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My recovery rates

In week one I did three sessions, each one consisting of three circuits of eight stations. I was in my training zone on every circuit in the week, which means I will be able to make progress by reducing rest time over the following weeks. After session one I was feeling really good and I was pleased on what I had managed to accomplish in the session. This feeling followed in the second session as I was again proud of what I had managed to do in that session. However in the final session I felt ill so I had to take it easy on some of the more challenging circuits, but I still managed to do quite well.

Overall I think over the three sessions I have done myself a lot of good this week. Because of this I am able to make it harder for next week setting me a new challenge. Also after all the sessions this week my recovery rates were very much the same. WEEK TWO EVALUTION Again this week I did three sessions consisting of three circuits, with circuit containing eight stations. After every circuit this week I was in my training zone which means I am clearly making myself fitter meaning I am able to progress next week by increasing my work time.

This week felt that either I was getting fitter and fitter or the sessions were getting easier and easier, however at first I found getting used to the change in resting time difficult but it gradually got easier and easier. Also because I managed to grips with the change in resting time I will make it harder again next week. This week I also discovered that my recovery rates were better than last weeks which shows that I am getting fitter. WEEK THREE EVALUTION In week three again I did three sessions consisting of three circuits, with each circuit consisting of eight stations.

After every circuit this week I was either above or in my training zone, which means again I am making myself fitter meaning I am able to progress next week by decreasing my rest time again. This week I found session one and two quite difficult because as I mentioned the work time was increased so adapting to working for that extra time was quite hard, however in session three I found it a lot easier and managed to do really well. So because of this I will make it even harder for next week. Also my recovery rates for this week were very good, as I recovered from each session very quickly to get my heart rate back down to its resting rate.

WEEK FOUR EVALUTION

In week four I did three sessions consisting of three circuits each, each circuit containing eight stations. After every circuit this week again, I was either in or above my training zone which means that I am making myself fitter and am able to make even more progress next week by increasing my work time. This week I found session one and session two again quite difficult because I had even less time to have a rest and recover, and to add to this I wasn't feeling very well but because I felt that I did quite well in session three I am able to progress next week by making it harder for myself. My recovery rates this week started off well in the first session but because I was feeling ill my recovery rates weren't very quick.

WEEK FIVE EVALUTION

In week five I did three sessions consisting of three circuits each, each circuit consisting of eight stations. After every circuit this week I was either above or in my training zone again meaning that I am clearly making myself fitter and because of this I am able to progress next week by decreasing my rest time. This week I found each session quite difficult, which means that it is getting harder and harder, but I feel I tried my hardest and did well so I feel that I am still able to progress next week and make it harder again. This week my recovery rates were quite good as I got back to my resting heart rate each time.

WEEK SIX EVALUTION

I week six I did three sessions consisting of three circuits each, each circuit consisting of eight stations. After each circuit this week I was either above or in my training zone again which means that I am making myself fitter.

This week I felt the first session was the hardest by far, which was because I had less rest time than last week, but after session one I felt things got a lot easier during session two, this in my opinion is because I feel I was getting fitter and fitter during each session. This is my last evaluation of my progress for my six week personal exercise programme. My recovery rates this week were quite good as I got back to my resting heart rate after each session.

FINAL EVALUATION

Overall I felt that my personal exercise programme went extremely well, and because of this I believe that this programme has made me a lot fitter, I can tell this because I was always in my training zone during every circuit and by the end of the programme my recovery rates were a lot quicker and also I always got back down to my resting heart rate after six minutes after each session in the second half of the programme, also my resting heart rate on average did get lower.

As a result of me getting fitter through my personal exercise programme and me constantly being in my training zone in the circuits I needed to make progress, so to do this I reduced my resting time and increased my work time. I did this gradually so that I could handle the more work in stages so it wouldn't be as much of a shock as it would be if I worked at the hardest level straight away.

If I did this personal exercise programme again I would use different stations e.g. hopping instead of skipping to get a different set of results and to see what effect it might have upon me and also to see if it was any harder then my current one. In the end I did thoroughly enjoy myself while doing this personal exercise programme, despite it being hard work as I like challenging myself and getting fitter it was great fun.

This in my opinion is what motivated me to give it my all and get fitter through out my personal exercise programme, because I wasn't enjoying myself I'm not sure if I would have been able to find the motivation to try my hardest in all the stations in every session. Now that my personal exercise is over I am going to try and keep myself fit by doing all my current sports and maybe do some more fitness work in my spare time, because I don't want to have done this personal exercise programme and then let it all go to waste.