Work-out: COMMIT2FIT

Zelfs na mijn goede voornemens op de laatste dag van 2013, heeft het me ruim een halve maand gekost om een nieuwe post te plaatsen. Best schandalig hoor ik je zeggen? Nee hoor, want ik was druk bezig met mijn leven weer in een normaal ritme te krijgen. Klinkt veel zwaarder dan het is hoor. Ik ben op de valreep van 2013 begonnen aan een nieuwe baan, maar in de periode die daarvoor ligt was ik al gestopt met sporten en bloggen. Nu ik alweer 2 maanden in dienst ben bij mijn nieuwe baan is het hoogtijd om beide hobbies weer op te pakken!

Vandaag ga ik het hebben over mijn actiefste hobby: sporten!
Mijn sport motivatie haal ik van mijn favoriete sportblog: Girls Love 2 Run. Ik ben serieus begonnen met hardlopen door deze 2 meiden. Mijn andere motivatie haal ik van Pinterest (check mijn work-out board hier!). Al een paar maanden heb ik de deal staan om met een vriendinnetje elke maandag te gaan hardlopen. Dat bleek niet voldoende voor deze used-to-be fanatieke-amateur-sporter. In december besloot ik mee te doen met een challenge, van de hierboven genoemde blog. De Why Wait challenge. Het was de bedoeling om in de maand december een totale afstand van 70km te lopen. Nou... die challenge heb ik niet gehaald, meer woorden zal ik er niet aan spenderen.
Maar in 2014 nieuwe ronden nieuwe kansen. Momenteel doe ik mee met de commit2fit challenge. Hierbij moet je in de maand januari proberen om 15 work-outs te doen. Het mag van alles zijn.
Op dit moment ben ik ook hier nog ver mee: pas op 5/15....

2 januari deed ik een les BodyCombat
8 januari deed ik een les BodyPump
10 januari ging ik hardlopen
13 januari ging ik hardlopen met mijn loopmaatje
15 januari deed ik weer een les BodyPump

Maar ik geef nog niet op hoor. Ik heb nog helemaal niet gekeken of nog 10 work-outs deze maand nog haalbaar zijn in mijn drukke agenda. Ik zie het wel, hopelijk verras ik mezelf.
Vanavond staat er een grote nieuwjaars work-out / Les Mills release party (de les mills gangers onder jullie weten vast wel wat ik bedoel...) op het programma, dan zit ik alweer op 6. In de tussentijd ga ik nog wat work-out plaatjes pinnen ter motivatie.... Ik laat jullie weten of het lukt!

ps: check instagram en zoek op COMMIT2FIT voor motivatie van andere deelnemers!

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The Work-out: The #bikinibattle Challenge

As you might know, I run. And one of my new years resolutions is that I take running more seriously. I am.
Dude, I have been running. I have joined the challenge set by the lovely ladies of Girlslove2run: The #bikinibattle.

Well I'm half-way through April and I have to say, it's not going as well as I though it would go. Usually I'm really dedicated when I have rules to live by, but now not so much. Yeah I do run, I run twice a week. I do at the very least one work-out a week, but I compensate the other work-out by walking on my lunchbreak every day (yeah, at least 30 min. of walking every day). So that's all good. But it's the candy. The candy. 

I didn't realize how much crap I eat a day! Yeah, my breakfast and lunch are super healthy, but then when the clock marks 4PM... and a colleague ask you if you want some winegums... Or last week when I bought chocolate because I just needed chocolate. And in the evening: watching Game of Thrones with my man, drinking a cup of tea, and eating a big iced cookie (for the Dutchies: Roze koeken!!). Yes, I defiantly need more focus in the food department. 

We already established that the frequency of my work-outs and runs are okay. But there is another challenge! I didn't just join this challenge to wear a bikini this summer. Since I haven't booked a holiday, I'm not too concerned about my bikini-body at the moment. So there is another reason: my personal challenge. Just after the end of this month, on the 5th of May to be exact, I'm competing in the 13k of "rondje Tilburg" (for the non-Dutch: The Round of Tilburg, which is my home town). When I entered this competition I could hardly run 3k. In two weeks time I have to run 13k. Last Sunday I finally hit the 13k mark. I did take a little break after 5k, cause I really needed to use the bathroom and drink a glass of water. But after 15min break I was back on track. I added another 0.5k to compensate though.... not sure if that had any effect, but I like to punish myself in that way (yeah, I'm weird!). 

So the plan for this week is to run the full 13k in one go; not sure WHEN I'm going to do that. With my B-day weekend starting on Friday, and lasting all the way up to Sunday evening, I don't know how I'm going to plan that. Since I'm working the whole week, and making arrangements for two party's. Oh well, guessing there are bigger problems in the world. ;) 

So follow me on instagram (@amysfashionscrapbook) to see how my challenge is going. I can tell you one thing: I'm sure I'll be having candy (& beer!) during the week this week. 'Cause what's a party without cake? It's just a frikin' meeting! 

Ps: I forgot all about the water drinking part! Well save that for next time :)

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Work-Out: In 2013 I will RUN

 

In my goals of 2013 I told you that I want to compete in two runs this year (read it here). it all started with this photo that was published on the facebook page of Nike Running (here); My face is in that pic! (Try to find me... ) Since the pic says that sweat will be my best accessory, I decided to do so. I'm going to take running more seriously. To make sure that I will I enrolled myself into my first run of the year: running 13 km in may.

  

 

 

 

So these pics above are actually for me in the first place to make sure that I'll train hard so I can run those 13 km. In the meantime I'm going to post more work-out stuff here; I know that that isn't fashion at all (and this is my fashionscrapbook) but I since it's my personal-blog I hope you'll let me get away with it. And of course I run in style, so technical it IS fashion! More work-out updates, sportswear and inspiration to come! 

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Outfit: Run in Style

Today I read on the blog of GirlsLove2Run that they are hosting a giveaway; all you have to do is share a picture of your runningoutfit. While I was taking this pic, I thougth it would be nice to share my running outfit with my readers aswell!
If you see a girl wearing this ensemble, running around Tilburg City; it'll most likely be me!

I was wearing:
Socks: Nike dry-fit running socks (seriously the best I ever had!) | Shoes: Nike (actually fitness shoes, but for short distances these are sufficient) | Sweatband: Nike | Jacket: Adidas | Printed Top: H&M| Tee: Nike (#Runmokum shirt I got at the GirlsLove2Run event) | Shorts: H&M | Leggings: H&M (seriously; also the best trainingpants ever)

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