P90X+ Intervals Plus

This is one of the best cardio routines I think Tony has ever done. 42 mins and you only get water break at half time! Don't think many people have seen it but its a great one! I max out in this every time!

Was cautious with shoulder again today as what ever Shaun had me do yesterday really upset it - I think it was the pike presses grrrrr.

Happy New Year everyone - lets make 2017 the fittest yet!!

Max 30 Tabata Strength

First time for me with this one and woweeee!

Typical Shaun T all out but the calorie burn surprised me because of the Strength in the title. But going at that pace with no breaks certainly does the trick. 311 cals in 33 mins is pretty good going for me.

It was pretty brutal I have to be honest - I was toast half way through and then afterwards I recovered pretty quick and thought 'Shall I go again?' but sense prevailed as it is recovery week and so I just stretched out.

Love it!

BOD Yoga Well Rounded

Just a little glute specific yoga for me today and I feel so much better ;)

P90X Core Synergistics

This one made a nice change today - nothing crazy but got it done.

Recovery weeks are necessary I know but sometimes they are tricky when you just want to go for it!! Roll on Monday lol

P90X2 Recovery & Mobility and new gym space

I had an active recovery morning and lugged some stuff about and made more room in my new gym space and most of the equipment in at last.

It's not fully complete as still some weight plates to come in but its getting there. At least I'm ready for Body Beast/Core de Force Hybrid now starting on Monday ;)

Then this evening as it was just too cold in the gym for rolling around on the floor I got X2 Recovery and Mobility done at home in the warm. Long time since I've been to the pain cave with my foam roller but I felt better afterwards.

H&C Hammer Power

Recovery week for me and so something different with Hammer Power.

This is a great workout! Didn't go crazy with the weight but worked hard and loved it!

CdForce Dynamic Strength (half of) & P90X3 MMX

I wanted try out Dynamic Strength so I did the first 6 rounds which I really enjoyed just as a taster ahead of the group hybrid start in the new year, but then wanted a cardio high without too much more leg work as I have tender glutes from yesterdays Legs and back!

So I hit MMX and crushed it as best as I could!!

Happy Christmas Everyone!!

P90X Legs and Back

Went well today, kept most things the same except increased the weight on my calf raises and Alternating Side lunge ;)

Managed a few more pull ups today too.

BOD Yoga Vytas Core Strength & Faith Full Body Flow

Some of the core stuff was pretty tough for me today but I was feeling pretty shattered before I started. Overall good workout and I hope to get better at it.

Wanted just a little more without going crazy so did some more with Faith and it was nice considering I wasn't feeling full of beans.

Early night for me tonight zzzzzzzzzz

P90X Shoulders and Arms

Was really cautious with shoulder this morning - did a couple of light shoulder shoulder presses first round all ok. Did proper dips again instead of chair dips and was ok first 14  but after heavier deep swimmers press's and 6 more dips it wasn't happy so I didnt want to push it. Upright Rows bothered it too so skipped the rest of them.
Didn't do side tri rise after 2 reps felt wrong so I did some more lying tricep extensions.

Bis felt sightly stronger than last week and got a personal record for me on the lying tricep extensions :)

Overall pleased with progress ad that I didn't aggravate my shoulder - as no pain felt since.

P90X Plyometrics

Plyometrics again this morning and so much fun and so exhausting at the same time lol

I did manage hotfoor all the way through this week so pleased with that ;)

P90X Chest and Back

I had a sharp pain in my right shoulder yesterday pushing upwards while erecting a shed, so I was cautious when I did P90X Chest and Back this morning.

Thankfully all movements were ok except for Dive bomber push ups - so did standard instead.
I subbed the diamond ones as usual as they irritate my elbow - so I did Military ones but went chest to floor.

Core de Force Agilty Strength

New one for me this morning, had to dig about my agility ladder and give it a go.

I struggled with room, I need to make some more space if I can but I did my best. I really enjoyed it - nice change of pace and that second round was tough with no breaks!!

Good fun and look forward to doing it again.

Chased it with BOD Yoga 10min Blissful power flow which was ok but the chair poses was hard after legs and back yesterday with wall squats and chair and oh yeah those Half monkey circles this morning - OMG!! After Gorilla Crawls in 22MHC I thought no probs but oh my after leg day = ouchy!!!!

I was a little disappointed with the yoga - it wasn't the Blissful power flow that I expected from the name. But I guess that's just because I expected something that I didn't get. Some may like it.

P90X Legs and Back

This went better than last week thank goodness - still a very tough workout but I dont care as I managed 2 unassisted chin ups today - wahoo!

I managed to stick to all Sneaky lunges this week when last week I crashed an burned through them! Stayed down low for the full time of Groucho walks this week too.
Kept the Calf raise squats the same 2 x 8kg's/18lbs, increased the step back lunges to 2 x 8kg's/18lbs and calf raises up to to 2 x 7kgs/15lb.

Overall pretty pleased with progress but I'm undecided on tomorrows cardio/kenpo type day??

BOD Yoga Vytas Sweat and Detox

This was not what I was expecting but I did enjoy it. Challenging with abs straight off the bat! Some good strength work and some little short flows through out. Very different but good.

P90X Shoulders and Arms

Late getting started again this morning grrrr but P90X Shoulders and Arms week 2 done and dusted - did my best and forgot the rest!

22 MHC Cardio 3 & Spec Ops Cardio

I decided to go double 22MHC this morning with Cardio 3 (and with no breaks its pretty tough), took a minute or two to catch my breath and bring my heart rate down and then straight into Spec Ops Cardio!
Only used 2kg/4.4lb for the weighted moves and 3kg/6.6lb for the Burpee rolls (more weight helps to get me up at the end lol)
I smashed the first one and pushed as hard as I could on the second and loved it!! Great challenge and my energy levels were great - I struggled with oxygen but energy was great - who knew I needed more oats in a morning!

P90X Chest and Back

Great nights sleep and energy levels much better today so did my best to crush Chest and Back today!

Push up numbers reasonable but that darn diamond push up doesn't like my left shoulder at all grrrr. Will sub military as I'm not bothering my shoulder for it - its just not worth it.
Declines done with feet on a box, not quite as high as a chair but in the absence of a chair better than nothing.
Heavypants and Lawnmowers were tough today - just another indication of strength lost :( but I will get it back.

Felt better on the pull bar today and hoping numbers start going up, but couldn't manage even 1 unassisted today. Try again on Friday ;)

The question is what cardio tomorrow??? X Plyo, X+ Intervals, Max 30 Cardio Challenge, Double 21MHCore or something else?

Core de Force MMA Power

Well I'm still getting used to my morning workouts as I struggled again with this one and I really didn't expect too.

CdF MMA Power and it was ok, some of the combos took some getting used to and took a while for me to get the flow.  Those Spiderman climbers OMG! Ground to fighter stance is really not a favorite of mine either!

Questioning my food....
I have for while had yoghurt, oats, all bran, apple, fig, grapes, seeds and linseed oil (we went heart healthy after my mums heart attack) + Protein shake for breakfast but this isn't getting enough into my system well enough to fuel my workouts. This morning I removed the oil/fat as I know that is slow to digest in the hopes that it would get in my system quicker and it was better but still not good enough.
My workout will normally be about an hour after breakfast but this morning it was also almost two hours after which I thought might help as I wondered if I was eating too much and it wasn't fully digested?? 
Will my body adjust to the demands and process it faster or do I need to eat differently???
I'll keep trying different things but if anyone has any pointers on the nutrition front I'd really appreciate it.

The workout was 463 cal, peak 166 BPM, Avg 148 in 48 mins

Below includes the cool down with interruptions.

P90X Legs and Back

Woweee this was tough for me this morning - I struggled with oxygen and energy!!
I did go for most the same weights that I used last time I did it, which was probably a little ambitious but hey you don't know unless you try do you.

I remember this being a tough one but it hit me like a tree this morning lol.

I added a little weight to the deadlift squats and I changed Toe-roll iso lunges to normal weighted lunges as per Johns Suggestions ;)

My pull numbers were terrible - I had built up the strength to manage almost 5 unassisted chin ups back in June and today I only manged 1. Really disappointing but hopefully I can gain it back and more!

CdF Core Kinectics and BOD Yoga Full Body Flow

Late up this morning (but I got some sleep yay :) ) then technology let me down causing me a later than hoped for start but none the less got something done. Tomorrow will be better.

It was cold in my new space this morning and with bare feet for yoga they were like little ice blocks :( but CdForce Core Kinectics followed by BOD Yoga Full-Body Flow was completed to the best of my abilty.
Some of those core moves are brutal - I thought I had built up some good core strength but that workout is a whole new ball game.
Yoga was gentler than I expected from the title - nice little stretch and strengthen - ideal for a little wake up your body routine not a full on go for it one than I was hoping for. I'll know for next time.

P90X Shoulders and Arms

P90X Shoulders and arms for me tonight and it was so much fun. Tony making me giggle during hard work just makes the hard work so much easier 😜
Modified warm up as I couldn't jump up and down or run on the spot but got warm.
I pushed hard and had to back off on a couple of the sets. I didn't do the crouching cohen curls as per Johns suggestion and subbed standing curls.
I also subbed chair dips for actual tricep dips and that felt good.

Questions please .... is it easy to go from being an evening workout person (of about 8 years) to a morning workout person???? and will my yogurt, oats, fruit, seeds and protein shake breakfast be enough to get a heavy workout in???

P90X Plyometrics

Went old school tonight with a great favorite P90X plyometrics. Tony always makes me laugh even after hearing the same jokes for the 20th time lol

After doing shorter workouts for a while, the hour felt long but I loved it :)

I did my best to keep up with Tony and the kids and I had forgotten how painful hotfoot can be!

P90X3 Eccentric Upper

I decided to change things up with P90X3 Eccentric Upper with a bit more of a upper /lower body split this week see if I can some better sleep if not I'm guessing a rest week is in order. But fingers crossed this week sorts me out and I can get my gym ready and then I think its time to go full out P90X style ;)

I can't believe how pumped up I still feel so long after my workout (3.5 hrs) - long time since I've had that but I did push pretty hard and was almost failing on most sets :)

Core de Force MMA Speed 2.0, Core Kinetics & BOD Yoga Wk 2 Stretch

So for H&C/Max30 hybrid day 6 it should have been Tabata Strength but after a hard strength week for me including push ups everyday I couldn't face what would have been a half hearted effort with more strength work so after much deliberation I chose something else.

I went with MMA Speed 2.0 and then Core kinetics but I have to confess that half way through Core kinetics I was toast so I gave it best and stretched out with some calming yoga.

I'm still really undecided what to do with my sleep being very disturbed/restless....do I try week 2 of the hybrid (as I'm really enjoying it) and see if my body gets used to it or do I change it up?
I'm thinking either P90X/Max 30/Core de Force (subbing Max 30 for cardio days and CdF for Kenpo days) or may be P90X3/Max30 Hybrid?????

I'd appreciate any thoughts???

H&C/Max30 Hybrid Day 5 Total Body Chisel

This is a great workout. Does everybody keep the same weight for all 3 sets of 10 reps or do like me and increase each time ie light, med and heavy????

I was pretty pleased as overall I managed the same weights as last time I did this workout in March.

I had to modify slightly as no bench so incline fly was flat floor fly, bench press was floor press, incline curl was standing curl and I used a box for the step down cross back. Also on the step down cross back I did the first two rounds with leg out to the side without anything to touch and the 3rd round I did the knee raise.
For bench dips I actually set my pullupmate up for proper  tricep dips and managed them all - much to my surprise :) 

I forgot what its like to go heavy and you get that post workout pumped feeling ;)

H&C/Max30 Hybrid Day 4 - Sweat Intervals

I started off a little slow with this one but got into it and towards the end got my second wind or something and really pushed hard to the finish - wahoo!!! loved it!!!

Its tough and had me crying out a little but felt great when I done.

Took some photos of straight after I'd done today as well at the end with the stretch.

H&C/Max30 Hybrid Day 3 Hammer Conditioning

Phew this was tougher than I remember too! That Fly lunge twist with a teeny tiny weight really makes the shoulders burn. I look forward to getting better at this one and increasing my pace to match theirs as for some of them I was bit slower

Followed by my own extra cool down/stretch - the 2-3 minute ones are never enough for me. I need to stretch everything out to feel done.

I managed to get my power rack built up today in my new gym space - just need to get all my dumbells,weights and bars there now. Getting there slowly.

Only 6 hours sleep last night so need a more good quality sleep tonight.

H&C Hammer Plyo & Ab Hammer

Enjoyed this tonight, pleased with my performance overall and surprised myself too ;)

Took a couple of breathers in last round of lunge,lunge,squat and the sumo jumps near the end of the rounds but other than stuck with it.

I did jumping pull ups and chin ups as to use the chin up max takes up so much time that you dont get many done.

No bench at the moment but used the arm of the settee and it worked brilliantly.

Ab Hammer was tough for me though - took breaks as I needed and did my best.

H&C Iso Strength Chisel & BOD Yoga Foundation Stretch

So I started H&C/Max 30 hybrid today with Iso Strength chisel and loved it.
Having been doing calisthenics for about 5 week I haven't really touched a dumbell in that time and I'm so gonna have to embrace the onslaught of DOMS that I think will hit after tonight's workout with Chisel because boy was I shaking on some of these moves.
Those 10 sec holds are really tough!!!!

Chased it with BOD Yoga Foundation Stretch - great stretch but mostly lower body - much better after a cardio day ;)

Barstarzz Week 1-2 & BOD Yoga Relax

Skills was max push ups in 100 secs - I did 12 feet and 12 knees which I was disappointed with as 5 weeks ago when I started these I did 14 feet and 13 knees so as I thought.... not recovering/not enough rest/ workout programming not working for me so definitely time to start a different program I think - So H&C/Max 30 hybrid it is.

Workout was Amsterdam again = 30 secs rounds of Burpees, Plank, Squat Calf Raises, Push ups, Plyo lunges and side plank holds. 4 Rounds with 1 min rest.....I improved by more better quality burpees, got all planks like last time, extra 7 squat calf raises, Push was less numbers than last time but this time they were on the floor instead of on power stands. Plyo lunges I alternated between deep and therefore slightly slower ones and shallow quicker ones (Mary katherines). I also managed all side planks for the full 30 secs again.
But I did get a 10 min panic/stressed facetime call from my dad at 3 mins to the end grrrrr 

Finished off with BOD yoga retreat 1-6 relax which was lovely and calming.

Insanity Max 30 Tabata Power

I managed to squeeze in Max 30 Tabata Power tonight. I didnt get chance to take my preworkout and I knew to it maxing out really early on in Min 5 but still glad I got something done - something is better than nothing right?

Push ups were really tough after all the push ups yesterday but still enjoyed it.

Barstarzz 1-1 and BOD Yoga Elise Well Rounded

Skills was Pull ups/Neg Chin ups = 0 pull ups, 1/3 chin up and 10 chin up max assisted chin ups.

Pull up & push up mixer so 1 pull up with 5 secs hold at the top, 5 at the middle and 5 at the bottom, then 10 push ups. 2 pull ups plus holds and then 10 push ups adding a pull up till you can do more.
I managed 4 rounds all assisted chin ups with push ups being 10 feet, 8f & 2 knees, 5f 5k & 5f 5 k.

Then 2 rounds of 1min each of Diamond/Miltary Push ups, pull ups, Pike Push ups, knee raises and chin ups.
Rnd 1 = 6 Diamond & 8 Miltary on knees, 6 ass & 3 jumping negs, 12, 11 and 6 assist & 3 jumping.
Rnd 2 = 3 Military feet and 10 knees, 6 assist, 13, 10, 8 assisted.
My forearms were toast!!!

Chased it with BOD Yoga Elise's Well Rounded - a really great booty focused yoga routine. Some bits pretty tough and I had to shake it out a couple of times but really enjoyed it. Will do this one again for sure.

Insanity Max 30 Cardio Challenge & BOD Yoga Ted's Muscle Recovery

Well I just did Cardio Challenge, my first ever Insanity Max 30 workout and woweeee!!
I maxed out pretty early on, in Min 6,  as I'm certainly a late bloomer into the cardio world and have lost a little cardio conditioning over the last couple of months but wow did I enjoy it!

I kept going and kept pushing following the modifier where I needed to to keep going and it was awesome!

Chased it with Ted's Muscle Recovery Yoga which gave some nice stretches.

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 4-4 = Complete & BOD Yoga 3-5

So today was the last workout in the Barstarzz 4 week Pre-program and I have to say its been great. It's been a tough week and I felt it tonight after a week of no barstarzz workouts but I did my best.

I think I would have done better at the pull ups/chin ups if I had Pullupmate bar at the start of the program but looking forward to hopefully (after even more delays waiting for people to get jobs done) getting my gym set up by the end of next week and then I can really get stuck into my training with my power rack, higher pull bar and more space so I can get my bench and weights out again.
Need to buy some good flooring as its concrete floor too!

I did assisted tricep dips tonight - think I might feel those tomorrow.

I did find the 4 Barstarzz workouts a week pretty tough going. I feel I need more recovery time to get the best out of it as repeatedly hitting the same muscle groups is hard for me. I certainly felt a little run down into week 4 hence needing the rest.

Looking forward to the 12 week program but I might go to 2-3 times a week to allow for more recovery. Giving a chance for a good cardio and a maybe a weights workout.

Core de Force MMA Shred & BOD Yoga Prog Week 3-4

Couldn't jump up and down while doing Core de Force MMA Shred tonight but still got a good workout in.

Chased it with some Yoga flow with Ted and felt so much better afterwards.

22MHC Cardio 2

Wow 3 really long hard and very stressful days and boy did I need a workout! Managed to squeeze in some heart pumping feel good destress hormone releasing cardio with Cardio 2 from 22 Min Hard Core and a little stretch.

I feel so much better and hope the next few days are not as stressful.

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 4-3 & BOD Yoga 3-3

Spent nearly 4 hours getting more of the kitchen finished off - who thought that modifying a shelf to fit, fitting 1 drawer, 1 false draw front and 2 cupboard doors could take so long!!

Skills was side plank - max hold min 100 secs. I need to work on this one as I only managed 40-20-20 secs on left side and 40-20-8-8 on right as arm was hurting?

Push ups - max in 100 secs - I did 16 feet with breaks and 16 on knees with breaks - this is 5 more than last time I tried ;)

Workout was Pull up pyramid which I did using chin up max on new bar. 1 to 5 and back down to 1 reps. Pretty tough but got through it.

Then a repeat of London but I didn't have to modify this time as got bar yippeee but this of course did make it tougher lol.
1 min hanging L-Sit - 5-3-3 grip goes really fast on the thick slippery bar, 5-3-2 & 3-2-1
1 min hanging knee raise - 3-1-1 grrr grip, 3-2-2, 2-1 omg no grip left at all.
30 sec Side plank right - did them all =  more progress
30 secs side plank left - did them all
Rest for 1 min and repeat twice more.

Straight into some Yoga with Ted and BOD Week 3-3 Balance and loved his nice little workout.

Right wrist still a bit tweaky and moving business premises this coming week so workouts could be hit and miss. Although only 1 workout of Pre program left I feel like I need to recover before starting the main 12 week program, so this rest week couldn't be timed better.

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 4-2 & BOD Yoga 3-1

Very long tiring day, honestly this week feel like a fortnight already - but later than I would have liked I thankfully got to try out my new pull up mate bar at last. It's brill!!!!

So I tried a few reps with Chin up max of chin ups and pull ups. Then changed it do a dip station and chin up max also works as a tricep dip assist as well so I'm over the moon. I can pretty much do them unassisted  - much to my surprise - but the assist will help me no end so super impressed.

Skills was L-Sit kickout which I could do properly this time from my new bar ;) The bar is thicker than what I'm used to so that affected my grip somewhat and I didn't always get my legs straight but great to not have to modify.

Because I cant jump upstairs anymore, I had to carry all my equipment downsatirs grrrr
Workout was Wash Warrior Heights again - 1 min each with 1 min rest between 3 sets of..
Squat Jumps - 27, 25, 22
Bodyweight Rows - for real unmodified using new bar :) 12, 10, 8
Plyo Lunges - 70 fast/shallow, 20 fast-10-10 deep and slower, 10 deep - 10-10 faster/shallower
Push ups - 10k-2f-6-4k, 5f-6-6k, 4f-5-5knees
Burpees - 9, 9, 9 mixture of stepped back and jumps as I was toast!

Not getting started for over an hour after I planned meant my pre-workout was pretty much gone and my energy levels were low for this workout. Really tough week, not enough sleep due to burning the candle at both hands and poor eating meant I really felt it tonight :(

I was toast but after such a stressful day I knew some yoga would help be feel better and relax so I did BOD Yoga Week 3 day 1 too and although shaky in some poses, it did me good.

Plumber didn't turn up as got delayed but is coming in the morning. Time for zzzzzz's

Pullupmate and breakdown

My new pull up bar arrived today from pullupmate and super excited to try it out but we had to go out for a couple of hours before hand and guess what....we broke down! Filled my car with fuel and it pee'd it all out over the forecort!! 
So after a 3/4 hour wait in 5 degress we all got very very cold. AA finally arrived and made a temporary fix with some tape of all things which took another 1/2 hour. 
We drove home (as not safe to drive anywhere else) to get the other car to go do what we set out to do and got back way too late for a workout :(
Really disappointed but fingers crossed for tomorrow as after going to our unit to get 17 pallets ready for half of our business move, the plumbers coming to plumb in the new sink (yippee) and hopefully I will get my workout done and try my new pull up bar too. I also cant find my chin up max anywhere so got another one coming tomorrow also

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 4-1 & 22MHC Cardio 1

Long day and not great eating but got it done thankfully.

Skills was neg chin ups with rip 60 again.

Workout was Around the Block again..
5 Sets/Rounds with 1 min break in between of
5 pull ups (Rip 60 Straps)
10 Tricep Dips (My wrist has been achey since last time I did tricep dips and I've been resting it since so I subbed lying tricep press/skullcrushers with 10lb)
10 Push ups (Rnd 1 All feet 5-3-2 but I felt like a strain in my left pec, Rnd 2 I played in safe and just did knees, Rnd 3 Knees again, 4 I tried tricep push ups instead 4-4 then 2 wide & 5 was 10 wide knees

Chased it with 22MHC Cardio 1 phew!!!

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 3-4 & 22MHC Cardio 1

Long day and not great eating but got it done thankfully.

Skills was neg chin ups with rip 60 again.

Workout was Around the Block again..
5 Sets/Rounds with 1 min break in between of
5 pull ups (Rip 60 Straps)
10 Tricep Dips (My wrist has been achey since last time I did tricep dips and I've been resting it since so I subbed lying tricep press/skullcrushers with 10lb)
10 Push ups (Rnd 1 All feet 5-3-2 but I felt like a strain in my left pec, Rnd 2 I played in safe and just did knees, Rnd 3 Knees again, 4 I tried tricep push ups instead 4-4 then 2 wide & 5 was 10 wide knees

Chased it with 22MHC Cardio 1 phew!!!

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 3-3 & BOD Yoga Wk 3-2

So last workout of Week 3 for me and still loving it ;)

Skills was plyo lunges - went nice and deep.

Then workout was a repeat of one done before so I was really interested to my progress....

30 secs rounds of Burpees, Plank, Squat Calf Raises, Push ups, Plyo lunges and side plank holds. 4 Rounds with 1 min rest.....I improved by better quality burpees, 10 secs on planks (did all for the full 30 secs no breaks), extra 5 squat calf raises, 12 push ups but more importantly last time I did 3 feet and 45 knees - today I did 36 feet and 24 knees. I also managed all side planks for the full 30 secs when I was only managing 20-25 secs before so really over the moon.

Chased it with 3rd week of BOD yoga day 2 stretch - the lovely stretch was needed.

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 3-3 & BOD Yoga Wk 2-5

Day 3 of Week 3 of Barstarzz PrePrograme was Neg chin ups again for skill and I managed another 2 in the 100 secs this time with rip 60 straps.

New workout today very cardio/legs based - Stumbling which was 20 plyo lunges, 15 squat calf raises, 10 jump squats, 5 front squat ( I would call them broad jumps from Tony) and 30 Squat sit hold. Rest 1 min and repeat twice more= phew! I completed it in 11.05mins

Then second one was London for abs and was 1 min hanging L-Sit but no bar so I subbed in Boat with bent knee then straight legs, 1 min hanging knee raise but I subbed Boat again with bent knee, 30 sec Side plank right, 30 secs side plank left rest for 1 min and repeat twice more.
I managed 10 boat with straighten each round, 12 boats each round, 1 side plank right I took 2 breaks 20-5 secs but I got all the other 30 sec side planks.

I know I didn't get the benefit of the grip/hang practice but boy I felt in in the abs!

Chased it with BOD Yoga day 4 - Yoga on the go for a swift 20 mins of great yoga ;)

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 3-2 & BOD Yoga Wk 2-4

So leg flutters for skill training then workout 1 was Pinehuert which was 1 push up, with 1 sec plank, 2 push ups, 2 sec plank and so on up to 10 push ups with 10 sec plank.

Then Workout 2 was Giza which is a repeat of one I've done already..

1min each x 3 sets with 1 min rest in between of

Push ups - All power stands Rnd 1 10f-10k, 2-8f, 6-6k, 3-5f, 5-4-4k

Plank- 1-40-20 secs, 2-30-20secs, 3-40-15 secs

Tricep dips - On chair 1-10-10 all straight leg, 2-12-9-3 bent legs, 3-12-5-5 straight leg

Glute bridges -1-35, 2-35, 3-39

I'm stoked at my increase in push ups, plank wasn't so good after the first workout, tricep dips improved and did my glute bridge reps so I'm happy.
Then after a min or two breather I went into Yoga Flow from week 2 which was different but I enjoyed it and some good quad burning poses in there too which was nice after all upper body earlier.

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 3-2 & BOD Yoga Wk 2-4

So leg flutters for skill training then workout 1 was 1 push up, with 1 sec plank, 2 push ups, 2 sec plank and so on up to 10 push ups with 10 sec plank.

Then Workout 2 was a repeat of one I've done already..
1min each x 3 sets with 1 min rest in between of
Push ups - All power stands Rnd 1 -5-5f, 8k, 2-6-5-4-3 k, 3-5-4-3-2 f wide
Plank- 1-yep, 2-30-20secs, 3-30-20 secs
Tricep dips - On chair 1- 8-5-5 all straight leg, 2-10-7-6 bent legs, 3-10-7-6 straight leg
Glute bridges -1-27, 2-27, 3-34


I'm stoked at my increase in push ups, plank wasn't so good after the first workout, tricep dips improved and did my glute bridge reps so I'm happy.
Then after a min or two breather I went into Yoga Flow from week 2 which was different but I enjoyed it and some good quad burning poses in there too which was nice after all upper body earlier.

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 3-1 & X3 Triometrics

Start of Week 3 of Preprogram and skills was negative chin ups - I used my rip 60 straps again as it will be another couple of weeks till I get my gym set up and proper chin up bar to use. My numbers increased from 13 to 16 of good slow negatives ;)

Workout was 1 pull up then pull up with 5 secs hold at the top, middle and the bottom (think elevator pull ups but the lift only goes down) followed by10 push ups - rest for 1 min then rnd 2 was 2 pull ups then pull up with 5 secs hold at the top, middle and the bottom followed by10 push ups then rnd 3 was 3 pull ups with with holds etc up to 10 and 10 push ups!

My push ups surprised me today, I'm clearly getting stronger and faster - this stuff really works!

Chased it with X3 Triometrics for some cardio with good glute /quad work built in lol.

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 2-4 & BOD Yoga Wk 2-6

Had a hard work day today moving, wrapping and filling pallets with a late dinner and energy levels really low. Had 30 min power nap as totally shattered then took my pre workout and got stuck in.

Skills was triceps dips

Workout was Giza. 1min each x 3 sets with 1 min rest in between of
Push ups - All power stands Rnd 1 -5-5f, 8k, 2-6-5-4-3 k, 3-5-4-3-2 f wide
Plank- 1-yep, 2-30-20secs, 3-30-20 secs
Tricep dips - On chair 1- 8-5-5 all straight leg, 2-10-7-6 bent legs, 3-10-7-6 straight leg
Glute bridges -1-27, 2-27, 3-34

I originally planned day 4 of yoga but I couldn't face that after this week so I chose Relax day 6 and it was wonderful and just what I needed. Felt much better but need an early night tonight.

Thats Week 2 complete and although a tough week I'm starting to notice visible changes already and thats impressive in just 2 weeks!! I'm really impressed so far!

Barstarzz PreProgram Wk 2-3 & 15 Min Glute Chisel

So this one was pretty tough cardio wise for me tonight but great at the same time lol

Skills was Bodyweights rows - I managed 24 with rip 60 straps

Workout was 1 min each with 1 min rest between 3 sets of..

Squat Jumps - 29, 27, 26
Bodyweight Rows Rip 60 19, 15, 15
Plyo Lunges - 50-16, 72, 76
Push ups - 2f-1k-5f-7k, 10-5-5-5allknees, power stands 4-2f-1-4-2k
Burpees - 9 stepped, 10 stepped, power stands 9 with jump back this time but shallow push up as toast

It felt like 20 mins of not quite enough oxygen!

The Negative Chin Up Pyramid - 1 to 5 and back to 1 with 10 secs rest between each.

Then as if that wasn't enough I chased it with some extra glute work with 15 min Glute Chisel from The Masters Hammer and Chisel.

and boy I was toast at the end.