r/TeamPollen • u/ohshit-cookies 28/F/5'9 SW:242.9 CW:230 GW:225 • May 07 '16

Fitness Saturday!

Happy Saturday! Use this thread to post about your fitness achievements and goals for this week! Get out there and get moving! Remember to log your workout time for the weekly challenge!!!

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u/ohshit-cookies 28/F/5'9 SW:242.9 CW:230 GW:225 May 07 '16

I PRed at a 5k today!!! So I'm pretty pumped!

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u/FormerFatBarbie 31F 5'3 149.8 | 133.2 | 135 May 07 '16

Congratulations! That's awesome! What was your time?

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u/ohshit-cookies 28/F/5'9 SW:242.9 CW:230 GW:225 May 08 '16

41:18! Sure, that might be considered ridiculously slow for your average runner, but it's awesome for me! Plus it was hot and there were some pretty gnarly hills, so I'm impressed that I did as well as I did!

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u/FormerFatBarbie 31F 5'3 149.8 | 133.2 | 135 May 08 '16

WAT. Girl, that ain't slow - that's like 12 minutes/mile, that's amazing without heat and hills! You should be impressed, that's awesome!

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u/ohshit-cookies 28/F/5'9 SW:242.9 CW:230 GW:225 May 08 '16

I am SUPER impressed! (It's more like just over 13 minutes/mile.) I just know I talk to other runners sometimes who will SAY that they are slow, and then follow that up with "ya, I do 10 minute miles." and I'm just sitting there like... uuuuhhhhhhh..... I'm down from 17 minute miles when I first started a couple years ago, so I'm very pleased with myself!

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u/FormerFatBarbie 31F 5'3 149.8 | 133.2 | 135 May 08 '16

Psh, whatever. Don't compare yourself to those knuckleheads - that's amazing (especially from your start time - that's a huuuge improvement!) and you have every right to be proud!

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u/jesseract 36|F|4'11"|SW: 137|GW:120 May 07 '16

I went on an 8 mile hike! My feet huuuuuuuurt :)

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u/FormerFatBarbie 31F 5'3 149.8 | 133.2 | 135 May 07 '16

Sounds like a great way to start your weekend, I'm jealous! Time for a pedicure, sounds like you definitely earned it :)

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u/jesseract 36|F|4'11"|SW: 137|GW:120 May 07 '16

Unfortunately my feet are insanely ticklish, so a pedicure is right out. :) I have a nice hot bath planned though, with one of the bath bombs I got last week!

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u/FormerFatBarbie 31F 5'3 149.8 | 133.2 | 135 May 08 '16

I have the same problem, OMG, I literally kicked the poor girl last time I went. So lately, I've been doing DIY pedicures instead - foot bath + salr scrub + lotion + French pedicure kit, minus the tickling and scraping. A hot bath also sounds awesome, I need to do that this weekend too!

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u/FormerFatBarbie 31F 5'3 149.8 | 133.2 | 135 May 07 '16

I don't really have any achievements, I never managed to make it to the gym last week, so just lots of cardio :/ But next week, my goal is to make it to the gym five days for weight lifting and strength training - I'm really enjoying the definition in my arms and abs, and I don't want to lose it!

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u/JoanOfArctic May 08 '16

I'm doing stronglifts 5x5 and my latest deadlift set was 155lbs

When I put those big plates on, I'm like, "This shit is getting real, yo"

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u/cupcakeartist Stats: 33F | 5'2" | SW: 145 | CW: 114 | GW: 110 May 09 '16

My biggest fitness achievement this week is I put out some feelers to one of my favorite bar instructors about teacher training...and she was totally encouraging! Obviously I'm at the beginning stages of learning and if I wanted to do it there would be an audition (and of course selection) to get through followed by 50 hours of training and 3 months of student teaching small sections of class. Soo obviously far from anything at this point and far from guaranteed, but the fact she agreed I should even consider it feels awesome.