Exercising into a new decade - AKA New Year-athon 2020

[OublietteBravo]

Happy New Year! I’m starting a nice shiny new thread to keep track of my 2020 exercise goals. Please feel free to join me.

My goals are:

1. To do some exercise on at least 250 days during 2020;
2. To do at least 200 hours of exercise.

I know what you mean about the cake @Oubliette. My DC were actually getting on today which meant I had a spare 30 mins so I also did Killer Arms and Back level 1 for the first time ever. I liked it. Go me for doing 2 workouts in one day 😁. Think it’ll be a one off though.

BR phase 1 WO3 done. Felt it was a nice workout today - used heavier weights and my new cable, yay! The cable is a killer so I am not sure if I should have bought a lighter resistance

It’s hot here today - but I still persuaded myself to exercise. Yoga inferno workout 2 (the one with weights) and KAbs L1 (60 min)

(157/93; 157h 10min)

Rest day today as I have to go into the office on Fridays. I know what you mean about the heat Oubliette (hot not angry )

I had an unplanned rest day yesterday. Despite getting 7.5 hours's sleep every night this week, I've been utterly exhausted so I gave myself the night off. Felt much better for a hard weights class today.

I'm off on holidays for two weeks tomorrow so might be a bit hit and miss.

Happy weekend!

Days exercised 161.

Have a fab holiday @MotherForkinShirtBalls 😁

Thanks roonetta

BR phase 1 WO4 done ☺️ - was tough today. Used heavier weights and sweated profusely. It’s very hot 🥵

Back from island and exhausted so couldn't face cardio or HIIT. Did one hour strength for butt, abs and arms today.

Seems you've all been very busy exercise-wise

Days exercised 168

Enjoy your holiday MotherForkin!!!

I had a planned rest day yesterday, and I’m taking today as an unplanned rest day because I’m feeling really tired.

How was your trip Sophie?

I got out for a run early before we left for our looooong drive. We've just arrived...I'll probably have a rest day tomorrow and check out the gym on Monday

Days exercised 162.

It was lovely, thanks MotherForkin. Well done you for getting a run in before your car journey. Hope it goes smoothly and have a lovely holiday.

5km run for me Today plus strength for whole body. Must try some HIIT again soon - for some
Reason really gone off it recently.

Days exercised 169

Glad to hear you had a nice break SophieLion 😊. When you say “strength for the whole body” what do you do? Is it a specific programme?

Well done for the run before heading off MotherForkin - that’s dedication 😀

Hope you are feeling less tired Oubliette. Sometimes we have to listen to what our body is telling us ☺️

BR phase 1 cardio 1 done. I am going away for a week from next Saturday. This will be a real test for me whether I still keep it up when I have had a week off. We are staying in a caravan so don’t think I will be able to do any JM’ing while away. Hopefully not too many ice creams will be consumed 😳

HIIT today: JM's Hard Body L2 (hard and did not enjoy) plus strength for abs (day 13 of my 14 day challenge)

Roonetta, I couldn't be bothered to isolate body parts so just wrote strength for whole body. For strength I'm currently following workouts from
Lilly Sabri on you tube. I love her workouts. She has a lot of 10/15 minutes workouts for different body parts and they are very very good. Eg I could never straighten my legs in boat hold as my abs were weak after the pregnancies and now I can straighten my legs in boat hold. I tend to combine workouts and challenges to get a real variety.

Lilly sabri has an amazing, strong body - not too skinny. Just got and healthy and strong and I find that very inspiring.

Days exercised 170

Thanks for that Sophie I am going to look Lilly Sabri up .

I also don't want to be skinny, but would love to get 'ripped' like Jillian. I see a lot of inspiring posts on FB where women of my age (49) and older have got the most awesome arms and I am aiming for that. I also see my mum, who is only 69, struggling up and down stairs and I really don't want to end up like that, hence I have to suffer Jillian 30 minutes a day.

"With that said" BR phase 1 week 2 WO3 done

I just noticed how many emojis I put in my posts! Sorry! Will try to refrain from adding too many.

Don't worry re loads of emojis Roonetta. I always seem to have loads of typos which is much worse as always in a rush plus I struggle with keyboard on my Phone.

Yes agree with you exactly: want to be fit and strong and healthy. I also think flexibility is very important (particularly for me as I'm a bit lazy with stretching) so try to do yoga too.

How exactly does the Body Revolution system work? Is it 30 mins every day? Do you have to follow a set programme?

Hi @SophieLion BR is a 90 day programme.
Phase 1 include 1-4 strength workouts and a cardio. You do workout 1 on a Monday, 2 on a Tuesday and then cardio 1 on Wednesday and then repeat for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday is a rest day. Two weeks of this then move on to workouts 3 and 4 with cardio 1 for two weeks. Then you move up a phase. Hope I’ve made sense! They are all around 30 minutes. oops emoji crept in.

Meant to say there are three phases in total.

I could’ve sworn I posted yesterday, but apparently not - how weird. I took Fri/Sat as rest days, and then did NMTZ (50 min) yesterday.

A somewhat reluctant KB&T L1 and 30DS L2 (65 min)

(159/91; 159h 05min)

@roonetta - I think I like the JM DVDs because her assistants look like real people. I keep wondering if I should branch out beyond what I currently do, but I never actually do anything about it!

Thanks for the explanation Roonetta. So it's just 30 mins of JM each day? (Sorry to use the word "just". JM is never "just" it's always tough - if you get what I'm trying to say!!)

5km interval run plus strength for abs, underbutt, triceps and back

Days exercised 171

I managed to get in for a proper swim early this morning, bit longer than usual since I had the lane to myself.

Days exercised 163

Grrr, just typed a long post and lost it - pfft

Anyway what I said was:

Oubliette - I know what you mean about branching out from JM's workouts, but I am scared that because she motivates me so much and I enjoy doing her workouts, if I try someone else I will lose motivation and give up. Does that make sense? I have a long way to go before I see the results I want anyway, and plenty of variety with JM, so will keep going. I think most of the assistants in the BR programme have bodies which are attainable, except for the men whose muscles are ridiculous!

I did look up Lilly Sabri Sophie - I see what you mean, she does have a phenomenal body! I also liked the fact that the workouts were short and included her cute dog and actually I might try and fit some in when I am away next week, along with some swimming to keep myself on track.

I bet it was nice getting back into a pool MotherForkin, especially having the lane to yourself. I think there are certain benefits to this social distancing nonsense

@SophieLion - sorry forgot to say, yes it is only 30 minutes a day - result!