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

@Purpleraindeer - Well done on your run and sorry to hear about the calves. Have you got a foam roller as that can help? (although very painful!

@yumyumpoppycat - I must revisit H&C. I think I dipped in and out but didn't ever complete the program (even though I bought the DVDs).

@Reastie - I have weak glutes too. A common problem in people in office jobs as the glutes get lazy according to my old Crossfit instructor.

I am due to start Week 7 of LIIFT today. Don't know where the time has gone! Need to give some serious thought to the next program. Maybe 21DFE. Tried MM100 but wasn't wild about that. Also considering 80DO but think I prefer shorter sharper workouts. Any other suggestions? Remit is workouts of under an hour pref under 45 mins) with a strength component.

Hello! Surely everything that any Bb coach posts on insta is fake or photoshopped? They’re selling a lifestyle so it can’t be anything less than perfect. This is why I would never use insta as I think it would make me feel quite inadequate!

I agree - Body balance is always hard- I used to use the P90x3 isometrix workout for my ‘easy’ one and it was always impossible and left me dying by the end! I think my core isn’t as strong as it could be so those workouts kill me

After long run fail last weekend I decided to take advantage of the light evenings and did 11m on Monday evening. Was a nice end to the day. I’ve noticed I’ve got very tight calves at the mo (can’t walk first thing ) so am stretching like mad but it is disheartening and also quite painful. Am on week 4 of the work. I think the even weeks are the hard ones as the workout I did last time with the 50burpees is coming up. It’s much worse knowing what is coming!

Hope you guys are well. Feeling a bit low at the moment (work stuff) so am hoping some fresh air and exercise will cheer me up over the weekend.

Yumy historically I’ve had a lot of problems with weak glutes, I’m pretty sure that’s what the problem is now. My legs are relatively strong but my glutes are so weak and my form automatically adjusts to put pressure on other areas not my glutes (I’ve been told my running form is bad for my knees because of the way I run to avoid using my glutes properly). I think I need to really focus on them.

Meanwhile, I was nosing at Tania ‘the machine’s insta page this morning and am so confused about this picture of her. I can’t work it out. Is the bottom of her swim suit skin colour or is this a photo shop gone wrong? And if it’s photoshop, I guess I’m naive, but photoshopping holiday snaps for someone selling effectively their body shape as an example of what you can achieve to encourage people to do bb workouts feels like cheating.

Reastie I feel like we are experiencing the same thing with legs. I am always a bit taken aback when workouts instruct to go super heavy for weighted squats! I remember purple did suggest it could be an imbalance in leg strength or something? It seems especially strange for you to find this problem given that you cycle and also exercise more consistently than me.

Duein you are so right about body balance being deceptive- I thought it would be a good thing intro workout ... er I don't think so!

I did a hammer and chisel dvd workout the other day as fire stick remote was out of batteries- sagi really is pretty annoying! Have ticked off bb, bc and ba so will try and do body pump by end of week. Feels good getting up and getting workout done before kids are up.

Hope everyone is ok!

Yumy that’s like my dream workout week! I agree, body balance is hard! But I love it too. It’s weird because I don’t feel like I’ve worked out afterwards but at the time it feels really difficult. I always feel calmer and better in myself.

Purple sorry for no run but glad strength training was good.

I ended out taking dd for a cycle in my workout time, which didn’t count as a workout due to the v slow pace! But when we came back I did a 10 minute legs body pump (no weights though, my legs are so weak it was hard enough without weights!) then a balance track from body balance just for fun! So I feel like I’ve done something at least. Going to try to do a few core moves tomorrow if I can as need to work on that.

Body balance is very deceptive. I used to find it ok at the time but would be in agony for a few days after!

Due in - I did lmod body balance (yoga/Pilates) as went to bed late and couldn't handle cardio - I actually find body balance really hard though! I think you are right about a plan/ structure helping. Planning body balance, body combat, body pump and body attack this week from les mills

@yumyumpoppycat - well done on your workout! What was your workout of choice today?

Hi all and welcome show of hands!

Up early today as trying to do my workout before the kids are up - too easy for me to let the workout go undone otherwise.

Purple the work sounds amazing well done on getting a workout done at the weekend. Were you exhausted because of exercise during the week or other stuff?

Lovely to hear from you plink 💕

Reastie I can't recommend a workout but let me know what you go with and I might reluctantly join you - I hate legs workouts but it's a big weakness for me.

Hope everyone has a happy Monday - beautiful blue sky right now

@Purpleraindeer Thanks for that. I might use a rest day this week to try a little sample. Only got a few weeks left of LIIFT4 and keen to have a plan lined up as has really helped me with motivation to follow a plan. Don't want to just drift when I finish!

Reastie - you need one with lots of squats. Do you have p90x3? You could try that legs one? If not, what about looking to see if you could do a 30 day trial for bbod and you could do lift? 10mile cycle is great. No way I could do that. Hope your bum isn’t too sore tomorrow

Felt exhausted on sat so no long run. really didn’t want to go as felt so tired, but then was really disappointed I didn’t get out there. Did wk3 strength workout today which was excellent. There were some new moves I’ve not done before. I really like it - there are lots of compound exercises which means you get a full body workout most days. the cardio/endurance ones are my least favourite as they’re really repetitive. I think they’re designed for athletes so they’re like training drills. I do enjoy watching the big muscly guys struggle with them though!

Dueindecember - I think the work would suit you actually as there is a better balance of legs and upper body than in lift.

Thanks thermo. Have you got disco lights you can stick on for your clubbasise?! I have 21 do dvds but have never really done them as I got put off by autumn! Not sure if I have that bonus one and don’t have bbod. Don’t have 80DO either! I need to get up to date with my bb!!! I ended going for a 10 mile cycle, which I kmow isn’t a big ride for cyclists but it was a v good distance for me with my epically slow speed. Tomorrow will be legs day!! Will hunt out my 21df.

Can anyone recommend a good workout to really target my glutes? I keep getting lower back pain which I’m fairly certain is because my glutes are rubbish (I’ve had this issue historically). I don’t have liift but do have most of thr bb classics. Wondering about p90x legs???

Race to the king properly broke me but I'm glad I completed it. The feed stations were brilliant and it was a really well run race. The hills were a killer. I might give it another go next year when the memories have faded!

I think I would prefer it if LIIFT4 had 2 lower body days instead of 3 upper and 1 lower. It is probably my only minor gripe with the program as I love the instruction, the length of the workouts and basically everything else about it. It really has been a lockdown lifesaver. Not sure how anything else is going to live up to it but that won't stop me trying out some of the BBOD offerings.

Was race to the king good? I was so gutted that rtts was cancelled. I had down some much lower key ones so I was looking forward to a big event one. I was doing the camping package. Oh well. Next year.

I think if lift isn’t giving you enough of a leg workout you need to increase your weights. I used 8kg and 12.5kg if that helps?

@purpleraindeer - I did Race to the King last year (and another 2 local ones). Hopefully my love for running will come back eventually.

I will make a note of that leg workout as not finding LIIFT4 very 'leggy' and that's my problem area. I'm enjoying the definition it's giving my shoulders though! Would be nice to add in a leg workout when time allows.

I can’t remember who asked about whether the legs workouts from the more weight lifting programs give a good workout if you’re fit from cardio and HIIT workouts. I’m posting to report that I did a legs workout from The work on Tuesday and I’m still super sore in my bum and hamstrings and struggling on the stairs! So, I can safely say these workouts are challenging!

Dueindecember - I’m an emerging ultra runner too - I did 2 in the last 9mths and was going to do race to the stones in July but it was cancelled. I had the same experience in running - I ran a lot for years but fell out of love with it. In the last 2 or 3 years the enjoyment has come back and I’m really enjoying the ultras mostly because the pressure for pbs and split times doesn’t apply in the same way

@ShowOfHands - The weights they refer to on BBOD are lbs not kg. That threw me to start with!

@Reastie - That's a great idea. Was only thinking this morning that no one would know if I dropped my weights down or skipped a set. The accountability of being on camera would be helpful when the going gets tough (which it did today on LIIFT4 leg day)

@plinkplink - hope you aren't kept waiting too long. The last few weeks are tricky waddling around!

@Purpleraindeer - I am a former ultra runner. I burnt out a bit last year and went from smashing marathons and ultra marathons to hating ALL running. Keeping my hand in with some shortish runs with the kids but have temporarily really lost my love for it. Hoping a little break from it will give me my hunger back

Oh, I meant to say! One of my old step instructors is doing zoom aerobics classes so I might give it a try on Saturday. Not quite sure how it’ll all work and means missing out on my run, but I miss going to an actual class and being a live online class it might be a nice compromise. It’s also a bit routinely which I used to love and miss with bb and LMOD.

Wow, it’s gone from tumbleweed to I can’t keep up!

Showofhands im now imagining you doing bb lifting like they do on the ‘beast’ workouts 😂. They are some heavy weights! I always think ‘lift heavy’ means heavy enough so you struggle a lot with the last 3 reps. By the end you couldn’t do more. But then they say I think to build muscle aim to do 8-10 reps per set and to more generally tone more like 12-15. I usually go for the latter and am feeling the burn by 8 and really struggling from 10 reps. It’s been a long time since I’ve done proper lifting though due to an elbow injury that won’t go away (despite the mri and specialist saying there’s nothing there now 🙄). I did restart doing body pump again but had to give up after a month because it just made the injury return worse again.

Plink, at nearly a year post birth and having had 9 months of pretty much bedrest before that, I really feel like in the past couple of months my fitness is at a decent place, and that’s after a section and only 2-3 workouts max a week and starting gently just walking. I feel like I have more work to go to get where I was, it that’s only because I haven’t had time to do more workouts. My body has really improved its fitness so much from where I was, it’s incredible. I bought this dvd but it was quite cheap. I’m sure you could find similar things online. If I find it I might be able to send you mine if you like, not like I’m having more children 😂. FWIW pi yo is pretty hard on the core, which is obv good but also I think to start you might need to build up to it if your core was as shot as mine was! I was so so frustrated not being able to do stuff initially (although I had a section so the recovery will hopefully be much shorter for you).

ShowofHands DS arrived at 38+5 so fingers crossed she'll follow in her brothers footsteps ha. This pool is a hire one but we've both said we'll get a pool next year 😂 God breathing normally... I'm looking forward to finally taking a full breath and feeling it.

With the weights, I'd suggest going through a few workouts and seeing how you go really... it took me a little while to work out which weights were pushing me where I needed and which were just too light for that exercise. So I'd write it down using the tracker sheet and highlight the ones that were too easy using that weight. So next time I knew to use the next step up. So trial and error really. There's no shame in having to drop down mid set as well... I actually found it a great burn doing it that way.

Reastie oh wow a year already?! That's gone super fast!! I remember so clearly how frustrated you had been with not being able to workout during your pregnancy. It must have felt so, so good even to do that little bit each day. It sounds like an ideal way to get back into it, can you remember what company it was? What are your plans for the little one's first birthday?

Hi @dueindecember10 👋 I knew Autumn did some pre natal but I'll check it out on the postnatal front. PiYo sounds pretty good to me right now.

Purple I might have heard it a bit Mostly from myself actually ha. Reminding myself that there's nothing I can do, it's just a waiting game. I'm looking forward to it so much. With BBOD I really found an enjoyable way to stay fit and healthy (God I sound like an advert) and coming on here with you guys is such a great motivation. How has the running been? I guess ultra marathons are on pause atm with social distancing.

How lovely that there’s lots of chat on here!

Plink - so exciting. Not long now (I bet you’ve heard that a lot in the last few weeks!). I’m so pleased the homebirth is back on. You’ll be exercising again before you know it. I got back really quickly with no problems and I was very overweight and unfit so you’d be starting with an advantage.

Reastie - 1st birthdays are massive - It feels like it has gone fast.

Show of hands - welcome. It’s nice to have another max30 lover on this thread. I’ve done that one soooo many times - it gets you so fit. I really liked lift too. Basically the heavier weights the better for that as it is low reps. The other one worth trying if you want a bit more cardio (that is the one downside of lift) is 21 day fix extreme. It’s cardio and weights together so is a good compromise. I would also say The Work. But he swears a lot and does treat you like a deranged squaddie which it turns out I respond to! I just did legs tonight and they are like jelly now so it does something effective.

Have a good evening all

The first clip I watched yesterday, the woman was using 20s. I assumed kg, maybe not!

I just have no idea what "lift heavy" means. I use my 5s for a quick 20 minute arm session while dinner cooks or similar but assumed "heavy" would mean bigger than this.

I'm not particularly strong. I can do pull ups (only about 5 before I start to struggle but can struggle on to 10 just about) and do proper press ups whether wide or military so I have some basic strength as a starting point.