It's after the climb and I still want to keep in shape. The workouts that I did for the climb had me at the gym 1.5 hours three times a week plus hot yoga every other day. It was a huge time commitment. Now that I'm back I have a reduced my workout provided by my personal trainer to an hour with 30 minutes of cardio every other day. It's nice to have a bit more free time.
However, rather ease up I'd like to more on take on new challenges. What are those new challenges? I'll have to do some thinking. One of them that I'm thinking about is the Actif Epica. I've even gone so far as to buy a new mountain bike. Yet I still am having issues getting my self in the proper mind set to train, especially run. Given my lack of resolve, the only solution really is to sign up for a run. A half marathon or 10 km should do the trick. The MEC Race Series (http://events.mec.ca/node/11388) looks to be the perfect thing. It shouldn't be so bad as I have already completed a fully marathon last year. This should put a level of fear in me to get myself going while training.
Thursday 8 May 2014
Monday 5 May 2014
Kilimanjaro - Training
Over the past six months I have been busy training and gear up to climb Mount Kilimanjaro early April 2014.
This was an amazing once in a lifetime experience and it was done in support of SOS Children's Villages (if you would like to donate you still can, please visit https://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=31663) which we later visited.
The training was more intense then I did for my cycling trip across Canada in 2012 and it needed to be as there would be long days and night of climbs (one step at a time) all the way the mount which was over 19,000 feet. The majority of the group that I went with were based in Ottawa and had a building over 30 floors available to them to complete their training. I was on my own and so I came up with my own training schedule. It involved a lot of leg strengthen exercises. But as date of the climb got closure, I started to feel that my training routine wasn't going to cut it. I found a trainer and in the last 4 weeks really kicked it up a notch. If also help that in those last four weeks I wound down my fundraising activities and really devoted my efforts to training.
My training schedule included the following exercises which I completed 3 to 4 times a week:
Work out #1:
- Machine Squats
- Leg Extensions
- Hamstring Curls
- Lunges
- Leg press
- 21's with barbell
- Triceps extension
- Dumbbell front raises
- Dumbbell lateral raises
- Wide grip Lateral pull downs
- Lower back hyper extensions
- Decline abdominal crunches
- 30 minutes on the stair-master
Workout #2:
- Straight Leg Dead-lift
- Lunges
- Leg extensions
- Hamstring curls
- Glute kickbacks
- Standing bent over reverse fly
- Seated incline chest fly
- Overhead extensions
- Rope press downs
- Rope Hammer Curls
- Crunches
- Side Bends with Dumbbell
- 30 minutes on the stair-master
Workout #3:
- Machine Squats
- Heavy Good Mornings
- Leg press
- Calves on leg press
- Mountain Climbers
- High Bench Step-ups
- Double Kickbacks
- Dumbbell 21's
- Machine reverse fly
- Machine chest fly
- Cable crunches
- Side Bends
- 30 minutes on the stair-master
This was an amazing once in a lifetime experience and it was done in support of SOS Children's Villages (if you would like to donate you still can, please visit https://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=31663) which we later visited.
The training was more intense then I did for my cycling trip across Canada in 2012 and it needed to be as there would be long days and night of climbs (one step at a time) all the way the mount which was over 19,000 feet. The majority of the group that I went with were based in Ottawa and had a building over 30 floors available to them to complete their training. I was on my own and so I came up with my own training schedule. It involved a lot of leg strengthen exercises. But as date of the climb got closure, I started to feel that my training routine wasn't going to cut it. I found a trainer and in the last 4 weeks really kicked it up a notch. If also help that in those last four weeks I wound down my fundraising activities and really devoted my efforts to training.
My training schedule included the following exercises which I completed 3 to 4 times a week:
Work out #1:
- Machine Squats
- Leg Extensions
- Hamstring Curls
- Lunges
- Leg press
- 21's with barbell
- Triceps extension
- Dumbbell front raises
- Dumbbell lateral raises
- Wide grip Lateral pull downs
- Lower back hyper extensions
- Decline abdominal crunches
- 30 minutes on the stair-master
Workout #2:
- Straight Leg Dead-lift
- Lunges
- Leg extensions
- Hamstring curls
- Glute kickbacks
- Standing bent over reverse fly
- Seated incline chest fly
- Overhead extensions
- Rope press downs
- Rope Hammer Curls
- Crunches
- Side Bends with Dumbbell
- 30 minutes on the stair-master
Workout #3:
- Machine Squats
- Heavy Good Mornings
- Leg press
- Calves on leg press
- Mountain Climbers
- High Bench Step-ups
- Double Kickbacks
- Dumbbell 21's
- Machine reverse fly
- Machine chest fly
- Cable crunches
- Side Bends
- 30 minutes on the stair-master
Thursday 1 May 2014
First Post
Hello there!
My name is Marissa and I have gone from being a couch potato to an outdoor adventurer!
Here I'll be posting some of my adventures, thoughts, pictures, and some of the things I've learned and am still learning as a novice outdoor adventurer.
My name is Marissa and I have gone from being a couch potato to an outdoor adventurer!
Here I'll be posting some of my adventures, thoughts, pictures, and some of the things I've learned and am still learning as a novice outdoor adventurer.
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