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!
Showing posts with label Ab Intervals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ab Intervals. Show all posts

Friday, 19 May 2017

T25 Ab Intervals

X3E/T25G Wk2 D5

T25 Ab Intervals tonight and my plank work was feeling strong, muhc better than last week with my shoulder, it was going great until I had a really wierd reaction - I started excessivly sweating ie far exceeding the effort I was doing? It was really strange, I then started shaking too, all my muscles were quivering. My Heart rate was perfectly good and low as I expected it to be through the roof but it was fine???

No clue what it was, I tried to carry on but my legs were heavy and I just felt weird/rough. It was a bit like when you are going to be sick but I had no nausea at all. No dizziness either. I skipped the last few minutes and just tried to calm down. Then I felt cold with the sweating!!

I started Yoga Stretch but even just laying my back trying to stretch hamstring was causing me to shake still. So I gave it up completely and just did a few gentle stretches to cool down further, cuddle my pup who came to see if I was ok and gradually it went away.

I took my shake as normal and after a while I felt fine and I've been fine since so no clue. It think it was digestion related - my the ab work caused some discomfort or squashed something who knows. I also wonder if it was my body telling me to slow down. I have been pushing hard this week and so I will see how I feel tomorrow.

I was going to swap out tomorrow's Rip't Up for Asylum strength but I will see how I feel, I may skip it and have a rest day and take the weekend to recover.


Friday, 12 May 2017

X3E/T25G CVX and Ab Intervals

Omg 😲 did I loose some DNA tonight 😳

X3E/T25G Day 4 and 5 CVX chased with Ab Intervals! I went light weight as I know CVX is tough on the shoulders so I only used 1.25kg / 2.75lb and for my mending shoulder it was enough.

I was really pleased with my endurance on this one as I remember this one being tough for me oxygen wise so that was good 😊.

Ab intervals was as tough as I remember it though and I did my best. I did do some of the floor work which is the first plank work I've done in many weeks and my shoulder felt good. It didn't like the inverted stuff towards the end on the elbows so I just took a breather but overall really pleased with my shoulder holding up and getting stronger.
Looking forward to improving in this over the next few weeks 🤞🏻


Wednesday, 12 October 2016

T25 Ab Intervals and BOD Yoga Week 1 Day 5

Wow Shaun T really makes those abs scream in this one doesn't he??? This is a tough one for me thats for sure.

Really loved the BOD yoga again - only 20 mins but soooo enjoyed it. It's only the 5th one I've done but I swear my poses have improved already and I can now go from up' dog into down' down without putting my knees down - maybe nothing to most people but after all the yoga I have done in the over 3 years of beachbody programs this was a very big improvement for me. I have to say Vytas the trainer is amazing!!

Anyone who hasn't tried yoga - should try this as his instructions and teaching is excellent.




Tuesday, 8 December 2015

T25 Lower Focus & Ab Intervals

Phew!! T25 double and bowser - I was toast about 10 mins into ab intervals!!!

This was tough but I will keep at it till it gets easier - that my challenge! More endurance, stamina and a stronger core!!!!


Tuesday, 2 December 2014

T25 Double day Total Body Circuit + Ab Intervals

T25 Double day
Total Body Circuit + Ab Intervals

Pheeeeeew!!!!! What a double day!!! 650 calls of phew!!!

I pushed hard tonight and struggled with some bits because it was very similar to some of the piyo stuff I did yesterday. Especially in Ab intervals, although the leg raise section I actually felt improvements/stronger  

Also I realised that because I knew I was only going to stretch tomorrow I felt like I could push harder and not need to keep a little in reserve for tomorrows workout  Pretty interesting as I realised it lol especially as these T25's you need to push to get the most out of them right??


Wednesday, 5 November 2014

T25 Lower Focus and Ab Intervals

T25 Lower Focus and Ab Intervals

Well this was burnt burn in the thighs but not quite as bad as I remember it being last time. I really quite enjoyed it.

The ab intervals are tough for me, looking forward to getting much better at this still. I'd like to think I'll have rock hard abs when I've perfected these moves 

My mat arrived today and it's brill. Just what I wanted, fits the living room excellent and is really grippy for hands and feet - so burpees are much easier  

On the downside I had a call from beachbody to say there is a delay with my P90 order  and it should be with me before next friday  They refunded me my express postage but still really disappointed.

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

T25 Ab intervals

T25 Ab intervals

That's a core workout not just abs - phew! I made it through but only just  

Some of the moves I've done very similar versions with Tony before but it's non stop with cardio recovery bits in-between core work woweeee!

Apart from the pain and agony it was actually pretty good and I enjoyed it. Looking forward to getting better at this one as to see the improvement will mean great things for my core