What the heck did I get myself into!?!?!

Hi

So… I get this email from the Spartan Race Australia saying “Hi Shanti As you have signed up to run the ANZ Stadium Race, you are privileged to two (2) Complimentary Spectator Passes!”

I shat myself!

It’s real, I’m signed up, they know I’m coming and I have people coming to watch.

I literally now have no idea what I’m getting myself into, I’m not qualified to do this… 2 years ago I was a totally lost fatty. I had been a fatty my whole life, I hated myself, I was miserable and my resting heart rate was around 90.

Since then I have:

• lost and maintained a loss of over 30kgs
• I can deadlift a small person (65kg)
• I can run a 5km
• I actually like myself and like different parts of my body… I’m like 80% positive
• I eat well (80% of the time) and I love it, I train well and I love it, I sleep… of course I want more but I’m working on that
• My resting heart rate is now between 55 and 60

With all of this I thought I might be ok… but I just got this wave of fear.

I am honestly so scared… I’m going to do it, and I’m going to finish I think I’m just getting the jitters and thats ok.

I think the last time I felt like this I was just about to get married and that turned out awesome so… I just have to do it.

I mean I’m trained as much as I can be, I’m in the hands of some of the best trainers ever!

*GULP*

…SBK

 

 

What a sweaty week it has been!

Hello all!

This week I have been doing my Spartan training with the #5WeeksToSpartan program and I have also spent most of the week moving… basically my body is now sore and totally smashed!

While this week has been really hard it has made me realise how far I have come, I have been able to do a lot of the moving of our house/home office and I have had 5 days of really solid training. I never thought I would be able to do anything like that!

So what did this week look like for me?

Monday – Rest Day! YES!!!!

Tuesday – High Round High Intensity

Wednesday – Slow and Heavy with Jen

A – 3 rounds 1 min box jump

B – 3 rounds 30sec each

• Step ups – 10kg, 12.5kg, 12.5kg (each hand)
• Walking lunges – 17.5kg, 22.5kg, 22.5kg
• Farmers carry – 16kg (each hand)
• Front squat – 22.5kg, 25kg, 25kg

C – 20 burpees

D – 3 rounds 20sec each, 30 sec of burpees after each round

• TRX row
• Bar hang
• Push ups
• Burpees 8,8,8

Thursday – Stairs 30 mins as many reps as possible. This week I had to do the stairs in Glebe near Wentworthville Park, with moving and work I just couldn’t get to Coogee Stairs… Anyway I did 28 laps in just under 30mins. In the middle of last year I did these stairs and after 3 laps I was fried… so 3 laps to 28 some would say that’s an improvement. Myself, I couldn’t believe it!

Friday – Rest! Friday was supposed to be Slow and Heavy, but after moving house all week I was 100% shattered. I could not force my body to do any more on Friday. There was still plenty of movement through the day moving the final bit and keeping on with assembling the new place. I’m not usually one to just turn of my alarm and stay in bed but this day was one of those days my body was broken.

Saturday – Park Death with Jen

4 laps of the oval, then there was lots of squats, lunges, push ups, crab walks, bear crawls, more running and of course burpees!

Seriously I can’t even remember the order we did everything in… I call that my training brain!

I did 4 laps of the 420m oval in 10’42” minus 1’30” of recovery – we did a lap then 30 sec recovery x4. So average time was about 2’30″… I know I can do that better though so I definitely try it again soon.

Sunday – Hills Work 45mins

This was really funny, I had excited butterflies in my tummy about a training session. The last time this happened was when Nardia and I broke in their new Ankor harness.

We did 16 laps up and down in of Moore Park Hill in 45min. We also alternated adding weight. I had the 10kg sandbag 6 times and the 8kg MB 5 times from memory.

That was HARD! But the girls and I were so happy that we got it done… and it really was the perfect weather, not too hot!

 

So that’s what this week’s training looked like for me.

Next week’s plan is:

• Monday – Coogee Stairs
• Tuesday – Jen’s high intensity workshop
• Wednesday – Jen’s slow and heavy session, then1 lap of Centennial Park for time and pace
• Thursday – Rest
• Friday – slow and heavy at my home gym
• Saturday – Jen’s park death session
• Sunday – Jen’s obstacle course workshop

Pumped!

…SBK

Today’s High Intensity Workout

Hello all!

Just thought I would share this workout because it was a doosey! It is a Jen Dugard style high rep workout.

It really challenged me to push through, especially because I have spent the last 3 days moving house.

So the rules with this workout is you must complete all the reps and if you stop an exercise or change you have to do 5 burpees. This workout took me 40’09”

• 50 lunges (each leg): 2 rounds – 50, 50
• 50 Box jump (we have a bench that goes just below my knee): 50
• 50 TRX row: 50
• 50 steps (each leg) farmer carry around the garage with 20kg weight plates: 100
• 50 squat press 5kg dumb bells: 2 rounds – 15, 35
• 50 MCs each leg: 2 rounds – 50, 50
  
• 3min bar hang: 4 rounds – 1m, 40s, 40s, 40s
• 50 push ups: 2 rounds – 25, 25
• 50 bank walks side to side: 50
• 50 n ups: 50
  

Thought I would share this one because it really required me to push through this morning. The other chick in the gym gave me the look of “are you ok… you might be dying!”

Can’t wait for slow and heavy Wednesday!

…SBK

 

A Week of What I Eat: Day 2

Hello…

The training:

Today was a 100’s day but in pairs, for time with good form… so that meant I did:

• 50 Box Jumps
• 50 Walking Lunges
• 50 Push Ups
• 50 TRX Row
• 100 Steps Famers Carry up stairs (I did 12kg KBs)
• 50 Squat Press (I did 7kg DBs)
• 100 Mountain Climbers
• Bar Hang 3 mins each

Plus every time you stopped or changed an exercise you had to do 5 burpees

Now for the food:

• 5.30am – pre training half a banana (waking up at 5am isn’t my strong suit!)
• 6.30am – after training protein shake – protein powder, vital greens and chia seeds
• 8.30am – green breakfast smoothie with the other half of the banana
• 11.15am – 2 eggs, 1 cucumber 5 macadamia nuts
• 1.15pm – tuna and green salad with sweet potato
• 2.15pm – coffee with 1 tsp coconut oil and a dash of almond milk
• 6.30pm – dinner was in a movie and all I could get was a chicken avocado salad from sumo salad, not perfect but not terrible
• 7.00pm – during the movie I had coconut chips and 5 macadamias, and 4 pieces of salted dark chocolate – the good stuff no raw processed sugar! A bit more than I would normally have but it’s that time of the month and I couldn’t resist.

I don’t understand thinking that you need wheat to feel full or needing cereal for breakfast… there are so many types of food, real food out there just go have a look, smell, feel and taste!

…SBK

5 Weeks to Spartan Sprint: Week 1

Hi… Ouch!

My muscles are pretty sore but this week has been really fun! My left knee is a little on the tender side.

I have done my first week of Spartan training including my own extra workouts.

My week went a little like this…

• Monday – my own play ground workout
• Tuesday – 3 hour trek including running up a mountain interval style
• Wednesday – Rest
• Thursday – group circuit training session
• Friday – training with Jen, then jog around Centennial Park
• Saturday – Jen’s 1 hour of sandbag murder in Centennial Park
• Sunday – Coogee Stairs

I’m done! I’m really happy with my efforts this week it has been a hard week, my body is a little tired and sore… and I can’t wait for next week. Tomorrow is rest day, thank goodness!

…SBK