NewYearathon - getting fitter in 2017.

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A shiny new thread for a New Year.

Come and join us - whatever your exercise goal for 2017.

Welcome Spam fab goals. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but that seems like quite a feat if you have not been exercising before, so don't feel disheartened if you have to step it down a gear. Great attitude though!

Well done everyone on keeping going. I did a 6km walk today.

Rest today, thighs are definitely feeling it from Killer Buns and Thighs yesterday, so I made myself go on a bit of a walk in the rain (about 4.5k) to stretch out the muscles. Planning on starting Body Revolution sometime this week, not sure I'm 'ready' for it yet, but I'd like to finish it by the start of May so I don't want to waste much time.

randm I also hate the v squat thing at the end of 30DSL2, what weights do you use?

45 mins Pilates session. May have overdone it a bit today as this is on top of my walk, but didn't want to not reach my goals this week!

Delicious, workouts 1 and 2 of Body Rev are easier (though a bit longer) than the Shred. From workout 5 onwards it gets pretty evil, but the early ones are OK. I'm going to move on to workout 5 tomorrow: can't justify sticking with 3 and 4 any longer.

I have 3lb (1 and a bit kg) weights delicious . Sadly next option is 5kg so might need to spring for more in between those. Have a couple of kettle bells from Aldi too - my shopping might have overestimated my strength...

It's the straight arm stuff I struggle with most. Bicep and hammer curls are much easier - almost feel like I could use bigger weights for those apart from not wanting to kill myself for the last move!

I have a general goal to reach the NHS movement target (150 mins moderate cardio and 2+ strength exercises per week) but not really sure where to start.

Strength exercise is fine - I love yoga and do YouTube videos in a morning. It's the cardio where I'm not sure where to start or how hard to push myself. I'm quite prone to soreness after exercise, particularly in my knees, so am really cautious around squats, lunges, etc. But then as a result I don't work up as much of a sweat or get as out of breath as I think I should be getting.

Thank you so much for the warm welcome everyone.

On 15/01/17
1750 steps
12 mins on indoor bike
15 mins of physio moves

wilderness I totally agree. I walked my dogs once around my local park yesterday and it was 1700 steps. Usually they would go out twice but they went bananas in the garden with a new toy so I didn't get the rest of my steps as planned. I think the steps is the challenge for me because I spend so much time in bed it is partly motivation not just the pain holding me back. I'm going in to it with the view that aiming for something is great but I can't beat myself up if I don't do it all because even if I do 10% it is still more than I have been allowed to do for the past few years.

KBFF done.
Last week was a disaster due to succumbing to the head cold doing the rounds so need to get back into the early morning exercise routing his week!
Well done everyone for keeping up the routines so far in 2017!

First run in 12(??!!) days today. Tiny tiny run. Barely even a run. But oh so good to be back in the early morning drizzle with my Serial podcast and empty brain. 19 mins at 10:26/mile (I really don't care). NMPA tonight after kids' bedtime.

Soggy cold run done this morning & ridiculously pleased with myself as 8.9k is the furthest I've ever done.

10/240! Yay!

Tough kettlebell coaching session today but on the bright side I'm really starting to get the techniques and my lifts are getting easier and better. Long way to go though! I'm on the train home now very sweaty covered in chalk and probably getting odd looks but I've got my head buried in MN to avoid them 😬

Body Rev workout 5 done. Quite evil but I can still do everything. My dim recollection from last time is that I really started to struggle when I got to workouts 7 and 8.

Also, I take it back about the yoga being gentle: today she wants me to do crow pose! That I really can't do (and am worried about face-planting the mat if I briefly did manage it).

Crow pose I'm dreading that one, I don't even do one-armed burpees as it feels like too much pressure on the wrists. I've ordered a cheapy set of 3 resistance bands, will crack on and start Body Rev on Wednesday I think.

NoFuckingRoom 8.9k is brilliant, well done.

Killer Arms and Back L1 today, then 10 mins hula hoop.

NMTZ for me this evening (which I think might be the same as NMPA, but I'm not certain).

(11h 00min; 14/236)

Delicious, the crow pose wasn't in Body Rev (thank God, if it had been I'd have to do it again!): it was in the 31 days of yoga that I'm trying to do alongside JM this month to improve my flexibility. Which I originally thought was so gentle that I wouldn't count it as a workout. Ha bloody ha.

Everyone on here is so impressive! I couldn't voluntarily go out for a run in the weather we had this morning: walking to the Tube in my waterproof coat was bad enough.

16/01/17
3600 steps
15 mins on the bike
15 mins physio exercises

Peter, hope this week is better than the end of last.

Spam, welcome to our merry band! Congratulations on your recovery so far, you sound like a very determined person 💪

I spent the weekend pummelling my sore calf and walking as much as possible to ease it out and was feeling good this evening so went for a run. I decided to reverse the 6k circuit I was doing on Friday, instead of my 4km, and at exactly the same gate, and 4km round the loop, my calf popped again . It's not terribly sore but I don't want to risk proper damage so I'm going to have to do a couple of more rest days and then try a 3-4 km loop later in the week.

KBFF done.
Hope your calf gets better soon Kanyes.
May do NMTZ later this week Oubliette. Have not done it for about 18 months and it used to be one of my favourites!

Thanks, Kanye. The car thing ended happily: the owner texted to say there wasn't any damage and to thank me for being so honest. Hope your calf sorts itself out very soon.

The trouble with NMTZ (does it also sell as No More Problem Areas?) is that it's too long. I really like it because it's all low-impact but also tough, but I just don't have fifty minutes all in one go, except occasionally when I'm on holiday and I'd much rather have a break from exercise!

Body Rev workout 6 done. The return of the dreaded rock star jumps: my poor knees really hate them. I'm going to bike to work today, and once I've done that I'm half way to the week's target.

That is a relief about the crow pose LordPeter!

Decided to start on Body Revolution today, so I'm also relieved that it starts nice and easy. Assuming that workouts 2 and 3 are of a similar level, I might skip week 2 .

WIshing you a speedy recovery Kanye

Probably sensible to rest it Kanye - you really don't want to make it any worse.

This evening I've done Ri30 L1D5 and half of 6W6P L1. I think it might be time to move up a level on Ri30 - I'll try L2 later this week.

(11h 55; 15/235)

Get it strapped and iced Kanye.

Kettlebell fitness tonight. Didn't feel too fit!

11/239

In a bit of a Jillian zone at the moment - alternating NMTZ (that's what my video is called but she talks about Problem Areas) and 30DS L2, whilst slowly getting back into running post-virus. Hoping for a lunchtime run tomorrow. Got my kit packed and it always boosts my afternoon productivity...
think I've worked out every day in the last 7. Phew. Feeling stronger and can do all the circuits in 30DS L2 now so that's rather gratifying. Husband and I are encouraging / guilting each other into daily exercise, it's great :) we're both looking better for it and noticing each other's improvement!

Biked to work and back, and did yoga when I got home. Intentional rest day (apart from the yoga) tomorrow as I think I've overdone it today - I was really plodding on the bike for the last mile home. Happily today's yoga was very gentle!

Delicious, the Body Rev workouts come in pairs (odd numbers are "front of body", even numbers are "back of body"), so 1 and 2 go together for the first two weeks, then 3 and 4 for the next two weeks, and so on. But I'm sure you could just do a week of 1 and 2 and then move straight on to 3 and 4. Are you going to do the cardio workouts or just the strength ones? Cardio 1 is actually the hardest of the lot, because there are fewer moves so you have to do each move for longer, and it is SO BORING I can't tell you.