As RED January finishes, what next?

[Realfoodieclub]

A few of us are going to keep going and see if we can do the whole year.

I have absolutely loved moving every day of January and feel mentally and physically fitter.

So it is more inclusive for everyone feel free to jump in and do months or whole weeks whenever you can fit them in.

From February the first we will be starting the new month so if you want to do a whole month don’t forget to join in. Or start with the first week in February and see how you get on.

All you have to do is do something that makes you move for 15mins or more a day, a walk, a yoga session, a swim a run or anything that keeps you moving.

When I am tired I do a big stretch session for 20 mins and it has been really good for me.

Here is a fresh clean calendar, let’s get these blank spaces filled in, please free to share your calendars when you get a week filled in. I would love to see what everyone is doing.

So please join in.

Rfc x

[UnfitNoMore]

I’m on it.

Monday - shopping... so I’ll take a brisk walk of 3 miles and then walk to the store... scan and shop into a rucksack and then slower walk home, mainly uphill and about a mile. Walking will make me consider things like beer and wine as they weigh a lot for very little fuel... and also I’ll be looking to carry as little packaging as possible so I’m hoping my shop will be a little more environmentally friendly. Need to get enough to see us through to Saturday.

Tuesday - 5k run

Wednesday - planking and then NTC workout, I did a startup benchmark before C25K and completed it 9 seconds under the average for my age and gender... I aim to beat that time by 20-30 seconds.

Thursday - running, I’m thinking a gentle couple of miles and then hill sprints.

Friday - Boxx upper body focused session

Saturday - 5k run, hopefully in a park at 9am!

Sunday - Brisk walk before parkrun junior marshalling in the morning. Evening I’m going to do dumbbell lift reps to exhaustion on both arms, which was on the truth about... show on BBC last year.

Will update when I achieve!

[Realfoodieclub in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Sounds brilliant, a nice balance going on there as well. I have found that the shaking things up is the bit that has helped me the most. I have now made a lovely little indoor circuit weight session with added indoor bike at home for days I am too busy to get out, I now have no excuse for missing out 😀. I am also working on my planks, my stomach muscles were cut in 2017 due to donating a kidney to MrRfc and I have been very lapse at building them up so that is a priority with this challenge.

Good luck for you week.

Rfc x

[UnfitNoMore in reply to Realfoodieclub]

Wow... that’s some thing you did there. I can low plank for 3 minutes, high plank needs work I think, so that will be my focus for the next couple of weeks.

[Realfoodieclub in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Wow and wow, I was pleased with myself getting to 30 seconds yesterday 😀.

[UnfitNoMore in reply to Realfoodieclub]

30 seconds is a big milestone... I’ve been planking a good while, though I had lapsed before C25K. Still can’t do a sit-up though 😂

[UnfitNoMore in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Planking moved forward to yesterday... today is going to be Friday’s Boxx session... bloody snow! So that’s RED January ticked off.

February is now going to be Nike Training Club plan, so different every day. I’ve set it for 5-6 sessions a week with running, which gives me 2 runs a week I’ll be able to shuffle the plan to run every other day and pick up the plan runs as part of it... and that will make it 7 workouts a week, I just need to remember to not run on Sunday if it’s a 6 session week next so that I can when it’s a 5.

[skysue16 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

That Nike trying plan sounds interesting - did you find it on the Internet? Sounds like you are doing very well 👍

[UnfitNoMore in reply to skysue16]

It’s an app... there’s Nike Run Club and Nike Training Club... not sure why they don’t merge them as they both use each other 😂

So Training Club has plans for toning, strength etc, run club has plans for beginners (that’s not for beginners) and races from 5k to Marathon... there’s also the better athlete plan on the run app that has more cross training in... this may be the one I do in March/April... I think it’s an 8 week plan.

[skysue16 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thanks, will have a look!

[Agentmay]

Just found you and it coincides with me wanting to try yoga. Thought I'd try yoga on the days I'm not doing the c25k. Sunday is our family day and we're generally off walking if the weather permits. So here's to starting yoga on Friday after the school run.. Eek definitely not as bendy as the others but I'm going to give it a go 😀

[Realfoodieclub in reply to Agentmay]

Great news, Welcome onboard. I found that once you get into the rhythm of it it actually gets easier to fit things in. Yoga is a great in to be adding in as well.

[Tbae]

Just found your Strength&Flex.

I am in please.

I have not had a chance to have a look round.But wow.

The live well nhs link is just wow also.

I generally do one hour per day at the gym,every day, strength,plyometric jumping,treadmill sprinting, floor core stuff,sometimes cardio stuff, but only if I do not trot outside, which I prefer.I do 5k each day when all is well.First time on IC ever and getting back very soon.

Go to green gym session every Friday, so that sort of rounds me off to 15 hours per week and I reset every 4th week in the month trotting.But I do not scale back from gym, only if I am going to run long or try and trot fast.🙈

I am so happy to have found strength and flex.

Atb with all your programmes and pursuits.

👊💥🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🌟👏👏

[Realfoodieclub in reply to Tbae]

Great to have you onboard. It is a quieter forum on here, many read but do not post. It looks like you have a great schedule there to keep you going.

[skysue16]

Well done to everyone who completed RED January - great stuff going on 😀