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Shred for Couchto5Kers and anybody else

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 06/09/2011 20:51

This thread is a spin off from the CouchTo5k 2011 Pt 3, where some of us decided that as well as doing the C25K we would try the Shred (preferably wearing purple nail varnish)

All Shredders are welcome, not just those from the C25k thread (and not just those with purple nails).

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RatherBeOnThePiste · 12/09/2011 16:08

Trim - get the big T shirt and brazen it out. Be bold.

RatherBeOnThePiste · 12/09/2011 16:07

Shredded - is it because you have built up so much muscle shredding and running and now look like this?

PS Just jesting... I have met Shredded and she is gorgeous and slim and looks nothing like that Grin

shreddedandnotatallsmug · 12/09/2011 13:14

Gah, day 8 today, and despite shredding every day, running yesterday and declining almost all the wine offered to me for the last week my trousers are no less snug Angry.

Linzer you can never have too much nail polish Grin

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 12/09/2011 11:47

i've ordered a set of weights from Amazon, hopefully they will come in time for Weds. I have given up on the ones DH bought, they are horrible to hold, haven't got round to getting tennis racket grip. My 1kg ones are definitely too light for the bicep curls and chest sequence and the one we ou squat and pull them backwards. I think I will probably stay on Level 1 till I have established the hewvier weights.

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LinzerTorte · 12/09/2011 10:27

Right, it looks like it will have to be 2.0 kg weights in either dark blue (?12.62) or purple (?16). But if I can get my order up to ?20, I could have the purple ones with free postage, at ?13, so there's no contest. But what else do I need from Amazon? (I'd already placed two other orders this morning, before I realised - aargh!)

LinzerTorte · 12/09/2011 10:14

Hmm, now wondering whether I should buy myself some new weights (despite the fact that I haven't even done Day 3 yet). Most of the time I wish I had lighter ones, but I think I could cope with heavier ones for the exercises where you're lying down and bring the weights together. But should I go for 1.5 kg or 2 kg? It all depends on the colour.

GettinTrimmer · 12/09/2011 10:08

Day 7 - tick too, and using heavier weights!! I am now on the purpley pink ones

Pistey & WhoKnows - I know the ones you mean, they are hard, after the chest buoys called anterior raises.

I cannot do the shred on Thursday/Friday/early next week as we have a plasterer in. Oh sod it, maybe I can, just wear a big t-shirt, or get up earlier and do it Hmm

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 12/09/2011 09:08

That one makes my arms shaky Pistey. I'm worried that if I watch too much more of this I might start calling people "buddy". Still couldn't finish the first cardio set though! I really ought to get that sorted before I move onto Level 2.

I find the last set of abs hard too, but its the front of my thighs that are the problem, not the abs themselves. Think there's a theme here, which is that my legs are too heavy!

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Nagoo · 12/09/2011 08:13

day 4 aborted due to 3 hours sleep an hangover

will attempt today's session this afternoon when boy is , finally, at school!

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 12/09/2011 07:15

Day 7 - tick.

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RatherBeOnThePiste · 12/09/2011 07:04

7 for me later. In a way I'll be glad to do something different. I'm fine with the cardio bit, and I love anything that let's me lie on the floor. But the ones I find hard are the lunges, ESP that one where you go side to side, lifting the weights in front of your eyes. Tis a killer for me and I wish I was shorter so my eyes were lower!!

shreddedandnotatallsmug · 12/09/2011 00:19

I did day 7 today. Getting scarily close to level 2 Shock.

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 11/09/2011 21:24

Pistey - had me going then!

Right, have run tonight, now I have put out my next set of exercise clothes alongside my regular clothes for the morning (I do Flylady too, Mumsnet really has taken over my life).

I simply cannot finish the first cardio set. The one with the jumping jacks and the pretend skipping. My legs just turn to jelly and my lungs threaten to explode. The rest isn't too bad, although I probably ought to be pushing lower with the lunges etc.

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RatherBeOnThePiste · 11/09/2011 20:14

technically that should say Day 6

RatherBeOnThePiste · 11/09/2011 20:13

me too WhoKnows - level 6 = tick

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 11/09/2011 12:51

Really doesn't help when the DCs start crawling under your legs when you are doing the lunges!

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 11/09/2011 11:40

Day 6 - done.

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shreddedandnotatallsmug · 11/09/2011 00:31

It's Saturday night here now Grin

RatherBeOnThePiste · 11/09/2011 00:16

If you come sneaking back on Sweaty, I say to you - GO BACK AND GET ON WITH YOUR WORK

Hello to anyone else

shreddedandnotatallsmug · 10/09/2011 22:26

yes pistey, I am going to shower and swot Smile

shreddedandnotatallsmug · 10/09/2011 22:26

WhoKnows, that sounds a good idea.

shreddedandnotatallsmug · 10/09/2011 22:25

I meant Hmm of course. Took me a while to work out what I'd done wrong Grin!

shreddedandnotatallsmug · 10/09/2011 22:24

Tee hee pistey, I'm done. And I thought my 2lb weights were a bit too easy for one of the exercises. So it looks like I'll have to order the 3lb's twin that I didn't get the other day Grin

Jelli - I hope to run and shred too tomorrow.

I don't know if it's a side-effect of the exercise, or because I was on my own mot of the week, but I've drunk lot less Wine this week than usual. I may try to keep that up too [sceptical]

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 10/09/2011 22:14

Mine are only 1kg, definitely need some more. I have a little problem in that years ago DH bought me a set of dumbbells which are adjustable from 1 to 5 kg, which I have never liked as they are entirely metal and I prefer a soft grip, my hands get sweaty, my 1kg ones are even older and nice soft grip. So I'd like to ditch these metal ones and get more soft ones, but DH would be upset, he said tonight that they had been quite expensive. Poor DH, I am not an easy person to buy presents for, I remember thinking when I unwrapped them all those years ago what on earth was he thinkinv when he bought those? Maybe I should just get some tennis racket grip and put it on them.

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JelliBelli · 10/09/2011 21:59

Whoknows I agree with you about needing different weights. so now I have a nifty collection of weights and use the heaviest I can whilst still maintaining good form throughout the exercise. It doesn't take long to learn which weights you need for which exercise and it only take 1 second to swap.

I'm hoping to run and shred tomorrow but I'll have to run in the morning or I'll never feel up to it if I've shredded beforehand.