Exercise routines, tips and chatter?

[Nadine216]

Slouched on the couch

I'm finding it harder to get up off the floor But that is to be expected .... right???

Give me till Feb 2009 and I'll be chatting up a storm in here

[C~Q]

Nadine - I found it really hard to exercise with #2. You don't have the energy and my god you have a toddler charging around your feet!

Feb 09 - it's a date! I should have finished all my assignments and be registered by then Although i'm starting to seriously doubt I have the sadistic streak needed to be a personal trainer after this mornings PT session!

ETA: Just realised your bub is due on Boxing Day!

And where is everybody else???

[Nadine216]

I'm up for that date, Rachel ... and picking your brain

ETA on your ETA ... my bub is due on my birthday!!! How lucky am I

Goodluck with all your assignments, and I think every dedicated gym-junky is part sadist, especially if you train like I did at 5am in the morning!! (that was BEFORE KIDS!!!!)

[Bloom]

Hello all fitness fans,

Just popped in to say hi. Has any one done the new Body Pump release? (#67 I think) I like some of the newish moves but not a fan of the music. Hopefully the music will grow on me!

Combat queen - doh! I meant 12.5kg + bar for my chest track - silly me didn't actually write chest. I only do 5 or 7.5kg for warm up (my shoulders have always been weak so I'm not good with overhead press things, so I can't do any more). I've been down to 1 pump per week as I've had this lingering cold/cough, so I'm finding it hard to maintain my weights.

Well, I'm feeling like a massive blob today as I didn't go the Core class this morning. I still have this hacking cough in the morning and I just think it's rude/gross to be coughing all the way through a class! Lol!

What is everyone else up to?

[paradise lost]

Well, i have a road race (10k) on Sunday and i'm practically untrained! I last ran nearly 2 weeks ago, a 7.5k, which was fine, but that's a L-O-N-G taper for a little race! I wasn't really tapering, i hurt my back 2 weekends ago horsing with the baby and then got a cold and have been snuffling, coughing and sneezing all this week.

I had to miss pump last week because of my back, and i'm going again tonight. I will almost certainly get DOMS from missing a week so i hope it's gone by my race! LOL.

I'm looking forward to the race actually, it's only short and my friend is doing the half marathon the same day (i did the half last year, if anyone remembers) and she's staying over with us the night before so we're going out for pizza and laughs. I am glad i don't have to run 13.1miles, but my race STARTS at 9am! Unfriendly early!

In my untrained and medically compromised state i'm guesstimating it'll take me about 65mins, but i'll be aiming for under 60. Wish me luck girls!

Bx

Whoops - PS! The reason i answered at all - Ruth i'm in the UK, we get the les mills releases later than you guys, i think we have another month of pump #66 to go. I really love it though, what's #67 like. TELL ALL!

[C~Q]

You're all back! YAy!

67 is awesome!!! Bec, hmmm...
Warm up - annoying song but good moves, changed the order round a bit to mix things up.
Squats - OUCH!!! Do not go up lol!!!
Chest - was quite cruisey - 2 breaks!
BAck - was hard but might be because I went up 5kg!
Tri's - Pink woo hoo!!! Defo go up, I did hard at the beggining but finishes with kick backs
Bis - OWWWWWWWWWWWW!! New move, an underhand row you bring up to above your belly button, thay make you whack on extra weight to do this which isn't so bad as you can go heavier - THEN they make you do bicep curls again with the extra weight waaaahhhh! BonJovi makes up for it though
Lunges - Not too bad for once!
Shoulders - Ouch! Really, really ouch!
Abs - New move, a plank crunch and it's tough! Esp after that shoulder track heehee!

The reason i'm saying hee hee is i'm not allowed to do Pump for 12 weeks (i've done the new one twice). I'm doing the 12 week challenge at the gym and my god it has been a rollercoaster already and we're only on week 2!!

Earlier this week we did all my measurements and weighing etc and he worked out my body fat % was 26%. Thats not too high but I was devastated, really thought all the work and effort I've put in had been for nothing Anyhoo, turns out he worked it out from 4 skinfolds not 7 so my correct % is 21.6. Much better! My goals are to build muscle and get to 18% body fat.

We've really stepped up the training and Pump has had to go, replaced by more intense resistance training (his words - "if you can still do Pump, you're not training hard enough ) and I am doing interval training twice a week. Did that for the first time today and I swear I have never worked so hard in my life! In 40 mins I burned 800Cals , couldn't believe it!!! So chuffed. My body wasn't very happy though, I ate about half an hour later and then threw up Not sure why but I think maybe I shouldn't have done a step class before training

Bec - How exciting, this weekend!!! I bet you'll surprise yourself! Are you still doing Pump 66 or are they mixing it up yet? If their mixing you HAVE to request tricep track from Pump 27 OMG it;s a killer

Glad everyone is back on board

[C~Q]

You're all back! YAy!

Guess I spoke too soon :P

How did your run go Bec??