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

That’s good about your back reastie. It’s hard being restricted for a while but a month will fly by. Maybe it’s an opportunity to try some different things - could you swim, yoga etc?

Woo hoo roman that’s great about the push ups! And yes, 1min reps are hard. Autumn always says ‘you can do anything for a minute’ and I always inwardly grind my teeth. I did tabata power last night - one of my max 30 faves. You only have to do the moves for 20secs. Lovely.

Thermo cardio fitness sounds great to get up monster hill. Hopefully your dh will see how well macros are going for you and be convinced.

Purple I can’t believe how quickly you’ve managed to stack the miles up, home workouts keep you super fit!

Yumy I’ve had this issue with dogs and actually now avoid running off road as I got so fed up with dogs, I even got nipped on the leg by one. It’s rewlly annoying and I share your frustration. I wish dog owners would realise I don’t want dogs running up to me and chasing me. I’m obviously avoiding dogs and looking nervous and usually flail my arms around nervously but I’m too British to complain to them so either do the British thing of smiling and saying it’s ok when they apologise or in my stronger moments give evil eyes.

Well, physio has said nothing wrong with disc etc which is good but I need to rest my back from workouts. I’ve got exceptionally gentle stretches I’m doing twice a day (child’s pose type things) and I’m only allowed 3 gentle slow runs of up to 30minutes this week. She said all being well I will be back to where I was workout wise in a month, a month! Gah. I did a slow 25 min run this morning but I’m feeling desperate for a proper workout tomorrow which has to be a rest day. Boo!

Roman your DH sounds like mine! Mind you mine is annoyingly naturally quite slim so wouldn’t need to put too much effort in to losing weight, but just doesn’t see the point. Maybe he just needs something simpler? Apparently Atkins diet is great for blokes as the rules are really straightforward so no faffing.

On the other hand the diet and exercise regime you’ve got going seems to be working brilliantly for you, so your plan of doing it and then looking awesome is also a good one!

Poppy that’s bad about the dog owners. I think they don’t realise that non dog lovers don’t like jumping dogs and that we all think they’re adorable . People round here are really good and always hold their dogs if they think they might bark or jump.

I’m feeling pretty good for my half mara. 11 miles again today on a lot more hills. Was a bit tired the last mile but pretty ok. Was all rural and I startled a herd of deer who then all bounded off. I love it when I see stuff like that. I’m currently considering bribing DH to put the kids to bed as I can’t be bothered to get off the sofa now I’ve sat down....

Purple. Max 30 is on another level isn't it. Are you feeling good for your half marathon in the summer?

Reastie how was your appointment?

Wow roman well done on your double when you were on the verge of skipping!

Insanity lol at you and your sister needing a lie down! Hope it's al settling down.

I did chalean weights today then straight away went walk 'running' by doubling up on week 3 of couch to 5k, I did 7 k but it took me an hour which is walking speed {crying emoticon} I did a fast yesterday and didn't eat until after exercise so maybe it was that?

One of the parks I went through is fairly scenic but you get really big groups of people with dogs taking up the whole footpath , I walked past them by going on the grass but a dog still jumped at me grrr. My dp was cross at me for not saying anything to them.

Hello!
Sorry to hear about all the injuries. Hope you’re all on the mend.

Roman that’s fab about the weight I’m really pleased for you. I do think upping protein is the way forward as you get so much less hungry. You’ve sold me on halo ice cream. Even DH likes it. Yum.

Brilliant that you’re in the exercise zone poppy. I’m finding the same with running at the moment - I’m really enjoying it. I managed to get out for a run on Tuesday evening which was great - the sun was out, it was lovely countryside - was perfect.

I’ve started max30 again. it is soooo much faster than 21dfx. I got quite a shock. Is good to be back, although Poppy’s comment about it being hard as f&ck was ringing in my ears after 5mins.

I think different workouts give you different levels of fitness in different things. When I did insanity I was really good on cardio but doing something like p90x or pump made me much stronger but I noticed my cardio fitness wasn’t as good following those than more insanity type stuff. I loved the feeling of being stronger though and think I prefer doing more weights stuff than cardio (despite being predominantly cardio now). I don’t think one is better than the other necessarily, they just offer different things. Don’t they say if you build muscle then your BMR goes up so you burn more calories at rest? I always like the sound of that!

No workout this morning, have been doing housework and various chores in the computer. Going to see physio soon, see you on the other side.

Yumy I have days where a workout I’ve nailed loads in the past one day seems really hard for no reason. I find that last move weird as I also find it really doable but it feels like for the last move I should be doing a really hard move to finish off collapsed on the floor like I’ve given it my all —although in fairness I often do that anyway—

High diving sounds ace
I agree with Yum, so frustrating but better to see the physio first.

I am definitely not brave - I phoned my sister to ask her what to do as i couldn't cope with the blood, I made her feel faint so we decided we both better have a lie down in a bath
no excuses today, going to get up and do legs workout of 80do, it's only 40 mins and one of my favourite workouts.

I love sweat intervals, though I am not sure I could face it at the moment, it seems so fast compared to 80do, I hope that doesn't mean I've lost loads of fitness.

Really hope your back is feeling better today Yule. Have a good day everyone.

high diving sounds fun too!

Oh no poor both of you - Rest is def in order. I wouldn't take a chance with your back Reastie - esp if you have an appointment tomorrow where you can get professional advice.

Insanity poor you that sounds horrendous, black toes you are being very brave! hope you are all better soon.

I did sweat intervals and clearly I am deluded - it is hard as f*&k. Not sure if it was because I forgot to select modifier, or because I had a fast yesterday or that it was quite hot but I struggled big time! I do still quite like it for some reason, perhaps because of the last 30 seconds where they all get In a circle and cross jab or whatever it is - because I can actually do the move so ends on a high.

High diving? I mean fiving silly autocorrect. High diving sounds more tom daly!

Insanity that sounds like the kind of thing I’d do! Hope you recover feeling quickly and aren’t too bruised from that excitement. Yes BA is body attack, it’s great fun, lots of jumping/running and high diving (myself!).

Thermo that’s fascinating about the macros. I didn’t really know what it was so have been gooogling and it makes so much sense. You’re making me want to try it!

Yumy I love that you actually want to exercise now, it’s a brilliant feeling isn’t it, like an internal need.

Well, I am not doing well here. After Monday’s gentle BA being careful about the back I did body balance yesterday and skipped the back track. All was ok, a bit tweaky but ok. Got up this morning and something clicked or moved or something and just by side stepping I was in agony with sharp pain. Has worn off from sharp pain but walking slowly and weirdly. Seeing physio tomorrow, grrrr. Please let it get better soon! So I’m wondering if despite the tweaky feeling I should go for a walk tomorrow assuming it’s not sharp pain or just have a day off. Any advice? I have to say it doesn’t feel like it’s helping walking today but maybe it’ll feel a bit better tomorrow..

Morning everyone!

Hope you all had a good bank holiday. I was away which was lovely but eaten too much and done no exercise. Was back on it yesterday with total body core but last night in the garden managed to catch my sandal in a metal bird feeder (FFS!) and tripped, cutting up my whole leg, wrenching my shoulder and landing with my face in the nettles I was trying to pull out
This morning I set my alarm to do workout super early because really long day at work and my toes are black and really hurt to walk on so I'm going to have to rest for a few days. So annoyed with myself!

Thermo - that's brilliant, well done! I don't understand macros, but I should really look into it I think, I'm eating really badly at the moment.

Yum - I love that feeling of wanting to exercise, I think it happens when you feel really strong and is great feeling.

Yule - I'm struggling with the acronyms- is BA body attack? Not sure what kind of workout that i. Enjoy it whatever it is

Purple - I'm scared of this happening. Did it hurt?

That is absolutely Brilliant Roman - well done Sounds like Richie Howie knows his stuff! Actually you have converted me to healthy/low cal ice cream - I had some Oppo caramel ice cream today and it's not hagen das, but it is really nice having a bowl in the garden on a sunny day and didn't send me off into carb craving mode. Well done on improving on your 30 min workouts too!

Ooh enjoy Reastie! Well done on not pushing yourself too far.

Purple that isn't nice about your band snapping, hope you weren't too startled. Sounds like it was good that you cut things short though.

It is very weird for me at the moment as I am finding myself actively wanting to exercise so for the first time I can understand when people struggle to fit in a rest day.

Did another run walk session yest (8-9 ish so not hot!) my left leg still hurts a bit if I put my weight on it but nothing major. Not sure how far I ran as map my run stopped working (having 3 things running on my phone is pushing it I think!)

Chalean weights again this morning.

I am beginning to wonder if Richie Howie have kidnapped roman ...

Purple the band snapped?!! Hope it didn’t ping on you and hurt you [bitter experience]

Yesterday did a gentle run to ease back in with questionable run, today did 30 min BA but gently. Trying to be good to my back and not go crazy. I’m so excited though as they’ve finally added some new BA onto LMOD. Turns out the really hard release I was complaining about on my ba class wasn’t release 100 I don’t think. Looking forward to trying 100 and hoping it isn’t even harder!!

Hope everyone has enjoyed the warm weather and any runs happened early in the day. Was much too hot for running here after 10am

Did power strength extreme yesterday and then lower fix today. I felt tired though - normally I have a rest day after a long run and I didn’t this week and it made a difference. Didn’t actually finish lower fix today as my band snapped during the last round it was looking a bit old and frayed so it wasn’t my super strength! It did give me a fright though.

Reastie they were probably looking at your food thinking 'I really should eat more veg like Reastie does'. Very good news about your weight staying the same.

Chalean this morning. Might run tomorrow if I get up early.

Purple well done on nearly completing 21 day fix! Interesting how we all have different workouts that at hard. I think Sweat Intervals starts easier than Cardio and only gets impossible for the last 10 minutes when I am pretty much on my last legs anyway!

Hope you 're having nice weekends Roman and Insanity

Thanks purple. It got me so anxious I logged on to mfp for the first time in yonks and started to weigh all my food to log it. Tomorrow will do the whole day as today I more picked out things out of interest after weighing portions. Weighed myself this morning for the first time in over a month as I was in denial about getting fat and eating too much and weight has been creeping us very slowly since last summer and I haven’t put any in in the last month which I was very relieved about. I need to get used to feeling a bit hungry as my norm as I’ve become used to eating when I feel a bit hungry rather than leaving it a bit longer to build up a bit more hunger.

Was due to go for a run today but I did something to my back carrying something heavy yesterday. Was so miserable at the pain I went out for a walk thinking at least I was getting some movement but that made it worse so gave up after 10 minutes. Definitely better this evening than yesterday evening so crossing fingers for a gentle run tomorrow and if I’m lucky BA on Monday.

How is everyone enjoying the bank holiday and wonderful weather? Everything seems so much better when the sun shines!

I cannot believe you prefer sweat intervals poppy. That one is my nemesis. No matter how fit I am I really struggle with it! I have one more 21dfx to do then I’ve done the 3 week programme. All the max30 chat has made me want to go back and do it again.

Reastie - hope you got out for your run today. It is lovely here. Please ignore anyone who you think is judging your food choices. Chances are it’s more about their food issues than what you’re eating. I worked with a girl who was constantly talking about how healthy/unhealthy what everyone else was eating was. After 5mths of it i realised I wasn’t doing anything odd, it was all her and probably an undiagnosed eating disorder.

Am enjoying a nice sit down after 11mile run this am. Was pretty slow as it is warm and my legs felt tired but it was so beautiful today.

Yumy me too! I kind of like it when Shaun t says things like ‘I can’t remember the name of my moves’ but then it makes me cringe a bit as he says the same things from the original insanity cardio that he must’ve been told to say as people like it. Glad you enjoyed the run, fabulous weather for it.

I ended out doing a cheeky 5 k yesterday as a bonus workout.

Today my lower back is really aching, grrrrr, I am so annoyed about it. I’m hoping it’s just because I carried a heavy laminator machine and gulilatine to my classroom to do some work and that’s tweaked it off. Fingers crossed for a run in the morning, I will be in a bad mood if my back hurts and I can’t!

So, at lunch today I got a huge shocked/taken aback eye from another member of staff looking at my lunch. I’m now really paranoid. I know what I had was healthy but I’m wondering if my portion sizes are getting bigger and bigger. I had a baked potato and cheese (not a huge amount of cheese) but I always fill the rest of my plate with salad from the salad bar, as in pile it up and the plate is really full, as I want to get lots of fruits and vegetables in me. So I had lettuce, sweet corn, peppers, cucumber, and carrots but a lot of them. I’m wondering if my portion is too big and she was looking at it as if I’m taking way too much, or if I should just ignore her. I’m ok eating lots of plain salad I would have thought, it’s good, right? Her plate had food that looked about half the amount of mine so now I’m paranoid I’m eating huge amounts...

Did my 5 k well probably more like 7 including school run! - and I actually enjoyed it probably helps it's a gorgeous day. Having music and cto5k and Mapmyrun apps going really helps and makes me want to improve. Chalean yesterday but my usual skip through version. I might do Insanity max 30 stretch workout now.

Hope you are all well and get to enjoy the glorious sunshine this weekend

Yes that's the one Reastie! Is it just me who goes all goofy when Shaun T goes up to the screen at the end and says don't worry I still love you I think I prefer sweat intervals - have you tried that yet? A gentle run will be therapeutic surely.