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 Cardio Flow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cardio Flow. Show all posts

Saturday, 17 February 2018

80 DO - Day 32 Cardio Flow...err nope..Max 30 Cardio Challenge

So I got warmed up and ready to go today and I started Cardio Flow and my shoulders moaned on those first few inchworms, I did a few spiders moved on to diamond jumps and then as we started inchworms again my shoulders said "you think we can cope with another 30 mins of this you got to be joking!!!" So I stopped. Not only mentally was not in the mood for it my body physically just didn't want it - it needs more recovery of those same old moves beofre we start next week so that was that.
I dont want to feel I've cheated on Autumn or the program or not do it to its fullest but I have to listen to my body and all the shoulder/plank work is taking its toll and I/they clearly need more rest. People with strong upperbody or not recovering for an injury might be fine but not me.

I dove into the BOD library and chose some Shaun T with Max 30 Cardio Challenge, which I really enjoyed. Had a min or two to sort out a hair malfunction a good few minutes in but other than that I pushed as hard as I could. I modified some of the floor work to not stress my shoulders and def. worked up a good sweat and burnt a few calories too.


Saturday, 10 February 2018

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!!!

Saturday, 3 February 2018

X3 Cold Start, 22MHC Cold Start & 80 DO - Day 20 Cardio Flow

I wanted a little bit more today and needed my Tony fix lol so I did X3 Cold Start, then 22 Min Hard Core Cold start before going into 80 DO Cardio Flow.

Felt stronger overall but legs were tired from leg day which meant the jumping diamond squats were tough today!

I can't believe its the end of Week 3 already!!


Saturday, 27 January 2018

80 DO - Day 13 Cardio Flow & 14 Stretch & Release

Later than normal and at home so room was a little less but got it done and no pinapples for me tonight lol

Enjoyed it much better than last week and thanks to John's suggestion - I threw in some Warrior 3 Squats and some Groucho Walks just a little variety.

Chased it with Stretch and Release which moves quite fast but gives a nice stretch out to pretty much all of your body :)

Rest day tomorrow and then bring on Week 3!




Saturday, 20 January 2018

80 DO - Day 6 Cardio Flow & 7 Roll & Release

Pineapples, Pineapples, Pineapples and more Pineapples!!!!

Started the day with doms and Wow this one got tough for me - I thought it might when I previewed it and I wasn't wrong lol. But it went maybe a little easier than I thought. Who'd have thought so many animals could be put into one workout!

I did do the normal warmup from memory before she started just because I felt I needed it and I'm glad I did.

I chased it with Day 7 Roll and Release instead of leaving it till tomorrow as I find Sundays my body does like to rest (apart from household chores etc) and my shoulders didnt fancy holding my body up for yet another day foam rolling so I got it done and it felt great. Although some bits were that painful I was giggling at Autumn (hootin' 'n' hollerin') and shouting more pinepples but it was so worth it!

Overall a really great week and I'm looking forward to week 2. Have a great week end everyone!