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

Managed the pull up yet Rhonda? Your plan sounds tough.

Kickboxing for me today, but I was at the gym yesterday and got chatting to an older lady who I often see working hard and looking very trim...turns out she will be 80 this year ! She was really inspirational, hope I am still doing that when I reach her age.

I managed my usual routine of bench press, pistol squats, Bulgarian split squats, walking lunges, clean and press, tricep dips, assisted dips and pull ups, followed by gene's burpee/squat torture and 3 sets of 20 jumping lunges/10 push ups with feet elevated, planks and side planks. Bounced out of there but felt totally shattered by mid-afternoon, caffeine assistance needed to get through to dinner/bath/bed for DC's

Bootcamp today!
Kettlebell swings, row with bar and weights, press ups, plank, broad jumps, shoulder press, bastards, squat jumps
45 secs on each, 15 secs rest between. Did 4 circuits

What´s everyone been up to?

Rest for me today and strength tomorrow :)

It's with a training company that work within my gym
We train as a group and basically split Ito partners and do a circuit. Last session was: sled drag, battle ropes, prowler, farmers walk, shoulder press, box jump, squat jump and crunches
We do 30 secs then our partner does 30 secs and we move to next station. Usually do 4 times round the circuit

I sometimes think it would be good to have a workout partner but in reality I would probably waste lots of time chatting! I quite like to focus and have my own bit of space in the day too. Really enjoy working with others at kickboxing though, also occasionally, if childcare/schedule allow, DH and I run together, chatting your way through definitely makes 5k or so seem easy .

Gym session this morning was hard..felt pretty feeble and the only thing I can attribute it to is giving blood on Friday . anybody else had any effects like that after giving blood? Or is it psychological

Gene I did your burpee/squat thing again, managed it with just two rests this time but blimey it's a killer. Followed with 20 jumping lunges 10 press ups, repeated 3 times. I usually do my HIIT on the stair machine but have a groin strain that is hugely aggravated by that (but weirdly nothing else), so trying to come up with alternatives that don't involve a treadmill either (hate it).

Brighthair the team training thing sounds great, is that like military fitness stuff in the park?

Should add we do other stuff like crunches, press ups, plank...
I usually go through 3 litres of water in an hour session and come out looking like a tomato but the difference in my fitness is amazing already. Even though I can only make 7 sessions in 3 weeks out of 12 sessions due to work

Farmers walk is with the disc type weights? Basically just one in each hand, shoulders back, chest out and walking with the weights

What is a farmers walk? I quite like the sound of those sorts of sessions - not possible for me with commute/childcare etc - but appealing!

Wow Brighthair - 10cm in 4 weeks, well done!

After a mammoth hangover yesterday, feels good to be alive today. Just done some deadlifts and push presses, with a sprint session to follow later today :)

Everyone still around or have I killed it...?

I am doing a team training thing with lots of resistance and weights
So far - sled drag up to 60kg, farmers walk 20kg each hand. We use kettlebells too, I really really enjoy it
Have lost no weight but 10cm from round my waist in 4 weeks

it's handy to have a training partner if you need a spotter but really I find it easier to focus if I train on my own.

I very much train by feel and can never exactly predict which days I'll be training or exactly what I'll be doing so just logistically I cant see that having a training partner would work.

I was about to be really impressed!

It´s such a gorgeous sunny day here, nearly sacked the strength training in for a run.

Back squats, shoulder press, cleans & a few other bits and pieces for me today. I bloody love the feeling after a good weights session - I feel invincible!

Anyone workout with a buddy? I´m just losing my strength training partner as she´s moving away. Very sad. Makes it so much more fun if there´s someone to natter to between sets. My kids come into our gym sometimes for a bit of chat (and a swing on the rings) but I scared my DD last time as I was grunting and groaning so much on heavy back squats...

Don't worry no i'm not doing a clean and press with 55kg. I was using the smith machine. I have booked a PT to teach me for few weeks. The 55kg was only the back squat the other lifts were A LOT lighter.

longdays - are you clean & pressing that 55kgs overhead, then onto traps for back squat (since you mentioned having a stuck moment the other day)? Please be really careful of your neck :) Are you working out with someone?

well done:)
yeah ignore him
he should be cheering you on not criticising!

Right just back from the gym. Did 55kg back squat (3 reps) very pleased with myself. Have been taught hang clean, press, scarecrow etc then did turkish get ups. It was really good and my arms are now aching. I tell my dh this and he says it's too heavy and you need to do light weights and high reps (I ignore him he he)

Ha, Shovelglove looks fun! We have sledgehammers and tractor tyres to play with at the gym - very good stressbuster!

I must look up the Horizon programme. Some of the most hellish workouts I´ve ever done have been well within the single digit time range. At that intensity, you´re also frying yor central nervous system too, so killer all round.

A crossfit workout that I do probably about once a month, is Tabata something else. Really fab and total killer. Google tabata protocol for pretty impressive background. Each exercise is performed for 20 secs max effort, then 10 secs rest, 8 times - pullups, push ups, squats, sit ups (sub ring rows or do machine/band assisted pullups for mere mortals). Count the number of reps you do (or, just concentrate on surviving...).

Tabatas can be done with pretty much any exercise - sprints, rowing, KB swings etc.

Sprints in the lovely spring weather with my running group this morning :)

I think it was an existing postural problem that was probably exacerbated by SG.

It took about a month to see results - much more muscular shoulders, steadily getting stronger, and it continued to improve from there. I used to row, but this was the first time I had proper upper body strength.

nyac did you trap the nerves doing shovelglove? How long does it take to work?

The shovelglove thing I linked to recommends five sessions of exercise a week, 14 minutes every time, and it yields very impressive results.

yes I watched it on iplayer, I thought it was interesting, much more to it than the 3 minutes a week bit