22 MHC Cardio 1 and Les Mills Grit Strength 35

 I was up late this morning after a late night so needed something short so I got a little Tony Horton fix with 2 Min Hard Core Cardio 1 less the burnout for time.

17 mins of work was enough for me this morning lol. Stretched and showered.

This afternoon I was full of beans I wanted something more so I did Grit Strength 35 with hslighlty heavier weights ie 3kg for plate and 4kgs for Bar. It was awesome and loved every second.

More quality reps over crazy speed but still loved it :)

L4 Chest & Tris, 22MHC Core 1 and Cardio 1

Chest & Tri's from sheets. Increased Chest weights and boy did I feel it OMG.
Triceps were toasty toast.

Chased with Core 1 which felt pretty good and much stronger than last time, getting most of the reps so nice improvement.

Needed more so went with Cardio 1 and phew that was tough at times. I walked all the burpees and did the squat portion first like Les Mills and concentrated on my glutes.
Great job!

Transform in 15 and 22MHC Cardio 1

Transform in 15 and chased it with 22MHC Cardio 1 - Get some!!!! Oh and a good stretch :)

Had a fall on the first lateral shuffle grrrr but got up and carried on. May be a little jarring in the neck but I'm fine.

LIIFT 4 Week 4 Day 4 Legs HIIT & 22MHC Cardio 1

Well LegS HIIT didn't seem as taxing today as I expected. The burnout was tough but I wasn't toast at the end!

I had a raw choc brownie yesterday and felt I needed to work it off so I chased it with Cardio 1 and then I was toast lol.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Lift4 Preview, 22MHC Cardio 1, Special Ops Cardio & Bodybalance 77

Monday was Lift 4 Preview at home so weigths not so easy and had do weights upstairs then move down for HIIT and core but still got a great workout in.

Tuesday I wanted more than Total Body HIIT so I went with 22MHC Double with Cardio 1 and chased it with Special Ops Cardio and in this heat it was brutal OMG!! Wow did I lose some fluid!!

Today I did some LMOD Bodybalance 77 and it was wonderful especially the 9 mins relaztion/meditation at the end - just what I needed.

80 DO - Day 26 - Cardio Flow End of Phase 1!! + 22 MHC Cardio 1

Woke up with AAA Doms today - love to feel new muscles waking up ;)

I wanted a little more today so I started with Cardio 1 (3 rounds plus burnout clearly show on my HR graph is pretty cool)- which was good fun and a nice bit of Tony time lol

Then into Cardio Flow which I actually felt much stronger in overall. I didn't have to put a knee down like I had done in previous weeks and I even got a little jump in on the step throughs which my shoulders just didn't feel strong enough to let me do before so I'm super pleased with the progress in these 4 weeks!!!

Having watched, well kind of as I was stretching lol, this weeks weekly obsession I'm a little scared about next week with some of the new combo moves but mostly just excited - anyone else???

Roll on Phase 2!!!

22 Min Hard Core Triple!

My doms were much better today thank goodness and I went for the triple....22 Min Hard Core Cardio 2, 1 and then 3 and wowee what a great workout that was!!

Loved it and got a great burn too - even before my good stretch I did 702 calories in 1 hour and about 4 mins I think it was!!!

A good little challenge if anyone fancies it lol

22MHC Cardio 1

Loved this today - got every rep even with an interruption for a delivery (who kept me waiting on the doorstep because his scanner wouldn't scan grrr)

Used power stands for the burpees to allow me to keep up ;)

For anyone short on time these 22 mins ones really get it done!

P90X3 Triometrics, 22MHC Core 1 and Cardio 1

I did my triple whammy again today but swopped them round lol. So I did 22MHC Cardio 1 (burpees with hands on tool box - closer to the floor than last week for my back), straight into Core 1 (major improvements ie I got all the reps this week wahoo!) and then finished with P90X3 Triometrics OMG!!

Loved it!!

I can't believe the improvements I'm seeing week to week at the moment. I always knew this was how its supposed to be but for so many years I haven't been eating correctly for my body that it wasn't fueling me properly. It's like a whole new world has opened up for me.

P90X3 Triometrics, 22MHC Core 1 and Cardio 1

Traded in Plyo X for a triple whammy lol

P90X3 Triometrics and phew what a quad burner that one is towards the end, straight into 22MHC Core 1 to wake my core up again. I was pleasantly suprised with my reps ;)
Then as if that wasn't enough I went straight into Cardio 1 and burnt a few more calories. The run,lunge, squat sequence was especially tough after triometrics but hey what doesn't kill you makes you stronger right?

Loved it!!

Oh yeah and I modified the burpees with hands on the arms of the arm chair just being (maybe overly) cautious with my back.

22MHC Cardio 1 and P90X3 MMX

I went for a double today with 22MHC Cardio 1 followed by P90X MMX and it was great.

Tough but so much fun and I burnt a few calories in the process!

Love it!

22MHC Cardio 1

Pushed for time and I didn't want to go crazy as I'm still not 100% so 22 Min Hard Core Cardio 1 was the chosen sub for MMA Power.

Got the blood pumping and was unusually tough in some parts so just another indicator I'm def. not back up to full health yet but felt great to be shouting "Get Some" at Tony H ;)

I'm hoping I can get back to hybrid tomorrow and carry on, pretending this crappy week never happened, but we will see how I go.

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 W 1-1 & 22MHC Cardio 1

So I fancied a change and decided to invest in myself and bought the new Barstarzz BTX (Body Transformation Extreme ) 2.0 program.

I'm lacking my pull bar at the moment since moving house so I'm using my Rip 60 Straps for my pull ups and chin ups.

I'm starting the 4 week pre-program before I start the full 12 week program and today was day 1.

Skill Training was Negative Chin ups which went pretty well - I did them pretty tough for 8 and include the chin up then 6 really tough just focussing on the negative.

Then the main workout was Around The Block...

5 Sets/Rounds with 1 min break in between of
5 pull ups (Rip 60 Straps)
10 Tricep Dips (I did them on Power Stands Rnd 1 Straight leg, Rnd 2 Bent legs, Rnd 3, 4  & 5 straight leg)
10 Push ups (Rnd 1 All feet 5-5, Rnd 2 was 4 feet & 5-1 Knees, Rnd 3 was only 3 feet & 3-2-2 Knees, 4 was 3 f and 3-3-1 knees & 5 was 3 f and 2-2-2-1 knees )

Push ups were tough in the latter rounds but I actually really enjoyed it.

To add in Cardio I went straight into 22MHC Cardio 1 and loved it!

22MHC 38/54 - Cardio 1 and Core 2

Still not 100% with my cold but got it done.

Cardio went really great and although I used the power stands to modify burpees, I stepped the 1st round of 25 but did the 2nd and 3rd round properly i.e. jumping feet. including the 22 extra ones in the burnout ;)
Got all the rest of the reps in and in good time too so pleased with progress.

Core 2 is still really tough on some of the moves but each time I do it I get a little better ;) today my roller boat seemed much better.

I think I also worked out while my push ups are feeling weaker and weaker - they are not getting any recovery! We only work them in resistance workouts  and not cardio ones so you think you must be resting them, but each cardio workout it chased with a core workout and core 1 and 2 have a push up move in there so either 11 or 22 push ups with a concentrated eccentric move (plus a roll). The eccentric part, which I always work hard at because I know eccentric moves make the concentric stronger, but it means that I'm working this same muscles every day!! No wonder!!!!
It's probably no problem for those with good upper body strength that can do push ups no problem but for me I'm not sure its helping as my push ups don't feel like they are improving like the rest of me - so in core and 1 and 2 I will now just be going into forearm plank to get the core work and take the push up out to see if that helps.

22 MHC 34/54 - Cardio 1 and Core 2

Enjoyed this tonight, especially after a day when I didn't think I'd get it done.

It seems ages since we did Cardio 1 and it went well, burpees are getting better slowly and the rest was dare I say it easy?

Which I was grateful for because Core 2 really makes my abs scream!! 22 reps of some of these moves is really tough still but I'm getting there lol

I really look forward to cobra crunch as it gives my abs a rest and I can do all 22 reps without any problems!

22 MHC 17/54 Special Ops Core and Cardio 1

I did Special Ops Core first tonight - following Tony tip about using the Core ones as a warm up instead of Cold Start, before Cardio ones, instead of always doing them afterwards.

Enjoyed Core some of my numbers are still shocking, only managed all the reps on 2 of them! Looking forward to improving my numbers over the coming weeks though.

Cardio 1 seemed somehow harder afterwards though, which if I burnt more calories is a good thing. Although tomorrow I think I need to cautious of my back as my lower back is a little twingy tonight. It's all those Burpees, Gorilla Crawls, Lateral Sprints and more Burpees taking their toll after the last 3 days I think grrrrr

Tried Chocolate Coconut water with my workout tonight and its certainly didn't sit as heavy as the pure coconut water? I'm going to try just water again tomorrow to see if I feel better or worse??

22MHC 13/54 Cardio 1 and Core 1

Really pleased with this workout tonight - I got all the reps in!! Burpees I did on Tony's Power stands to give me a little assistance and I managed to get all the reps in - wahoo!!!

Some of the moves I really felt like I was keeping up with the cast - so chuffed!!

Core 1 went great too, got all reps in again but my form felt much better, even got straighter legs in the Roller boat.

Love it!!! Get Some!!

Cals 389 in 55 mins avg Hr 121 Bpm

22 MHC 10/54 Cold Start, Cardio 1 and Special Ops Core

Apart from the Burpees - I was actually looking forward to cardio 1 lol

Pushed hard, enjoyed it and I think I'm getting a little faster at them all ;) Apart from the burpees I managed all the reps wahoo!

Special Ops Core again and some moves were much better, I managed more reps so pleased to see quick progress. New mat made a huge difference but I was still toast at the end!

Cals 508 in 1hr 10 mins Avg HR 123 Bpm