Canary Islands 2015 - Biking

So I rented out a bike and rallied up the coast of the island. Laid off going to the gym on holiday because I wanted to do more outside. The hills really put my leg muscles to work especially in the heat, but it was so nice to have the view of the ocean right next to me.

What To Wear...

Branded gym clothes can sometimes be pretty expensive for clothes that you’re going to sweat in but being the student that I am, I searched around and found that H&M have a really good gym clothing range. That’s where I get a lot of my gym clothes because they are reasonably priced and are very comfortable.

As well as different gym leggings I also sometimes wear plain leggings with my hockey skirt or just my hockey skirt. After seeing many girls in the gym with see through leggings on, in my opinion that is the ultimate no no (some sightings are gross), so thickness in gym leggings is what I like to look for as well as a decent price that’s affordable for me.

For my footwear, I’ve always felt very comfortable in Nike trainers, now I know they are not the cheapest brand out there but I think spending a little more money on footwear is important because I pay a lot of attention to how supportive a trainer is on my feet and ankles whilst training because I don’t want an injury.

If I’m doing an intense workout like HIIT I will wear my blue Nikes because they have much better quality of support whereas if I’m going to do a lighter workout such as using the exercise bikes or rowing machine, I’ll wear my purple Nikes because they are much more light weight on my feet.

That’s just a little insight in what I wear, just your average gym clothes. Comfort, support and price are the three main things I look for when buying new gym clothes

Different Meals and Juices I have within my own diet.

The Result Of An Epiphany

So this is the result of the epiphany I had in the gym this morning of setting up a new blog to document and share my journey of improving my health, fitness and lifestyle as a student and voila here is the first blog post on my journey.

Hola, I’m Shannon, Shan, whatever floats your boat. I started uni in 2014 and after half a year of doing nothing but drinking, getting minimal sleep, going out and eating absolute crap in my diet, I decided I didn’t want to totally change but definitely improve my general lifestyle as a student. I still go out and live the stereotypical student life but I cut out a lot of the shit and baggage that potentially comes with it, purely because how mentally and physically unhealthy my lifestyle was becoming which then made me become very negative about pretty much everything, and I’m not about the negative Nancy life.

 I am in no way a fitness guru or some professional in health and lifestyle, I am just a student that is adapting her life for the better, oh how cliché…gross. But true.

 I’m already well on my way through my journey to becoming happier in myself mentally and physically, I’ve been going to the gym 6 days a week for the past 5 months and have rest days on Sunday’s and I’ve totally changed my eating habits, this is awfully cliché too, but I have never felt better. 100%. 

Being a student money is always an issue and can be a big barrier in eating better and not just popping over to dominoes to get a pizza because fruit and veg aren’t the cheapest foods out there but in my opinion are honestly are worth every penny, when doing food shops I do spend a lot of time comparing to try and find the cheapest foods that are good foods to keep my spending on the down low. 

It’s the same kind of idea with a gym membership and they can be pretty expensive for a student but after having my gym membership which I stupidly didn’t use for the first 3 months, I would definitely say buying a membership is worth it if you can. In my own personal opinion I prefer to go to the gym and workout instead of in a park or on a run outside, mainly due to the fact I feel I can focus and keep track of my progress better and generally feel more comfortable in a gym, plus running around the concrete jungle that is Coventry doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest. 

That’s kind of where I’m at, at the moment: Gym and eating better. I will be posting blog posts a few times a week on different areas of health, fitness and lifestyle as a student that I find on my journey.