Beach body thread 5 (insanity, T25, P90X et al)

[Reastie]

I only went and filled up the last thread without realising .

I hope you find me

this is a very disappointed face. I'm currently in the gym cafe listening to the music from my exercise class not in there when I really want to be in there! My car went wrong on the way here and I limped it to the car park but then rung AA. Because they could come any time IN THE NEXT FOUR HOURS I have to wait and couldn't do the class (I couldn't hear the phone in the class). I think I'm more disappointed about that than the car going wrong! So maybe only two workouts this week, which is terrible.

Yumy hope you enjoy t25, it's great because it's so quick but I do always think it's so hard and those 25 minutes are such hard work.

Thermo I'm going to skip obsessed due to stupid injuries, but if there are any workouts in it that aren't elbow/shoulder related would be interested to try

Reastie how disappointing for you I truly feel your pain as nothing worse than getting hyped up for exercise and it not happening. Hope your car is sorted quickly (and cheaply )

Yum my new floor workout spot (when me and DH exercise together) is with the mat in the doorway of the lounge in very close proximity to the Christmas tree so I am often inadvertently incorporating them into my workouts . I keep telling myself it is only for 1 month...

Did a Fitness Blender arms workout this morning which felt very effective and I am already sure my arms will hurt tomorrow. So 21/30 with 11 days to go. I think I might have to persuade DH to chuck in another double at the weekend otherwise I don't think I will do it with other commitments we have plus am I really going to exercise on Christmas Eve??

Fingers crossed car all sorted. Workout for today is not though. Will have to try to squeeze in a hiit tomorrow.

Thermo yeah you'll work Christmas Eve! Last year I did Christmas Eve and Boxing Day . You've got to meet the challenge and it's only half an hour or so out of the whole day . Think of the extra Christmas chocolates that won't count once you've done it.

I will Deffo workout on xmas eve. Xmas day will be a rest day though!

Yes Reastie t25 is harder than I remembered think I am on w/o 11 now.

Sorry about your workout Reastie that is a real shame all round. Is your car sorted?

Roman maybe do aim for a double this weekend that way you have more options for next week.

I have NO plans to exercise on xmas eve, personally I don't find exercise magical , having said that it could be our version of a Christmas party if we all workout. Maybe the rule (I do like making up rules) could be it has to be something fun?

T25 is always surprisingly hard. I do it for an ‘easy’ day and then always get an unpleasant shock. I literally never learn.

I’m getting a bit tempted by doing a little bit obsessed - perhaps we could do it together roman. Autumns workouts are very effective. I wonder if it will be on the secret site. I’m not signing up for bb on demand just to get it.

21dfx lower today. I will never ever be able to do the wrap bit with the band. Normally by the time I’ve got myself sorted the exercise is finished. (Which is fine by me to be honest! )

I totally agree - T25 workouts are hard. I think it is the continuous nature of them (no water breaks). There are a couple which are easier than others but it is all relative isn't it?

Reastie I think the focus of 80 day obsessed is on the legs and bum (or booty as Autumn calls it!) so I suspect there might be a quite a few workouts that you can do (depending on whether you can hold weights?)

Yum I like the idea of our own virtual Christmas Eve party Not sure what we would all agree on what is a fun workout Country Heat maybe?

Christmas Eve workout party sounds good fun. My idea of a workout would be body attack natch maybe the most recent one? I wonder if there's an actual workout on the secret site to Christmas music . Car all fixed thank you for asking.

TF hiit 20 today. Not exactly great but busy day today so had to squeeze it in.

Ooh Reastie that sounds fun! I don't use the secret site, I think I signed up but not sure, would someone be able to pm me the name please? Country heat also sounds fun if its on rutube! Otherwise I might choose a cheesy dvd for Christmas eve - I have some dancey ones I got for 20p on cex.

I did dynamic core this evening which I quite liked as far as ab workouts go, but my side planks have definitely become a lot worse, I was not hardcore!

Purple re band, they are a blimmin nightmare.

I can’t believe no one has suggested speed 2.0 for a Xmas eve workout. Surely it is the perfect combination of fun and over quickly to allow more time for Xmas choc eating?!

Am hoping I’m back in the swing of things as did cardio extreme from 21dfx tonight. My bum and legs are killing now. Who knows if I’ll make it down the stairs tomorrow. Damn autumn and her strangely hard workouts.

Is TF turbo fire reastie? I’ve never done those. Which would be a good one to try given that I like Shaun t style cardio?

Hold on to your pelvic floor if you do TF HIIT Purple!

I am always up for speed 2.0!!

Purple yes its turbo fire. It's very different to Shaun t and the hiit workouts I think are a lot easier than insanity, it might not be hardcore enough for you!

I haven't done speed3 in yonks but I will join in on Christmas Eve andmodify :)

I googled Christmas workouts to try to find something with fantastic cheesy music but alas couldn't find anything. Surely there's a gap in the market here

Purple yes its turbo fire. It's very different to Shaun t and the hiit workouts I think are a lot easier than insanity, it might not be hardcore enough for you!

I haven't done speed3 in yonks but I will join in on Christmas Eve andmodify :)

I googled Christmas workouts to try to find something with fantastic cheesy music but alas couldn't find anything. Surely there's a gap in the market here

Reastie I have also been looking on Youtube etc but cannot find anything - agree, total gap in the market! I found a couple of HIIT workouts labelled as 'festive' - turns out it is just a normal workout with the coach wearing a santa hat no Christmas music or anything!

I am not doing the burpee hell that is Speed 3.0 I'm sure Purple said Speed 2.0 I could go with that as DH would do it happily as it is always his default workout anyway (can't see him shaking his booty to Christmas tunes!)

No workout yesterday (planned rest day rather than couldn't be arsed) so am still on 21/30 with only 10 days left!

Oh I'm happy with Turbo fire aswell if we choose that

Is there a fun turbo fire that's not too long and not too crazy, good option for me in a way as I have the dvds? Otherwise cize or country heat if I can find the workout? Speed 2.0 can be our fall back!

I actually did a double as dd is off school sick. Lower focus, ouch, and core cardio.

A double poppy?! Well done. Take care on the stairs tomorrow!

I had to do a workout today as won’t have time tomorrow. My bum is sore from squats. Thought I’d try something random and did speed 4.0 from Shaun week. I didn’t enjoy it as much as 2.0 and 3.0. I also found the cueing difficult so I was never doing the same move that the cast were doing! I’m feeling tired. I never do 4 days in a row. I
Could fall asleep on the sofa right now

Wish me luck...am about to start a double of Cardio Fix Extreme and ABC Extreme 😱 I may not survive!!

Well I did survive...just 😂 didn't do the squat jumps in ABC but managed everything else. So 23/30 with 8 days left.

Wow. Well done on that double roman. You are secretly very hardcore even though you tell us otherwise. Cardio fix extreme has got 2 moves I find super tiring - squat cleans and the jumping jack one. I hope you get a well earned sit down now

Well I may have been misleading before - when I said I did everything, I may have modified a few moves whereas I actually skipped the squat jumps because my legs were shot after Cardio extreme and a bloody 60 sec squat hold!

Hope you have had a rest now Purple, I still can't get over the fact you do t25 as a rest workout

Roman that really sounds like a hard core double I on the other hand did a cheats double TBC (hard - modified a bit)and then stretch. It was a nice combo though.

Thermo well done you, that sounds very hardcore despite a little modifying. I hope someone somewhere reads this and puts together a proper festive workout to festive music! I used to have a website I used that had workouts on (I forget what it was called but it's since folded so I assume they're not available anyway) which had a limited number of free workouts and on that was an aerobics Christmas workout with proper cheesy Christmas tunes, I miss that workout!

Did bodystep yesterday on the secret site but the internet kept going crazy meaning after 40 minutes I had to give up on official workout and just did a bit of stepping with made up moves. I've made up one block of moves myself so next time will work on block two and three and have my own little made up routine!

Hoping for a run today but depends on if it's icy outside and slippy on the roads, I might end up crossing fingers the internet works better today and doing BA.

Did you get your run in reastie? I got out for one here but it was very damp, misty and slimy. I do like a cold winter run - it’s lovely to get a bit of air as I feel like I spend a lot of time indoors at this time of year.

This is what I saw at the start of my run. It was a bit spooky actually

Purple that looks a bit scary! I did indeed manage a run but only a mini 25 minute one. Even dh said when I came home 'back already?!' Still, better than nothing. It was a little icy on some of the roads so didn't want to do an epic one for fear of increased chance of slipping but I was glad I got out for some fresh air. Hope everyone else had a good workout.

I'm hoping to practice speed 3 this week to see if it's possible for me to do for our Christmas Eve workout. I only mention speed 3 not speed 2 as I only have speed 3 on DVD and the way my internet it I'd be really disappointed if I did a joint workout with you all and the wifi kept losing signal. I'll let you know how I go and if I can make it a challenge with no burpee type moves (which from memory is most of it) although that doesn't mean you can't all do speed 2 instead if that's the preferred option.