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 Angie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Angie. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 December 2012

Angie

“Angie”

Puppiecup ‘ish:
For time:
25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - subbed u/h pulldown @ 20kg - unbroken
25 Box Push ups against mid thigh high bar (pin 5)- broken into 10-5-5-5
25 Abmat Sit ups - unanchored broken into 19-6
25 Squats - broken into 19-6

Done in 6.25 mins Compared to July 10
“Angie”

Puppiecup ‘ish:
For time:
25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - blue band assist chins broken into 9,5, then with jumping 3,3,2,2,1
25 Box Push ups against mid thigh high bar (pin 4)- broken into 7,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,2
25 Abmat Sit ups - unachored broken into 15,3,3,4
25 Squats - broken into 18,3,4

Done in 7.10 mins

Saturday, 31 July 2010

Angie 30th July 10

I mananded to actually get a wod done hoorah!!

“Angie”

Puppiecup ‘ish:
For time:
25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - blue band assist chins broken into 9,5, then with jumping 3,3,2,2,1
25 Box Push ups against mid thigh high bar (pin 4)- broken into 7,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,2
25 Abmat Sit ups - unachored broken into 15,3,3,4
25 Squats - broken into 18,3,4

Done in 7.10 mins

Compared too..
Thursday 091231
“Angie”

Puppiecup ‘ish:
For time:
25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - blue band assist chins broken into 10,4,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
25 Box Push ups against mid thigh high bar - broken into 11,4,2,2,2,2,1,1
25 Abmat Sit ups - unachored unbroken
25 Squats - unbroken

Done in 6.23 mins

Needless to say my muscular endurance has dissapeared lol but hey at least its a start  ;)

Saturday, 2 January 2010

Monday 091228 Thursday 091231

Warm up= arm swings/rotations, knee highs and side to side lunges with overhead press, 10 abmat situps with arms cross chest feet unachored butterfly, 10 abmat back extensions, 10 push ups against mid thigh bar, 10 air squats, 10 bench dips against bar.

Monday 091228
Snatch 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps

First time doing snatches so did Snatch practice, jumps, landings etc, snatches with broom, felt good so thought I’d try with 10kg bar - struggled because I can’t get the grip wide enough - I need to have the bar about 6-8 inches above my head right??? well I can’t get it any lower than about 12-14 inches!!! The bar is too short DOH!!! I’m using a 1 inch bar that’s only 5ft and my hands up against the screw thread and I can’t go any further grrrr - I managed 2 but obviously once I get up overhead it’s uncomfortable as I can’t get back far enough so I gave up and tried something else….

Thursday 091231
“Angie”

Puppiecup ‘ish:
For time:
25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - blue band assist chins broken into 10,4,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
25 Box Push ups against mid thigh high bar - broken into 11,4,2,2,2,2,1,1
25 Abmat Sit ups - unachored unbroken
25 Squats - unbroken

Done in 6.23 mins

Compared to
“Angie”
Puppies and Buttercups:
For time:
20 Pull-ups or 25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - I did 20 black band assist u/h (chins) - broken into 7,3,6,2,2
20 Push-ups or 30 Box Push ups or 35 Wall Push ups - I did push ups again upper thigh height bar - broken into 8,6,3,2
20 Sit ups (do not do crunches) - abmats unachored - broken into 15,3,2
20-50 Squats (depending on ability) - I did 20 air squats unbroken - wahoo

Done in 5.00 mins

Biceps were cramping a little during chins - I had some some max tries in warm up so this obviously didn’t help - but Angie wasn’t planned at that point!!! but pleased with Angie overall.


Not sure what to do about my barbell length!!!!!! Do I get a 6ft and hope it long enough - should be ok - I only need about about another hand width I think grrrr - I guess I should get a proper 7ft oly bar but the room I workout in won’t take it - it’s only a small box/spare room and I’ve only got a few 2” plates that I used on my power rack

Monday, 16 November 2009

Warm up= 8 abmat situps, 8 abmat back extensions, 8 o/h (dowel) air squats, 1 burgener type lunge/hip flexor, arms push up stretch each side, 4 push ups at upper thigh high bar, 4 u/h pulldown @ 20kg, 4 o/h pulldown @ 20kg

“Angie”
Puppies and Buttercups:
For time:
20 Pull-ups or 25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups - I did 20 black band assist u/h (chins) - broken into 7,3,6,2,2
20 Push-ups or 30 Box Push ups or 35 Wall Push ups - I did push ups again upper thigh height bar - broken into 8,6,3,2
20 Sit ups (do not do crunches) - abmats unachored as per TP's earlier post - broken into 15,3,2
20-50 Squats (depending on ability) - I did 20 air squats unbroken - wahoo

Done in 5.00 mins
Previous time at a lower level of work was 7.49mins
Yay me - awesome
God I love Crossfit, the crossfit brandx forum and it's people!!!!

Also afterwards I tried a few hanging tucksits to see how I got on. Didn't get knees as high as I thought

Saturday, 3 October 2009

A few days in one post - 27/09, 1/10, 3/10

27th Sept

Buttercups:
For time:
7kg/15lb Squat clean, 10 reps
25 Sit ups
7kg/15lb Squat clean, 8 reps
20 Sit ups
7kg/15lb Squat clean, 6 reps
15 Sit ups
7kg/15lb Squat clean, 4 reps
10 Sit ups
7kg/15lb Squat clean, 2 reps
5 Sit ups
17.59 mins
I had to practice my technique first as I haven’t done barbell squat cleans before. So I watched the vid and read starting strength re power cleans then tried the squat clean so in the end I did ...
As buttercup with 7kg/15lb empty bar only completed in 17.59 mins.
Hadn’t really done situps before either!! Done crunches but after reading thought I better do propper unanchored sit ups - I might know to them tomorrow lol but I did it! Phew

27th Sept

Saturday 090926
“Angie”
Puppies and Buttercups:
For time:
20 Pull-ups or 25 Beginner or Assisted Pull ups
20 Push-ups or 30 Box Push ups or 35 Wall Push ups
20 Sit ups (do not do crunches)
20-50 Squats (depending on ability)
20 Beginner pull ups - bar at waist height with feet on the floor, using a bit of a kip action to help
20 Push ups - on knees (my form is getting much better )
20 Sit ups - to vertical (my abs were still tender from last workout even with a days rest in between )
20 squats - air (better but my tail is still tucking at the bottom - I think I’m getting better as my back is getting stronger but I could just be kidding myself!!)
Total time 7.49 mins
Thoughts…...maybe next time for push ups I should try full push ups from (from toes not knees) on a bar in my rack, a sort of cross between wall and box and see how I do and then lower it as I get stronger?? I’ve done full ones against the kitchen worktop so it’s only an extension of that I guess - maybe better for me than knees now???
I also need a bigger workout area than our spare room - I hope we can get the garage cleared soon.
Question… I’m still trying to stretch my hamstrings too. It’s only in the last 2 months that I have managed to touch my toes (like ever) straight legged (both seated and stood bent over) so I am progressing!! But I’m trying to stretch them with an active lumber curve as this seem a more practical stretch for squats??? Does that make sense and is it a good idea????
Any links to good hamstring stretching advice mush appreciated.

1st Oct

Buttercups:
Complete as many rounds as possible 12 minutes of:
10-25 pound Thruster, 5 reps
10-25 pound Hang Powercleans, 7 reps
10-25 pound Sumo Deadlift High-pull, 10 reps
I did..
16lb /7kg Thruster, 5 reps
16lb /7kg Hang Powercleans, 7 reps
16lb /7kg Sumo Deadlift High-pull, 10 reps
Thrusters were new to me and also BB sumo DLHP ( I had done DB ones before tho) and I managed 5 full rounds + thrusters in 11.50 mins
I was pretty pleased with how it went - my rack position seems to be getting better - although still wary of hitting my throat caught it a couple of times.
Certainly got me out of puff and I had to have a few seconds breather between each set - looking forward to seeing this one inprove

3rd Oct

Yesterday I deadlifted some heavy boxes during a clearout day outside.
I did a bit of a combo workout today.
Not done snatch (090929) before so after watching lots of vids and basically got the message that if your squat and overhead squat isn’t solid then don’t try it!
I did some skill work just trying to familarise myself with the movements after a burgener type warm up. Using broom and then 7kg / 15lb bar mainly deadlift followed by a high hang overhead catch for a few reps. Tried a couple of high hang snatches to see how it felt - a little awkward if I’m honest.
Then a sort of me modified version of 091001 due to kit/room/never done before, I did..
15 lunges with 2 x 4.5kg/10lb dumbells
20 Beginner Pull-ups - bar at waist height and with feet on floor using a sort of kipping hip
10 Knees to elbows - well attempts to as close as poss
15 Kettlebell swings - never done before and don’t posses a kettlebell so tried it with a 4.5kg/10lb dumbell
30 Sit-ups - 11 unanchored, 10 anchored with dumbells, followed by 9 unanchored
20 Hang squat cleans with 2 x 4.5kg/10lb dumbells
15 Back extensions
3 Rope beginner rope climbs - I attached my tricep rope to my pull down pully with 18kg on the other end - and pulled one hand over the other, reset and repeat other hand first for 5 reps each side = total 10 pulls
10 push up - bar at waist height (after watching a great instruction vid by againfaster explaining downside to knee pushups and full toe pushups at decreasing angles)
I enjoyed it - quite a few new movements for me today so didn’t want to go mad