New Les Mills thread.

[Pebbledashery]

Here we go. X

Feeling smug this morning as I got up early to do a Grit Cardio before work. Ended up having to have a lie down afterwards 😂

@nbee84 hi thanks for the welcome back

I might try the fast burner again, I did about 4 weeks of it before and it was good

I've weighed this morning and it was not pretty!!!!

Maybe I need to measure rather than weigh
How do you know you're measuring in exactly the same place?

[quote MozzchopsThirty]@nbee84 hi thanks for the welcome back

I might try the fast burner again, I did about 4 weeks of it before and it was good

I've weighed this morning and it was not pretty!!!!

Maybe I need to measure rather than weigh
How do you know you're measuring in exactly the same place?[/quote]
I've been doing progress photos instead of weighing because I've hit a bit of a weight loss plateau which has been really demotivating. I've seen some great progress that way over three week intervals.

@rosettesforjill thank you for that.

Although I can't bear the thought of taking pics of myself at the moment!!!

I watched Dan's goal setting video this morning and have therefore not put weight loss down as a goal

I've just started doing Barre after subscribing to LMOD in a fit of gym Body Balance withdrawal pain. OMG. Why won't my legs do that? I feel like Celeste Barber doing an impression of bendy, elegant Summer the instructor but I'm hoping it'll get better with practice...

I'm sure it'll improve PintPot. I started being able to pirouette without falling over a few weeks ago though my scissor kicks were still more like a pogo.

I'm still plodding through the recovery from my hip flexor injury - I did 0.9km of walking on Saturday.

So I'm thinking, my priority is getting strong and stable enough to walk again. Do you think doing a plan like most days doing Body Balance once a week Barre + Stretch#1 Hips, once a week Core + Stretch Hips will help me stay at least mobile? I can't see me being about to do BA or BC for at least a month, even low impact/marching

I started with Core for the first time about 10 days ago - doing introduction #3. I can see the difference, but man alive it is hard! The good news is I can see how I can still get a good workout when I’m travelling as I just need to pack a resistance band!

@kittykarate, no advice or expertise, but poor you, must be so frustrating.

My favourite body pumps are 113 which never made the gyms as that was in the first lockdown and 104 in particular is fantastic!

Grit Strength 25 done this morning. Feel like my clean and press is getting swifter lol.

I am so glad I bought my spin bike now. It is getting its monies worth as aside from the RPM & The Trip classes I do, I am addicted to tacking on a bit of Sprint onto the end of anything I do. For example, this morning I did a 10 minute track after Grit, my heart rate was sky high and increases my calorie burn big time for just a short session.

I also ran Friday night and couldn’t believe how much better I am, as in I can run 4.5 miles without stopping... I’ve never been a runner, I struggle so much but I did complete couch to 5k last year but in all honestly actually doing 5k after was still sooo hard. I think the HIIT on the bike has increased my cardiovascular system ten-fold. It’s the only explanation!

Ooh well done sociallydistained. A GRIT completed before 7am! Hardcore!

BB #88 Flexibility 30 minutes. Hmm.. this had some different moves in it, it was definitely a challenge. But good I guess,I don't feel too sore afterwards, though there were some moves that were a whole heap of nope as far as my hip was concerned.

@sociallydistained that's great about your running. It makes it so much more worthwhile when you can see the effect elsewhere.

I also did a grit strength this morning (#16), my first one. Loved it and loathed it in equal measure . So many lunges. I think I'll be feeling it later.

One thing I have noticed is that there doesn't seem to be much of a cool down, at least in the few videos I've done. Is that the case and if so, what do you all do for your cool down?

@kittykarate I think it’s the only time to do Grit because I haven’t got my senses yet so I just do as told. I do it on a Tuesday and Friday before work at 5.45am for my sins! In a good habit with it now though.

Hi all :)

Feeling much better this week after having a weekend of no exercise (and naughty food!!)
I did combat 67 yesterday and this morning did attack 108 :)
My barbell and weights should be arriving this week - cannot wait to try body pump!

Oh I'm so pleased you're feeling better Pebbledashery. Sometimes you just need a break to re-charge.

I think so too - the fatigued feeling isn't nice at all.
Think I will aim for 5 days rather than 6, no point over doing it if it just makes you feel like you want to give up!

OOOOOOOH just got my barbell and weights delivered woop woop!

Woop woop! Now you can snigger to yourself when Glen says 'Pick dick' and wonder if he's wanting you to work on your 'potatoes' in your shoulders.

I got a Les Mill weights set for Christmas and I love it. DH has never done any classes at the gym but is now quite partial to a 30 min pump class. I bought an extra couple of weights - the interestingly sized 3.75 kgs; i have never seen them before, we jump from 2.5 to 5kgs at the gym. Anyway, they are a great addition and I really recommend them for some extra variety.

I’m in the last week of Game Changer, having done Fast Burner immediately before. I’ve done every single day, other than 1 days rest when I had my jab and was feeling quite off. I have a dodgy knee so I don’t do the Grit ones, and swap those out for the Sprint HIIT on the bike. Sprint is pretty grim, so I don’t feel like I am getting an easy pass, although the Grit stuff does look very ... gritty!

I loathe BodyAttack; I have to swap out so much because of the impact on my knees. Plus I find the presenter annoyingly perky. I’ve actually got one of those mini rebounder trampolines and do some of the bouncier parts of Attack on that.

2 days off as full of cold. Am so fed up.

Did a huge walk today but feeling really lazy now.

I hope I'm up to it tomorrow

Oh be kind to yourself wishywashy when you're ill. You don't want to knock your recovery back. Even Body Balance is a challenge when you're stuffed up with cold, as you can't get a big breath going.

In a minor win, I can now catch my ankle and do a quad stretch on my bad side when I'm laid down. So there is progress, just boring and slow. I also managed a whole 15 minutes of a Lesley Sansome walking workout (though split into 2 blocks) . I felt like I was auditioning for the Golden Girls, but last week, I could only manage 6 minutes in 2 blocks.

I did body pump this morning, one thing I have established is I am a little weakling :D ha

I am such a weakling at body pump. MrKitty moves my loaded bar around the room like it's a toothpick. The biceps and triceps were my nemesis.