Exercise routines, tips and chatter?

Yay congrats!!! How exciting for you! I loved modifying exercises when I was pregnant. It makes you feel so good to know you are doing something so healthy for yourself and the baby :cheer: As for step...hmmm, there is a preggers woman at my gym that does it. Personally I wouldn't but only because I would be too worried about falling off. If you talk to a PT I think you'll find that you can do most things, you may just have to modify a few. Good luck!!

Bec, do you find it's cheaper getting food delivered? I'm thinking about doing that for toilet roll etc.

Hello everyone else :hello:

Thanks Bec and Rachel, and yes, I'll think I'll give the bungeenatal a skip. Don't want my milk going all clotty :p And definatly not ducking out. You can't get rid of me that easily ;)

Unfortunatly for me - no ??-natal anything around :( Just plain gym, so that is where I am sticking. I told my instructor today. Told her to keep an eye on me and stop me before I do something dangerous or stupid. She said she will take good care of me. She have three kids (one set of twins) so she knows her stuff. Her reaction was priceless, I think the deaf old lady across the street could hear her scream! About the step, Rachel, it's not that I don't WANT to step. I did step up until a month and a half before dd was born. I loved it, I just did a normal step when they jumped and kept my eyes on my feet, to make sure I would not miss the bench.
It's that DH is on my case about being carefull and not over doing it and he is concerned about little bug. So I told him I will drop the step classes until we had a chance to speak to my gyne. If the gyne says it's fine (I have strong doubts that he will :( ), then I'll take up step again, but until then I am taking it easy. Also going to take up walking more. You know parking far from the shop, that kind of stuff. Just to get some cardio in. Don't know if I would be able to keep it up, because winter is around the corner. But until then ... these boots are made for walking. :) :lol:

Rachel, yes and no. I don't have a car, so if DP is here with his car then it's fine to go shop, but i don't see him or enjoy shopping enough to waste the time together in a supermarket when we could in out having fun or lazing about in bed or whatever. This time i spent ?80, the delivery cost ?4 but i saved ?4.99 on various multibuys (like 6 packs of ?1.09 wipes for ?5, 3 packs of ?3.99 nappies for ?10 etc.) so it kind of paid for itself that way. I do it with Asda (wallmart) online and you can fill the basket and then not check out if you don't think it's worth having it brought, then print out the list and go and buy it by hand instead. I don't like getting fruit and veg that way because *some* assistants choose it as if it were for them, but some just don't care and you get the bruised stuff you wouldn't have chosen yourself iykwim.

I've done nothing since my long run on Sunday! Monday was a rest day, Tuesday and Wednesday my friend and her 2 kids were here and they just left this morning so i'm planning Bodypump tonight and maybe a short recovery run this afternoon (5k tops).

I'm SOOOO tired from sleeping with DD in my bed for 2 nights and getting up at 7 to feed and change and dress 3 kids at 7am. Was great fun though, i can see the point of a bigger family now more than ever!

Bx

So are everyone on vacation :p

I have a new upper-ab exercise for you all *evil*

Lay down on your back, knees bent, with both calves on a fitball. Put your arms out straight (90 deg with your body) Lift one leg up straight in the air. Now, while breating out, twist and crunch and with your other arm, touch your toes!!! So if you lift your left leg, your right hand goes to your toes and visa versa. Flex the foot in the air for some extra leg-muscle burn. Yeah baby :cryinglaugh:

I loved it. :) Was great for that abs just below my boobs.

We have a loooooong weekend comming up. Next week we have vacation on Monday, Thursday AND Friday. Class are closed on Monday, Wednesday I have to work full day. So only Friday for me next week.

Enjoy your weekend ladies!!

I have been a little slack - so far this week have only ridden to work twice and run home from work once. However I took 10 min off my run time from 2 weeks ago so that was a positive. I will try to get out for a run again today......

I've been good, stuck to the new routine. Because i've dropped Attack i've picked up two spinning classes - agghhhhh! I HATE spinning, but quietly I am coming around to it :) Also no gym yesterday as it was Anzac day and secretly I was very relieved because I was knackered! New routine is...

Mon - Pump/Step
Tues - Spin (morn)/Combat (afternoon)
Wed - Combat/Pump
Thurs - Step
Fri - Pump/Step
Sat - Spin

I am really feeling the extra class but i'm sure i'll get used to it. I'm also really struggling with my squat weight (20K) which I think is because of the spin classes. I'm seriously considering dropping the weight down but I really don't want to. It kinda feels like i'd be going backwards but I know my technique is suffering. Hmm, might have to have a word with my Instructor.

Nadine - that ab workout sounds nasty!! we did something new the other day (not for abs) it was a normal push up, on toes of course :) but when you lower your self down, you bring one knee up to the elbow. OMG it is soooo hard!

Happy exercising everybody :)

PS - Bec, try Combat. You never know whether or not you'll like it till you try it :)

I'm grinding it out on the streets for my 10k RachelM, so no extra LM for me just yet - maybe after September :)

Did 6miles this morning. Am sick of having colds which then make me take time off and ruin my training! I was supposed to be running 70mins this morning, which SHOULD have been about 6.5 miles (slow and easy 11min miles for my longest run of the week) but instead ran 6 in 68mins then quit ahead of my knees quitting. Actually i felt not too bad but i still should be farther ahead in my training. My 10k is in 3 weeks, so not too much time to up my distance. This time last year i was running 30km/week, this year it's more like 22k! Bloody colds.... That said i'm training smarter this year so maybe that will count for something on race day. Next sunday is a 7miler and the week after an 8miler, so hopefully the 6mile race will feel easy ish.

Rachel to keep your squat weight up try eating a very carby/proteiny meal on Monday and tuesday nights - REALLY hit it, you need to replace your glycogen stores. Try to eat something with protein and carb within 30mins of stopping pump and spin and consider taking your weight down for Pump on Wednesday only as that'll be the day when you have the least stored glycogen. Hydrate really well too. Maybe that will help.

Bx

THREAD ROLLCALL

Dee? - did you find time to start getting regular exercise? How's it all going?

Feathertop? - What have you been doing? You got a routine to share? :)

Kazbah? - How's tricks hun?

Laranna? - News? Views? Not long to go for you now, do you have post-birth exercise plans yet? ;)

Loqua? - Where are you lady? What's happening with you?

Nadine? - How you feeling hun? Hope MS and 1st-tri exhaustion aren't keeping you down too much. You been doing much?

Nai? - How's that running coming along? And when is your next triathlon?

RachelM? - What you been up to this week hun? Your posts are always so inspiring :D

Ruth08? - You still doing your Les Mills classes? What's your routine like?

Tanstar? - How's your PG going? You getting any exercise in now you're rocking the 2nd tri?

Did i miss anyone?

Me - Well, first some news... In February i said:

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I want to get up to 12kg squats and back, 10kg lunges, 9kg shoulders and chest and 7kg triceps by the start of summer (end of May?) i think... Hmmm maybe i should write a plan?

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Well, i have beaten than already! I now lift 15kg squats, 12kg lunges and back, 9kg chest and biceps and 7kg triceps and shoulders (not that we use the bar much this release). I'm now going to work on getting my squats to 20kg and my lunges to 15kg (i have realised it's not realistic to try to be lifting as much for lunges..lol).

In addition i am 2 weeks out from my first 10k race of the year, and on Thursday night i ran 10k in training in 58:35 a Personal Record for me :D I cannot BELIEVE i can beat the hour now. It's been worth the hard work finally!

COme on then folks, tell us yours..

Bx

No triathlons for me until November now (it's winter on this side of the world brrrr!!) but this week I rode to work twice and did 2 x 5km runs and today I did a 50km road cycle. So I'm doing ok. I ran home from work lat week and cut about 5-8min off my time from the previous run so I was rapt with that (it's about 6.km).

:) love your insentive Bec. Get the thread up and moving again! Congratulations on exceding your goal!!! AND setting up a new personal best for the 10k!!

Thanks for asking. I do feel a bit better from the flu, but the stuff (TMI) sliding down my gullet are making me soooooo sick and on top of a small case of m/s ... well, I just feel cr@p :cryinglaugh:

Have not been to the gym since LAST monday :o It's been looong weekend and I was just to tired and sick to get up for class on Friday. I skipped today too, still not feeling good. I am going to try and go wednesday, though. I really need the "mental-break" I am freaking out a bit about this pregnancy, about having a second child, about my first just starting to sleep through and now getting a new sleepless baby. And my body is screaming for some exercise ... I am already feeling fatter :p

Woohoo Bec! Under an hour that's fantastic! Well done for pushing your weights up. It's not that hard is it? Before you do it you think there is no way I couldlift that, then when you do it seems so attainable!

I''ve been off since Fri as it was the long weekend and MIL was here so I felt bad leaving her. Enjoyed the break though :)

I've booked my tickets to England and i'm going to buy a book of passes to use at my Mums gym. (pounds)90 for 20 passes :o that's about $180 which is nearly 4 months of my gym membership! The things we do for fitness!

Doing cycle in about an hour and I can barely keep my eys open, I had a terrible nights sleep last night. Georgia kept coughing and I couldn't go back to sleep :( I hate tossing and turning but my mind is spinning with all the things I have to organise before I go.

Nadine, it's a shame you're feeling bad, I hope you feel better soon. I read somewhere that you shouldn't get out of bed in the morning till you've had a cup of tea and some biscuits so get on to hubby :)

Nai, nice work with cutting your time! It must be freezing down in Melb brrrr!!

Take care everyone xxx

I think it's the winter weather :cryinglaugh:

Is nobody doing anything anymore??

I'm not ... It's been a more than a week since my last confession. I have been working in DH's shop in the morings (m/s and all) so gym is only a faded memory. I miss it though. And I have picked up about 2kg's :o , I think it's mostly in my boobs, because ... wowsa!!

Bec - how did the race go?? what was your time??

Rachel - thanks hun, I am feeling much, much better with regards to the flu. Morning sickness .... WHOLE other ballgame :lol:

I am off for a dinner date with DH *nice ;) * We have FINALLY sold a coldstorage room (that was becoming the biggest white elephant in the history of the universe) today, so we are going celebrating :)

Hi!

Actually it's coming into summer here, so i've no weather excuses... ;)

My race was to be this Sunday, the 18th, and...i can't race. Right after the run i reported above, with my new PR being under 60mins, i got a mild foot injury. I rested it and iced it and a few days later tried a short run. It kicked in again after only a mile. So, four more days off and a lot more ice and such. Then last Saturday i ran 5k, felt great, had fun. Got in and felt fine. Walked about in very flat unsupportive shoes on Saturday night and Sunday. Got up on Monday unable to bear weight i was in so much pain.

Awful. There is something extensive happening because i have pain in my left sacral joint, left quad, left knee, right hip, right knee and right foot. I'm now on official rest until Bodypump on Tuesday. I had to miss pump this week because i was in pain just standing, and i couldn't put DD in the carrier as usual and i decided even if i could heal in time for the race i wasn't going to risk making it worse, since it was interfering with my life so much. I tired a swim on Tues instead of Pump and even THAT hurts.

So here i am, it's sunny outside and i can't run. My house looks great though - i have Spring cleaned it to within an inch of itself. It looks like a new place! LOL.

Bx

Aww Bec, that is to bad. I hope that injury is not to serious, could be you just pulled something really bad. At least you got lots of exercise spring-cleaning :)

I am going to gym on wednesday, really ... seriously. I am sooo tired, I am eagerly awaiting second trimester energy boost!!!!

That sucks Hoobley. Rest up.

I shouldn't have read this thread. All it does is give me guilt about not running anymore! I used to run 10km 3-5 times a week as training, and then race on Saturday's with a local club. I suppose I could still run 10km but my time would be crap compared to what I was doing. I have no idea where my motivation went!

Slyder your motivation is over the next hump in the road, if you get running now you'll catch it!!!

I am still technically injured, though i could probably run ok now. I had to miss pump last week so i'm giving myself until tomorrow (7 whole days) off and then going to pump to see how i go. My foot feels ok again and i'm wearing an ankle/foot brace to help a little. There's still something weird going on with my sacrum but i'm always shonky in my pelvis when AF is here so that's no surprise really. Often a good run sorts it out.

I can't wait to get out there. I'm going to try a gentle 5k on Wednesday if the weather's nice, with a few stops for stretching and a break at 3k for some abs work. I have decided i'm a jogger and i'm going to embrace that, and not worry about continuous running distance or speed too much. I know i can run 10 under an hour, which was my aim when i began all this. I also know i couldn't get too much faster without a) losing weight and b) seeing a chiro. I can't afford b and i'm not interested in a, so here we are.

I can't WAIT to do pump though.

How unfit are you now Slyder? Why not try a wee 5k and see if your mojo is out there on the road? Just jog it, it's only 30mins of running, see how you feel. Remember to get decent shoes!

Bx

To jog 5km takes only 30 minutes??

If you're someone who used to run 30-50k a week yes! If you're just beginning then no. But 5k is about 3 miles and 10mins/mile is a relatively average pace for someone who is used to running. With the jogger and DD i run 5k in about 33mins, on my own more like 25.

Bx

LOL Thanks - I was thinking ... I can't run 5 km in 30 minutes!! Heck, I don't even think I can run 1 km!!!

I am thinking about taking up jogging after this pg. Want to get my body back asap - not strugling for a year like with dd. And I think it might be fun AND it's cheaper than going to the gym. Money is going to be tight, come nr 2.

I definatly know who's number I'll be calling for some info and guideance :) :)

That's great that you keep a list of your daily routines on exercising. For me, I've been quite busy with my work so I just to take some exercise programs onlin eto keep my body fit.

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How unfit are you now Slyder? Why not try a wee 5k and see if your mojo is out there on the road? Just jog it, it's only 30mins of running, see how you feel. Remember to get decent shoes!

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Not that unfit, but crap compared to what I was doing. I was starting to get near 45mins for 10km and running 4m:20sec kilometres over the shorter courses (ie. 5-6km).

Since I moved out of the city and into the country my motivation has gone. I thought it would be the opposite but I find endless paddocks and sheep actually quite boring to run by. I like the variety of the city and suburbs it seems. Blah. Harden up Slyder.

Good luck with your programme, Hoobley. Good to see you so committed.

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Harden up Slyder.
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Hee hee, that's going to be my motto for my PT clients! It's one of DH's favourite sayings (usually with a naughty word in the middle!). His other one is "dry your eyes princess"!

So Slyder...Harden up, dry you eyes and DROP AND GIVE ME 20!!! (or jump up and give me 10K's!) :p

Seriously though I really believe that you have to schedule in exercise. I think you need to make an appointment with yourself, put it in the diary and stick to it. If you don't give yourself a choice then there is no reason not to do it - you just do it. I don't think anyone leaves the gym or finishes a run and wishes they hadn't done it!

Last week I managed to add another class to my week! I figure if 'm going to teach Pump then I have to get my body used to doing a few days in a row so now it's looking pretty scary...
Mon - Pump, Step
Tues - Cycle, Combat
Wed - Combat, Pump
Thurs - Step, Pump
Fri - Pump, Step
Sat - Cycle

Luckily I'm off to England on Tues so all this will resume when I get back. I'm going to try and go to the gym when i'm in England but I know it's going to be hard to balance seeing everyone I want to see and not missing out on anything to go to the gym. The thing is and what people don't understandis that fitness leaves you so quickly, if I don't do anything for 6 weeks then everything I have worked so hard for the last 16 months will be for nothing :( I don't want to come back and have to start again building up my strength and stamina. I want to come back, finish my Cert 3, get Combat certified and go straight into my Cert 4 to becoome a PT.

Ok, whinge over! I will be a super organised, multi-tasking mother and do everything!

Take care everyone, hope you are all great! :hug:

There is NO WAY you can lose 16 months of fitness in 6 weeks! And you KNOW that! Sure, it'll be tough to get back into it for the first few weeks, but guess what; DRY YOUR EYES PRINCESS! You can do LM in England if you get time, and if you don't get time then you're gonna have fun working your butt off to get back into the groove! Life is a balancing act, things shouldn't get in the way of other things, enjoy your fitness but let go of any anxiety about it. As someone who has been fretting about (non-existant) weight gain due to not running i can tell you it's NOT WORTH IT.

It's funny, my pump instructor NEVER does 2 days in a row, but she does do 6 classes a week. She does them back to back. Like on Tues she does pump 6.30pm-7.30pm and 8pm-9pm (at two different gyms). She says it's easier than going every day. Just a thought for you.

My foot is STILL injured but i'm lifting more and more in pump. I'm going to try a wee run later today, nice and slow and see how i go...

In Pump i'm now lifting 7kg warm-up, 17kg squats, 9kg chest, 15kg back, 9kg triceps, 9kg biceps, 14kg lunges and 9kg shoulders (when using the bar). Next week i'm hitting 20kg with the squats to see if i can do it! :D I'm loving feeling so stong and my endomorphic body is loving it too - you should SEE my biceps! LOL.

Bx

Nice one! I'm over in the UK now and Mum doesn't have broadband and their comp is really slow so I won't be on here much. I did Pump last night and i'm going to try and get to the gym at least 3/4 times a week and if not i'm not going to fret about it.

Loving being back (just don't ask about the flight :( ) i'd forgotten how beautiful and green the countryside is, all the rolling hills...it's so pretty.

I managed 20kg squats. I don't even have DOMS, after all that! So i don't know what my new target will be... I found my lower back suffered if anything. It didn't hurt as in an injury, but i feel like i need to get stronger there to be able to maintain good form while lifting more...

Bx

Hello Hoobley, Nadine, Rachel and anyone else who frequents this thread.

I have been reading through it and am totally impressed at the efforts of you super-fit ladies.

I started my fitness routine last month and am totally loving it. I am getting fitter and I am really enjoying being active.

I aim for a minimum of 4 hours of huffy-puffy activity a week and most weeks are a combination from the list below.

Mon: BodyStep (which I hate) or a run (which I hate too but not as much as Step!)
Tue: BodyJam --which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Wed: BodyPump
Thu: BodyAttack
Fri: BodyCombat
Sat: BodyJam
Sun: Bike ride or a long walk.

Can you go through what weights you are using in each of the sets for Pump Hoobley? I'm starting to learn the routine so it would be good to have some weights as guidelines / goals. At the moment I grab 2.5. 1.25 & 0.5 kg weights and mix and match, but means that greatest weight is only 8.5kg on the bar. I think I need more for the squats...not sure.

This thread is really inspirational so I hope to hear from you all about what you are up to.

Hi Chalalan :hello: Glad our mumbo-jumbo has you fired up and excited :) Sounds like a lovely routine. Goodluck with it and congratulations on keeping it up for a month already.

I hang my head in shame :redface: This pg is getting to me more than what I thought it would

I have tried going back to gym (was there for about two weeks) and I KNOW I will SUFFER when I get back after this little puddle is born, but I have no motivation or energy!! And it being winter and me getting every flu going around, is not helping.

I have picked up a wopping 5 kg's already and are so out of breath it's disgracefull. I am already planning my BIG COME-BACK in March next year ... so be on the look-out!!!

Nadine i can't wait for your comeback! :)

Be gentle with yourself hun, i fully intend to exercise through my next PG, but you know what, if my body tells me it's not up for it, i'm going to LISTEN to that and relax! There is the rest of your non-PG life to get the kg's off and get that buff body again, there's no reason to spend your PG feeling disappointed in yourself JUST for being PG! Exercise will always be here, grow your baby, do what you feel like doing, don't stress!

Hey Chalalan! WELCOME! I'm glad you're encouraged by our ramblings too! My god, your week looks hectic, i couldn't cope with doing 4 of those options! LOL. ATM my weeks looks like this:

Monday: buggy run (though not been today yet... might go later) 5k-ish
Tuesday: swim (sometimes, only about 500m), Bodypump 60min
Thursday: run 5k-ish
Saturday: buggy run 7k-ish

But we are soon (at the next release, so in 2 weeks :)) going to pick up a step on Tuesday and shift pump to thursday...don't know when i'll fit a run in then...

My weights at bodypump are not really how they advise (your instructor will usually be able to say "take a third off for this" or "double your xx weight for the yy track" so talk to them) but here goes. All these are total weight on the bar:
warm-up: 7kg
squats: 20kg
chest: 10kg
back: 15kg
triceps: 9kg bar, 5kg disc for overhead presses at the end
biceps: 9kg
lunges: 15kg
shoulders: 2.5kg in each hand for side/front raises, 9kg/bar
abs: 5kg plate on the opposite shoulder for diagonal crunches.

I've been going to Pump for 9 months and only just raised the chest from 9kg, so this didn't happen overnight! :)

While i'm here i think i'll post my new goals for pump...by the end of the year i want to be doing....

warm-up: 9kg
squats: 25kg
chest: 15kg
back: 20kg
triceps: 12kg
biceps: 12kg
lunges: 20kg
shoulders: 12kg/bar

I have found that the big gains were made early on and each new increase now takes me A LOT of work! LOL.


Bx

Thanks for the pep-talk, Bec :) I needed that.

I know I'll bounce right back after this ... it just feels so long to wait.

And to be honest .. I get some exercise :lol: having to dress dd while she has found that I can't really get to her when she is crawling through my legs every time!! Having to rock her little 10kg body to sleep now that she is teething her molars. And just ordinary running and playing ... just hate getting out of breath that quickly :)
And totally off topic, but I noticed last night that it would not be long before I can't bend over into her cot anymore ... I'll have a bump in the way!

Goodluck with your weight goals, they sound ... yummy :p

Oh my goodness Hoobley - I have some yards to put in to get to your weights! But I'll get there. I've got my husband coming to Pump on Wednesdays so we're motivating each other and I've managed to get one of my workmates starting tomorrow too.

I went for a run today at lunch time with one of my collegues (no, not the one I was flisting with - who I have given up flirting with because he's not as interesting as my husband!) and it was really good. I hit my vomit peak right at the end and then it was over! M runs heaps and was good at telling me how to lengthen my stride and breathe.
Will try and do it once a week with him and maybe once a week with DH too.

Nadine - how exciting about your pg! Hoobley is right about having the rest of your life to get your fitness back but I understand how you would be feeling about losing your fitness in the short-term. We have started TTC again for the month that DH is home and I'm in two minds about what I want to happen - I'll be happy to get pg but sad about not meeting my fitness goals. Which is weird, I know, especially as I started this fitness regime to help with PCOS and increase chances of conception.

Talk later and looking forward to staying inspired by you both! :D

Ok, here's how my week shaped up. I'm glad to be having the day off today!

Monday: Run / walk 1 hr
Tuesday: Lunch time run & Body Jam
Wednesday: Pump where I did my lunges with 10kg which I was really pleased about
Thursday: Body Attack - legs were tired and I didn't give it my best to be honest
Friday: OFF - YAY!! Time to recover!

Tomorrow morning DH & I are join another of my workmates at her group training session down at one of the local parks. Its supposed to be torturous, and its going to be raining so I dont know how we're going to go. I'm looking forward to it though and I'll let you know how it goes.

How was everyone else's week? Nadine, I'm thinking about you heaps and hoping that you're feeling better. I wish I could come and look after your little one while pushing you out the door to go and do something good for yourself. Take care of you.
How were your workouts this week Hoobley?
Are you back home in Aus Rachael? How is the Combat certification coming along?

Well so far i've only done Pump! I know, TERRIBLE! On Monday it was too windy to run with the stroller, Tuesday i did pump, Thursday i was a t a freind's graduation and out and about all day, so no time and today i've just sat here and not gone! I'll go tomorrow for sure, there's a Radiohead concert in my park (i live right at the edge of it) tonight for which a stage etc. had to be put up so for the last week there's been a metal POW camp-style fence around much of it. It really angers me actually - sure i can see you need to fence it to ticket it properly for the concert, but for a WEEK beforehand!? DOn't think so...

So i'm still looking for my mojo it seems...

We're going to take up Step at the next launch so then i'll be doing 2 classes/week, will probably help, as will, when it happens, being able to see the park out of my window again, rather than a 12foot dark green metal wall....

Bx

Well, I got some exercise in this morning ... between 3am and 5am!! Had to rock dd to sleep ... lovely :P

Thanks for the better wishes, Chalalan and for offering a helping hand, but to be honest, I might just fight you to stay in bed rather than you pushing me out the door ;)

Bec, if you find your mojo, just tell it to send mine home as well ... please!!!

Enjoy your weekend!!!

I'm back! Had a fabulous time in England , did nothing but eat so I have a lot of work to do!!! On my best week I went to the gym 4 times and my worst, well...none! But I really don't care, I had the best time and I went when I could.

I am booked in to go to the gym today but sleeping is so up the creek with myself and the little ones so i'll probably wait till tomorrow, couldn't even get myslef to sleep last night till about 2am - agghhhh.

Anyhoo, will probably stick to my old routine just drop my waits a bit at first in Pump.

Great to see everyone is so motivated still, keep up the good work!!!

HELLOOOO PEOPLE!!!

I hope you're all out running or something! How is everyone? Whats everyone up to???

I have been back at the gym for 2 weeks now and OUCH! Everything is going really well except for Pump :( Still not up to my pre holiday weights with Squats and Biceps but everything else is fine. Squats I know I can do if I push it but with Biceps it's just not happening! I'm only doing 5K (total) which is too light but the next step up is 7.5 and too heavy. I can't even have a second bar to switch to as the class is too busy. Ahh well, i'll just have to man up!

Swapped my routine around again so it now looks like this...
Mon - Pump and Step
Tues - Cycle and Combat
Weds - Combat and Pump
Thurs - Step and Pump
Fri - Attack and Balance
Sat - Combat and maybe Pump if i'm feeling up for it!

I decided to drop a Pump on Fri and do Balance instead. For those that don't know it's a combination of Yoga, Pilates and Thai Chi. I did it when I was pregnant and then brushed it off for more intense classes but I really feel like i'm pushing myself at the moment so it's really important to take at least an hour a week to really stretch and focus myself.

This weekend I have the workshop for my Cert 3. I'm really nervous as i've forgotten most of what I learnt 3 months ago! So it's head down for me at the moment. After the workshop I have to do some assessments and 20 hours work experience and that is it...i'm a qualified Fitness Instructor!!! Then i'll start my Cert 4 which will make me a Personal Trainer. As soon as I do my Cert 3 it means I can go for my Combat certification...eeeck! I have been thinking lately that I might do Pump first which I think will be easier to teach and when I feel confident teaching then i'll think about Combat. I'll have to get my weights up a bit first.

The Pump weekend workshop is apparently, unbelievably hectic! My friend has done it and said that 3 people threw up :sick: it was that hard!!

Fun, fun - what we put ourselves through!

Oh and I read a couple of inspiring running quotes at the gym today for all you runners out there...

"It doesn't matter how fast you run when chasing a dream"
"We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon."
"Ask yourself: "Can I give more?". The answer is usually: "Yes"
"Running is like mouthwash; if you can feel the burn, it's working"
"Good things come slow - especially in distance running."
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go"

I love them!

Hope someone pops in soon xxxx

Hi Racheal!!

I'm so happy for you getting your Cert 3. All that hard work paying off.

Your routine sounds hectic, but of course if this is what you want to to for a living, well then it has to be hectic ;) And that Balance class sounds awsome. I sometimes hate living in the rural areas :( If I were in the city, there would be so much more different classes I would be able to do *sigh*

I have not been in gym for the last two months *crying my heart out* Tbh, I am just not up to getting up in the morning and are sqeezeing in every last second of sleep out of the day. I told my DH last night that with my first pg I felt great and was so active and relaxed and just enjoyed the whole experiance. But this one is getting me under. I still feel m/s'ish during the day, I get terrible tummy aches, atrousious heartburn and just feel BLAH 23 hours of the day .... little tanty over :lol:

I am already planning my "come-back" for next year. I'll definatly be wringing some tips out of my own personal BB PT :p

Goodluck with the workshop this weekend and the Pump workshop (sounds scary!!)

OMG Rachel i WAS running when you posted that :D

My weeks are all over the place because XP took a new job which is in another town 4 days on, 4 days off, which means i can't go to ANY regular classes!

So my pump looks like this:
2 weeks @ lunctime on a Monday
2 weeks @ evening on a Tuesday
2 weeks @ evening on a Thursday

Keeping pump up is hard enough so adding Step is on hold but i DID just buy myself a step to use in the house during naptime if i want. Most weeks i am doing pump x1, step (about 40-60mins of various moves i got online, with abs and freeweights work in there too) x2 and one or two runs a week. I totally lost my running mojo and am only just beginning to get it back now, and i STILL have a sore foot but i'm pretty sure at this stage it's soft-tissue strain from wearing DD, (she's 15kg now) which i'm not willing to give, so i'm just running slower and longer and not thinking too much ahead or "training".

Today i did about 50mins running of mainly 11-12min/miles with 2 sets of 3x100m hill sprints in there too. Then i stretched, did 2 1min planks, one 30sec half-plank and a few leg extensions. Then DD, still stuck in the jogger, threw my water bottle over me and i saw her point so we went in. It's scorching here today, so i was glad to be running before 10am!

Rachel my pump instructors won't let you do them more than 3 times a week or without a day off in between - maybe if you're training for certs they do though? Re: the biceps, can you not switch to using donuts and stick 3 each side for that track? That'd be 6kg...? Depends though, if you have a lot of folk in the classes there might not be enough for you to hog 6 :)

I went to Monday's class and there were only 12 of us, only one guy. There was only ONE woman lifting the same as/more than me (she has superstrong triceps it would seem...)! Can't believe it!

Talking of triceps...i am really struggling this release! It's the dips at the end. I took my bar down to 7 (from 9) and i STILL can't complete the dips, even with my feet flat!

Bx

Hello everyone!

I don't know where we are so I'm just gonna jump in.

I've just started running (Whoopeee!) in the last 5 days and in that time, i've gone from running 50m non-stop to 400m non-stop! I am so proud! I'm going to do that for the next 3 days (i run in stops and starts as that's the best I can do right now), have a rest day (either walk instead of a complete rest) then try for 600m (1 1/2 laps). I've lost 7kgs in just over a month (About 5 weeks) and I'm hoping to lose another 8 by DDs birthday in 6 weeks. I won't be too upset if it doesn't happen but it's good to have a goal to focus on. Once I reach that weight, I won't feel fat anymore! ^_^ I already fit into the dress i'm going to wear at her birthday party, but it'll fit better soon :D

Wow socks! That's amazing!

Check out the couch to 5k thread for links to a great interval (stop start) running programme :)

Bx

There you all are!

Nadine - I totally understand where you're coming from. When I was pregnant with DD1 I was soo tired all the time. It's completely different being pregnant with a small one running around and getting under your feet! I used to look back at my first pregnancy and think wow, what luxuary! The important thing IS to get lots of rest and take of yourself and your little one :hug:

Bec - Haha I thought you would be running :clap: hope you like the quotes! Very cool that you got a Step, if you go to Les MIlls.com there is a "learn the moves" page. If you click on Body Step it will show you all the different moves that they do and you can put them all together to some music! It's a real shame you can't get to any Body Step classes, they're really great fun. I wish I could come over and babysit for you!

You are supposed to leave 24 hours between Pumps but I figure instructors do it way more than that and i'm going to have to get my body ready for it otherwise i'm going to crumble in a heap when I start teaching every day!

The smallest weights we have in the gym are 1.25's so I can only go from 5 to 7.5 :rolleyes: like I said i'm just going to deal with it - it's all in my head. IKWYM about the Triceps - ouch! I hate dips at the best of times but after a full tricep track...nasty. What ever you do DON'T STOP! Try leaning back on the bench into your triceps instead, it's a lower option and heaps better than stopping. I only did the new Pump a couple of times and now we're back to mixing it up again.

Socks - 7kg's in a month is great! Well done. Make sure you don't go any faster than that though. It's best to lose around 1k a week through a negative balance of between 2000 and 4000KJ per day. They say at least 1250KJ of that loss should be through physical activity and the most effective form of KJ expenditure is aerobic activity so running is great! You never know, you might even have to go out and buy a new dress to show off your new body!