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 Stretch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stretch. Show all posts

Monday, 18 March 2019

L4 Legs and Shoulders plus Yoga retreat Day 2 Stretch

LIIFT 4 Legs and Shoulders from sheets at my pace again and alternated each set of Legs with Each set of Shoulders. Upped some of my weights and really enjoyed it.
Concentrating on the right muscles is making a difference!!

Chased it with Yoga Stretch with Vytas and needed it!


Thursday, 24 January 2019

Yoga Stretch


Just a nice gentle stretch with Vytas today to get things moving again as I ease back in. It felt great to finally move about after 10 days of resting.

My back is feeling so much better, not quite 100% yet but getting there thank goodness 🙏🏻.



Sunday, 9 December 2018

T25 Core Speed and Yoga retreat Day 2 Stretch

T25 Core Speed for me today as I think I need to get my feet ready for Transform 20 and it also got the blood pumping to help with my upper body doms!! The pull up bar sure woke up some muscles yesterday lol.

Chased it with Yoga retreat Day 2 Stretch with the brilliant Vytas = Just what I needed. I swopped it for X3 Yoga and really glad I did - it was great to properly stretch out my lower body and I felt great and calm almost zen afterwards.


Thursday, 8 March 2018

80 DO - Day 48 Legs + BOD Yoga Stretch

Oooh I'm aware of my obliques today!

Leg day was tough but I loved it as always. Who else did the wierd front curtsy move with the heal on the slider with the first leg until she said "toe on the slider" lol = very differnet move!

It is a great leg day workout and I'm really curious to see how she amps it up for next week!!

I'm excited with just a hint of trepidation for next weeks workouts lol - I'm thinking go light (bit of a recovery week kinda) and learn the new crazy moves then go for it the next week??? Everyone else???

Chased it with Yoga Stretch with the calming Vytas as its great post leg day stretch = perfect.


Wednesday, 8 November 2017

A little Obsessed - Day 2 Booty

Oh My Abs!!! My abs are on fire today from yesterday, laugh, sit down, reach = ouchy!!!!

On to Day 2 today for Booty...this one is very Booty centric which is no surprise from the name really but she works different angles to most other workouts I've done.

Choosing the right band is really important on this one - legs are stronger than we think and its easy to choose a light band and not feel it much. I went light on the first set and heavyied up in the second.

Some different and cool stuff in these workouts - Autumn has done good I think!

I chased it with Yoga Stretch with Vytas as my lower body needed some TLC and way more stretching than Autumn gave us. I'm expecting some soreness but good stretching I think will allow me to walk tomorrow ;)


Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Max 30 Cardio Challenge and BODYoga Stretch with Vytas

Fancied a change so I went with Max 30 Cardio Challenge and then chased it with some calming stretching with Vytas Stretch from Yoga retreat.

Been a stressy time over the last few weeks and I needed this crazy ying and calm yang combo to restore some peace to my life.


Wednesday, 2 August 2017

BOD Yoga Stretch

Just a quick 30 mins stretch and calm today and after a stressy morning it was just what I needed.


Saturday, 1 July 2017

Max 30 Tabata Strength and T25 Stretch

Max 30 Tabata Strength today and OMG did I sweat. I really gave it my all, modified the push ups where I had to but tried to keep going and never stop for more than 2 breaths Phew!

I chased it with T25 Stretch which I haven't don't before and although it was a great stretch is was all lower body which was a little disappointing so I had to stretch out my arms and shoulders after wards. Also some of the hip flexor stretches made my legs shake that much after yesterday and today that I couldn't hold them!

I was still sweating even after finishing the stretch - wow Shaun is the Man!!!

Looking forward to the Sneak Peek again on Monday for the Shift Shop and then because I enjoyed this week so much I'm going to do it again. ;)




Saturday, 13 May 2017

T25 Gamma Rip't Up & BOD Yoga Stretch


X3E/T25G Day 6 Gamma Rip't Up

I've only ever done this one once before so I watched it through last night to remind myself as I remember it moved very quickly. Went light weights as sore from last few days.

Chased it with some BOD Yoga Stretch with Vytas for a nice calming peaceful end to the workout week. Bring on Monday Week 2 ;)




Saturday, 6 May 2017

Core de Force MMA Shred & BOD Yoga Stretch

Woke with DOMS in the glutes this morning OMG but went with Core de Force MMA Shred today and my shoulder felt good. I changed stance a couple of times just so that my shoulder didn't do too much.
Really enjoyed it and pushed hard in the spikes. Although some of the triple lunges were tough after yesterday ;)

Chased it with BOD Yoga Stretch. Avoided majority of downdogs and enjoyed the stretch and the calm after the punching and kicking.

Have a great weekend everyone.


Saturday, 1 April 2017

P90X Kenpo X and BOD Yoga Stretch

I wondered about swopping Kenpo X today but after last week and so many muscles were awoken by it I had to give it another go today - love it!!

Because I missed Yoga on Thursday I chased it with BOD Yoga stretch which just calmed and stretched me out wonderfully.

2 weeks of P90X (with other yogas) done ;)




Thursday, 2 March 2017

BOD Yoga 21 day retreat Day 2 Stretch

I actually managed to get something done today - Yoga Stretch Day 2 from BOD 21 day Yoga retreat. I wanted to move but gently and it was perfect.

I was more aware of my back than I expected I have to be honest, so definitely slow and steady.

It felt good to do something though but OMG how much flexibility have I lost in 10 days - wow its scary how quickly your body goes backwards when you stop! I hope I can get it back and more over the next few weeks.

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

BOD Yoga Stretch

Needed something gentle so Foundation Week of BOD 21 Day Yoga Retreat Day 2 Stretch was the chosen one and it was just what I needed.

Still undecided on how much to push tomorrow as last two night didn't sleep well at all.

My days have all changed again as I'm now having to work different hours doing more physical work which means bang go my morning workouts. So after I get my normal work done now in the afternoon I'm back to evening workouts. Which is fine but it means I have to travel to my gym grrrrrr or use minimal equipment at home!


Saturday, 22 October 2016

Barstarzz Preprogram W 1-4 & BOD Yoga Exp Week 2 Day 2 Stretch

So final day of 1st week of barstarzz and it's been a good week. Legs a pretty tired after yesterday and today and my wrists are a little twingy from all the push ups but overall I've enjoyed it and I feel stronger for it.

Skills was Burpees

Then Audubon was 1 mins each of..

Burpees, Leg Flutters, plyo lunges, glute bridges, squat jumps and plank x 3 sets with 1 min rest in between each set.

I got my timer wrong and only did the plank for 30 secs instead of 60 but I'll forigve myself as I dont think I could have managed 60 secs after all all the planks yesterday.

I did all Burpees on Power stands as I struggle with the floor and was slow as push up muscles were pretty tired from the 80 push ups yesterday! Plyo lunges and squat jumps gave a nice cardio element for today tired legs tonight.
Looking forward to rest day tomorrow and then see what week 2 brings.

Followed it with BOD Yoga Week 2 Day 2 Stretch which was nice and relaxing and almost a meditation in parts. It didn't leave me feeling as stretched out as last week but its building on the poses for more progressions and nice information about shavasana/corpse pose at the end.


Tuesday, 27 September 2016

T25 Cardio & BOD Yoga Week 1 Day 2

Phew this one woke me up today - moving house does not help you stay cardio fit - let me tell you!!

Chased it with Yoga Stretch and it was great - really enjoyed it and some nice stretches in there. He's a great trainer and easy to listen to.

Love it!!


Saturday, 28 May 2016

P90X+ Kenpo Cardio Plus and T25 Stretch

I didn't fancy Kenpo tonight so I went for Kenpo Cardio Plus and it was good fun. Was a little restricted in my small space but still got a good sweat on.

Chased it with T25 stretch - but I forgot this one isn't one of my favourites :(

I should have foam rolled but with the doms that I have I couldn't face the pain!


Tuesday, 16 December 2014

T25 Speed 2.0 + Stretch

T25 Speed 2.0 + Stretch

WOW!!! If someone said to me I could have done that 6 months ago I would have laughed at them!! 

I did it and kept going all the way through, never stopped once - I still can't quite believe it  

When I previewed it I thought I'll be flaked out about half way through but nope I nailed it!!!!

Chased it with Stretch too, holding the hip flexor stretches was tough on my tired legs but the rest felt great 


Wednesday, 29 October 2014

T25 Speed 1.0 and T25 Stretch

T25 Speed 1.0 and T25 Stretch

Well I reckon I nailed Speed 1.0 tonight  

Apart from a few reps to see the move I kept going for all of it and kept up with them for most of it too. Big improvement from the first time I did it - love it!!!

and I followed it immediately with Stretch which I enjoyed this time too. Holding the lunge for a long time for the hip flexor stretches I found tough (my legs were a touch tired from pump yesterday) but the rest was great and I felt good. 

I was originally going to chase it Pump flow but as I got the T25 DVD out I saw the stretch DVD and thought yep that will be better 


Friday, 5 September 2014

T25 Stretch

T25 Stretch

My left calf is still smarting from my Alpha Cardio the other day so just went for a stretch today - couldn't face an hour with Tony so tried out Shaun's one as it's only 25 mins and it wasn't bad. Holding those lunges still makes the quads burn a little so not just a relaxing stretch I was hoping for but pretty good.

X3 Eccentric Upper tomorrow - hope I can still do my chin ups lol