NewYearathon - getting fitter in 2017.

Way too much unhealthy food consumed over the weekend, but hopefully back on it today with Body Rev workout 9, and mung bean falafel wraps and salad for tea..my next two weekends should be quiet so I'm hoping to fit in some extra workouts in preparation for the last stretch of Body Rev

7 miles of hill and cliff walking for my "rest day"😟

Sat down for a bar lunch now hooray!

Still KBFFing and weekend walking here! Hooray for the spring weather .

Squats, a 4k potter comparing heart rate monitor on running watch with old fashioned methods (stopwatch on phone/fingers...) - which suggests I did indeed manage 5k in my "sprint" heartrate zone at parkrun and decided to enter a road 10k in 2 weeks time. It will be fine!

61/189

Thank god tomorrow is a rest day anyway between 8 days in a row and the clocks changing I have no energy left at all!

As does your break RJ

Hi all, sorry have been AWOL. I did a random exercise routine of my own making too random yesterday - realised I could watch a tv programme while doing it that way . Today went swimming with DC so not full on exercise but managed a bit of sculling etc.

Weekend alone sounds bliss random

Thai class this morning. Great cardio workout. I've got my MMA/circuits tomorrow then dh and I are away for a couple of days to a place with two Aa stars and a great wine list so next week may be rough 😕

60/190. I need to hit 63 by the end of march to stay on target so I think I'm doing ok!

Park run in an acceptable time, squats and an upper body workout of my own design done. Enough for today. Next week I'm going to work on my diet which sucks but this weekend is all mine as DD and DH off to stay with SIL so I get a weekend of netflix and crochet...

Unplanned rest day yesterday dh's birthday cake was an unrelenting hideous mess to decorate and took a million hours. Just did a quick run for sanity before heading off for a day with the in laws!

Happy weekend everyone!

And workout 10 done. Thankfully DD stayed out of it this morning.

I always fancied fencing, but I don't have time to commit to a class, sadly - one of my colleagues does sword classes and really enjoys it.

Body Rev workout 9 done -workout 10 tomorrow and then I've done my Jillian for the week. I only biked to work and back once but there were extenuating circumstances: I biked in on Wednesday and went to a meeting in Parliament in the afternoon (standing in for a colleague so I didn't even expect to be there) and ended up locked in for several hours instead of collecting my bike from its service. Couldn't ride it home Thursday as I had a work thing, so finally got it home tonight.

Body Revolution cardio 3 today...ouch. My legs were still a bit wobbly from the last two days, so I wasn't amused at all by the jumping squat/lunges etc.

Got friends visiting over the weekend, so that's it for me until Monday.

I've annoyed myself by spending an hour trying and failing to learn Olympic lifts 😬
Then came home and scoffed a mars bar in misery.

Ah well onwards and upwards!

59/191 (god knows what random numbers I put in yesterday 😳)

The open circuit is friendly too! Plenty of veterans compete successfully at open level.

I was shocked to discover I am a veteran for running!

I don't think I'm dedicated enough for exercise at all your kind of kettle bells regime, RJ . I loved the class, it was a great mix and really nice people. Unfortunately it all fell apart when the gym was bought and our trainer's lease wasn't renewed and there are no similar options around.

Random, the fencing coach (master?) was telling us about veterans competitions last night. I've 2 years to practice before I can qualify

Calves were a bit tight after all the squatting last night but I did my 6km and felt ok with it. Going to have to dig my foam roller out.

Metafit night

98/152

Happy to report my new microwave is installed and going strong!

Body Rev workout 9 yesterday, and 10 today....LordPeter - it's definitely a step up, isn't it! Bloody weights for all the plyo moves, and rock star jumps in the warm-up...let's hope this final phase pays off .

RIP to your microwave RJ

And good luck to Oubliette's DD in the play!

Ah but there's kettlebells then there's Kettlebell sport...

Your bootcamp class sounds my type of thing. I'd love to try fencing too. And archery actually.

Fencing was fun, although I was the only actual beginner, so I didn't score many points! Planning a 6km run this evening if the horribly wintery weather ever ends.

RJ, I've used kettle bells before but only as part of the cross training Bootcamp I used to do (we also did Olympic lifting, battling ropes, plyometrics, boxing, cardio). I miss that class

Fencing is actually a good sport at any age - plenty of people have won veterans medals taking up the sport in their 40s or later. It's not massively physical like tennis and is very tactical too.

Pentathlon epee is different as it's one hit for one minute so is a bit cagier at the start nut we do get some of the pentathletes on the fencing circuit.

Pony club tetrathlon seems to be the main way in in the uk - other countries get swimmers and train them in the skill sports.