Welcome to my fitness log

I've created this to keep everything to do with my fitness journey in one place for easy reference.
I've listed links to places I visit regularly or places I think are interesting or valuable resources.

I started doing Crossfit September 22nd 2009 and I loved it - it's totally awesome and it made me a better person in so many different ways!

After nearly 4 years of Crossfit and wrist injury I tried a home fitness DVD for a change and something new - Rip 60 was really great and then I found Beachbody / Tony Horton's P90X!
It's THE best home fitness program ever!!!
It changed my body in so many amazing ways and got my cardio fitness, my core and overall strength including push up strength better than ever before!!

I now do many Beachbody programs as they are all so great.
I 'm a big Tony Horton fan because he makes me work hard but makes me laugh at the same time.
After I completed P90X, I did P90X3, P90X2 and some P90X+. I''ve tried other Beachbody programs including the P90, Piyo, Focus T25,
21 Day Fix Extreme, Country Heat, BodyBeast and Insanity, The Aslyum 1 and 2. Completed 21 Day Fix and 22 Min hard Core.

Did some Insanity Max 30 and Core de Force but my knees can't handle jumping every day so I have to mix them in.
Shift shop is great and looking forward to the new 80 Day obsession.

I'm the fittest I've ever been in my life and still getting stronger every day!

Thursday, 2 June 2022

645 Day 60 Upper Body Strength

 645 Day 60 Upper Body - I'm still trying to mix things up a little and this went well apart modification for glute grrrrrrr

The tripod row that I subbed in for the balance row they were doing, that I didnt think would hurt my glute clearly did???? so that was annoying and revealing at the same time. I changed to a supported kneel instead and that was better.

So I think I may have to swop that in my own workouts, even though recommend by Athlean X, I dont think its suits me :( so still to Tony Horton kneel or pull the lawn mower position me thinks.

Glute seems ok, went for a slow walk in the woods, not even a mile and when I got back home OMG my butt was not happy at all :(

So rest day tomorrow me thinks!

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

645 Day 80 Mobility and Stability

My glute was getting worse yesterday and not better so did some trigger point work in my lower back and that really helped

 645 Day 80 Mobility and Stability - another good one, although I had to skip the lunge section - I just did it standing instead.

Felt good to move and glute feels little better.

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Les Mills Grit Strength #37 and 645 Week 2 Range and Repair

 Les Mills Grit Strength #37 which was great apart from the modifications so I dont hurt my glute any more. No lunges as putting my leg behind me in a no no. Squatting, clean and press, plus rows seems to be ok.

Burpees seemed ok at the time but the ache afterwards told me I maybe shouldnt have done them.

Nice sequences of moves that you do each for 20 secs and then put them all together.

Chased it 645 Week 2 Range and Repair which was great as usual.

Monday, 30 May 2022

LMOD Core Base and BB 91 Flexibility Short

 LMOD Core Base 

Which was good and tough and had to modify slightly for anything that hurt my glute but some noticeable improvements.


Chased it with BB 91 Flexibility Short just a cool down.

Sunday, 29 May 2022

Lower A

 Lower A today and it went great. I swopped the pairing round and it was much better.

Pleased with reps and strength increases apart from Iv'e pulled my left piriformis again grrrrrr - I think the silly Single Leg Deadlifts I put in for some reason. Well I know the reason - I haven't got a barbell or enough weight in my room to proper deadlift so I thought single leg would be better as I need less weight but I think that ultimately was pretty stupid!

So I will deadlift as normally as I can using the Bowflex I have and see how I get on, doing more reps to get the burn as I need to. I think that will be safer.

Friday, 27 May 2022

Upper A

 So Upper A today and it went great, good improvements and strength including my push ups :)


Thursday, 26 May 2022

22 MHC Cardio 1 and Les Mills Grit Strength 35

 I was up late this morning after a late night so needed something short so I got a little Tony Horton fix with 2 Min Hard Core Cardio 1 less the burnout for time.

17 mins of work was enough for me this morning lol. Stretched and showered.





This afternoon I was full of beans I wanted something more so I did Grit Strength 35 with hslighlty heavier weights ie 3kg for plate and 4kgs for Bar. It was awesome and loved every second.

More quality reps over crazy speed but still loved it :)