Still crushing it with Jillian 2021

Thanks both, I’ve regretted it all day - I was exactly the same, Queuing! Oh yes, I’m not a fan of the dive bombers either. I’m really looking forward to WO10 tomorrow

Well done on the burpees, roonetta. I feel hotter just reading that!

Brilliant beetroot well done! For me on WO9 (I also did it today) the tricky ones are the dive bombers, the relentless boat pose/hollow man and keeping my upper body/chest up and out during the chair squat. Tomorrow is WO10 tomorrow which I'm not looking forward to. Not least because my achilles is still niggly and there is SO MUCH plyometric training in it. WO9 is so much easier.

I worked out at 8.30 straight after the school run today, as I knew it would be much hotter. Had the garden doors open and a column fan pointing right at me and I still looked like I'd done BFBM instead of a 30 min strength dvd! (not angry but a selfie taken afterwards!!)

50 burpees roonetta?? Respect. I reckon I'd need 4 days gap to achieve that, not 4 circuits

I think I’ve gone crazy.

Did WO9 this morning - struggled with the plank and weight move and another I’ve blanked out. But got through it.

Then decided to download a Callenetics DVD as I’ve been reading good things about it and remember my mum doing it in the 80s! It’s the exact same video she did, just broken up into three parts - it took me right back to my childhood! Anyway it works muscles that JM doesn’t - I did an hour of it today (all three parts) but I’m just going to do one section each day from tomorrow. I have high hopes that it’s going to give the results that I’m looking for with the smaller controlled movements on my problem areas.

My DH is working from home and was at how 80s it is

Oh lord, I’m not sure I’m ready for WO9 and 10!

Phase 2 complete. The last cardio 2 was a sweaty one today!

Ps, beetroot can't wait till we can compare notes on WO9 and WO10!

Thanks for the well wishes on my annoying injury! It is feeling much better but still sore by the end of the day. I rested it on Thursday (in London for the day and evening) and Friday (feeling a little fragile [ahem]) but did WO 10 today. That was NOT enjoyable. It is very cardio heavy - rockstars in the warm up and weighted rockstars later on - plus jumping lunges and jumping lunge kicks. AND THOSE WEREN'T EVEN THE CARDIO CIRCUITS My balance was also shocking so I know there's lots to improve on.

Cardio 3 tomorrow which looks tough and I'll have to get up earlier than I'd like on a Sunday to get it done before a busy day. Hope my achilles copes.

Everyone seems so motivated, it's great to see. Algonquin, Wineloffa, how are you getting on?

There’s that too, roonetta I admit that I don’t wear many clothes while working out at home either!

What was your train like Queuing? I hope the compression support sleeve and ibuprofen help - you’re doing so well!

I had a feeling of tightness in one knee early on when I started running but thankfully it sorted itself after some different stretches (still haven’t done the roller exercises ). I can’t believe I completed the programme without any issues, I was worried that BR would damage something, thus being cautious with some moves.

Ah sorry, it was WO9 yesterday, not 10. Sadly (??!) I can't follow on with WO10 today as I've had to travel into work and am out this evening. Feels weird to be on a train again after 15 months! So my routine for the next month will be slightly different for the next month which aggravates my obsessive need for routine, but I should still finish the full programme before my week away in July.

My achilles flares up occasionally and I usually just give it a rest for a few days then it dies down again. It seems to happen more during warm weather when my legs are more prone to swelling anyway. I've bought a compression support sleeve for it so I'm hoping that and ibuprofen will help as I really don't want to break for too long.

As much as I'm so delighted that the warmer weather is finally here, I'm hoping there won't be any awful heatwaves like last year. I was dripping doing yesterday's strength workout so can't even imagine the state of me after Cardio 3!

Sorry to hear about your injury Queuing. Do you think you’ll need a few days rest (or longer) for it to heal or is it something that will just disappear randomly?

Quite excited to try WO10 next week! Though I’ve been enjoying WO7&8.

I’ve been struggling in the heat. I’m not a fan of the sun. I’ve been going out for runs after 8pm because of it and then often doing BR when I get back. Though I’ve done daytime BR workouts the last couple of days, now the children are at school, with curtains shut to keep the sun out.

Hi all. Yesterday I bid farewell to Phase 2 and today I started on Phase 3. I've managed to aggravate an old achilles tendon injury which is really annoying as it's hurting in quite a few of the cardio jumpy moves. I've been cautious using that leg and therefore relying heavily on the other leg which, unsurprisingly, is now starting to hurt too

I'm persevering though. So WO10 is definitely challenging from a coordination point of view! It has my old nemesis- rock and roll gets ups (nope, still can't do them even with weights to pull me forward) as well as plank moguls which I found I can do much better than I ever have before. They were definitely in 6W6P but also Ri30 I think?

It's very cardio heavy for a strength workout and I started getting confused doing some of the moves thinking they were cardio when they were actually strength but overall I liked it and am looking forward to improving. Her transitions are very quick though so yoy don't get much time to work out what's going on before you're half way through!

How's everyone finding the heat?

I start phase 3 on Monday and thanks, though I’m not sure what I was thinking to start both around the same time! I will have a look for those calendars - thanks for the tip.

You’re welcome! I want to mix up some DVDs after BR, mainly because I bought Lift and Shred weeks back and still haven’t tried it! I was thinking maybe NMTZ, 6W6P and L&S on top of my runs. But I have so many (most) of the DVDS, it’s hard to decide!

@gratedbeetroot thanks for that! I’ve found Body Revolution on Bilibili so will start that on 1 July! In the meantime I’ll continue to alternate Ri30 with 6W6P x 6 days a week with yoga thrown in at weekends.

WO8 done.

Are you on phase 3 yet Queuing?

Well done Algon!

Hi everyone! Glad to hear of the good half-terms, it has been so lovely to have some nice weather this week hasn't it!!

I've been mostly "resting" this week in preparation for today's 13 mile challenge run! Did Day 49 of Epic mid week, which was an hour session but half-weights and half-yoga so not too hard!

The run went well, despite the heat and smashed my 2019 time, so I'm really happy

Keep with cardio 2 beetroot - you get used to the 3 circuits, it did my head in at first too!!