Carry on exercising - the August 2022 edition

that's amazing @Kyse

I wonder what number I'm on with my BC as an attendee (would have to be a bit of a guesstimate) and as a teacher* (theoretically I can get a pretty close number since it's only been since November)

*Totters off to spreadsheet that

Just got a notification that my next spin class will be my 150th. Guess I can say I've stuck with it!

Halp! I have day 2 DOMS from the BodyAttack class. Mainly triceps from the pressups and back from the (not kidding) arm flapping.
Definitely going to add this class into my weekly menu, it's fun and it hits some spots.

Almost time to start swimming - I've been putting it off. To be fair the pool getting repossessed in Feb was kind of a blocker there, considering how poor the water quality is here over the rainy months. But... it's time.
There's being a bit undertrained to be able to 'tell a compelling story' and 'go on a journey' which is GRATE for the old social media fundraising. And then there's genuinely leaving it a bit late, which kind of really sucks, and can lead to panic-overtraining or missing ya goals.

August 12 is the Swim For Hope, going to the mainland at sparrowfart o'clock then swimming home to the Isle of Wight. I need to be swim fit for end June ideally.

Please take it easy @MotherForkinShirtBalls there is plenty time to train but you can only heal now.

One of my fellow instructors turned her ankle teaching BodyAttack (some kind of aerobics lunacy). She continued to teach the class, which wasn't too smart to be honest. I would have done the same, tbf, it's horrible to feel like you're letting the class down. It's all swollen today and she said to me 'I'm going to do BodyPump though, I can do that standing on one leg'.

I told her "You really must skip pump tonight, one leg is not a plan you nutter"

As per above, last night I did BodyAttack. I didn't die nearly as much as anticipated, I guess I'm feeling quite fit at the moment. My core is a bit out of condition though, after missing 10 weeks of Barre and Core classes. I really need to do some specific core stuff, as BodyCombat doesn't quite cover that, despite being a pretty decent overall workout.

37 days

Slower than I expected, Bez, which is annoying. I purposely gave myself a couple of days of doing nothing (which is very unusual) but it seems I might need more. I've had some bleeding after today's class so I'll have to take it easy tomorrow I think.

That's very exciting about your classes! Lovely feeling to be recognised as being good at what you do.

How is the recovery going @MotherForkinShirtBalls ?

I've just been asked to send my first invoice for my classes. It's all getting a bit grown-up now! Previously I just taught for free gym membership - now it's paid.

If I was 25 years younger I could do this for a living, as it is I need the days off to recover from leading the class 3 hours a week.

Strength and conditioning class today. I had to lower my weights and did it all low/minimal impact.

Days exercised 72

I'm doing 1 hour BodyAttack tonight. Possibly definitely unwise, after all the Combatting, but one of the other instructors is struggling for numbers so I'm going to support her. I know personally how much of a difference each body makes when your class sizes are small.

Easy, short swim at lunchtime.

Days exercised 72

10 mins skipping is a lot, Roonetta, well done!

I had a small operation on Wednesday. I thought I'd be back to exercise without a problem by Friday but I just about managed a short, easy jog this morning and I'm not feeling the better of it this evening. I'll hopefully be ok for a swim tomorrow.

Days exercised 71.

Did my BodyCombat classes, 36 days.

20 min country pop spin class

Yoga again this morning was a very nice start to the day.

20 min full body strength
Going to do a foam rolling class later

(NC as usual!)
10 min barre
20 min low impact spin

I think having online structured workouts, if you use them, is worth that kind of money, easily. If you don't have the money you can still find equivalent things for free, but maybe with youtube adverts in the middle.

I think Les Mills On Demand or whatever it is called is about 12 (you can usually find a discount, mine costs me 8.99). That's fantastic value considering the back catalog on there. However, and I'm not a LM shill honestly, there's only so much training any one person can or needs to do! Having a relatively small selection of workouts from a trainer you already like, might be just as good or even better, for you. I've been paying LMOD for 2 months and haven't really used it. I just don't seem to be enthusiastic about training that way.

Roonetta, Someone on another thread wrote that CG's new app is GBP80 for the year and GBP8.99 monthly for the UK.

Sounds a lot when you're used to free content but I've no idea if it is actually a reasonable price as I don't know what people normally charge for such apps.

yes to sunshine. I'm going to start running next week. First I need to teach my Thursday, Friday Sunday classes.

I've been away and have been mostly focusing on getting my 10k steps in, I have to say it is feeling easier, I don't know how much of that is the sunshine though. It makes everything feel better!

I've been learning new tracks for BodyCombat. Every three months we get a new workout (they call it a Release), which is the tracks plus very detailed choreography. This is the first Release that I've had as a qualified teacher, and I guess learning your first one since qualifying is a bit of a Rite of Passage. I've learned 5 so far, and have 2 more to go to complete the set.
Even the cooldown has choreography (which can get in the bin, frankly, but my instructor insists I do that too lol).