Beachbody thread 7 (LIIFT, T25, 21 day fix etc) plus a lovely Beachbody new arrival!

Hope everyone had a good bank hol weekend. Ours was pretty quiet (obviously!)
Went for a run today and passed some people walking with their dog. The dog got excited and jumped at me and it was such a big dog it was jumping up to my shoulder. The couple just watched, and did nothing to stop the dog. I then shouted at them to control their dog and the man shouted at me and said I should just walk behind them if I didn’t want the dog to jump at me! it made me furious. He then told me that the dog always jumps at cyclists and runners. He honestly thought I was the one causing the problem. I really dislike inconsiderate dog owners.

Was a good run other than that though!

Hi all - I do like that we all enjoyed rounders because it was mostly chatting. I played cricket when I was at uni and liked that because half way through you go and have tea (cakes, sandwiches and sometimes a shandy!). Best sport ever!

Reastie - those hours are tricky to work around - is your employer open to a discussion about better hours to make the childcare work? It’s so difficult at the moment. I’m a planner and it’s impossible to plan as we don’t really know what is going to happen. I suppose this living in the ‘now’ is probably good for me though.

I can’t believe Joel is married. He struck me as a player. I don’t like the hot wife comments. It makes him seem a bit pathetic

Plink - someone told me that having a toddler and a newborn is easier than being pregnant with a toddler. I didn’t believe them but it did turn out to be true. You’re at your max tired in the last weeks of pregnancy and toddlers are physically hard work. Btw lots of places are planning to reopen home births over the next 6 wks so you might get the home birth you want.

Intervals run for me on weds which was a lot easier than the first time I did it so it must be working. Foot hurt last night so didn’t want to do max30 as there’s a lot of jumping so did full body HIIT with Joel. Rest day today. And bank hol weekend and I’m not working which feels great . I celebrated that fact last night and am starting my weekend with a hangover

Yumy I loved being a deep fielder in rounders so I could stand and have a natter and do pretty much nothing. I never thought rounders was a great game for the purpose of pe because so much time is sis t standing around doing very little exercise eg waiting to bat.

Thermo it was me about Joel on insta! I looked him up. He comes across as a bit of a poser tbh.

Plink that’s definitely a good way to think of it, it’s like the serenity prayer I mentioned.

Quick cheeky 30 minute cycle on tues. itching for a proper workout but will have to wait until Saturday. Heard back from work. My hours will be until sept 4.5 hours a week spread over 3 days, 2 of which days it’s in the middle of the day. Dh was hoping to have time off to childcare since we now have none but he can’t do that with these hours. Any paid for childcare will be far beyond my income for those hours. I’m not sure what to do. I’m awaiting Sunday and will see when abd if schools due back and come up with a plan but atm that can’t really work unless I work from home somehow (can you imagine teaching online a live lesson with a screaming baby constantly in the background because they need attention?!)

Purple I think it's even more impressive if you are a good runner through persistence

I am very surprised by the pe thing. I was def one of the picked last gang too (although I wasn't too bothered as I wouldn't have picked me either!) My favourite pe lesson was rounders as we could stand around chatting (and doing vogue moves ) when assigned the long fielding.

Roman I sympathise about the no sport on tv thing - my dad is really upset about it (but equally about no strictly 😂), my dh's football team he supports got kicked out of the league last year and he was devastated not to have the football on every sat.

Reastie I remember finding it hard going back to work after dc and that was without the added nightmare of corona.

Plink it is looking as though we will be out of lockdown to some extent when you give birth so hopefully you will be able to have people round to help

Body pump today ouch - my dc kept saying they make it look so easy (the presenters) I take that to mean I don't make it look easy!!

Hello everyone!!

I was sporty but not as much as the "popular" girls. I went to a sports college type of school so games and PE were quite a big thing. I sucked at Primary school, had no coordination whatsoever which meant I was picked last for everything too. But secondary I started to really enjoy it. Hated tennis (total lack of control there) and swimming (still not keen but I do it).
The popular girls were all in the hockey teams and rounders teams that played other schools. I wasn't that far involved. Just made an effort in lessons and on sports day competitions.

Glad to see you're all doing reasonably well given the circumstances. I haven't posted much because well... no workouts to report. But I am aching to get back into it. For now, I'm happy with running around after a little toddler and trying to do housework.

34 weeks next week. Its scary how fast time is going. I don't feel prepared at all 🙈🙈🙈 it doesn't help that DS is going through some sort of disturbed sleep pattern so my usually free evenings are mostly spent in his bed, snuggling him to sleep. Lovely but at the same time need to get shit done 🙈

Don't be so hard on yourself Reastie. Especially with the home schooling stuff. It's not going to be perfect. No one would ever expect you to teach to the standard of an actual school teacher. There's only so much you can do. Its a very scary time. So uncertain. So unpredictable. Just try and take each day as it comes.

I must admit there is a small part of me that is terrified about labour and life with a baby during this time. I'm trying to remember I can't control it so worrying about it won't do anything. Trying to shift my focus to things I can control. I'm more worried about the lack of 'village' around me. All the women in my life who will play an important pivotal role in the DCs lives... socially distanced at best, locked down at worst 🙈 it's a sad prospect tbh. But we shall see how it goes. I'm willing to sacrifice it to make sure we all stay safe.

Yumy I mainly do bodybalance for the lying down at the end 😂. Although I do usually really enjoy the balance tracks. I found Diana on Instagram and IMO she does look a bit anorexic type thin in the face atm

Purple I’m another who always hated PE at school. It was always team games which I still don’t really enjoy now (I prefer doing a class or a run. Something I can compete with myself rather than feeling I have to be good enough to not let people down) and I never ‘got’ the competitive thing as I didn’t really care. Team games or gymnastics type activities where we had to wear these god awful green knickers instead of shorts for our kit.

Hope everyone’s doing ok. Not long now @PlinkPlink ! I’m terrified of going back to work after maternity leave in less than a month and so waiting to see what sundays announcement has in store for schools. I also have no childcare as my parents can’t now have Ds because of being vulnerable. I’m not really sleeping worrying about everything and life is so full on with a baby and home schooling it’s pretty tough.

Hi poppy
I never did any sport at school and was always picked last. I did a bit more at uni and started running in my 20s. I’ve never been particularly fast. It is the opposite of being able to sing or dance - both of those require talent - running just needs persistence and one day you find it feels easier and becomes enjoyable. It’s just like all workouts really but with the added benefit of getting you outside which is a mood lifter

Were any of you sporty at school? I can’t help thinking school failed me on that front. It made me think I couldn’t do anything and I was always the one who’d try to fake their period to get off games!

Did a workout before starting work this am. Was a great idea - it has really lifted my mood.

I would love to be able to run like that being in the flow purple (think I have said that before!) for me the thought of being able to run for miles is like being a really good singer or dancer etc. Did you do any competitive running at school or anything when you were younger?

Turning into a gorgeous evening. I was very sensible over the weekend and haven't had a drink or crisps or anything but today I had bread at lunch and it is making the cravings go into overdrive - especially as I need to make space in kitchen for a new combo microwave (our proper oven is broken) and the gin bottle is almost empty so it would be very helpful if me to finish it off

Body attack nature done today - I keep wondering if they were creating noise pollution with the music it wasn't too bad so I will do the 45 min one next time. I did body balance yesterday but I am rubbish at up dog down dog and repeat - it's not my favourite workout really. Although I liked the lying down at the end!

I’m sorry to hear about your run reastie. Well done on the pb though. You did give me pause for thought. I think I might be one of those people who isn’t always obeying the 2m rule. it is entirely accidental but made all the worse because I’m very involved in cv19 in my job so know all about the dangers of it. I find when I’m running Im in ‘escape’ mode and am often in my own thoughts just trying to forget about things and feel normal so I maybe just forget about the 2m rule. I was very conscious of it today though and was super careful so you definitely changed me! Having said that I only saw about 3 people.

It was a nice run though. Legs were very tired to start with but I hit my stride after a bit and had a bit of a ‘flow’ run which just felt great.

I am relieved to hear that everyone agrees the grit workout is hard! What kind of warmup included burpees anyway! I prob shouldn't have given up. Roman Joel's warmups sound much better all round!

Well done on your pb Reastie - I agree about social distancing - most people don't seem to care.

Purple sounds like you have done a lovely mix of workouts this week.

Have done 2 30 min body pumps incl nature one - think lighting and Diana's cap and straightened hair might have been making her look extra thin Reastie?

Bit of progress for me as my squats and lunges are a little better!

Hi all,

Yumy I’ve only done a couple of grit workouts and that was a couple of years ago so hazy but I agree I think warmup was as hard as workout. I think with those you have to adjust your mentality like insanity is so hard at the warm up. But I also remember I found them oretty impossible abd struggled to do a lot of the moves with decent form so gave up on it! Well done on the weight loss, any loss at this point is fantastic.

Purple glad to hear from you. Sounds like you’re doing pretty well (ignoring the wobbly thighs which I bet aren’t as bad as you think)

Thermo I love how much of a Joel fan girl you are! I’m getting you follow him on Instagram .

Run this morning and such a disappointment. Good news = ran for about 7k, that’s a pp pb. Bad news people were not keeping 2m away which totally spoilt it and really upset me as I stress about this enough as it is. People definitely bending rules and we haven’t even eased lockdowns yet. It’s going to be awful when we do, lots of people will just want to go back to normal.

Poppy you’ve done amazingly well to lose 3 or 4lbs during lockdown. I’ve lost all self control. I’m not eating terribly - just much too much. I saw my wobbly thighs today

From my recollection of the grit workout I did the warm up was basically as hard as the workout if that is any motivation? Well done on doing something else instead though - you must have been tempted just to stop and sit down?

Hi reastie and roman hope you’re ok.

Realised I left it a while between checking in. I’ve been exercising this week. Missed one day as work got in the way, but have done an intervals run, max strength and max cardio. Long run tomorrow. I seem to have fallen into doing max30 which I’m quite enjoying.

Tried a grit workout today but the warm up was so hard I abandoned it once the workout started and tried the first shabam instead!

Hope all doing ok

Oops left you hanging Reastie ... 🤚

Oh my goodness purple just seeing the word wine makes want a drink 😱 I am trying a bit harder with my weight this week so have managed to lose 3 or 4lbs and get down to shockingly high pre lockdown weight, however I keep losing and gaining this weight. Hope the weight comes off easily - it's a pain not being able to blink or it goes up!

Short upper body pump today 108 I think - it was fun and weird lifting in time to music and there were some interesting new moves. I will check that one out that you mentioned Reastie. For me that would be a long workout! Diana isn't my favourite not sure why. I was reading Rach's page on the website and she basically works out all day as planning workouts, practising and delivering classes.

Purple dd and dh wolf down banana chips but I ration them because my goodness they aren’t as healthy as you’d think! Another one of those things you think you’re being angelic when they are far from it. Don’t worry, I defo won’t follow suit with getting pg again!!! Hopefully the kg will go as quick as they came.

Hope everyone is ok. Just dine body pump here. 2nd this week . Only 45 mins today but glad I did it. Picked the one where they’re outside by the mountains and I think they really are there. Their clothes and hair were blowing in the breeze... thought Diana looked almost ill she was so slim and muscly. Reminds me of Jericho when she lost too much weight and didn’t look good. Not sure if she still is super small.

I would have thought that it will be easier to change your shape reastie than it has been to lose the weight, purely because exercise is funner than dieting so I reckon the hardest part is over. I remember being the same after I had my first. I was a lot larger in volume, even when i didn’t weigh much more. I solved that problem by immediately getting pregnant again! I don’t advise it!

After weighing myself every day I’m forced to admit I have put on 2.5kg and it is not just water weight. I did max30 Friday fight in an effort to start the weight reduction. It was a long tough 30mins. Although I think the issue isn’t my exercise, it is grazing from the cupboard, less movement generally and a bit more wine. I have been snacking on ‘healthy’ banana chips. I checked the packet - I may as well have just been eating hobnobs!

Yumy which pump did you do? I did remix 1 pop something or other and today I did remix 2 anthems. Really enjoyed it but my legs were really shaking! Felt good to feel strong though! FWIW I have a barbell but only use it for thr warm up, triceps, and back track, I actually prefer to use hand weights for the others and I use no bar or weight for squats and lunges as I find them hard enough as it is!

Re weight, it’s weird because although only about half a stone to go, I’m still a whole dress size larger than I was and visually look very very different than pre Ds in my shape and size. So although not much weight to go, there is a lot of work to go. I’m still blinking hungry all the time though and eating a lot more than I was before I was pg so I feel like I’m the weight I deserve iykwim. Ds still feeding maybe 5 bfs a day still at 10.5momths so I guess still burning calories in that way.

Thermo I love the thought of wandering round a shopping centre and Joel being there filming a workout video!

Purple we’ve been incredibly lucky with the weather so far in lockdown. Can you imagine being stuck in for weeks with terrible weather and not getting outdoors as easily and nowhere to go? It would be a nightmare.

Roman - you would be a very effective beach body coach - you are really selling 10 rounds (but I’m still too tight to pay the vip access )

Glad the dumbbell only workout went ok poppy. I think it’s probably better for you than a bar as you have to work a bit harder to stabilise the weights.

I did max30 tabata power yesterday and then run today. I feel tired now. I have lost quite a bit of long run endurance as I can’t do the long runs I used to (and there is little point really). It was a very pretty run though - all the bluebells are out and it was a lovely spring morning.

I will admit to having a bit of a Sunday afternoon feeling - the weekend has gone very fast despite us not really having done much

Well done Reastie that is fab how smoothly you have got your weight back down. There were parts of me that I thought would never go back after pregnancy and breastfeeding etc but actually they did more than I expected with time (sadly I i have now undone all my hard work!).

Roman you are making me really think I might have to sign up to bb when 10 rounds is on standard site.

Purple I am trying to sit out in my garden with coffee and enjoy nature once a day - it makes a massive difference just being by myself in the peace and quiet

You were all right it was pretty possible to do body pump without a bar even without being shown how to modify. Catch stuff felt a bit weird, and one move where lying down and putting with towards head I think I was a bit off but that's all. My knees creaking really freaked me out though , going to work on form with lunges and squats and use no or light weights next time.

That’s brilliant reastie. The toning will come. You’ve done so well!

I’ve always thought you could substitute hand weights for a bar bell so could you do that poppy?

Had a lovely (warm!) evening run tonight. Intervals again. It felt like bloody hard work after 2x max 30 days. Legs are feeling tired and I need my rest day tomorrow. This spring is so beautiful - the countryside looked lovely - I think the lockdown has made me appreciate it so much more.

Yumy Dan and rach are both from U.K. but don’t sound that much like they are!! I do pump but without the barbell, well, I have a barbell but for most tracks I don’t use it because I have to rotate my hands to make it easier on my dodgy elbow (a weird adjustment but it helps). I’m not sure about other workouts with weights, I’ll have a think. Step has one or two weights tracks in them usually. I didn’t cycle the roads because I’m too scared of meeting other cyclists on the route and not being able to distance/them not distancing from me so I went round the garden, which was very bumpy!

Purple try again in a few days and see, I have random days with crazy weights!

I’m now only about 7 lbs from pre preg weight but my shape and size is so so different, I’m much more flabby and less toned. It’s totally true what they say about it’s not all in the scales.