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!

Saturday, 30 April 2011

110425 “Tabata Something Else”

Warm up:- spealler warm up, 5 air squats, 5 green assist chin ups, 5 push ups against thigh (pin 5) high bar, 5 abmat situps, 10 abmat back ext's

110425 “Tabata Something Else”

Complete 16 intervals of 20 seconds of work followed by ten seconds of rest where the first 4 intervals are pull-ups, the second 4 are push-ups, the third 4 intervals are sit-ups, and finally, the last 4 intervals are squats. There is no rest between exercises.

Post total reps from all 16 intervals to comments.
Compare to 100402.

PU 10-8-6-6 - assisted with green band (chins-chins-chins&pulls-chins&pulls)
PU 8-6-5-4 - against thigh high bar - pin 5 - shoulder width elbows in
SU 7-8-7-7 - abmat with arms - touch above head and toes, unanchored
Sq 8-8-10-9
Total reps 117 Tabata score (lowest from each round) = 25

Compared to last time - only 3 rounds...
PU 9-9-8 - assisted with green band
PU 8-8-8 - against thigh high bar
SU 7-7-7 - abmat with arms across chest, unanchored
lost a bit of time as downloaded rocky tabata music and after 4 mins it went strange and wasn't sure where I was ie 10 or 20 secs so restarted the track and carried on
Sq 10-10-11

Total 102 Tabata Score 33

Cash out:- foam roller and stretching - including itb band stuff because knees clicking again grrrr

Friday, 29 April 2011

Yoga after the Wedding

Congratulations to Prince William and Catherine or should I say Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!

Watched the wedding - it was brilliant!! They looked great and seem really happy together!!


I'm still a bit achey from Fight Gone Bad 2 days ago so just an hours yoga for me today!

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

110409 Fight Gone Bad

Warm up:- Spealler warm up inc 5 wall balls @ 5kg and starting to put some weight on my hands on the floor again, band dislocates, 10 abmat situps, 10 abmat b/e, 5 squat therapy sqaut against chest high bar (feels like its getting better), 5 SDHP @ 7kg, 3 @ 14kg, 5 box jump @ 4", 5 @ 8", 5 press @ 7kg, push press @ 7kg, 2 @ 14kg, 5 DB swings @ 5kg, 3 @ 8kg

110426 Fight Gone Bad

Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 5kg/11 pound ball, 8 ft target. (Reps)
Sumo deadlift high-pull 14kg /30 pounds (Reps)
Box Jump 8” box (Reps) for 1 round and 5 reps of rnd 2, then changed to step ups
Push-press 14kg /30 pounds (Reps)
Row (Calories) - subbed DB kettlebell swing @ 8kg / 18lb

Rnd 1 = 20,19,14,10,17 Total = 80
Rnd 2 = 17,17,5&9,8,15 Total = 71
Rnd 3 = 15,15,16,10,15 Total = 71
Total = 222

OMG this was tough especially 7 days since my last wod but it was mainly because I just couldn't suck enough wind rolleyes But compared my last fight gone bad I'm pretty pleased with the performance overall.

Compared to last time SUNDAY 100117
“Fight Gone Bad!” - My first time
Puppies:
Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 14 pound ball, 8 ft target. (Reps) - subbed Thrusters with 12kg / 26lb
Sumo deadlift high-pull 25-45 pounds (Reps) - used 12kg / 26lb (first time at this weight)
Box Jump 14” box (Reps) - subbed 12" step (first time at this height)
Push-press 25-45 pounds (Reps) - used 12kg / 26lb
Row (Calories) - subbed DB kettlebell swing @ 8kg / 18lb (first time at this weight)

Rnd 1 = 12,16,13,12,16 Total = 69
Rnd 2 = 11,13,10,10,13 Total = 57
Rnd 3 = 11,13,10,9,13 Total = 56
Total = 182

c/o just foam roller, stretch and mobility work

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

a few mins

Busy day only mnaged a few mins literally!

Did push ups on bar at pin 3 x 5,5
Pull up rev chins x 5, pulls x 3, chins x 4,1

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Digging

Today was a little cooler and I did another 1 hrs of digging and moving 7 barrrow loads of soil!

Treating them a bit like wods with a spealler warm up and a good stretch afterwards.

It's pretty heavy work - not the intensity of Crossfit but to try and wod on top I think would be way too much for me so I think I will wod one day then dig the next, then wod etc till I get this pond / bog dug out and built

Friday, 22 April 2011

Digging

My mum wants a pond / bog area built in the garden so today I did 1.5 hrs worth of digging and moving 3 barrrow loads of soil today in the very hot sun pheww and it was very draining so no WOD

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Active rest day = 2 hours of pretty intesive house cleaning for me - oh the joy!