Progress!

It's been about two months since i did the workout post, where i posted pictures of my body and gave you guys my measurements. Since then i have seen some changes in my body and so has some of my friends. I have been getting compliments about my look, like "You almost have abs there!" and "Your thighs are huge!". It's all in a good way and i'm really glad they have noticed. Some say it takes 3 weeks for yourself to see progress, but 3 months for others to notice, so just keep going!

So, here is my results after 2 months and i will put it side to side with my before pictures :)

                            Before:                                       After:

I feel like you can actually see it on my stomach and om my butt. I am really proud of myself!

Here are my measurements:
Arm: 26,5 cm
Chest: 86 cm
Under chest: 76,5 cm
Waist: 68,5 cm
Hip: 89 cm
Thigh: 55 cm
I am currently weighing 60,1 kg

So i have gained some centimeters and lost some and i am satisfied with that! I am so happy that i am making progress and this is without any diet change, which probably should happen if you want serious change in your looks, but i'm not up for changing my diet and it would just be too difficult for me. Everyone i know will tell you the same thing. With the stuff and the amount i eat, it just wouldn't work and i don't really care. I want to be able to eat anything i want to which includes sweets, chips, soda, cake - a lot of unhealthy stuff but i would say i have a well mixed diet with salads and healthy meals as well as sweet stuff.

This weeks workout

This is just a quick post about my training this week.

Monday: Warm up inside. The warm up consisted of different movements of different joints to warm them up slowly. Like little circles with the foot to warm up the ankle. 

Then we went outside to do some more exercises. 

We has three work posts:

Post 1: 8 thrusters with kettlebell (4 on each arm), 8 rows with kettlebell (4 on each arm) and 8 kettlebell swings.

Post 2: 10 burpees, 10 mountain climbs (To each leg) and 10 jumping lunges.

Post 3: 12 squats, 12 push ups and 12 atomic sit ups.

We work 6 minutes on each post and 1 minute break.

Afterwards we did the plank for 30 sec, then we did 30 sec where we jump in and out with the legs*. Then 30 sec plank and 30 sec where you take right leg under left leg, turn the body and stretch the opposite arm towards the sealing - not an easy task! Then we did some stretches of the largest muscles and the ones we have used the most.

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Wednesday: A short run of about 1 km in the town. This time we did partner exercises.

We had 4 work posts: 

Post 1: TRX work: 7 jumps i can only compare to a dive into a pool (Hold handles in hands, squat down, and then stretch your legs in an explosive movement with the arms out in front of you - Like you are doing a dive) and 7 pull ups while the partner does burpees - switch.

Post 2: Walking lunges with a kettlebell in each hand (About 30 m) while the partner does atomic sit ups - switch.

Post 3: Plank while the partner runs about 100 m - switch

Post 4: 7 jump squats while partner does russian twists - switch

We work for 7 minutes at each post and have one minute break between posts.

After that, we do stretches. 

Saturday: Short run in the woods and afterwards a tabata with sprints - 4 minutes of 20 sec work and 10 sec break. 

Then we did the exercises:

10 burpees

20 atomic sit ups

30 front squats with a kettlebell

400 m run

50 mountain climbs

400 m run

30 front squats with a kettlebell

20 atomic sit ups

10 burpees

This is just done as fast as possible. 

Then we did another tabata - this time with push ups. It we needed a break from push ups, we were allowed to do the plank instead.

And the last thing we did was stretching.

If there is exercises you want to try and you don't know how to execute them, google or youtube it because it is important to do it correctly to avoid injuries :)

Have fun if you want to try this. Each of these routines is about an hour long.

Working out

This is just going to be a quick blog post!

I have started working out since i got back from Lolland. I began going with my parents to outdoor crossfit and we went three times a week. I started in the ending of October and it is first now i have measured myself. I chose to measure because weight and BMI doesn't work well when you are gaining muscle mass, which i hopefully am. Muscles are heavier than fat so a person with a lot of muscles can weigh as much as an overweight person. BMI doesn't take muscles in consideration either.

I have also taken some pictures and there will hopefully be visible change in my body.

I measured a lot of different things to see if there will be any size difference after a couple more months.

Here are my measurements:
Arm: 25,5 cm
Chest: 86 cm
Below chest: 76,5 cm
Waist: 70 cm
Hip: 91 cm
Thigh: 54,5 cm
I am currently weighing 58,8 kg

Lately i have had a tendency, where i suck in my belly so it appears skinnier and my abs look more prominent. I don't even notice when i am doing it anymore, but in these pics i made an effort not to suck it in, so my true shape is showing.
I hope you want to follow my process! I already now notice a change in my face, where my face has gotten less round :) I am already happy with the results i am seeing but i am getting hooked on this crossfit thing and i know i can get bigger and better results! :) I will also point out that i am doing this not to lose weight, but to gain muscle mass. I want a booming beach body ;)
I am hoping to do one of these updates a week where i explain what we have been doing, it you want to try it at home. Every workout is an hour long and there is a lot of variation. At home you can choose just to do the exercises, but normally, we run a little bit to get the body warmed up.

My life and my piercing..?

Yet again i haven't been blogging.. A lot of things has been going on in my life, working on Lolland and having all of your social life back at home. It's been pretty difficult for me and at the same time a life lesson.
Even just thinking about all of the things i have experienced can bring me to tears, that's how overwhelming it has been..  The thing is, when you have a lot of people you care about at home and you are about 160 km away, it is hard not feeling like you miss a lot. And i would lie if i said that there hasn't been days where i didn't want to be here. It's been an emotional roller coaster and it is all done in about a week. Next Wednesday is the day where i pack up all of my stuff down here and head home for good.

Then you might ask, well what are you going to do at home? Get a job? Start applying for whatever i'd like to study?.. The answer is: I don't know. Simple as that. I'll probably start applying for a job, any job that i can get really. I'm not being picky right now, i just need some money.. Hopefully i will be able to get some more free time and be able to see all of my friends when ever i want. 

One thing i know for sure is going to happen when i get home is, that i will join a gym.  I need something to spend my time on, instead of just lying around, doing nothing while trying to get a job. I've already set somewhat of a goal. I want to get down to the weight i had a couple of years ago. It's not because i think i'm fat - i know that i am not. But over the last two years, I've gained 6 kilos. Some of it has been 'good weight' - the kind of weight that has given me some curves, but i would like to tighten everything up and drop around 4 kilos if i can. The thing is, i also want to build some muscles and then you can't really drop kilos, because muscles weighs more than fat. I know that i am not even above 60 kilos right now, but i want to get down to 55-54 kilos. Just because i loved how i looked when i weight that. I still love my body, but i would love it a little more, if it weight a little less. So when i'm done here, i'm gonna buy some small weights and maybe some protein powder to get my workout started. The weights is for workouts at home for the days i want to work out, but not go to the gym. I wanna try to go 2-3 times a week and it doesn't matter what time a day i'm going. I will follow up on this on the blog and update how my workout and goal is coming. 

Now for something else! I'm going to tell you guys about my piercing experience!
As some of you know, i got a tragus piercing after my math exam.
Right after getting my grade in school, Iben and i took a train to Copenhagen train station. We were a bit early, so we walked down to the shop called Gorlubb Piercing and stood outside it for a couple of minutes before continuing down the road to some shops where we looked at some shoes until 10 minutes before our appointment. Once again we stopped outside the shop, Iben had a cigarette while i put up my hair, and then we went in.

Right when you walk in, you come into this little store with a lot of show windows full of jewelry for piercings. We sat down across from the pay desk at a little table where i got some papers to fill about allergies, health and such stuff. After filling it out i had to pick the jewelry that should go in my ear, i picked a 1.6 mm bar in chrome steel (i think) and which ear to put the piercing in. After that, i met the piercer, Sakko, and we got shown into a small room where the piercing was going to happen. I sat down in the big chair in casually and then he told me where he thought my piercing would look the best. After that he talked me through how it was going to go down. We talked a little bit more before he counted to 3 while i tried to breathe as calmly as i could. We had arranged for him to count down, so i knew when the needle came. When he reached 3, he poke the needle in my ear and yes, it did hurt. Then he told me to keep breathing while he pushed the needle all the way through my ear. This was when i had a bit of difficulty breathing calmly. He did it and put in the jewelry and then started wiping off the blood and then we talked a little bit more. He told me how to take care of my piercing and i also got it in writing so i wouldn't forget. Then i payed and we went to get something to eat.

That is about 4 and a half months ago now. I am really happy that i got it done, i have no regrets!

This is how it looked when i got home: 

It has a little blood around it and i stuck our from my face to allow the ear to swallow if it needed to. 

Now it looks like this: 

It is in my left ear, just to be clear and now it has a silver jewelry with a clear stone in.

I am really satisfied with the piercing and really happy that i got it and i can only recommend Gorlubb piercings!