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

@Purpleraindeer mbf is released to everyone on 18/12 so might be worth waiting rather than paying for early access for such a short time.

Well done on the work. Loved that program. 6 weeks is a perfect program length for me.

I love 21dfx! The original (not real time) version is great. Definitely give that a go. I think the real-time version is easier and not as good. There are 2 workouts in the original version (dirty 30 and the cardio one I think) which are really satisfyingly difficult.

I’m back on the work and really loving it. Legs on Thursday and endurance yesterday nearly killed me .

I quite want to give mbf a try but want to keep on The Work for a while.

I know exactly what you mean re enjoying the variety. I periodically do my bbod faves - max30 tabata power, sweat intervals, friday fight abs the full body HIIT workouts from liift to do something different

So I did a 21 day fix extreme workout (lower body) today. Loved it. BBOD is so great for being able to chop and change depending on your mood. What programs are others following at the moment?

@dueindecember10 I have been doing Yin with random people online - some local and some on yoga international. I find it relaxing rather than an exercise as it's all about stretching for a few minutes at a time. So you get into a deep stretch. Gosh that's lots of km to run don't know how you do it! My knees get the better of me

@Purpleraindeer next one is 50k. I did a 50 miler last time and it put me off running for a long time so trying not to burn out. I’m a real plodder so it should be ok. Just need to keep ticking over.

@WhatILoved any yoga recommendations? My sleep is awful at the moment so might try and add some in to help.

How long is your ultra due in?
Mine is 40m. When I entered I thought it was 37m and then I realised that was the last checkpoint. Somehow the extra 3m feels a lot!
10 rounds was definitely not challenging enough. I quite enjoyed some of the boxing but it didn’t really do much for my cardio as I had to do it slowly to get the moves right. I know it wasn’t challenging enough now as I’m back on The Work and the first 2 workouts have felt very hard and I’m using much smaller weights than before.
Ran 14m this weekend which is my longest run in ages. Legs were a little bit broken today

I'm no good at the martial art coordination thing either so I know what you mean! I did the MMA workout on the morning melt down this morning and made it up myself really.

Wow an ultra, really admire runners!

I've upped the yoga to keep me away from listening to the news or looking at it on my phone!

Thanks for the heads up on 10 rounds @Purpleraindeer. I want to try it but am going to stick with mbf for now. Was it challenging enough? I’m pushing myself on the weights on mbf but I don’t think it is going to do amazing things for my cardiovascular fitness so supplementing it with some runs and got out on a bike ride with a friend this morning. I’m meant to be doing an ultra in March so can’t afford to lose too much cardio fitness.

Hi everyone!
So - back to home exercising again for us all
I’ve given up on 10 rounds - i didn’t enjoy the boxing enough to want to persist and was finding the coordination so difficult that it wasn’t giving me a good workout. Restarted ‘the work’ today and it was a bit of a shock to the system. I will be sore tomorrow. I’ve been back running again which feels great. I had a race on 5 Dec which I think will be cancelled but optimistically entered another ultra in April so fingers crossed

Hope you’re doing ok whatiloved - I was the same as you in april - I had anxiety symptoms and was crying a lot and really feeling it physically. I’m finding I’m struggling to get enough daylight and fresh air now and that tends to make me feel low so I need to get a grip on it quickly.

I’m taking the same approach as you dueindecember - I want to be fitter after 4 weeks. We can do it!

Hi everyone.
With the Boris announcement of last night I am back having temporarily deviated back to the gym. Going to start something this week. Maybe 10 rounds, maybe MBF (which I have done part of already). Determined to leave this lockdown better than I ended up from the first!
Hope everyone is well. X

Posted too soon. How is everyone and hope all is well

Well done on the weight loss Poppy! It's all been quiet on here, wondering if folks are struggling with motivation like me! Always harder in winter months and with all this Covid stuff into the mix. In fact, I'm psyching myself up to do one of those morning workouts with Jericho. I like them as they are short! I'm trying to exercise every other day mainly for mental health. I'm lucky that I don't usually suffer anxiety or have mental health issues, but just recently with the thought of swathes of people losing jobs (my husband works in industry very much at risk and myself as a childminder if people don't work the children stop coming!) I have started to internally worry and get a few stress headaches. I'm writing down what I'm grateful for every day in a book. This is something I'd never have considered before, but it helps.

Half term has been quite lovely despite the weather. I took holiday and taken my children to empty tourist attractions we would usually avoid. We cancelled on seeing my parents because their island living, teamed with Covid restrictions would have made it pretty glum in this weather. My mum wants to play by rules and said she would be sad not hugging the kids. I've not seen them for almost a year now.

That is fab poppy - you must be delighted. Well done!

Reastie - I hear you re the punching making your shoulders hurt. I’m doing 10 rounds and the top of my back and shoulders are so sore from it.

I’m feeling great this weekend. Finally knuckled down and did a long run (had been making a lot of excuses to avoid it) and it was fab. 11 miles and I felt great. Then went to a spin class with a friend today which was really fun. Has been nice to get out of an exercise rut.

Also I finally bought some exercise bands so will try those next week.

Oops sent too soon - hope all having a good weekend

Reastie well done on combat I am hoping to do one this week. Ankle has improved a lot so fingers crossed.

Have done a lot better with diet and shifted my regain pounds so fingers crossed I can finally get to a 10lb off goal this week!

Plink he is good thank you. Running and climbing all over the place and tamtruming already 😜. Naps are all over the place atm though because he’s getting towards dropping a nap but isn’t there yet so I never know what I’m getting each day which is making planning walks tricky.

Purple 🤣 to popeye!

Did a combat (the 40 minute bb one) last week end. Couldn’t do kicks but modified for my back and focused on punching hard! Arms and shoulders ached for a couple of days after so felt it was worthwhile. No walks this week with ds’ naps all over the place but don’t think I’ve gained.

Hope everyone is doing well. I think motivation is hard atm with the days getting cold and darker and all this covid stuff hanging over us

Posted too soon - lol re Popeye friend! Got me thinking though Wouldn't it be great if bb/lmod could develop an injury range of workouts?

Ps I have never heard of leaps and had to google!

Purple maybe 10 rounds will add in some tougher cardio? I love the sound of it - I never want my kids to walk in when I am doing les mills combat as I love it so much but know I look ridiculous

Hi all
Sorry to hear about all the health stuff poppy - you are in the wars. Fair enough to not have diet and fitness at the top of the agenda - particularly given youve got a problem with the ankle. a friend of mine broke her ankle and just did upper body stuff whilst it healed. She looked like Popeye after 6 weeks in a cast. I’m not sure I’d recommend that

I’m not sure how I feel about 10 rounds. The boxing is quite fun but I don’t ever feel like I get much cardio from it. My arms, shoulders and back are sore though so it’s doing something. DH took the piss out of me whilst I was doing it - I think it was my pathetic girl punches

Glad to hear the baby is well plink. Talking about leaps takes me back. Urgh I hated them - I felt like i should be delighted with the new development but mostly was just wanting a good nights sleep and for the crying to stop!

Thanks so much for kind messages 💕

reastie I will prob need to wait 10 days. Wish I knew what was wrong with my ankle but it seems a bit better so not taking antibiotics yet fingers crossed it clears up by itself ... weird! Wow your ds is 16 months such an adorable (but full on!) age.

plink I am not brave enough to go on scales after a takeaway! Hopefully it will drop off again quickly. Poor you and your dd teething sucks.

How is your little one doing?

Yeah they were lush Reastie 🤣🤣🤣

True. That's it now though. Not doing that again for quite a while 😂😂

Shes a dream. Not too happy at the moment as she's teething and going through a leap 🙄🤨

16 months? Mine returned last month!! 😂😂😂 lucky you Reastie 😂😂😂😂

That’s only 2lbs up after the loss plink . Did you enjoy the takeaways though? Sometimes a bit of a break can be good for the enjoyment at the time, and life can’t always be perfect. How is baby plink btw? Still bfing 4 times a day and no return of af yet nearly 16 months on!

4lbs up today 🙈🙈🙈 no more takeaways 😂

Plink 2lbs is good work, well done.

Yumy oh dear, how are you now? Do you have to wait long for the results of the biopsy? I think sometimes in situations like that I find it harder than ever to eat well etc, it feels like what’s the point when so much is wrong, just do what you can and my mantra when I don’t know if I can be bothered is every little bit counts and makes a difference, but don’t feel bad about it, I’m having the same struggles. I also find it’s harder on the diet when you can’t be physically fit because of physical issues, it’s like a domino effect.

Whatiloved I’m not sure about the app but that’s a good point! Does it know from Bluetooth where you are? I haven’t downloaded it yet but then I never go anywhere atm as we are keeping clear of risks as much as possible (apart from dd mixing with 40 others in her bubble, most of which don’t follow any rules so not sure why I bother...).