Keep On Exercising 2

60 x25m swim
138.
Having problems with my knees. I'm going to have to make the effort and lose some weight or I'll be needing 2 new knees,as well as hips 🙁

Boxercise last night, had 12 which is a great headcount in the mid summer. Did a good mix of training and skills (I hope) then did my classic of "I saw this on the internet yesterday so we're doing it now". Bonus points because it was a Tom Morrison one. Then we did Sally Up with a mix of squats and lunges.

Today J was picking me up to go to Cardio Combat and his first words were 'that exercise wrecked me' - kaching, well pleased with that report!

Combat was brilliant, I feel fine this week so gave it big beans and pushed the boat out a bit. I am just going to fix up my kit bags so we're ready for next Monday's boxercise and revel in being a bit organised and on top of things for a change.

Exercising on hold. Was unwell at the weekend and now other matters are in the way. Grrr.

23 mins yesterday - tai chi walking plus a bit of yoga stretching. Nearly 3 months of doing 20 mins plus exercise daily.

Musical Theatre Fitness, 45 minutes.

123

Yesterday:
5k run

22,000 steps

Today:
5k walk
Bounce class (45 mins)
Full body workout with weights and core work (45 mins)

12,000 steps

Yesterday:
Yoga class (1 hour)

Today:
5k walk
Bounce class (45 mins) (out in the park, on a trampoline, in this heat, it was absolutely brutal)
Lots of dancing on a night out tonight

27,000 steps

A brief bit of running (treadmill) at Active for Life - only 10 minutes. Heart rate better today - max of 156.

Senior Flex, 45 minutes.

122

26m dance workout today plus stretching afterwards. SO overheated!

All sounds good @BezMills . Yes, definitely agree with being careful.

My back's a bit better thanks! I've been taking a couple of cocodamols before bed and then just generally being a bit careful of it. I did BodyCombat and for once managed to be super good to my back. Didn't throw the kicks, just stayed inside my own footprint iyswim and did the punchy bits. When they do running knees I did high knee marches. When they did back kick, I just leaned forward a little bit and looked over my shoulder without picking my foot up. Etc.

I actually had a great time.

Last night very quiet at my Boxercise. Just had two people but I like that. It's 100% coaching, which I love. Had the new fella for his second go around. My main project with him is just to get him to calm down and relax. He's very tightly wound and when he sets up to punch he gets mad tense like he's actually in a fight. So I told him that's my project for him, to get him relaxed and stop blocking himself with tension.

The other person was my youngest participant, G. She's wanting to go to a boxing club and they wanted her to film herself throwing certain punches to get an idea of her level. I thought that's a bit much really. Just get her down the gym and see for yourself no? So anyway we got some footage of her throwing some different shots and I told her I want her to watch the footage back and tell me what she sees. I already know what I saw, and I'll be interested to see what she picks up from the footage.

Remembered my knee braces. That was 121.

5k run
5k walk

Nothing else as been out and about socialising today. Must try to do a bit more strength training, I’ve been letting it slide lately.

17,500 steps

45 minutes Senior Flex - apparently we're now doing Supersets.
45 minutes Active for Life - Trying to increase running on the treadmill, but only managed 2 min warm-up, 5 min at 6.4 kph and 3 min cool down. Biceps curls with 6kg followed by SPARC.

Yesterday - 55 mins badminton. When you're playing a 15 yo boy it's very energetic, so I'm counting it. Actually, if it wasn't for dodgy joints I think I could be good. As it is, I wouldn't dare play often enough. My elbow complains.
136.
Today - 60 x25m swim, 55 mins somatics class.
137.

Have just finished my 30 day challenge with yogalates (Kassandra on YouTube). I have actually really enjoyed it. The strength aspects of Pilates has been a real challenge, very much recommended, and will repeat the whole sequence again in due course. Have it’s definitely made a difference to core strength, absolutely have more muscles than when I started! I have done an Adriene 30 dat challenge before but enjoyed this one a lot more.
15 minutes today for the last session and then a 15 minute toning workout too.

Musical Theatre Fitness - 45 minutes.
Simply Stretch - 30 minutes.

120

Busy day today!

5k walk
Barre class (45 mins)
Pump it up class (45 mins) (full body workout with dumbbells - I went up to a pair of 8kg for the first time today)!
Shesensu class (45 mins)

23,600 steps

I hope that the back is sorted soon @BezMills . I hate back trouble - it's the worst.

I laughed at what you said about the 'random stuff' - there's a lad who goes to many of the Musical Theatre Fitness classes and that about describes what he does whenever there are jumps. I often miss out the jumps, depending on what my knees are like that day.

haha! I had a new guy in Boxercise last night and we always finish with the same choreographed aerobics boxing track. I always say to folk 'don't worry about the choreography, if you're moving you're winning'. So anyway he just takes this to heart and does the most random stuff during the track. I don't mind at all, it's not an exercise to music class and I can lead this track in my sleep - done it 200+ times. It was just amusing to me seeing him throwing air bombs with wild abandon and no relation to the music.

I said it and it's true 'if you're moving, you're winning'

Having said that, I twanged my back a bit doing deadlift the other day. I guess I could say I went too heavy after a break but I don't even think the weight was the main issue, it's that I lost concentration and did a bad lift. I just about got away with it - keeping it moving and doing little exercises on the floor like hip curls etc. I'm going to BodyCombat anyway because I want to, and because I kind of think if I tell my mate J I'm not going, he'll not go either.

So I'm going to just do Zone 2 BC, which I always say I'm going to do when I've got an iffy back, and I usually get limbered up and feel fine then start throwing mad shapes.

That was 119.

Sunday was 118.

Today: 45 minutes Pilates class, concentrating on the back.
45 minutes Zumba class. Got some of the moves, but not necessarily in the right order.

5k run
Shesensu class (45 mins)
Yoga (20 mins)
Fair bit of walking, lots of it uphill

20,000 steps