Beachbody Thread 6 (Insanity, T25, 21 Day Fix, 80 Day Obsession etc)

Movicol?! Oh dear reastie. I hope it works!

Welcome back plink. We’ve missed you. Good work on insanity plyo. I remember a few summers ago doing insanity. Insanity max plyo (the mth 2 one) was horrendous. I used to dread it.

Lift week 3 legs just done. Didn’t enjoy it but that was mostly as I started it late and then just was inpatient to get it over. I really don’t enjoy those sideways lunges. I find them really hard. Week 4 starts tomorrow. Yay!

Good to see you again plink, have been thinking of you. Glad to hear your back on it and building up in strength again. Took 1.5 movicol today but no movement yet...

Oh Reastie, Movicol? Yes 😂😂 when my diet changed.

One evening I started getting the worst stomach pains of my life. It was excruciating! Long story short though 😂😂😂, some paramedics gave me Movicol. They said take 2 sachets right now. It won't work right away but when it works you'll want to be right next to the loo. It didn't quite happen that way but it really did work. Go for the blackcurrant flavour 😄😄

I'm back y'all 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

Eek! Spent too much time away from the thread! Missed you all!! 😄 Hope you all had a lovely Xmas and Nye!

I deleted the app from my phone and then I stopped getting emails so I ended up not coming on 😖 I spent a bit too much time on MN anyway but I wanted to come back to this thread 😊

Back on the 21 day fix portion tubs and slowly adding workouts... length and frequency wise.

Amazing Reastie that you're back on the exercise wagon!! Superb! I didn't do a damn thing during my pg. Consequently, I started resembling a blown up hippo pretty quickly 😂😂😂

So good to hear you're all still going for it and getting workouts done 👌👌

I've been doing 21 day fix portion tubs for 2 weeks now (and feel so good for it) and gradually increasing workout length and frequency. I even managed an Insanity Plyometric workout in full on Sunday night 🙊

So good to be back, have really missed checking in xxx

Purple I’ve seen weights on eBay and gumtree cheaply. I got one of my weights by asking on a local fb selling group. In the meantime can you sneak in a few extra reps to build up before heavier weight?

Gentle yoga this morning only as had terrible evening yesterday. Think I’ve worked out the laxitive I have to take to counter the effects of an anti sickness medicine is making the nausea worse so switching to another one and hoping for better results . Has anyone ever used movicol?

You’ve obviously got a much better selection of weights than me roman. My options are 2kg, 4kg and 8kg. I started with 4kg for the swimmers and managed 3 before realising my error. I’ve not been able to up my weights like Joel is asking in week 3 as the gaps between my weights are too big. I guess I should really get some 6kg and some 10kg but dh is going to get fed up with the living room transforming into a gym and they’re expensive.
Has anyone got a good cheap weights website they could recommend?

Did shoulders earlier today. Ouch! Roman - you didn’t warn me about the horror of those awful swimmer lift things! I was using my 2kg weights for those and struggled to get through the sets. I don’t think my ‘caps’ are going to be looking as buff as Joel’s anytime soon....
Dh spotted a bit of 6 pack outline on me today. I was delighted. He was horrified.

Hello!
Yes I’ve been on it this week. Have done week 3 triceps/chest and back/biceps. 1min of 180 jumps!!! . Needless to say I didn’t get through the full minute in any round. I made the mistake of thinking 3 circuits of 2 exercises - easy peasy - so I got what I deserved and was half dead by the end! My arms were like floppy spaghetti the next day. Will do shoulders tomorrow. Also got a run in on Friday

Well done on the weight loss roman. Very good. I’ve shifted 2lb since Xmas . I am looking a bit leaner though and my arms are quite buff now. Liift is very effective isn’t it?

Reastie I’m very admiring of your doggedness. I’m sorry the workout was too much but soon it won’t be. Good plan on tracking the weight gain too.

Have a good day all

Thermo that’s fantastic and not insensitive at all. I’m logging my weight gain as I’m hoping being aware of how it’s increasing is a better approach to putting my head in the sand and refusing to acknowledge my weight which is what I did last time. I’m at the point atm of feeling sick and having to eat but being able to eat more variety so I’m trying to eat lots of vegetables (weirdly I can’t manage fruit but I can manage salad) through the day so at least if my diet is stilll mainly potato based I’m having some nutrition. I’m 17.5 weeks now, time is dragging!

Re the jump squats I think they do a ridiculous length on purpose because it makes you think you need to work harder and do better and have further to go. No one said it would be easy and there’s always more to do!

Urgh, I feel terrible and have had to go back to bed. LMOD was a mistake. Gah, I’m trying so hard here but every time I try I feel so awful I wish I hadn’t

Purple how’s the back now?

Well, I’ve signed up to LMOD again and did the first 3 BA tracks this morning. I did them low impact and much slower and had to adapt a lot (eg slow little squats instead of plyo lunges). I’m just praying it doesn’t make me worse later and tomorrow. I so want to do something physical again, I’m getting a triple chin, but little things make me feel awful. It’s got to the point whet even if I do nothing I’m having good days so this morning was a bit of a test. I hope I don’t regret it. I want to be healthy!! Cross your fingers for me

I did legs week 2 tonight and I loved it. I do love a bit of HIIT but I’ll admit I wasn’t enjoying those bear crawl things. They’re awful. It’s a very effective workout isn’t it? I was knackered and it was all done in 29mins. Fab. It reminded me a lot of max30 in a good way.

Reastie - I know you told me to take it easy - I thought HIIT would be better than weights and I had no back pain so that’s good. I did wince when he said ‘you’ve got 2 rest days coming up’ as I’m a day behind so I’ve got week 3 workouts to start tomorrow!

Just don’t be too full on tomorrow purple, seriously, my bad back took over 2 years to recover from and I was shuffling around work, according to a colleague rather helpfully, like I had the walk of someone just given birth!

Today was better than yesterday (so far). Went for a walk on an actual road with people which mentally feels tougher but felt very dizzy and faint for most of it and had to lie down when I got home. Have been eating every hour or so and it’s rewlly making a difference to how I feel and helping. So, I either put on a huge amount of weight but don’t feel as bad or I try to eat less frequently and hopefully not get as fat but feel awful .

Oh no reastie. I am reminded of when I had little babies and I had a few nights of good sleep and I assumed that that was the new pattern and then got frustrated when I had a bad night again. Someone wisely told me that progress doesn’t go in straight lines which helped remind me of the bigger picture. It must be very frustrating for you though so I understand why you’re feeling fed up.

My back is a lot better today which is a big relief. I couldn’t get my tights on properly this am so I’m amazed at the improvement through the day. I’ve had to work late tonight which is good I think as I’d have been tempted to do a workout which would have been premature. Back on it tomorrow hopefully

Purple definitand ly worth being gentle on your back now for the long run (spoken from someone who wasn’t and ended out with a slipped disc). Hopefully in a few days you’ll be right as rein.

Enjoy restarting liift Dave.

Thermo I love doing bicep workouts as I feel like a proper muscle person

Nothing much here as has a week end of feeling awful. Just when I thought it wasn’t improving. Continuing gentle walks/gentle strength/yoga. Yesterday I did some lying on side leg/glute work but it make me shaky.

Thanks for the welcome

I've had a few days off from exercise this week, been settling my DS into nursery, starting my second round of Liift4 tomorrow and really looking forward to getting back into it! DH has said he wants to try it this time too so I'm hoping for a bit of healthy competition

Not me. I’ve injured myself !
I’m an idiot. Dh and I moved a massive fridge freezer today and somehow I pulled my back. It’s properly sore. I could barely move at one point today. I’m hoping for a miracle and am popping ibuprofen. Idiot.
Fingers crossed it feels better tomorrow but I suspect I’ll need to rest for a few days.....

Oops posted too soon.....

I’m a bit scared about the legs workout now roman. I’ve found them all hard so I’m not sure I can imagine harder. I do love HIIT though. I am really enjoying lift. I’ve enjoyed doing the weights and am already feeling stronger. It is knackering me though. I was asleep at 9.30 last night and 10pm the night before. Ran 11 miles today (slow and quite a few walks!). My legs are tired now too. It is a month since I ran that sort of distance so not surprising I’m tired I suppose.

Hope you’re all well

Well done on getting to the appt reastie. It is amazing hearing the hb - i always loved that. Can you feel movement yet? Good that your feeling well enough to exercise a little - it sounds like it is graduallly improving? Take it slow tho

That baby shark abs workout looks impossible. No way could I do that. Even those hardcore gymnasts struggled. I showed dd and she was

Hi Dave, I’m cheating being on the thread really as I’m doing no bb atm! But I will once again sometime... (I’m pg and suffering with bad nausea). Welcome

I have a challenge for you all, I saw this and thought immediately of you all the abs baby shark challenge . Keeps the little ones amused and you get a quick core workout, what’s not to like!

Day of the step workout I had huge bad afternoon as the step was too much for me atm, I’m undeterred though. Did yoga the next day and yesterday did some gentle legs/weights work. Nothing today as huge challenge of making it to hospital for mw apt, which I did and got to hear hb which makes it all feel more worthwhile. Might do gentle walk tomorrow.

Thermo at least it’s a cool room for when you’re sweating!

Purple of the leggings but not the huge sweat in them! I think the high you get at the end of a workout helps you forget how much you hate it when you’re in the middle of it.