30 weeks as a free athlete – Outdoor training!

Freeletics Transformation week 30

Finally, 15 weeks of outdoor training finished! This was something I was looking forward to.  As I wrote 5 weeks ago, strength program was harder and more difficult that I imagined and tougher than the first 15 weeks in my opinion, but today it is OK, I am enjoying every workout. Freeletics Chapter 2 finished – 30 weeks as a free athlete and 15 weeks with only outdoor training!

It’s summertime! The last 15 weeks I have been doing only outdoor training. – In all kind of weather. Since I am lucky enough to not have any allergic reaction to pollution this has been a very nice springtime outdoors. I prefer to do my training outdoors because I get a feelings of revitalization, decreased anger, and increased energy. Outdoor workout also give me an overall positive effect on vitality,  sense of enthusiasm, aliveness and happiness. This is maybe because I live far north where the air is fresh. I believe further south heat may be a problem, but you can always do your workout before the sunrise?

Finally, simply spending more time outside is good for our immune-system.  But both extreme heat and cold can pose a variety of issues. During December-January we can get -30 degrees celsius and only 2-3 hours of daylight in south of Norway.

The workout I have done mostly these strenght program outdoor weeks is Hades, Artemis and Venus. At least these are the ones I remember. I unlocked Kipping HS pushups 2 weeks ago, but are still struggling to do it correctly.

The good thing about unlocking new exercises, is that the coach gives me new workouts. That feels refreshing. So as you see above, I started posting/blogging my freeletics lifestyle on Instagram where I try to update my account every day, so please follow me at instagram. My username is freeleticsvegard (Click this link).

Check out Freeletics nutrition guide for ideas and guideline to barbeque and other summer foods. Chicken salads is probably the best I can get these day. (With more chicken than salads…(!))

I am always in need of a training goal. Therefore I will try 15 more weeks on strength program adding some endurance (running) – I’ll post updates both at Instagram and here.  Workout and food are both still high priority to me, and outdoor training is great. So make Freeletics your way of gaining more happiness with outdoor training. Learn more about freeletics – My username is Vegard* –Follow me

week 25 – Freeletics strength program is working!

Freeletics Transformation week 25

Read my diet a regular day on Freeletics strength program. These 5 last weeks has been very hard. Freeletics strength program is much harder (for me) than the standard program but it’s working.

I know now that the 15 weeks of freeletics was mostly fat burning and less muscle building for me – So after 10 weeks of strength program, – struggling on my 15 week plan, it’s finally starting to pay off – It feels good to find another goal that looks like its going to become a success. Today I made my first artemis with nonstop push-ups. (100) – And I am pleased and happy about that. One thing to remember if you plan to do strength program – Remember to eat A LOT! During week 15 to 20 I didn’t eat enough, and therefore also didn’t see much result. But after summer set in, and barbeque season was officially here (Norway) I have been eating meat 2 times per day. My coach is happy about my progress – I am still looking forward to every workout. Today my weight/height is 68kg/173cm – Keep this in mind when you read what I eat during a day later in this post. Are you a bigger person, you probably should eat more. I workout 4 days per week.

This is approximately what I eat during a normal day (Vegard’s diet):

Breakfast: 170g mackerel in tomato sauce with 2 fiber crackers.
Lunch: 150g sardines or 150g salomon, 2 boiled eggs and a couple of crackers.
Warm meal 1: 300g red meat with salads.
Warm meal 2: 300g white meat. (chicken/turkey/fish)
Before bedtime: 50g peanuts with shells (not the shells obviously) and 100g Cottage cheese with red grapes (or any other fruit)

Every day I blend 1 litre smoothie from banana, grapes, nectarines, blueberries, milk, orange juice, low fat quark
Some berries are frozen to get it really cold. I drink this between meals all day every day. + fruits every now and then

Check out Freeletics nutrition guide for ideas and guideline

So things are going fine for me I must say. Freeletics really caught my life, and changed it 100% – Workout and food are both high priority, and I workout outdoor every day now matter what kind of weather i get. Some days there are heavy rain, thunder and lightning – other days the sun is shining, – 50 Hades of grey.. Next post it is middle of July – the end of 15 week strength program – I am attending Roskilde festival this year. Maybe some good freeletics pictures come out of it? Maybe I see you there? But I can promise I will drink a beer or two  Make Freeletics your lifestyle. Learn more about Freeletics – My username is Vegard* – Follow me

week 20 – The Freeletics journey continues

Freeletics Transformation week 20

Hi again! Long time no see Since I finished my first 15 weeks of freeletics I haven’t been blogging at all. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy training Freeletics – But to be true, I felt loss of motivation when I reached my first goal. What to do now? What is my next goal gonna be? Well, after a couple of days I saw a lot of new goals to achieve. One of them was getting stronger. I started my Freeletics with the combination of strength and cardio, this is perfect for losing weight and getting stronger, but I felt I reached a point where I didn’t want to lose more weight. Therefore I decided to focus on strength the next 15 weeks, and choose strength workouts in the coach every week.

The program is mostly the same but some of the workouts are a little more difficult and of course harder. One of them are “toes to bar“. – Its fun to learn new workouts, and I every now and then need to check that I even do burpees right. Go back to the video and study now and then… I think that is very important. I am eating a lot these days (as usual), same as before, but more red meat and carbs than earlier… I’ll gain some weight again, but I can always do some weeks of cardio workouts later Next time I will tell you about a general week of what I eat, so you can see what I do to make Freeletics work. Until next time, I advise you to check out freeletics nutrition guide to find guidance to eat right. Stay away from powder, it won’t make you any good in the long terms… Learn more about Freeletics and make Freeletics a lifestyle at freeletics.com – My username is Vegard* – Follow me