On the go!

I feel like I haven’t stopped working out since I woke up Monday morning! Otoguro has been keeping me extremely busy!

Last night we didn’t get home until midnight and today started at 5:45am! I started with a 30 minute bike ride and a two hour weight training program consisting of high clings, bench press, squats, lunges, back press, bent over rows, and the list goes on! The number of exercises I am doing is not out of the ordinary but what takes me so long is the amount of sets I have to complete. With the exercises I mentioned I will alternate between 5 and 6 sets while increasing weight accordingly.

For example, high clings I do a warmup set of 20 reps at a very light weight. Then my 6 sets begin. 60% of my max weight x 2sets. 70% x 2 sets. 80% x 2 sets. Then I am finished with the high clings! I have a chart that tells me how many reps to do for each percentage.

50% = 18 reps
60% = 15 reps
70% = 12 reps
80% ….

After I finished my workout I ate some rice bowls and waited for Otoguro to finish his work at the office. We left at 1:30 and went straight to Heisei International University for a 3pm judo practice. I prefer the afternoon practices to the evening ones. I get more sleep this way =) All in all it was a great day. No injuries just a tired body!

At the end of every practice, no matter which university I am training at I ALWAYS grab a couple bags of ice, put them on the body parts that hurt the most, and STRETCH!

Today as we were about to leave HIU one of the women I have been fighting with, Haruka, came up to me with a present! It wasn’t anything big, just a small bag with a pastry in it, BUT it made my entire week!!!! It made me smile so big! The Japanese aren’t big into hugs, but I gave her one anyways!!!

It is almost 10pm so I need to get some sleep for my run in the morning. Thank you to my friends and family who are keeping up with my progress on here I like reading your words of encouragement! They really do help!

G’night,
Nikki

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