Still crushing it with Jillian 2021

WO12 done. Agree re the bicep curls - was waiting for a catch! I need to work on my bridge presses. I used to be good at bridge but haven’t done it for so long that my technique was rubbish.

Are we supposed to do two or three weeks of workouts 11 and 12? My calendar print out says three but I’m sure I heard Jillian say two. I hope it’s two like the rest.

Hi all, checking in after some time off over the weekend. Leg feeling much better but still not 100%. Will proceed with caution. I'm impressed you didn't find WO11 too bad, beetroot. The chaturanga move kills me - I just can't get low in those at all. And those horrible in out press ups forced me onto my knees. Definitely prefer WO12 - the circuit where it's just bicep curls I'd like a holiday

roonetta sorry to hear about your husband's bite, sounds nasty. Hope the ABs have kicked in. And despite your motivation being MIA you've kept going, so we'll done.

I am so ready for my holiday, a whole week off. Slightly concerned I won't be motivated to get back to it when I return but I think my body will really enjoy the rest. I think I'll do Killer B&T when I get back and then see how I feel as to whether to launch into Body Shred or take a portfolio approach for a little longer.

I felt fine after this one thanks. Had been worrying about a repeat of the side effects I had after the first but didn’t even get a sore arm this time! Still took the weekend off though just to be sure. And thank you!

Oh no, I hope your DH’s hand gets better soon. I’ve heard about how nasty horsefly reactions can be.

Well done on the exercise. I get you re lacking motivation; after two days off - the longest break in a long time - it would have have been so easy just to have another day off today. I forced myself to get on with WO11 though and felt great for it. It wasn’t quite as bad as expected - I’d been imagining press-ups while doing handstands or something Still WO12 to come though, there’s still time! I even enjoyed the standing mountain climbers - I remember finding them a killer in BFBM, I think probably due to where they were in the workout.

There’s definitely some ‘phoning it in’ from the team in parts on this one though; half attempts at some of the exercises which made me wonder if I’d heard the instruction wrong (I hadn’t!).

Thank you roonetta! The interruptions sound very frustrating. Kitten has learnt not to bother me now or he gets shut out of the room so interruptions are rare (though I always have clothes to hand in case the postman knocks!).

Did WO9 and a run today. I got to the end of WO9 and thought there was another circuit left so it was a nice surprise when it ended! Second jab tomorrow morning so I’ll do WO10 very early and then take a couple of days off I think.

I’ve noticed a few subtle changes in my body today which is encouraging.

Good luck with WO11! How frustrating it flaring up again, Queuing. I think I’d be careful with it until it’s better, but then I know people who have had issues and had to take a year out or stop running completely so I prefer to be cautious if something doesn’t feel right.

Well done Beetroot. I'm starting WO11 tomorrow which looks tough. My leg, having felt a bit better the last few days, really hurts now after Cardio 3 earlier. I really want to finish the programme as I'm so close, but I'm just so conscious of it during exercise (relying heavily on my other leg when I land from a jump and just doing everything so cautiously) that I'm worried I'm not giving it maximum effort and therefore it doesn't count. My own worst enemy!

WO10 done - I swapped the days around and counted the run as my cardio yesterday due to not feeling well enough to do anything else. Still feeling fine which is a relief.

Well done, you’re both doing so well.

I can’t believe I’m on week 10 - time has flown. Dreading the final two weeks but looking forward to being able to try out lift and shred soon.

I struggled a little today. I’ve felt like I might be coming down with something for the past couple of days but I decided to go for a morning (6.30am!) run this morning and regretted it - just wasn’t my usual self. I’m feeling better now so fingers crossed I’ve fought it off. I’m due to have my second jab in a couple of days so I really hope so!

Old favourites? Nostalgia? Sounds like you've got Stockholm Syndrome roonetta

It was my final WO10 today (weighted rockstars, you will not be missed) so Cardio 3 tomorrow then onto the final 2 weeks and final 2 workouts. Have looked ahead to WO11 and I can tell it's going to be easy. Because I doubt I'll be able to do 75% of it! I am not bendy enough for dive bombers or strong enough for the chaturanga pose and jumping press ups?! Even the team were swearing and secretly phoning it in when they thought the camera wasn't on them. Yikes.

Still, focusing on the positive, I've got this far through the programme and gave definitely come a long way. Proud of myself (and that doesn't come easy to me as I always focus on what I fail at, not what I succeed at).

How's everyone else getting on?

For a month maybe.

I found this which is useful if you want to stick to JM.

I think I’m going to choose three to do twice a week each.

That's what makes my uncoordination all the more embarrassing! I have done that move in so many programmes so I've no idea why I'm struggling with it this time around

Week 10 Workout 9 today. Dive bombers are not my friend!

Starting to think about what I'm going to do when I'm back from hols on 18 July. I flip flop on whether to go straight into Body Shred, another 12 weeker, or maybe explore some of the dvds I own but have never done - Shred and Shed, Killer B&T and another one I can't think of the name of. I don't want to lose my fitness by going into an easier programme (ha, does such a thing exist if orchestrated by JM?!) but not sure I have the mental energy to go right into another long programme...

Any thoughts? Before you Epic maniacs suggest it, I'm a world away from attempting that at this stage

I’m not a fan of all the jumping either.

I was ok with coordination on the lunge chops as they’ve been on a few DVDs, but I got very confused with the windmill move and never did work out if I was doing the right arm with the right leg (probably not!)!

I don't know how you're doing it, grated. Such a great effort.

I has a better time with WO10 today but still find it far too jumpy for my liking. Weirdly the jumping lunges was one of the easier bits for me too. But I find WO9 much easier (and therefore enjoyable!) than WO10. Cardio 3 tomorrow and again I'll do it earlier as it's going to be scorchio. Hope my face returns to its normal colour before all my zoom meetings start at 10...

Death by lunge sounds like a very apt description roonetta. Yikes. Despitethem being on nearly all of her programmes, I am still so confused and uncoordinated when it comes to lunge chops. I find I'm lunging on the wrong leg (or chopping on the wrong arm) and I'm all over the shop. My calves were burning just reading about your day.

WO10 done. Wasn’t keen on the reverse plank with leg lifts and rock stars. I’m ok with jumping lunges - they made me think fondly of one of the old DVDs haha.

I really felt some of my leg muscles after the callenetics yesterday; I just did 20 minutes of it today. And left a gap between that and BR this time It’s so slow and looks tame but some of it is harder for me than JM!