Week all done

This week has been a bit mixed I only did 2 of my 3 pilates sessions (monday and friday), didn´t manage to get to the gym at all. Also played volleyball for 2 hours which went well and basketball for half an hour.

Just finished 30 minutes on the exercise bike did 15.62km and burnt 355 cals.

Had some bad news, my pilates teacher is leaving at the end of the month so only have 1 week of pilates left.

I am going to go back to the gym 4 times a week (mondays, tuesdays, thursdays and fridays) and going to start jump training on mondays, wednesdays and fridays.

Week going well

This week I have done 2 sessions o Pilates, 1 gym session and played basketball for 2 hours.

I was supposed to play volleyball for 2 hours as well but I was unable to leave work in time to play. Next week I plan to do the 2 hours of volleyball before the 2 hours of basketball.

I am feeling good and I am noticeably thinner after the basketball last night. I plan to also go for a 30 km bike ride on Sunday morning early to further the fat loss. I have noticed this week in Pilates that I am not struggling with any of the exercises any more even though I have moved to more advanced exercises. I have also noticed that my core is much stronger and I can do 20 crunches without it burning any more where as 2 months ago I couldn´t do 20 crunches without stopping.

I felt much better playing basketball last night and I am definitely feeling the benefits of the Pilates and gym.

I am a little worried as I have some pain coming back in my left knee and my ankle is also really painful but I am going to keep on training and see if the pain goes away.

I have one more gym session tomorrow morning and one more Pilates session friday morning. If I complete these sessions it will be the first week that I have manged to do 3 sessions of Pilates and 2 gym sessions.

Starting Stage 3

I have been doing stage 2 for a month now and I am feeling much better. My core is much stronger and I am much more flexable than before.

I am now moving to stage 3 of my training which is basically adding cycling to the pilates and gym.

I am also cutting out coca cola. I managed all week last week although Friday night and Saturday I drank coke. Sunday I stopped again and have had only one small glass of coke since then (last night).

For stage 3 I am going to do 1 hour on the exercise bike 3 times a week (Mondays, Wednesday and Friday nights).

I have started to see the difference in my arms and legs from the pilates and gym but my middle is still the same and my stomach is sticking out more due to the fact that the Pilates is developing my abs. This is why I am introducing cycling to burn off the fat.

I am also going to go back to playing basketball again on tuesday nights to burn off some more caleries.

After 4 weeks of Stage 3 I plan to move to Stage 4 which will add court sprints and shooting training on saturday mornings to increase my basketball fitness so that I can get back to playing basketball at a higher level again.

Phase 2 Starting

I have been doing Pilates for over a month now and have ramped it up to 3 times a week.

I am feeling much better with hardly any aches and pains now and no back pain.

I have however got real problems with my right ankle when I play basketball which is due to the fact that I am now running on my toes and also running much faster due to my increased range o motion and flexability.

I have decided that I am going to start back at the gym twice a week to try and drop my weight to try and stop the ankle problems. I have spoken the my trainer and we are going to focus on leg strength and weight loss as Plyometrics is working well to tone my upper body and abs so I don´t feel I need any more upper body weight training for now.

I will start this coming week with plyometrics Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday mornings with the Gym Tuesdays and Thursdays. I am going to take a few weeks off from basketball to reduce injury while I start the strength training.

I am also going to do a big bike ride for 2-3 hours on saturday mornings to try and help with the weight loss.

Bad week

 I didnt do pilates on monday morning as I was with a stomach bug and tuesday night I straigned my calf playing basketball!!!! I also didnt do pilates on wednesday due to the calf and work issues.

I noticed a real difference without the pilates and my sore back is coming back!

Will start again tomorrow morning and this time I am not taking any days off.

I am also going to try motocross at the weekend and if I like it I am going to start training hard for a race in 2 months. I am hoping that the added assentive of the race will help with my motivation.

7 sessions of pilates done

This week i upped my pilares to 3 times a week (mon,wed,fri). I havê been amazed at how good i AM feeling and can not believe that i havê Only done 7 sessions. My knees and ankles are pain free as is my back. I noticed on tuesday when i was playing basketball that i havê stopped thinking about running and i AM now sprinting the court without getting out of breath!!

I also noticed that i havê started to hang in the air when i jump instead of going up and streight down which means that i must be jumping higher now. This also means that my Jump shot is better as it is Less rushed and also more balanced due my improved core strength.

I also noticed that i more balanced in the air when Someone makes contact which again must be due to a stronger core.

At the weekend I AM going to measure my Weight and my vertical jump só that i can keep a record of the improvements due to my training.

Next week i AM also going to start jump training on thursdays and saturdays as my legs and knees are feeling much better.

Aching today

Did my third session of pilates yesterday morning. I guess the intensity level was raízes a bit as my stomach and arms are aching this morning.

I have basketball tonight só i will be able to guague how pain free my legs are once i start running about.

I have decided that i AM going to do some performance measurements at the weekend só that i can begin to actually measure my progress in a more scientific way.

I have also decided that i want to do one more session of pliates a week. I will talk with my teacher tomorrow about adding the 3rd weekly session next week.

This will mean that i do plyometrics mondays wednesdays and fridays, basketball on tuesdays and maybe thursdays and i AM planning to start shooting on saturday and Sunday mornings early as well.