did order a book from Amazon called 'Yoga for Runners' but its not arrived yet...
I prefer going to the gym but I can't always find time. I have some weights and an exercise ball that I use at home It takes some balancing to do the chest stuff but it all helps the core. I'm not subtle at all it's something I really have to do some work on. I'd be interested to know how you get on with yoga for runners.
I am a big fan of Ekhart Yoga. You can find short versions of their stuff free on YouTube, including yoga for runners and their website is lovely too (there's a subscription to access most videos and then a linked app)
I have a pathological dislike of stretching around my run session (for some good reasons and some not very good ones) but I do 10 minutes every morning and an Ekhart class at other times.
You can do this stuff NHS. You just make a start! We can all do that. You'll be amazed at what you can achieve but you have to take those first steps. Same as with anything else.
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