Fitness chat and tips #2

Hollo: Attack is one of my favourites! I love the go hard or go home motto and the fact you can still go hard with low impact options if needed.
I too hate it when people crowd around my space. I get to classes early and the same thing as you I like to be up towards the middle/back. The attack class on Sunday was so full that I couldn't move properly with some of the excercises :wall:

MG: Stick with it, you seem to have come so far! You are having such a terrible time with PT's! Do you see your PT at a gym or are you a member at a gym? Perhaps you could try what Leesa suggested and do a couple of classes and take the low impact option? It must be so frustrating being injured and wanting to do more :shakehead:
I must say when I did Pilates with a physio..this really was a tough work out and she would tailor the class to suit any injuries in the room and also for the non injured. The Pilate's reformer machines are amazing! The other thing about the Pilates session as it was held with a physio and you had to pay upfront for the term, that always made me go.

Well, Combat for me tomorrow. I have had a problem with my car so I have been walking everywhere. So I am getting heaps of extra excersise in. Zumba has hit my area! I googled it to see what it is about, I just don't think I have the rhythm to do it, I struggle enough with Combat and Attack with the rhythm :lol:

Loving reading all your activities! Keep it up girls. Keep coming in and telling us what you're doing, it's so motivational! I'm off to the gym, BBL to fill you in on details!

GO TEAM BELLYBELLY!! ROCK IT, SOCK IT or RIDE IT, JUST WHIP IT REAL GOOD!!! :cheer:

hehe Winter, thanks for the encouragement!

Did a 3.3km walk today!

Short post - DD has just woken up.

Well girls, I am soooooo proud of myself at the moment. I did a 7km run today with my group and only stopped at the 2 designated stop points with the group - I kept going the rest of the time!! It was all mental, my body was fine, my breathing was fine, my legs were fine, the only thing different today was my determination to finish the run without stopping. It is such a good feeling. We were running along a path beside the freeway at one point and I just felt so proud of myself and thought of all the people in their cars that were wishing they could do what we were doing. It really gave me the motivation to keep going.

If you have ever thought you'd love to be able to run, I really recommend joining up with a bunch of people, friends, a running group, anything! and give it a go. I never thought I'd be writing to tell you that I could run 7km but here I am! :cheer:

:clap::clap::happyforyou::happyforyou: Woot Winter!!! Well done hon!!!

For me, I had PT today. It was ok. I'm having a bit of a relapse. D picked up on it at one point. Apparently I go quiet when I'm in pain :rofl: But then I came home and did 30 min on my treadmill covering 2.91Km :redface: Apparently I have issues...

BUT, I am booked in for a massage at D's request. I am seeing a remedial massage therapist on Monday. Hopefully that will help a bit with the hip flexor and back... I can dream can't I?

PLanning a bike ride (not suppose to be doing it) over the weekend. And treadmill sessions. And weights.

Take it easy hun, no relapse ok?! I'm thinking of you, and hope you don't push it too far. Hope the massage helps get on top of this relapse before it gets on top of you. :hug:

Winter, that's fantastic!!! I've always wanted to run. I started the c25k last year but stopped at about week 5 when I fell pregnant. A friend on my FB had put pics up of her after her first triathlon and that inspires me except I'm not very good at swimming (or running or cycling for that matter!)

MG, a massage sounds great. I hope it can help with the pain or at the very least be relaxing!

I walked to playgroup today - a 3.3km round trip depending on which route I take. Walking is all I can seem to manage with the two littlies. Really want to go back to Pilates classes. My pelvis is playing up at night again and I know just doing Pilates will help. There is no way I could go back to aikido yet with my pelvis so loose, so Pilates and walking, maybe running, will be it for now.

thanks hon. I will try to take it easy. D has this theory that if I record my exercise, I will behave... pft. Righto! He is so so wrong! Hahahaha. I will see how I go. I will try to be sensible... but I've also had my coals stoked and want to get rid of this weight big time!!! I NEED TO GET DISCIPLINED!

Eluned, be careful with running whilst your pelvis is still unstable. Get your physio's clearance first

Well, yesterday I did another session at home and did 3.41Km in 35 minutes. Followed by walking lunges, squats, crunches, and the prone hold. I've progressed to doing the prone hold on me toes! WOOT! :dance: My arms hurt after my session the other day with D (good hurt). My back and hip are still very tight - soooo looking forward to my massage on Monday!!!

I sat down today did a meal plan for the week. I've started it for the month but only completed this weeks. My aim was to get my daily intake within my calorie limits. I am pleased to say that I've done it well under most days! If I can control incidental snacking, I should lose a couple of kilo's this week!!!! I've done the plan so I'm not starving or getting bored with my food. They are GOOD food choices, healthy, and yummy! My morning tea and breakfast is fairly repetitious... but I don't have much time of a morning to make anything exciting and morning tea needs to be something I can just grab and take to work. Lets see how I go!

How is everyone else doing?!

That's great MG,I have been keeping up with you on the TPU thread ;) Oooh, a massage :dance: Enjoy

Hey Winter...you go Girl!! :happyforyou:

Eluned: You sound like you are doing the right thing. Walking and Pilates are excellent excerise. I walked everywhere when I had DS1 and it was fantastic.

Well, I have been caught out with the Anzac weekend. I didn't realise till too late about Attack not being on tomorrow due to Anzac day, other wise I would have got up and gone to RPM this morning :wall: On Monday I can't get to the gym as it's still a public holiday with no creche and DH is helping his parents move into their new retirement village.
So it will be back to Combat on Wednesday and I will throw a few walks in as well.
Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend.

I rock!! :cheer:

Just did 14 mins on the bike - but I really pushed myself. Did about a minute at the top resistance - and didn't slack off. Leesa - I actually heard your voice saying 'C'MON!!!' LOL :rofl:

Burnt 70 calories, travelled 5 kms and pushed it all the way. I was wobbly when I got off the bike!

Will be back later for personals.. need to go stretch before I get sore and stiff! But had to post straight away before I forgot my stats! :wall:

Well done Nettie! :dance::clap::cheer::cheer:

Heather - oh that sucks hon! How are the walks going?

Winter - how are you doing hon?

Leesa - :hug: hon. How are you babe?

AFM - I went for a loooong ride today. Well, it was only about 6Km and it took me about 40 minutes. I wasn't going very fast but I wasn't trying to beat a speed record - just refamiliarise myself with my bike, see how I go with the hip and back. As soon as I began to pedal, my legs were caining just above my knees. It lasted the whole time but I pushed through it. Funnily though, when I gt off at the end, it went away and I've been fine since! Hahahaha. I pulled up well. My back was great until about 4 hours later but settled again. Hip was a bit iffy towards the end of the ride but ok now. My only complaint is I've had pins and needles down my left leg to my toes for the last 3 or so hours. It is usually a sign that something is compressed in my back... but considering it is made worse by DH massaging my calves - I believe it is muscular. I have my rehab massage tomorrow so hopefully that helps!

So, considering I did my ride this morning and the symptoms...I'd be forgiven for not doing treadmill time tonight; right? Weeeelllll I did. It wasn't a brilliant session but it was a session. I left out my lunges and squats tonight but did 40 crunches and 2 lots of prone hold on my toes! I feel good... other than this tinglying which is irritating me. I'll take some panadol before bed.

I'm planning on a rest day tomorrow - esp with the massage. And then I have PT Tuesday...

Keep active girls! And remember *sings rather badly* I'm a woman. On a Mission....

Hi ladies,

don't post in here much anymore because i'm not exercising!!!! :wall:

Living in the jungle is great, but i am so missing my bodycombat. :( Does anyone khow if you can buy the DVD's to do at home?

thanks,

desperate mother in need of some combat. ;) xx

I'm not 100% sure, but I am fairly certain you would be able to. Have a look at ezyDVD (it's an online DVD store). They have a wide range of DVD's for sale and may just have something. I remember when Combat first hit the market and there was stuff everywhere... so surely you can! You could always try Rebel as well - they have an online store too.

I had my massage yesterday. IT HURT! Bloomin' 'Eck! :rofl: BUT I do feel much better. My left glute is still tight. She couldn't find the spot that triggers my back pain though... which makes me believe it is structural again and not muscular :( I now have a bruise on my butt :lol: She said a big part of my problem is my adductors, pubic symphysis, my solas, and something starting with P. Great. More things "wrong" with me! She said to go back in two weeks, D wants me to go back sooner. We will see!

No exercise yesterday - it was my "rest" day.

Now, WHERE are you all?! Hope you are all too busy exercising to get in here! ;)

Hey Junglemum...I googled Combat workout DVD and few sites came up. Amazon seems to have a bit. I have used Ezy DVD in the past and they are pretty good, although not sure if they post OS?

MG: Well done on the bike ride!! I had a remedial massage last year and she asked if she could work on my glutes. Once she started she said "has anyone ever touched these" :lol:..I felt saw a bruised the next couple of days too, It felt good.

Goooooo Nettie :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

Thanks for asking MG..all good. Back to combat tomorrow. Did a bit of incidental running around over the weekend so that keeps me going.
I am going to gym classes twice a week and generally just try to keep active (provided I can stay of the computer and BB).

Have a great week everyone!!

So what did everyone get up to today to burn off any naughty food they ate over the long w'end? :D (I ate lots of chocolate & baileys & sausages & bacon & eggs & cider & corn chips.... I was baaaadddd!)

I did 10km on the treadmill in 68 mins today. Damn things reset at 57 mins and start to do a 3 minute cool down so totally interrupted my rhythm as I hit 8.2km. But I restarted it as quick as I could and kept going. I am feeling quite chuffed with myself. :dance:

As a bit of encouragement & motivation - what is your goal? What do you want to be able to do & when do you want to be able to do it? Lets keep a track ( should we start a new thread just for our goals?) and celebrate when we get there. :cheer: Post here & I'll cut & paste into new thread, may even see if we can sticky it for easy reference.

I had pizza tonight so won't diss your weekend eating ;)

Well done on your treadmill time Winter! :dance::clap::dance::clap: I'm super impressed!

My goal... lose 8Kg min by Dec... be back running by Dec.

I did PT today. Nothing exciting, just loads of stretching really. I guess he didn't want to jeapordise my massage yesterday? It was a good session. I dunno. It was ok. I miss my two sessions a week.

Winter..you are machine :dance: Well done.

My goal is just to keep on going! Once I start a routine, I am pretty good at sticking to it so Combat on Wednesday and Attack on Sunday...I have been pretty consistent too so happy with that.

Combat this morning. I really like the girl who takes it. She mixes it up every week. We did that funny sword movement this morning to the Pirate movie music. Always makes me giggle. I really try and step it up and I am managing to get through the tiredness. I am feeling alot fitter and I like feeling a little sore the next day so I know I have put in :lol: