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3. oktober 2015

Op på hesten!

Jeg har valgt at lave dette oplæg som et venligt spark i røven til mig selv. Og det er jeg nødt til for nu er der altså gået for lang tid siden jeg sidst tog min træning alvorligt. Jeg er der ikke engang én gang om ugen og så er det pludselig dyrt at betale medlemskab når man ikke bruger det.

Derfor er mit nuværende mål at jeg skal tage til træning minimum én gang om ugen og det er hovedsageligt pole dancing træningen der skal gang i igen. Mit eneste problem med de træninger er at der hver uge er et nyt tema med bestemte øvelser som står på programmet og en del af dem kan jeg allerede. Selvfølgelig er det ikke en dårlig ting at blive ved med at træne de basic ting, for man kan jo altid blive bedre, men det er hovedsageligt derfor jeg ikke får kørt så tit til københavn for at træne. Jeg er blevet bedre til at tage afsted til stræk timerne fordi jeg virkelig gerne vil kunne gå i spagat og jeg er også blevet bedre til at gå til chair dance som altid har været sjovt, men nu er der endnu en gang kommet ny instruktør og det er lige noget man skal vænne sig til.

Jeg har taget på og det er noget jeg godt kan se på min krop, men jeg har faktisk ikke noget imod det meste af det. Jeg vil helst bare stramme op på det hele. Det hurtigste ville selvfølgelig være at tage med mine forældre til Crossfit som jeg gjorde for et år tilbage da jeg sidst lavede et lignende oplæg men mine knækan simpelthen ikke holde til mange af øvelserne og det er irriterende at de begrænser mig i at lave en masse ben øvelser.. Men crossfit er 3 gange om ugen og det er derfor jeg også gerne vil tage mig sammen til at tage afsted flere gange om ugen. Jeg tog afsted til to timers træning i onsdags og er ret øm nu, men det føles ret godt at være i gang igen.

Og jeg ved godt at de her billeder ikke ser så slemme ud i andres øjne, men nu er det også min krop og det er mig der skal være tilfreds med den. Desuden arbejder jeg på min holdning og det kan være derfor det ikke ser så slemt ud når jeg står ordentligt.



Denne gang vil jeg også prøve at træne herhjemme. Der er jo ingen der siger det skal være på studiet man træner 3 timer om ugen. Jeg går efter at 2 af timerne skal være i studiet og den sidste time skal være herhjemme og hvis det så en dag smutter med at komme afsted, så må man træne en ekstra time herhjemme og det kan jo være alt fra opvarmningsøvelser jeg har lært i studiet til gå/løbeture rundt omkring byen. 

Mine kropsmål er:                                                    Mine kropsmål var:
Arm: 27 cm                                                              26,5 cm
Bryst: 87 cm                                                             86 cm
Talje: 73 cm                                                             68,5 cm
Hofte: 98 cm                                                            89 cm
Lår: 59 cm                                                               55 cm
Vægt: 66 kg                                                             60,1 kg

Som i kan se er der sket en del på det år der er gået og jeg er må bruge disse kropsmål som motivation til at blive strammet op. Jeg vil nok lave en lille update om et par måneders tid så vi kan se hvordan det går.

25. januar 2015

Workout: Pole Edition!

Som nogle af jer nok ved er jeg startet til pole dance og hold nu kæft hvor er det hårdt! Jeg havde forestillet mig det ville blive hårdt men jeg syntes selv jeg var stærkere end hvad jeg nok egentlig er.. Eller også er det meget hårdere end jeg lige gik og troede. Anyways, jeg tænkte at der nok var nogle der var interesseret i at vide hvad det er vi laver til de her timer.
Jeg har kun været 3 gange til pole dance og en gang til stræk så i må lige huske på jeg ikke ved og kan det hele ;)

Vi starter normalt med at finde de ting vi skal bruge frem, så som måtter og yoga blokke. Herefter laver vi en kort opvarmning på omkring 5-10 min, hvor vi kommer hele kroppen igennem og bliver godt varme. Her snakker vi specielt om arme, skuldre og mave da det er det man nok bruger aller mest.

Herefter begynder vi at træne nogle forskellige moves. Her er dem jeg har lært og også dem jeg måske skal øve lidt flere gang før de sidder helt i skabet :)

Den første er Tease. Jeg har ikke kunnet finde en video af denne her, men jeg vil prøve at forklare det. Højre arm er på polen, skulderen er sunket og man står på tær med armen strukket. Man starter med et lille skridt med den inderste fod og herefter svinger man den yderste fod, så kroppen svinger rundt om polen, stadig med højre tå i gulvet. Herefter sættes venstre fod lige bagved og først her løftes højre fod. Det lyder sikkert meget kompliceret men det er det faktisk ikke.

Det næste vi lærte var The Fireman.
http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/84/fireman/
Dette move kan sættes ind efter din tease og så har du en mere sammensat koreografi. I klippet er hendes lægge bukket ind under hende, vi har lært at der skal være 90 grader fra baglåret til læggen.
Det er heller ikke super svært, jeg bliver bare ret rundtosset af det

Så sad vi på polen. Det skal lige siges at når man ikke er vant til dette så niver det rigtig meget i huden hvor polen sidder. Det er åbenbart noget der bliver bedre, men lige nu har jeg lidt svært ved at tro på det for det føles bagefter som om du har brandmærker på inderlårene!
http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/199/sit/

Nu kom vi til noget lidt mere kompliceret og dette move hedder Baglæns Havfrue. Det virker også sværere end det er når man lige har fået fat på det. Jeg synes det her var et rigtig sjovt move!
http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/244/backwards-showgirl-variation/

Herefter skulle vi lære nogle helt nye moves og vi har lært dem på et lidt lavere niveau fordi vi jo nødigt skulle have at nogle faldt ned fra polen og var højt oppe i luften samtidig. Derfor startede de fleste af os med at lave movet nede fra gulvet af og så arbejde os op, så man var på det niveau hvor man var sikker. Jeg var lidt af en kylling så jeg kom ikke ret højt fra jorden, men jeg vil også hellere lærer movet først før jeg bevæger mig ud i alt det lidt mere farlige. Vi startede med denne:
http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/82/cross-ankle-release-abs/
Det var faktisk ikke helt let og det var vigtigt man kommer helt ind til polen inden man begynder at løfte sig op i sine mavemuskler. Mange af os var helt sikre på vi ikke kunne hive os selv op uden instruktørens hjælp, men jeg fik faktisk gjort det til sidst og det var jeg ret stolt af!

Den anden var så denne her:
http://poledancedictionary.com/moves/22/basic-invert/
Igen startede vi med at ligge på gulvet og svinge benene op omkring polen. Efter movet på filmen, lavede vi nogle små løft i maven igen for at kunne bruge den til at udvikle os videre på og det var faktisk løftene der var det hårdeste. I denne her fik jeg hævet mig lidt fra gulvet så den havde jeg lidt bedre styr på end den anden men de er begge sjove og udfordrende.

Til sidst i timen strækker vi let ud mens vi snakker lidt om hvordan vi synes timen har været og alt mulig andet. Det er bare et super hyggeligt danse studie og jeg skal se om jeg kan få taget et par billeder i morgen når jeg nu skal derind så i kan se det, ellers kan i jo kigge lidt på deres hjemmeside www.elitepole.dk Her er der også billeder og andre ting :)

6. april 2014

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.

27. januar 2014

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.

*

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.

22. januar 2014

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.

12. november 2013

Commitment

Today i'm going to talk a little about stuff i want to commit to.

Recently I've started training. It is something called crossfit and it is three times a week. Before i started i knew what crossfit was, because i'd tried it before a couple of times. I knew it was going to be hard work, but it was so much worse than i remembered it. I tried it with my P.E. class in school where we did one and a half full hours, i think. Yes it was tough and i was beaten up afterwards, but i kinda liked being pushed to the edge. The second and third time i tried it, my mom had dragged me with her around Christmas. There was a lot more running in this kind of crossfit but it was what i needed, because I've always hated that i cant run very far before my legs start giving up on me.
So this time around i started at the same team i tried out this Christmas - almost a year ago and about 6 months after my last workout. In the time i wasn't working out, they got another trainer to get some variation in the way we workout. One of the trainers likes running a lot (NOT my cup of tea!) and the other likes to do a lot of exercises (Better, but still really tough!). Oddly enough i like the one who likes to run. She lets me off a bit, so i don't have to do as many reps of the exercise as the ones who have been training for longer time. The reason for this is to prevent injuries - you can't really just throw yourself out there and just go at it if your muscles aren't used to it!

I've been going for a week now and my body is aching all over! You really don't know what you use your muscles for before they are hurting with every little movement. I'm gonna commit to this kind of workout and there is nothing called "I don't want to go." I'm going unless it is cancelled or if i'm sick. I need to do this. Not because i want to drop a lot of weight, but i want to get more trimmed. My drive and kinda the reason why i'm doing this, is because i was surprised about the fact that I've put on 3 kilograms since i stopped school. Now, this might not sound healthy or a reason to want to loose weight, but I've always been one of those people who could not put on weight, no matter how hard i tried. I've always been underweight with a BMI on 18 or 19, but now my BMI is 20,66 which means that i have a normal weight. It's not like i want to be underweight, i just felt better and feel i looked better when i was a little lighter. I can definitely see the the kilos on my body, but it is probably because i know that it is there and that it annoys me, so it is the only thing i focus on when i look at myself in the mirror. 
But i'm going to keep going until my body looks the way i want it to, or until i don't have the time because of studies or a job. 

Another thing i am gonna get committed to, is writing applications. I am on a job hunt right now, the only thing holding me back is the fact that i don't want to write applications. And that is a pretty big problem! You can't really get a job without applying for them. So that is definitely something i need to do.

A last thing i'm gonna commit to, is my blog. I want to post twice a month at least. It shouldn't be that hard but sometimes i just don't feel like sitting down and writing a whole lot. But i'm gonna do it! There is probably something to talk about and if not, i'll have to find something. 

24. marts 2013

It's getting closer!

The prom is getting closer and closer.
I ordered my dress a couple of weeks ago, and it had to be imported from USA, which is why it took so long for them to ship it, but Wednesday i got a text saying my dress was in the post office.
I got so excited and happy. Thursday i picked it up and i could not wait to try it on even though i had to do tons of other things. I tried it on and sadly, it's a little too big. Luckily we know a female tailor who can sow the dress into my size.
Yesterday i was fooling around with my hair to figure out how to do it for prom and i think i got it down pretty much! I think it's gonna be something like this hair-do.


I'm still figuring out what kind of shoes to wear or if i need to buy some new ones, but i think it will be my nude heels.

The same day i got an order home from E.L.F cosmetics. It's really affordable and great quality considering the prize so it's always nice to get what you've ordered.
I also just ordered some more make up, a pair of sunglasses and some fashion tape for my prom dress so it wont fall down when i'm dancing at the prom from ASOS.I just can't help ordering stuff. Lately i've been a lot into lip stuff like lipsticks, lip glosses and lip liners. Don't know why but i really like it.

Friday i was at my last test before spring break and i don't know how to think it went. I mean, i answered all of the questions and had one hour left. Didn't want to screw it up so i just left.
Now i only need to do one last essay before my real break begins. Stupid danish teacher..

My plan for next week is:
Monday: Paint the guest room, go to movie night at Pernille's.
Tuesday: Work out..? I've got these work out movies that i've been wanting to try!
Wednesday: Go to Lyngby with my sister and mother for shopping
Thursday-Sunday: Home alone... What to do then? :)
Maybe have some friends over? Clean up my room.. Maybe.. I really don't know yet, all i know is that i have to take care of my sisters fish and bunny.. I'm probably gonna forget it..


Once again - I'm sorry for not posting! Last week was full of tests, the week before that was full of a lot of anger and stuff and i probably should tell you what it is all about, but i don't think it matters any more because of the tests..

3. januar 2013

A New Year, A New Start..?

Yet another year where I was going into the new year with a great party.
The thing is just that it was kinda hard on me, the party. A lot of things happened. Things i can't tell anyone, things i don't want to tell at this exact moment and things i really can't remember.. 

So it is kinda hard to tell you guys what happened that night. I can say that the night was emotional at sometimes and i've gotten to know who my real friends are and who i never should have got involved with..

Even though some of the things hurt me, i was glad that they happened. I found out which friends i want in my life and which ones i don't want. Now i just need to find a way to tell them that i can't be friends with them the same way as we were before because of how they acted.. Other friends need a bit adjusting in the friendship because it has gone a bit too far. We seem flirty when we're together and we really shouldn't be flirty in any way. I don't want to lose our friendship, but this can't go on.. 

I always hear everyone say "A new year, a new fresh start" For me, this is not entirely true. Yes it is a new year, but the new start is probably only going to be with my working out. I want to do it more, but it is not a resolution. I don't believe in them. They have never worked for me and probably never will. If you feel the same way, it is probably because you, like everyone else, tells what your resolutions is/are. When you do this and get a reaction like "Oh that sounds like a good idea" or something encouraging, that is enough for your mind. The response and feedback you get from other people is enough to lose that motivation you had and therefore, i have no resolutions.
For a lot of my friends, this year will contain a new start on a university or some other education place to go on with their lives and become whatever they want to. This is not going to happen for me, unless i find out what i want to do with my life during the next couple of months.
I don't know what i want to do with my life.. I'm only 18. And the world is filled with so many options that i just don't know anymore. Well.. I've never known, but now i'm even more confused about it.

I really wanted to write a longer post than this, but i couldn't really manage more than this. I think the flu is coming over me :(