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!

Thursday, 30 September 2010

Unplanned rest days due to life!!

Unplanned rest days for me yesterday and today - although managed about a 50 mins hobbly walk in the woods yesterday - my mum needed company.
Life just getting the way = busy, very stressed mum, poor eating and very poor sleep ie didn't get to bed till 4am :shock: life just has a way of sometimes being grrrrrrrrr and so as much as it pains me to say but the wods took a back seat :cry: but hopefully I'll manage something tomorrow after better eating today and an early night.

Monday, 27 September 2010

mwod and my own wod

MWods - hip flexion and external rotation 100903

My own again today (something to do betweeen fran and heavy fran  big surprise    lol)

3RFT
Ring Support holds x 15 secs
KTE attempts x 7
SDHP @ 14kg / 30lb x 15

Done in 9.08 mins

Holds were tought than I expected broken into 10,5 - 8,5,2 - 7,3,3,1,1
KTE attempts are slowly, very slowy inproving think I got higher than ever before today    smile    but broken into 3,2,2 - 3,2,2 - 3,2,1,1
SDHP unbroken and felt good to get to doing these as my foot is finally becoming more usuable at last - still need to be careful but it's getting there.

c/o 5 x decline situps

NB My glutes really know to them deadlifts yesterday groan!!

Sunday, 26 September 2010

100919 Deadlifts / HSPU

 w/u push ups at pin 1 x 3,3,2,2, 10 chins with blue band and feet 4" apart,
DL 5 x 7kg, 5 x 27kg, 5 x 27kg and hspu progs on 12" box

Sunday 100919
Complete five rounds of:
Deadlift, 3 reps
Max rep Handstand push-ups - I did progs on 12" box

Done in 6.16 mins - Yep I failed the brand x reading test today by doing this timed when it shouldn't have been!!  loser

DL's were all 45kg / 99lb
hspu's were 12 - 10 - 7 - 6 - 4

Might try it again soon and do it erm properly!

Friday, 24 September 2010

100910 Fran

kstar mob - adductors and coush stretch and upper thorasic mobility.

100910 Fran

15-12-9

Thrusters @ 12kg /  26lb
Strict pull ups blue band assist (first with feet together, 2nd and 3rd with feet about 6" apart, + 1 foot jump assist for the later reps)

Done in 7.13 mins
(2.27, 2.40, 2.05)

I wasn't sure how this was going to go - but it went ok, slower than I would have liked, better than it could of done though!

Definitely showed me how much fitness I've lost during the 11 weeks since I first did my foot!! I've lost cardio fitness from the lack of being able to do much (way too much time spent sucking in oxygen) and lost strength and muscle endurance  cry when you compare this to my last 2 fran attemps of

May 25th 9 sets of 5 each exercise @ 14kg / 30lb weight and same blue band assist pull ups in 9.49mins
Jan 12th the full 21-15- and 9 reps @ 14kg / 30lb and same blue band assist pull ups in 11.00 mins

Although chins today probably not clever after 3RM u/h pulldowns yesterday !!!

Thursday, 23 September 2010

3RM U/H pulldown and Push ups

3RM U/H pulldown seated
w/u 10 x 15kg, 5 x 25kg

30 - 35 - 40 - 42 - 43 kg / 95lb NEW PR

Push ups
w/u 5 push ups on knees

Full push ups x 1 and failed 2nd, 1,
Full push ups as per games (hand released) x 5 with deteriorating form
Full push up on push up bars x 1 and failed 2nd
Full push ups at bar on pin 1 (knee height) chest to bar x 4 and failed 5th, 3 and failed 4th

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

my own upperbody wod again

My own upperbody wod again
15-12-9 for time

Push ups @ pin 3 balanced on 1 foot - broken into 3's n 4's mainly
Beg. Rope Climb (laying on floor to standing)
Abmat situps
Abmat back ext with 2.5kg / 5.5lb plate on chest

Done in 19.51 mins

Rope climbs took the time - were tough after the usual/use to amount of 6 lol
My upperbody is pretty fried after yesterday and tomorrow - not sure what I'll do tomorrow?

Sunday, 19 September 2010

my own upperbody wod again

My own upperbody wod
5 RFT
Blue band assist one legged pull ups x 6
HSPU progs knees on 12” box x 6
KTE attempts x 6
Good mornings @ 7kg x 6
Done in 11.35 Mins
Cash out:- 10 air squats to see how foot felt, it felt ok so did 10 front squats with empty 7kg bar all felt good
Went to walk downstairs after my wod to go stretch and my left quad went into a really strange spasm on the first step   big surprise  I rubbed it and it went off and then it did it on the next step too - really strange ohh - I think it was lack of hydration as I took my shake and more water stretched out and felt fine thank goodness!