YESterday’s RUN was AWESOME.
For the first time in several months I decided to hold back on doing a long HIIT workout, instead I slowed down and ran the whole trail without stopping (save for a couple of water breaks). It really felt great to just do a slow and steady run for once. I forgot the feeling of an endurance workout. Nothing gets you a runners high like trying to run for an hour straight, and I definitely had plenty of endorphines dumping into the blood. I think I’m going to go back to just doing this every Sunday while keeping the other two run days HIIT and mile-repeat days. With three days of full body circuits and one rest day, that should keep me happy for a while.
A friend is going to show me some Kettle-Bell workouts this week, I’m pretty excited about it. It sounds exactly like what I’ve been wanting to do lately (i.e. very high rep puke circuits). So if I really like it i may end up taking my wallet out and joining the kettle-bell band-wagon. Besides it will be so different, I’m guaranteed to see some good results in the beginning. Who knows, maybe it would be a good idea to switch between kettle-bells and traditional weight lifting every so often, like in half-year cycles or something. That would certainly keep the workouts fresh and keep the body from getting used to one boring workout routine.
