For a while I was doing aerobics of DVDs quite regularly, but last year was tough, health-wise, and then I moved into my shoebox where I can’t even practice my tai chi.<\/p>\n
But as I mentioned before, a few weeks ago I started getting more active again, more so than possibly ever before, and I’ve kept at it – no small thanks to the existence of shiny apps and gadgets… So really, people that say the internet results in lazy people that never get off their butts, all I can say: HA! *g*<\/p>\n
So here’s what I’m doing:<\/p>\n
200 sit-ups<\/strong> It’s only about ten minutes for one session, so really no big deal. I’ve just finished week 3 today – I do it on days I don’t run (see below), so I sometimes even do it 4 times a week. I’m already planning on doing 100 push-ups<\/A> once I’m done with this – who knows, I might gain some arm muscles for the first time ever… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Couch-to-5K<\/strong> The running is really coming along – I’m in week 3 now and can already feel a difference from when I started. It works by alternating runs and walks – I’ll have to be a bit careful about my knees, now that the running parts are getting a bit longer. To my surprise I was only sore after my first run. Possibly because a friend showed me some stretches and told me that it’s almost as bad to stretch too much as not at all.<\/p>\n Pretty useful tips can also be found on About.com<\/a>, like this video on running form<\/A>. Once I reach 5k, I want to find some nice routes, possibly with Walk Jog Run<\/a> – and I’ve bookmarked the Z\u00c3\u00bcriCupLauf beginners’ runs<\/a> for possibly signing up for one or two.<\/p>\n And yes, I can barely believe that this is me either. *g*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For a while I was doing aerobics of DVDs quite regularly, but last year was tough, health-wise, and then I moved into my shoebox where I can’t even practice my tai chi. But as I mentioned before, a few weeks ago I started getting more active again, more so than possibly ever before, and I’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-life","category-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/multifaceted-abnormal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGoal<\/u>: 200 sit-ups, over the course of 6 weeks (3 times a week)
\nResources<\/u>: Website<\/a> (free) with the accompanying iPhone app<\/A> ($2 or something like that)<\/p>\n
\nGoal<\/u>: Be able to run 5k (or 3 miles), over the course of 9 weeks (3 times a week ca. 30 minutes, incl. warm-up and cool-down)
\nResources<\/u>: Website<\/A> (free) and the GetRunning iPhone app<\/a> (ca. $2 again) – there are others, but this was the cheapest and I’m rather happy with it. Plus they’re also supportive on their site and via Twitter<\/a>. If you don’t have an iPhone\/iPod Touch,
\nI’m also thinking about trying out tracking apps TrailGuru<\/A> (free) or RunKeeper<\/A> (free \/ $10 for Pro), once I get to running longer than half an hour…<\/p>\n