Thursday, 6 February 2014

Recent update: Circuits, Test, Run

The last week has been quite active and busy. 
Firstly we had a run, it was only around the block but it was the first run I'd done in a while! 
I think it went well. I was sure to stretch out before and afterwards so I would injure myself. Unfortunately, earlier on that day I had fallen over onto my coccyx <----- weird spelling!! and was in a lot of pain. Because of this I was starting and stopping a lot which caused me to get a stitch. Overall I pushed myself but didn't reach my full potential. My aim is to  improve next time I run, I will do this by taking water out and listening to motivational music. 

The second big thing, was the test! Hopefully my revision paid off! I was so pleased that I managed to remember all of the bones! Just a shame I couldn't remember all of the muscles! 

Today we did circuits. We have previously done one but today we did it twice! I definitely struggled today. Before we did it, we took a resting pulse ( mine was 25) we then began the circuits. My favourite station was the step ups with the weights and my least favourite was the plank. My partner and I both struggled so we came up with a strategy- e.g chair dips, we would do 12 and then have a small rest and then do another 12 e.t.c we would do similar techniques at other stations. Overall I think I did well although because my coccyx were still hurting I couldn't fully push myself. My pulse after was 40. It only took a short amount of time to return to my testing pulse which means that I am reasonably fit! To improve next time I will hopefully have fully recovered so will be able to push myself harder.