Morning Walk - 4km (with Afternoon Strength Training)

I hadn't planned to go out today, as the weather was due to be wet. However, when my parents asked if I wanted to join them for a walk in the morning before the rain arrived, I decided to take a chance.

And I'm glad I did as it was lovely out there, and much warmer than expected. Whisby Nature Reserve is close to where we live, and as it is so 'familiar' I often forget about it. It made a nice change to wander around today, walking and talking with parents.

I did also take a camera as well, and we saw plenty of wildlife. My parents seem to be taking more of an interest in the surroundings, so instead of walking round the reserve as quick as possible, they now stop to look at EVERYTHING.

This is a great thing, and shows how important it is to share the pictures and the infomation with people. The more people take an interest, the more likely they are to care and ultimately the more likely they are to take steps to protect the natural world.

The walk was registered as 4km, but I didn't start the watch at the beginning (as I totally forgot) so I suspect we did 5km in the end. Regardless of that, it was a pleasant morning.

After I arrived back home, I had a quick spot of lunch, and then it was time to do some more strength training.

I did my first session last Sunday. It was my first session of conditioning in a loooong time, and I suspected I might have over done it.

it turns out I really, really did!

It has taken 5 days to recover from the aches (DOMS kicked in on tuesday which was horrible, I could barely get out of bed!)

This time around, I have hopefully learnt my lesson and lowered the difficulty slightly. In the my first session I did 3 sets of each exercise, and for todays session I did just 2 sets of each exercise

Press-ups 10 reps x 2 sets
Straight-arm Plank with Shoulder Touch 20 reps x 2 sets
Squats 15 reps x 2 sets
Calf Raise 15 reps x 2 sets
Good Mornings 10 reps x 2 sets
Single Leg Deadlift 10 reps x 2 (left and right)
Glute Bridge 10 lots of 10 second holds x 2 sets
Split Squats 10 reps x 4 (2 left and 2 right)
Step-up 10 reps x 4 (2 left and 2 right)
Raised legs crunches 15 x 2 sets
Leg raises 15 x 2 sets

Those exercise presuambly results in the below muscles being worked on (assuming my technique is correct of course!)

taken from the Garmin Connect website

I know I could do with finding some more arm/shoulder exercises. I do have a set of Dumbbells lying around somewhere, but as an initial foray into strength training, I'm happy with this for now.

Hopefully decreasing the exercise by 33% means that I should recover quicker than 5 days this time around, and so I can do some more strength training during the week

For now, I need to crack on with some tidying and cleaning, as my partner is arriving home from university tomorrow, and its only fair I make the house look respectable!

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If you would like to check out this activity on strava you can see it here:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9069138546

About the Athlete: Living in the UK, I am an intermittent Runner, but always striving for more consistency. When I'm not training I can be found photographing insects or listening to really loud angry music (which is the best type of music obviously!)