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!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

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I decided I wanted to try real running today - I’ve done all my wod on my elliptical trainer so far and haven’t really ran since school days gulp and so I did my first ever outside wod today - Helen this morning. I didn’t want to be stupid so I shotened the distance not knowing I was going to feel wither during and probably mist inportantly afterwards lol

I also had to improvise slightly for beginner pull ups as I had no bar of any kind so foun my reistance bands with handles and hooked it up - so at least I was working the muslces in a similar way but with much lesss resistance - I figured is was better than skiping the pull up part alltogether!
Warm up:- arm swings / rotations, knee highs, 34m jog, 5 band pulls, 5 2kg db swings, 5 10kg db swings

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Puppies/Cup mix
3 rounds for time of
run 200 m - I thought it was about 200m till I measured it afterwards when I finished so quick! Was actually 64 m!!
15 kettlebell/dumbbell swings, 15-25# - I used 23lb / 10kg
9 pull ups (assisted, or beginner pull ups) - I used resistance bands with handles

Done in 5.20mins

Running went better than I expected - I had built it up in my mind to being something I wasn’t going to be able to do (fear of running stems from running into a Pool table when I was 12/13 - sounds crazy I know but I was in a social club canteen doing a running race with a friend running down between tables and chairs and tripped on a chair or table leg and lauched myself at full tilt into the side a full size pool table major DOH!!! I know - smashed up my face and broke my arm - things we do as kids hey!!!) so although the distance was shorter than I thought, it was probably good thing - see how am I tomorrow and go further next time. 
I also feel better at running now too - not full pelt but running none the less lol.

Later in the day got my other WOD done to catch up ( I now its not normal or recommended but I did the other this morning, it was only short and I felt recovered well enough)

Warm up:- arm swings / rotations, knee highs, over and unders, squat stretch, 7kg squats x 5, 12kg squats x 5, bar squat/seated muscle up progressions x 3 with bar at waist height.

Day 14 of My personal push up & chin up challenge:- push ups against pin 2 x 19 reps (5,5,4,3,2), chin ups with blue band feet together x 19 reps (5,4,4,3,3)

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Puppies:
3 Muscle-ups (or progressions) - I tried bar sqaut/seated muscle up progressions - thru the transition and the press up ie the push part of the dip
pvc -25 pound Back squat, 15 reps - I used 26lb / 12 kg Low bar
6 Muscle-ups (or progressions ) - as above
pvc-25 pound Back squat, 25 reps - as above
9 Muscle-ups (or progressions)- as above
pvc -25 pound Back squat, 35 reps- as above
9 Muscle-ups (or progressions)- as above
pvc -25 pound Back squat, 25 reps- as above
3 Muscle-ups (or progressions)- as above
pvc -25 pound Back squat, 15 reps- as above

Done in 21.11 mins

I expected this to be a metcon type thing more than anything else but I’m clearly not used to doing that many reps of squats even light weight ones lol

Apart from a rest on high bar back area at rep 20 of 35 I didn’t put the weight down thru out and something tells me I my quads and hamstrings will not love me tomorow and my traps, delts and glutes have not fully mended from the other day either rolleyes
My left knee stated to complain at rounds 3 and 4 too grrrr

Cashout:- lots of stretching and foam rollering

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