On February 15th I did a 5 hour hike, around 12km across the red mountains. It was mostly beginner friendly other than one part which was intensive climbing for over 40 minutes. |
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Unfortunately, on the second week I was unable to do all three days as my muscles were still recovering and I had a 5 hour hike to do that I had to prepare my body for. I plan to do more varied cardio exercises or possibly include some weight lifting as well as eat antioxidants post workout to help aid muscle recovery. I only did 2/3 days of exercise. |
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On February 12 I decided to learn from my mistakes and control my food intake more carefully. I ate the exact same meal (with a little less apple so I wasn't uncomfortable during the session) but I ate it 10 minutes before the workout instead of an hour before. I ended up using a new machine because my usual treadmill was occupied by two other individuals and I performed very well on this machine. I'm assuming this is because my other muscles I usually use were pushed towards a point of exhaustion because as soon as I went back to the treadmill I could barely do it without my legs being in pain, only walking 0.7km in 9 minutes. On the contrary, I walked 2.44km in 30 minutes mountain mode difficulty 12-14 on the other walking machine. I now intend on rotating through the different cardio activities I do. |
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This workout was quite underwhelming in my opinion. As a pre-workout i ate chopped apples with cinnamon and agave nectar with peanut butter and oats, but it was a whole hour before the workout. I think this made me a lot more tired in my workout because i had an energy surge 20 minutes after the meal, not an hour later. My previous exercise i ate chia raspberry dark chocolate dipped in peanut butter with my leftover curry 10 minutes pre, exercise, which is probably why i did so good. I’m also considering stretching better or having more diversity in exercise because I felt more muscle fatigue. 15% incline on a Saturday, 30 minutes, pace ≈4.5, 2.1km, and 937 calories. |
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