Beachbody THREAD 2 (Insanity, T25, etc)

[Jacksterbear]

Hi all, I've just realised I maxed out our thread by posting the 1000th post earlier so I thought I should start a new one!

Hoping you all find me here...

Hey fullsteam welcome back I am a regular who name changed due to all that security shit that was going down a few weeks ago (I hope you can all recognise my new disguise )

I am doing the 5:2 diet so you can be my buddy if you want? We can help each other get through the fast days

Fullsteam so lovely to have you back!!

Onlywhenyouleave your disguise was no match for my powers of deduction {twiddles poiroit mustache}

Healthy regime restarts tomorrow ... {rubs backside from well needed Jackster kick!}

Fullsteam! I've missed you! Welcome back!

Just back from wedding where DH was the best man - am a bit broken.

Looking forward to tomorrow Purple! Shall we say 18:15ish at Barry's? Did a place come up YumYum?

Have 2 doc's appts tomorrow so will be good to run off some steam afterwards. Finally going home to Rome on Thursday after nearly 3.5 weeks in the UK - missing the kids now - haven't seen them since Monday.

Hi fullsteam. Nice to have you back. I bet you had a lovely relaxing summer. Do you know what it was which made you feel unwell or do you think it was overdoing it in general?

Boobz - yep see you there tomorrow. I will get there at 6.15. Hopefully we'll spot each other! Poppy - hope your wait list came thru. I'm scared that boobz is going to beast me so I'd like company!!

Have been v demotivated the last few days and had a couple of dreadful work outs. Did gamma 3.0 tonight as had a cream tea so thought I should do something to offset it. I first looked at the clock with 21mins to go. I tell you what, 25mins was a loooooong time tonight!

Poppy - I will be joining you on the healthy regime..... Weighed myself and I seem to have put on 1.5kg!! All of the cakes, biscuits and chocolate I've been eating have done some damage!! Boo.

Purple and Boobz, how was Barry's?

Didn't exercise today but healthy eating aspect of regime hasn't been too bad so that's something.

Ps purple 1.5 kg regain is about half my cake baby (dd said last night mummy your tummy is growing and growing is there a baby in there?)

Am dying to hear about the beachbody meet up!

I am back from my holiday - it is bloody cold!!

Fast day tomorrow but still trying to work out how to fit a t25 workout in as the DC have evening activities. ..not the best start to my 'size 14 by christmas' mission

Meet up was great. Was so nice to finally meet boobz after all of these months of online chat . Barry's was a hard core work out. Omg. I thought I was going to be sick at the end of the first treadmill bit. Got v confused by the fact that the treadmills are set to miles per hour so couldn't work out why I was finding it so hard, then worked out that we were sprinting at 6min miles so felt better about myself. I really liked that there were lots of different ability levels in the class. There were some super fit people and some people who were just getting started and everyone was really nice. I think I was expecting it to be more intimidating.

The big test will be tomorrow. I'm absolutely ruined now, so god knows how I'll feel tomorrow morning. Boobz looked a little bit hot but otherwise unaffected. She is hardcore
I really want to do the class again tho so if anyone is up for it I definitely am.

Poppy at your dd's cake comment!!

Hahaha Yum - my DD (6) said that to our nanny the other day... given our nanny's husband is in the Philippines atm, it would have had to have been the immaculate conception (or a naughty nanny, but I think she is pretty devoted).

Yes meet up was lots of fun! Purple is obviously being really modest, with the trainer shouting "well done, aren't you a newby, you are killing it!" in the first run, and I was so pleased to look over and see it was purple! I didn't work as hard as I did last week but I think the wedding weekend really did wear me out. Was so lovely to meet up - and so glad you liked it purple - am very keen to get a group of us going if we can as it's more fun when you go with friends.

My aim is to run at the advanced level - both Purple and I were on the intermediate level today I think - I ended up running next to Anya today (the trainer who's amazing face and body is emblazoned across all the marketing material and screens in the gym... ) and she was hitting the 12.5mph sprints at the end (which I was doing before I got cancer, dammit!)

Most traumatic moment was looking in mirror and seeing my chemo-induced drawn on eyebrows had rubbed off with sweat, but Purple was nice enough not to say anything.

Am looking for takers for Tuesday 6am OR 7:10am OR 8:30am Barry's class next Tues 15th when I am next in town? Booking opens at 12 noon tomorrow so let me know... (come on, you know you all want to...)

*whose not who's

Boobz - I'd love to do the tues am classes but it's not practical - I either can't get there in time or the 8.30 class wouldn't get me to work until 10am which would def raise some eyebrows!! Let me know if/when you can do a 6.40pm class again as I'll def be there - it's addictive. could anyone else do an eve class?
A quick calc made me realise that 12.5mph is world record marathon pace. That is seriously bloody fast
I don't feel too bad this am amazingly.

None of my flights get in early enough on a Monday evening to do the 18:40 class again so I'm afraid we may have had our one and only meet up! Although I may be in the UK between last chemo on 6th Oct (hasn't 6 months gone fast!) and my surgery in late Nov, so there may be an opp there or two.

I did another Barry's this morning - am now in chemo chair. Think that is the first time I have done a class less than 12 hours since the last one! Went rather well surprisingly - managed 4 x 12.5mph sprints, but only for 45 seconds each - I can't believe marathon runners keep that pace up for 2 hours!!!

To the Barry girls - great job. Next time turn up with running spikes and complain that you can't wear them or the tread mill as you can easily do 12.5mph in them. Re Barry's are boys allowed? Did you go to Euston or the City?

Max30 has been shelved for a few days as I can only do it really early in the morning and not managed to stumble out at 530. So gym and one hell of a lot of burpees, pull and chin ups. Rather do max 30 truth be told.

Hi everyone, back from family holiday and just having a catch up . All been busy as usual. I did a few workouts on holiday and rediscovered my hatred of treadmills and bikes/gyms in general! Then swam lengths instead. Run tonight outside, was lovely. Going away with friends at the weekend so back on Shaun T next week but looking forward to a proper fitness catch up then and setting myself some new goals!

God Barrys sounds proper hardcore...just Googled Anya and I remember her being in a pop group with Jenny (Frost??) - the one who took over from Kerry Katona in Atomic Kitten (I have a head full of pop trivia )

sarah welcome back I am also struggling to fit in any workouts this week - will be Thursday before I can do any. Have fasted today though so feel I have undone a little bit of the holiday abuse

Ooh - good gossip only. Trusty Wikipedia says the group was called Precious.

Good work on the 12.5mph sprints boobz. That takes some nerve to commit too. I was scared I'd just fly off the back at 9.5!

Had a lovely rest day yesterday. Will do some sort of max 30 or t25 tonight. On a total side note, I just tried some styling oil in my hair, misjudged how much and now I look like a sea bird who's just come out of an oil slick. And I have to go to work like this as I've got no time to wash my hair.

Boobz - hope you're safely back in Rome and feeling ok. You have a lot to answer for as I enjoyed Barry's so much I've signed up for a class at 5.30 on tues next week. It's like exercise crack!! I hope we can go together again in October sometime, but if anyone wants to join me next tues, there are lots of slots still free for the 5.30 class. You know you want to......

I remember one of the songs from Precious - Say It Again! Catchy.

I am signed up to the 6am class on Tuesday next week to fit in before chemo. Glad you liked it though - I feel my mission is complete for you - just need to indoctrinate everyone else!

boobz yes! I remember that song, it is all coming back to me..they were the Eurovision entry. She is stunningly pretty

Greetings all!

Well my first week as a SAHM-to-school-aged-DCs hasn't gone quite to plan (my DS has ASD and various anxiety issues - school and separation from me and DH being the worst ones ). However, I've taken the plunge and have just joined a gym for the 1st time! Eek!
They have lots of great-sounding classes including Insanity. Booked in for an "MOT" tmrw when they will take various measurements etc. will report back! V excited!

But fear not, I have no intention of abandoning my Dvds or this thread!

Great to hear that the Barry's meet-up went well. I fear that none of the suggested times would work for me, but maybe something else would work for an exercise meet-up another time!

Purple, love the image of you as an oil-slicked seabird!

Lovely to see you back fullsteam.

to everyone else.

It's gone v quiet!

Gym mot/induction was good (and quite satisfying to see the instructor's obvious surprise that I was pretty fit and healthy despite never having set foot in a gym before ). Lots of measurements taken which were all fine:

Height 167 cm
Weight 56.7 kg
BMI 20.4
Body fat 23.6 % (lower than I thought so pleased)
Lean body mass 44kg

Those are the ones I remember; there was other stuff like water retention, blood pressure and BMR.

Did a quick 5km on the treadmill after the induction plus a bit on the cross-trainer on high resistance.

How's everyone?

Jackster

Great results on your test results. you must be pleased. I hope their measure properly as some of the very new PTs have very little practical experience as you can qualify quite quickly.

I do agree it has gone a little quiet. Not able to do Max30 but of to do a new class called handsdown which does not sound to great for an inflexible plank like myself.

"Turn your world upside down and join this gymnastics skills class. While focusing on inversions you will open your hips, stretch your hamstrings and quads, and learn hand balancing and back bending postures. Workouts are all scalable and are for every fitness level."

Hate you all to think I am dragging the quality down on here so quick fix

*"they" and not "their" measure ....

'"too" and not "to" great.

Jackster - you're buff! You weigh the same as me but are 12cm taller.

I know what you mean re someone being surprised at your fitness. You should have seen the instructor at Barry's face when he found me afterwards and asked what my fitness regime was and I said at home exercise DVDs.

I am still doing max30 and some t25. Did max out sweat last night. Worked hard as I had had a super stressful day at work so needed to get some stress out.

Might do another tonight but DH is out and I have an overwhelming urge to just sit on the sofa.