Does anyone else enjoy doing weights/kettle bells/trx training?

Yes, she´s great! Super workouts and from Norn Iron too :)

Tired legs this week...loads on trainingwise, so haven´t had the energy to do my own strength work. I really miss it, but have learned to listen to my body and lay off it if I´m feeling low. Maxing out really fries the central nervous system....

Hello all, I've been lurking on this thread but thought I'd just surface to share my new inspiration. I was looking around for an introduction to kettlebell exercises and discovered .

She has an amazing, strong physique, plus she's a cardiac staff nurse and a qualified Fitness and Extreme Kettlebell Instructor. The fact she manages her workouts and does night shifts at times doubles my respect for her. Plus her accent is so calming, her website is over here if anyone else is interested.

Massive amount of DOMS from extreme spinning, I am walking like a cowgirl that lost her horse

I'm in South Wales so I find not a lot comes up on Ebay that I could feasibly collect you know? Will keep watching just in case. And it's good to know I can at least give it a try without spending too much, if I like it I'd be happy to pay for more equipment.

Congrats on the bootcamp and PT clients Need, sounds like it's all going well.

Lingdilong, I started out following NROL for Women and brought adjustable dumbbells and a barbell. I justified that it was the equivalent of less than 4 months gym membership and I would always be able to sell them at the end. I still had to adjust some of the exercises etc but it was still a great programme to start and I saw a real difference from it. Whereabouts are you, I still have the equipment kicking around unused as have a gym membership at the moment.

Wahey, the threads been resurrected! Just in time for me, I started back with weights yesterday and am following the programme RhondaJean recommended. ~It's the first time I've done a body split before, I've always stuck to funcitonal full body workouts until now so am interested to see how it goes. Chest and tris yesterday, back and bis today and now feel like the top of my body is worked out and sore, whilst my bottom half is all relaxed, really weird! Legs tomorrow which is the part of the programme I'm a bit disappointed in as it mostly depends on machines so may switch things around a bit, although I suppose that defeats the object of following a programme! Would much rather lunge and deadlift than do seated hamstring curls and leg raises though.

Woo hoo - another crossfitter! Not many around these parts...

Glad someone resurrected this thread, was a bit disappointed when it died.

Lingdilong - check out gumtree/ebay etc for 2nd hand weights. Often people buy them then don´t use them... A set of adjustable bumbells would be a great start, as would a medicine ball and a kettlebell.

I started my boot camp about a month ago, so that´s been keeping me busy doing all the programming and have got a handful of PT clients now too. In fact, so busy that my weight training has suffered as I´m knackered doing everything else. Have started it up again a couple of weeks ago and was pleased to see that I hadn´t lost any strength in deadlifts and just a little in back squats (probably mostly rusty technique).

Go on everyone else, check in :)

I have only read the first page and this page of this thread so this may have already been suggested but it sounds like a lot of you would really like crossfit. If you don't know what it is take a look on youtube. It's addictive!

Everything hurts today mainly my arms and abs. I have skinned my knees and they hurt. Oh an I decided to do a gentle intro to spinning by doing a 1hr extreme spin class. Clever
Bootcamp tomorrow, riding lesson Friday and some spin in between

Thanks sleepwhenidie. I'm off on holiday for a while now so I'll definitely be noticing my body get bigger before I even start!! Will take measurements though as I'm really more interested in that than the scales anyway.

Hi everyone, good to see this thread resurrected! How are you all doing?

Welcome lingdilong, great that you are keen to start weightlifting and yes you can definitely get started with some dumbells and body weight exercises . Be aware that for a short period initially when you start lifting that you may feel you are bigger than before, this is just your body's initial reaction - it will settle down and get used to the idea . It may also be a good idea to take lots of body measurements before you start, then repeat every few weeks/once a month to track progress, rather than just relying on the scales. As you build more muscle though, you will burn more calories and so, in the longer term, can eat more without gaining weight - yay!

No weights for me today but a bootcamp session - omg the heat!!
We did squat jumps, burpees, press ups, squat thrusts, lunges, crumps

I hope no-one minds me resurrecting this thread...I'm interested in starting Weight Lifting but not sure where to start. I've been reading the New Rules of Lifting For Women but the routines in there use a Barbell and I don't have money to spend on expensive equipment or gym membership. Can I realistically get started just with a set of decent dumbells? Someone on this thread linked to a Dumbell only workout so I was thinking of mixing that in with the routines on Lifting for Women. Does that sound ok?

I've managed to lose 18 pounds with a low calorie diet and jogging/exercise DVDs but I've been stalled for a couple of months now and despite a decent weight loss I'm frustrated that I've barely dropped a dress size. Everything I've read suggests that weight lifting will help with all this...

This is such an inspiring thread! I've just started a strength training routine at the gym, using mostly cable machines, some bodyweight stuff, and one or two dumbbell and barbell exercises. I'm really enjoying it so far. I do find the barbell area a bit intimidating though - many beefy blokes - hopefully that'll lessen with time?

Is anyone here on Fitocracy ?

Still doing boot camp but I am crippled with Sciatica at the moment vast amounts of drugs and stretches aren't working so work have referred me to a physio (free)
I have now lost 14.5cm from around my belly button - but still no weight

Hi all!

Back to reality after 2 fabulous weeks in Thailand. Super devastated to be back...

Didn´t keep up the usual regime, but did manage a few workouts a week - mostly bodyweight circuits. Looking forward to hitting the weights again :)

I finally took the plunge and have advertised my boot camp on facebook... V nervous and hoping that I have a few crazies turn up. Starts Monday! Scary stuff...

I did a few weeks of IF (Intermittent Fasting) before holiday, just doing 1 fasted day per week. I really liked it, but think I was a bit more lenient on the other days... I usually eat Paleo plus wine and maybe the odd bowl of porridge. Going to be strict after eating and drinking WAY too much for the last fortnight. Fun, but no good long term!

Hi meglet! Think it was me who sent you-welcome

Ok, now I have a few mins, here is my typical gym workout...

5 mins/1km rowing machine to warm up

Superset 15x3 bench press with 25kg on barbell with 30 walking lunges/Bulgarian lunges holding 8kg dumbbells

Superset 15x3 tricep kickbacks with 8kg dumbbells or barbell lying tricep extensions with squats holding 10kg dumbbells

12-15x3 deadlift clean and press with barbell with 20kg

Superset 8x assisted pull ups and tricep dips (25kg on machine...I too do the fish thing unassisted )

Until recently I would then do 15-20 mins HIIT on the stairclimber (1 min on L20, 1 min at L14) but I have injured my abductor and that is now agonising so have had to change...so I do Genecowans burpee thing (see earlier in thread) then 25 jumping lunges straight into 15 push ups with feet on bench or stability ball then 20 squat and jump from side to side of a bench followed by tricep dips or push ups with 6kg rows.

Then a few planks/side planks and a good stretch.

I usually do this Monday and Friday, kickboxing tues and Thurs then often one of either a run, swim or extra gym visit on weds/weekend. I love it all.

I lost about 2 stone in six months from the beginning of 2011, after a year of breastfeeding dc3. I was training about six days a week during that time, diet principally involved lots of protein...typically porridge and berries/banana or toast with almond butter for breakfast, eggs and toast or a big salad with protein for lunch, a skinny latte with one sugar at some point when needing a boost. Snacks of protein /a few raw nuts, half an avocado, miso soup, couple of squares of dark choc. Low carb, high protein dinner with a glass of wine most nights. Went from a good size 14 to an 8 by autumn, smaller than I have been for most of my adult life (even though I have always exercised and been reasonably fit) and I mostly credit the weight training - not to take away from the HIIT at all! I usually eat loads now, although I have kept the protein habit. As long as I keep up the training my weight stays pretty stable - it will be scary interesting getting back on the scales next week after these two weeks of anarchy . will soon get back on track though.

hello! I've been pointed in this direction as I want to know a bit more about TRX machines. Will read through the thread.

Just been beasted challenged, no, in fact BEASTED is correct - by my personal trainer - one hour of kettlebell training (the program her and two other trainers do).

First time I've done a full hour of those. Oh.My.God.

Carb cycling basically means that you vary the amount of carbs you eat each day and divide the week in to low (very few carbs, mainly just from veg) medium and high days. On high days you still ideally try to get your carbs from unprocessed sources such as oatmeal, sweet potato, quinoa, brown rice etc, not bread and chocolate unfortunately! The idea is to consume higher carbs on the days you train and to eat them before and after your training session when your body needs them the most. Will try and link to an article later which will explain it far better than that!

I just hang there twitching like a fish on a hook perfect imagery

what is carb cycling?

Glad some people are getting down to it because I'm not! Am fitting in my runs (because I must) and not much else at the moment. Had been planning on doing carb cycling throughout this month but after a week I ended up feeling drained and exhausted so clearly was missing something. Decided to go back to just regular eating until I reduce my mileage again but I am now overindulging, especially in bread and easter eggs which makes me feel equally lethargic. Really struggling to find a balance at the moment.

Good news is that I have my chin up bar installed and am determined to at least manage one full one before the year is out. At the moment when I try I just hang there twitching like a fish on a hook- same as this time last year in fact so I clearly need to look for a better gym program and work harder

Hi, glad to see there's still some life left in the thread! All a bit quiet due to Easter hols I expect. I have been particularly lazy, we have been away (still not back) and I'm not adapting as well as I planned to the change in routine and location, I was going to run and TRX in absence of the gym and kickboxing, but failed! I have tried a few Jillian Michaels dvd's (curiosity got the better of me and tbey arent bad at all) and managed a swim though!

Don't have time to type out workout routine/diet now but will come back later to do so

Woop that's great! Well done! V impressed.