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NewYearathon - getting fitter in 2017.

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OublietteBravo · 31/12/2016 17:09

A shiny new thread for a New Year.

Come and join us - whatever your exercise goal for 2017.

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RJnomore1 · 03/06/2017 14:30

Ok stepping it up eventually in panic that theholiday is two weeks away. Thai class then jumped in with my friend for an extra pt.

115/135

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OublietteBravo · 02/06/2017 18:19

So I can have a rest day tomorrow (I've no idea who Sonia is or where she came from) Blush

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OublietteBravo · 02/06/2017 18:18

Hooray - it is the weekend. Sonia can have a rest day tomorrow.

Cardio for me this evening: BFBM

(90h 10min; 116/134)

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randomsabreuse · 02/06/2017 16:17

Given how pathetic I am at sit ups that will never happen Grin

RJnomore1 · 02/06/2017 15:50

Hold them above your head as you sit up to really work your core muscles random? If they wriggle about even better 😉

Did my Sunday MMA circuits today as my bodybuilding pt is away and I have a run on Sunday.

114/136

randomsabreuse · 02/06/2017 08:55

Just managed morning 4.6km "run" yesterday. Will try to do weights later today (DH half day so some chance!)

I find it much easier to fit in running because I have to plan/book it in because it's outside. Other stuff should be easier because I don't need cover but somehow never happens - to be fair it's not easy doing sit ups with a nearly 2 year old sat on your head...

RJnomore1 · 01/06/2017 21:44
LordPeterWimsey · 01/06/2017 21:40

RJ, hope you manage to resurrect yourself soon!

LordPeterWimsey · 01/06/2017 21:39

Back from holiday today: I've managed a couple of Ballet Beautiful sessions while we've been away, and a lot of walking, so it could be worse. Off again tomorrow for a family event, so I'm not going to fit much in till next week.

RJnomore1 · 01/06/2017 20:14

Rest day yesterday thank goodness. Missedhalf of metafit cos I got held up st work so 15 minutes of it then I had booked an hours pt with the guy I do Thai and conditioning stuff with, except he gave me 90 minutes cos he had a spare half hour. Dying. May never move again.

113/137

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OublietteBravo · 01/06/2017 18:45

Ive just done 30DS L2D5 & 6W6P L1D2.5. I'm now going to undo all my good work by going out for dinner Grin

(89h 20min; 115/135).

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KanyesLunchbox · 31/05/2017 21:15

Two unintentional rest days...I forgot we were having visitors who arrived yesterday!! And a dinner party last night. Too wrecked hungover to do anything tonight. Tomorrow, I promise Halo

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OublietteBravo · 31/05/2017 19:19

Back to basics and my normal DVD: NMTZ.

(88h 35min; 114/136)

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randomsabreuse · 31/05/2017 07:32

I am not light - 80.4kg and 163 cm at the moment although a size 12 at worst.

I try to limit junk rather than low carb and it sort of works. Trying not to totally embarrass myself at Total Warrior hence needing to get some upper body strength relative to my size!

RJnomore1 · 30/05/2017 20:05

Me too usually oub. I've changed my body shape on the last 8 months by working hard. In a couple of years I should look great ... but I know I'll pack on weight on two weeks AI and I could look a bit better for going so it's short term surely I can do a few weeks?

As soon as I start all I think about is food though and I've had a crashing headache last two days 😟

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OublietteBravo · 30/05/2017 19:16

I hate cutting calories/carbs RJ - my primary motivation for exercising is not having to diet much.

Still humid here too. Just done 30DS L2D4 & 6W6P L2D2.

(87h 45min; 113/137)

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RJnomore1 · 30/05/2017 19:02

OK I can't cut carbs and calories and also double train at the same time. It's still pretty hot here too, airless. However necessity forced me up aweight at the Kettlebell class, I'm now onto 26kg for some things. I may have seen stars at one point.

112/138

Random I wish I was lighter so I could do pull ups!

randomsabreuse · 29/05/2017 23:43

6.5km with running club. Didn't quite run all the way up the first evil hill but better than yesterday.

I seem to do nothing but running but having the pull up bar where I pass it frequently has helped as I can now jump up and hold and might even get an almost imperceptible bit of upwards movement.

Weights and abs tomorrow without fail!

RJnomore1 · 29/05/2017 19:43

Gah I was so long at the dentist I won't make my second session. Day 1 fail 😟

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OublietteBravo · 29/05/2017 18:46

Another rather sweaty work out. Cardio this evening: BFBM

(86h 55min; 112/138)

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RJnomore1 · 29/05/2017 17:07

Three weeks to holidays. I have mostly eaten berries and stir fried veg and this morning session was a pretty brutal leg day. Been at the cinema with dd2 and about to head to dentist, after that another session of kettlebells.

Planning to double train and shift some fat this week hopefully. New bikini st the ready.

111/139

randomsabreuse · 28/05/2017 23:19

Well done Kanye. Did 6k at a slow plod (had intended 8). I discovered that slow running isn't an effective mood changer and fast running wasn't going to happen up the hills on the route I'd planned. My first really meh run.

Next weekend is a 12 miler then race pace 10k (probably dirt run) as start of taper for the half I need to enter tomorrow...

TooStressyForMyOwnGood · 28/05/2017 22:54

That's fab Kanye! Did just under 5k run today.

KanyesLunchbox · 28/05/2017 22:17

8k tonight. It was slow but comfortable and I'm now feeling a lot less concerned about next week's 10k race!

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OublietteBravo · 28/05/2017 20:13

I was very tempted to be lazy and take today as a rest day. But in the end I put my kit on and did NMTZ.

(86h 05min; 111/139)

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