Day 2

15 min run

Bent over rows 3x10

Seated cable rows 3x10

Bicep curls 4x10

Hammer curls 3x10

Tricep extension 4x10

Push ups 30

5 min run, 15 bike

I could barely walk in school today from being so sore, especially my booty.  I can’t wait to start seeing results. Maybe this whole lifting more weights will be a good thing for me ;)

First Lifting Session

It was a lot better than I expected. After running a mile warm-up I hit the weights. Most of the machines I got on I was fine. I felt a little discouraged at first to go to the bigger stuff around the barbells, so before I actually stepped over there I went on the bike and looked around like an idiot then got up with this “fuck it” attitude and walked up to the area where you barely ever see women. I did have to ask someone to help me but it was only to figure out how to adjust the height. But there was one thing that made me a little mad. When this guy helped me figure out how to adjust the height he was taking the weights off and I was like “woah woah, no. no.” So I went to go pick them up and he tried to grab it out of my hand as if I couldn’t lift it myself. I mean I guess it was nice he was trying to help me. Anyway, I hope they realized I’m a lot stronger than I look. I also probably seemed like a douche because I was the only person grunting. Hopefully no one says anything to me about that because it’s Planet Fitness, and we all know how they don’t like bodybuilders or whatever. But yeah, it was pretty good otherwise.

10 run/warmup

leg press (90lb.) 4x10

leg extensions(70lb.) 6x10

leg curls(50lb.) 6x10

leg lifts 3x10

30 crunches

30 oblique crunches each side

20 min. bike

I’m going to be trying something new. This past school year pretty much sucked because I decided not to run for my school, but every now and then I would go for a run and feel fine. Anyway over my spring break I made sure to run everyday and it just didn’t feel as good as I use to. Last year when I didn’t have practice I would run on my own and everything would be great; I felt amazing and totally motivated. But this past week every run I went on was the most miserable 25-35 minutes of the day.

My whole point to this is that I want to do something different other than running. I decided to get a gym member ship and I think I’m going to start lifting more. I’ll continue to run but it’ll only be as a warm-up and cool down, also I’ll probably dedicate two days only for running. As soon as I come up with my plan I’ll post it up here in case anyone wants to try as well.

I think I owe it to myself to try new things and to just be happy, you know? We all do.

The only thing I feel a little awkward about is going up to the barbell and lifting there. I mean even I think I’m going to look funny considering I’m like 5’ and weight less than a 100 pounds. 

I went to the gym today to run because quite frankly since there is still snow on the sides of the road, I’m afraid to slip and get hit by a car. But anyway my run was cut short because I couldn’t stand to be on the treadmill next to this lady who was obnoxiously on her phone. Really though?!… At the gym, go outside with that. I couldn’t help but listen but the matter she was talking about was too personal to be talking that loud about. But yeah, I couldn’t stand to be near that So I ended up just going on the bike. Times like today make me wish I did run with headphones.

Well it certainly has been a long time.

I haven’t been on here in forever, and the first thing I want to say is thank you to everyone that is still following me. This year has been pretty rough. I’ve let myself go and let one person completely bring me down. This school year I was so ready to think about myself and doing everything to make myself better. But I got myself into a nasty relationship. I left track and let myself care more about him than myself. There was a lot of things he did to me that I’m still hurt about but I’m trying to move on from that. I’m still grieving from all the hurt he put me through but I’m ready to get myself motivated again especially since my senior year is almost to an end and I’m about to start my life. I’m done letting anyone bring me down. I’m going to get in shape and ready so I can start college feeling like a new more confident me. If you are ever in a relationship when the other partner is bringing you down, doing/saying hurtful things to you, or putting you in harm— get out of that relationship please! The sooner the better. No one deserves that and you need to be loved. But before you can be loved you need to love yourself first.

Anybody know good places to run in Manhattan?

They just opened a Trader Joes in my area. I want to stock up on a lot of things when school starts and start packing my own lunches. Any suggestions?