Ch Ex Burn Intervals

Ch Ex Burn Intervals

Did better on the O/H press section but still couldn't complete the tricep section - had to take 2 breaks again. I will conquer it soon!

CLX Push 2 and Extreme Abs

CLX Push 2 and Extreme Abs

I subbed in some 30kg / 66lb barbell deadlifts today in place of the single leg deadlifts. Upped my weights and/reps on all others except front press that I failed on lol Loving the progress

HRM wouldn't work tonight think it needs new batteries.

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 1 - Wk 3

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 1 - Wk 3

Really pushed hard tonight, got an extra rep here and there really pleased with progress ;)

Holding the 35lb'ers to squat with is tough on the grip and forearms though :(

Chalene Extreme Burn Intervals

Chalene Extreme Burn Intervals

I really enjoyed this tonight, I used the thigh toner band properly and push hard all the way through. Got more reps in than last time and apart from a couple of breaks on the tricep section I smashed it!!! Including all the burpees, the lunge jump shot section and I held the 5lb weights for most of the 'no weights' lunge section too. Best I've ever done it - Wahoo!!!

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 2

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 2 Second Week

Upped most of my weights, and got to some proper working weights that made me sweat today ;)

Loving it and getting stronger.

P90X3 MMX & 21DFE Yoga

P90X3 MMX & 21DFE Yoga

Ages since I've done MMX and it was great fun, got the heart rate up pretty high too - all those sprawls!

Chased it with Yoga with Autumn and really enjoyed it.

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 1 + Extreme Abs

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 1 + Extreme Abs

Upped all my weights today except for single tricep and V press biceps. Felt good and I worked hard.

When you lift the same weights as Chalene it feels really good ;)

Insanity Pure Cardio

Insanity Pure Cardio - my first time doing it and it was pretty intense!!!!!! Phew!!!

Had to take a few breaks, my hamstring felt 95% and I loved it!!
Bananas yo!!!

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 3

So as walking was painful yesterday I skipped burn intervals and rested my legs as much as possible.

Today thankfully feels much better so I got Push Circuit 3 done. Went light on legs but didn't do anything that hurt.

Pushed on the upper body work and it felt good, up them all again next session ;)

Sumo squats def feel weird to me and with the tibial torsion in my legs I'm going to sub in std squats with calf raise and std squats from now on. So I can concentrate on lifting heavy weights safely and build some muscle - which is the aim of the game right?

And after my hamstring strain I going to sub in heavy normal deadlifts on Push 2 not single stiff leg deadlift as for me it's more functional and I can go heavy safely ;)

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 2

Chalene Extreme Push Circuit 2

So this one was good today but some new moves caught me by surprise, mainly the single leg deadlift because I've gave my hamstring a minor sprain which I'm hoping is very minor and mends very quickly. I think I went too low with it and pulled it past where it was happy to go :( 

Fingers crossed I can still do burn intervals tomorrow.

Chalene Extreme Push circuit 1

Chalene Extreme wk 1 of Push phase
Push circuit 1

After a recovery week I was really looking forward to getting back to it today with some proper weight lifting!!

I didn't use a high enough warm up weight for bicep so 20lbs felt heavy :( so I dropped to 17.5lb. Will up my warm up weight and should be able to do the 20lb'ers next week.

Rest of weights were about right although I need to up the weights for squats at 25lbs were just not heavy enough. The one legged squats where quite different and new to me but worked me well.

Hammer curls made my arms really shaky and after the really slow push ups at the end I was shaky for a while after the workout so I may know it tomorrow he he

Overall loved it!!!

Ab burner

Chased it with abs and wow it still makes those abs burn, burn, burn!!!!

21DF Yoga Fix

Had to try out the new treadmill today so did 30 mins on there trying different speeds, gradients and programs and then this evening I did some lovely 21DF yoga.

So another rest day tomorrow and then Monday I hit the weights hard with the Push phase of Chalene Extreme wahoo!!!

P90X2 Recovery & Mobility

P90X2 Recovery & Mobility

Went to the pain cave today to roll out all the knots and it was just what I needed, it was great to laugh at Tony and kids too - been missing them lol

Insanity Cardio Recovery

Insanity Cardio Recovery

Phew - ok no jumping and no cardio but boy this one works you at times! I'll be glad when I can stay in those squat and lunge holds and pulses for the full time because today I could not - the burn OMG!!!

Insanity Cardio Power and Resitance

Insanity Cardio Power and Resistance

I had 2 days off (hard but my body needed it) and I'm back at it today with Insanity Cardio Power and Resistance and I love it - it was tough don't get me wrong, especially all those moving push ups and floor sprints but I loved it ;)

Those V push ups were tough and so were the tricep dips - I'm normally ok with tricep dips but after the V push ups my tri's were toast before i started the dips!

My HRM was messing about today for some reason - I think it need to batteries!

Chalene Extreme Burn Circuit 3 & Ab Burner

Chalene Extreme Burn Circuit 3 & Ab Burner

Upped most of weights again and pleased with progress. Was sweating buckets today!

Chased it with Ab Burner - first time for me as I did extreme abs by mistake the last 2 weeks doh!!! and yes it makes the abs burn!!

Chalene Extreme Wk 3 Burn Intervals

Chalene Extreme Wk 3 Burn Intervals

Went well tonight and I pushed as much as I could. Shoulder presses felt stronger and I managed a few more over head tricep extensions before having to take a break. I should probably drop down the weight but I'm trying to match Chalene with the 5lb'ers!

Been feeling a little tired this week even after 9 hours sleep last night, so I think my body is asking for a recovery week. I've been going hard for 4 weeks now, so I think I will have a different/lighter recovery week then move on to push phase (6-8 rep range) - that should be new, fun and heavy!

Chalene Extreme Wk 3 Burn Circuit 2

Rested yesterday or should I say didn't do any extra lol, after lacking sleep and feeling like I needed the rest I listened to my body.

Today I smashed Chalene Extreme Wk 3 Burn Circuit 2

Upped most of my weights again and boy oh boy my biceps!! That set of extreme slow ones had me moaning and groaning!!!
My push ups are getting stronger every session though ;)

Loving it!