Carry on exercising - the August 2022 edition

Sunday I did my class. One of the local councillors was there. A smashing chap of about 60, known to like his real ale. He was giving it great guns, even saw him having a go at the hopping side kicks. Legend.

Today I went in and did the stretching class, then a did a bit of boxing workout in the functional fitness room.

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I highly suggest access to a dog if you want to increase your steps Roonetta !! 😂😉

Well done on the 30kg deadlifts motherforkin! Very impressive. Is that with a barbell or dumbbells?

Hello livingdeadgirlUK and welcome to the thread!! We all love different types of exercise here so it's very inspiring to read what everyone else is doing. Great you've started doing yoga and always good to have a goal.

Personally I'm into Caroline girvan (mainly strength training), yoga and running. Making an effort to do yoga and running at least once a week as I feel they are so good for the body.

Today did girvan iron day 9 (full body dumbbell) and the 3 min bowflex plank.

Hi everyone, I've dropped by to hopefully get some accountability for increasing my exercise. I walk a fair bit as I can't drive, so 25 mins each way to work etc but I'm gaining weight and feel so unfit now I'm nearly 40 I really need to do something else as well.

I've done a Yoga workout the last 3 mornings, different body 'focus' for each one. I'm going to try and keep this up as a daily habit and I have to say I didn't think I would feel much but my muscles are achy! So it must be doing something.

My biggest goal is to reduce my belly fat, I was always a pear shape but I've got a really large middle section now as well since having my son. Basically look like I'm still pregnant and its been 4 years!

20 min full body weights
10 min yoga focus flow hamstrings

Hope you're doing OK Maple, no doubt it'll take a few days to process what happened.

Another class this morning. Lots of shoulder stuff to be adapted but i did 30kg deadlifts which I haven’t in a long time!

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It's sounds awful maple. But thank goodness no one was hurt.

@SophieLion we don't know TBH. Some of us can't WFH, all the laptops/computers are also gone so we need new ones.. it's a mess

20 min beginner ride (struggling with knee pain so I'm trying to alternate what I do)
About to foam roll my hamstrings

Friday class was good, just three of us and I was quite wiped from being sick all week with this stupic cold, and the class only 18 hours earlier too.

I tried a new track that I've just learned. It went... ok.

28 / 200. Things will pick up in the warmer months!

Oh that doesn't sound good motherforkin. How are you now?

Your holiday sounds lovely Roonetta. Idyllic.

Sorry to hear about your work place maple. What happens now? All WFH?

Well done on smashing your class bezmills!

Im ok. Realised I had part cold/sore throat and part reaction to vaccines I had to do for a summer holiday.

Managed to do a an iron workout and a 5km
Run these days. And a lot of walking. Yesterday was over 20k steps.

Oh wow, that's awful Maple. I'm very glad no one was hurt but that's terrible. Hope the staff have some support around for you.

@MotherForkinShirtBalls yes all good, it happened in the early hours so no staff were there. Devastating still
Don't want to link for search reasons but if you google "Inchcape fire" it comes up

Um, that needs more context! Is everyone OK?

Day off. My work burned down so..

Well done on the class Bez, it sounds great.

Nope Roonetta, not an apology. I got a bumbling "oh, beg your pardon" as he swam off but no actual apology. Your break sounds lovely.

Are you feeling better again Sophie?

Too much sugar and too little sleep caught up to me and I didn't have the energy to run the hill this morning, so I walked it.

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Morning! Yesterday I ran my evening BodyCombat class. What was super exciting is that my instructor turned up to train, with her 11wo (!) in tow. Her DP teaches the class after me, so he came down just before my class to take the tiny while she trained. Went pretty well, although we did start 6 minutes late due to everybody cooing at the (admittedly v adorbs) babby. Then I had to stop just a bit early because she needed to go and swap in so that DP could get his class going. ( He's veh organised and would have been a bit put-out if I'd squeezed too much into his setup time.)

I had two late cancellations, due to JGS (January Gym Syndrome) - they attempted a bit much in the first week back and needed a rest day.

Overall went pretty well, I kept an eye on my instructor but she's an absolute machine and just smashed it out. I always knew this day would come, and came it did. Cool.

It's OK thanks, Bez. The swelling had gone down by last night and the cut has almost healed. I'm back to looking like I don't look like I have botched fillers 😆

How's your mouth @MotherForkinShirtBalls ?

Got to an early class this morning. My shoulder is holding up well which is a very pleasant surprise.

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10 min barre
20 mins spin

Aoutsch @MotherForkinShirtBalls !