Lovers of Jillian Michaels meet up here

Yeah I know! that!s kind of how I felt in the class - like a bit of a show-off!

Bit of a stealth boast there from Jackster - well done you!

idkick, that's hard, , unfortunately I'm all too familiar with that kind of anxiety and those kind of school drop-offs. Glad she seems to be ok now.

Errol I think I'd be tempted to mix it up a bit as Ripped is so similar to the shred!

Well I had the first Insanity class, and it was very doable - although disappointingly pretty much everyone else there was doing the modified moves, so the instructor spent most of the time demonstrating the modified moves too, leaving me feeling very self-conscious as the only one doing the "full" versions of all the moves!

knotty and notyummy hope you're both feeling well today!

Hello all - thought I'd drop in to see how you all are -seems like everyone with primary age kids is having the back-to-school lurgies. 'this too shall pass' - my DD is 15, back to school is pretty painless now, and having to get up early is better for getting the exercise done.

I'm continuing with my plan of a week at each level of shred to ease me back in after the hols - on L3 and really enjoying most of it ... like doing the side planks properly and then thinking, hang on, don't I always have to do those 'anita'?

Debating whether to next have a week at each level of Ri30, or do some NMTZ or try out the extreme shed&Shred at last.

Notyummy, hope you recover quickly. DS is off today, still not right but no actual vomming since yesterday morning. I keep thinking I feel ill, but I think it's psychosomatic! Hopefully we'll all steer clear and I can get back to it soon! Jackster, how did your DS get on this morning?

Oh dear- sickness seems to be a theme here. Hope those afflicted are feeling better.

Jackster- looking good!

I too have been ill! Chest infection with horrendous coughing and not much sleep. So I did Bobs Yoga on Wednesday when I started to feel rough and then nothing on Thursday and just a long walk on Friday. Did a cross trainer session on Saturday and then managed L4 Ripped yesterday but chest obviously not right as could feel difficulty during the cardio bits. Am currently suffering from a migraine which I often get if tired and run down. Grim.

Idkick, hope your DD is feeling better, bless her! The Gruffalo trail near us is at Bedgebury Pinetum. But we didn't do it in the end, DD seemed to just want to stay in the play area going down the slide a million times. Jackster, hope next week is better for your DS.
Well, exercise probably out of the window for a few days - DS has been throwing up since half 4 this morning. He'll miss at least one day of 11+ practice before his test on Weds but that's just the way it goes I guess. I'm dealing with DS whilst DP looks after DD in the hope we won't all get it. Jesus, we really are the lurgy household at the moment!

Oh no idkick! Poor dd, how embarrassing.

Luckily at DS' school they don't seem to make a big deal about the move to ks2/juniors. Same building, familiar teachers, not a massive leap up in work terms (I hope!).

Thanks knotty and idkick, DS is 7 and has ASD with lots of anxiety issues - separation and change of routine being 2 of his biggest problem areas! So start of a new school year is always very rocky.

L2 6w6p done today.

Best wishes to poorly people.

Idkick, hope you & your DCs feel better soon. We've had a tummy bug doing the rounds here but the other end - I seem to be free of it now but DD caught it from me, and DP had it Thurs night & felt rough yesterday, DS OK so far. I did NMTZ once through yesterday but regretted it, felt a bit dizzy at the end and wasn't really able to give it much oomph. Now have a sore throat and sinuses are playing up - bugger.
Jackster, what year has your DS gone back into to? Hope he's OK, and you feel better, it's so stressful when they're not happy. DS has the 11+ next week and he's been pretty chilled about it but all of a sudden his anxieties are kicking in...
Bike ride planned with friends later today, although I'll be doing the Gruffalo trail with DD, which is just as well as I'm crap on a bike .

I have the alpha and beta box-set; my Xmas present last year!

Hope you feel better in the morning and don't come down properly with the bug idkick.

No exercise today either - shitty day involving ds not coping v well with the return to school. Feeling exhausted and fragile!

Sounds fun idkick, enjoy!

Did Shaun T's Speed 2.0 today. It is indeed, as the name suggests, super fast!

Ps notyummy glad your back seems to be ok and hope you feel better soon. 52 mins is my PB for 10 k and that was when I was running several times a week - great time for an off-the-cuff run!

First class is next Monday night idkick - also at local village hall - feeling v nervous!

Treated myself to new exercise kit today in honour of the occasion (the stuff I've been wearing at home to exercise in is pretty scruffy!). Whaddya all think?

Hope you feel better soon knotty- not as bad as you but I am fighting off some sort of lurgy. Sore throat/aches/tiredness. Dd has symptoms too but have dosed her with ibuprofen and vit c and sent Into school for first day back as she is eating ok and has no temp. As a result I did bobs yoga yesterday rather than the more hardcore Bobs Workout that I had planned! Did his Pure strength on Tuesday though, which was hard work after not much weights stuff over the past couple of weeks. Cross trainer on Monday. Day off today as busy day at work. I also managed 3/4 runs whilst in Italy and was delighted that my back held up and that my hard work at other exercise stuff has obviously maintained my cardio fitness well. I set off for a 'gentle jog' without any expectations as I haven't run for 18 months....and ended up doing a 10k in 52 minutes (including hills) and feeling great. Am going to try and fit in a run at least once a week but don't want to overdo it because of my back.

Hope new job goes ok idkick. May mean scaling back exercise slightly in my experience but you really make the most of the time you have. Am well jel of your classes. Having a DH away 75% of the time means they are not viable for me, but I would love to do at least one a week. Am not a gym member though so cost also a factor.

Urghhj knotty. Hope you're better soon!

I'dkick, congrats on the new job! How did it go? Jackster, that is definite progress. I still find L1 Shred hard, but like you, I've upped the weights, but I still can't manage a full set of proper push-ups.

I did BFBM once through but with weights on Monday but nothing since then. Have had the AF from hell and woke up Tues with awful cramps, but then got a tummy bug in the afternoon which kept me up most of Tues night. Feeling better but not quite 100% this morning so hoping to be back to it tomorrow.

Ps hope new job is going well idkick. Do you have a plan for still being able to fit in exercise?