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!

Saturday, 31 March 2012

Push ups

Hoovering and arms swings as short warm up

Push ups - preliminary program

Pin 6

5 (pin 7 like a muppet)-8-5-5-10
resting 60 secs between sets

stretch

Friday, 30 March 2012

Few mins ellipitcal

Grabbed a few mins - got on elliptical as upper body still knows to all that storing of the IBC yesterday - stirring fluid with my barbell - good game

Elliptical 1 mile lev 2 in around 15 mins

Sunday, 25 March 2012

Primal LHT 10


After some really crazy work stuff going on, I finally manage a workout in 3 weeks big surprise
Warm up:- spealler, 10 wall balls, 5 push ups pin 7, 3 pull ups and 3 chin ups PU Rev top, 5 OH press @ 5kg, 10kg, 5 curls @ 5kg, 10kg, EJ Press x 5 @ pin 5
Primal Workout LHT 10
Push ups against bar pin 7 x 25 - (20-5) outside shoulder width
Reverse Pull ups x 4 (blue band assist feet 8” apart - slowly down for 4 secs)
Air squat x tabata 4 rnds 10-10-9-8
Elevated jack knife press @ pin 4 x 20 top of head to bar - all elbows out wide
Plank hold x 90 secs hold - on on elbows managed 30 secs
Hand / feet side plank x 45 sec hold each side - on elbows - managed 15 secs right, and 15 secs left
Push ups against bar pin 7 x 25 - (22 slightly slower reps -3) outside shoulder width
Reverse Chin ups x 4 (PU rev assist - hold at the top for 2 secs, then slowly down for 4 secs)
Air squat x tabata 4 rnds 9-8-8-8
Elevated jack knife press @ pin 4 x 20 - top of head to bar - all elbows out wide
Plank hold x 90 secs hold - on on elbows managed 22 sec
Hand / feet side plank x 45 sec hold each side -  on elbows - managed 5 secs right, and 5 secs left
Stretch and foam roller
Conditioning def. got worse and hamstring flexibility is terrible - I can hardly touch my toes - too much sitting on my rear and not enough of anything else!!!
Need to get some balance of work,fitness, rest and play back into my life.

Friday, 16 March 2012

grabbed a few mins

Been really crazy just lately with work and life just somehow hash't allowed me to get a workout done so I grabbed a few mins to do the following..

Push ups
@ Pin 7 x 10
@ Pin 5 x 5
@ Pin 3 x 3 just

Chin ups - PU rev top x 5

Pull pus - PU rev top x 3 just

Chin up PU rev top
 x 2 then 2 more with slow negatives

Pull up PU rev top
x 2 - not quite chin over on 2nd, but btw with slow negatives



Sunday, 4 March 2012

Primal LHT 9


Warm up:- spealler, 10 wall balls, 5 push ups pin 7, 3 pull ups and 3 chin ups PU Rev top, 5 OH press @ 5kg, 5 curls @ 5kg, 10kg

Primal Workout LHT 9

Push ups against bar pin 7 x 25 - (20-5) outside shoulder width
Reverse Pull ups x 4 (1 leg assist on box - hold at the top for 2 secs, then slowly down for 4 secs)
Squat 7kg x 20
Elevated jack knife press @ pin 4 x 20 top of head to bar - all elbows out wide
Plank hold x 90 secs hold - on push up bars managed 80 secs = PR
Hand / feet side plank x 45 sec hold each side - on push up bar - managed 30 secs right, and 30 secs left

Push ups against bar pin 7 x 25 - (15-10) outside shoulder width
Reverse Chin ups x 4 (1st 2 PU rev assist - hold at the top for 2 secs, then slowly down for 4 secs, 3rd used feet on bar to get up then held my own weight for 2 and slow as possible down maybe 2-3 secs, 4th 1 leg assist box and then took my own weight again help fro 2 then down as slow as poss maybe only 2 secs)
Squat 7kg x 20
Elevated jack knife press @ pin 4 x 20 - top of head to bar - all elbows out wide
Plank hold x 90 secs hold - on push up bars only managed 65 secs = 5 secs PR
Hand / feet side plank x 45 sec hold each side - on push up bar - only managed 24 secs left, and 24 secs right

Stretch and foam roller

Not sure what exactly but my body seems to be changing for the better - which is great. Not sure if it the less is more i.e. only twice a week, or just different movement in the primal to crossfit or because i'm not timed my form is better???