Well, not so much lied exactly, more was mismatched with the activities involved in today’s PT session… See it says Squat like a grrrl, and what I did whilst wearing it was not squat, not even once! Instead I did military presses and dumbbell single arm presses and two different sorts of triceps exercises on… Read More Project 44: Day 9 My t shirt lied!
Alert alert!! I have had a cold! I had a cold and I was very cross about it! I hate having colds! I had forgotten how much I hate them because I have had an unusual streak of good luck and not had a cold for a 2 possibly 3 years! You might be able… Read More Self acceptance, success and sickness…
I knew eventually I would do something that wasn’t just a walk and some yoga!! Today I managed to get out for my first run of 2019. My last run was on 20th December, so I wasn’t expecting much from this one. However it went a lot better than I expected 😊 I did 2… Read More Janathon day 15: and now for something completely different…
Woohoo! Woohoo! I went back to the gym this morning 😀 😀 I am doing a seated, 1 legged happy dance right now!! I am beginning to feel like myself again. Admittedly a version of myself that has to train upper body a lot which is an unusual version of myself but that is not… Read More Project (broken) Warrior Goddess – more progress
95kg 95kg 95kg Woohoo woohoo woohoo woohoo 😁😁😁😁 In case you didn’t guess from that I am happy… I did a 95kg deadlift this afternoon 😊😊😊 I haven’t lifted this heavy in over a year and I lived it so much!! Total superhero lifting day 😊😊 I danced in the gym after I lifted it…which… Read More Janathon day 13
Yes…really…pirates!! 😀 Day 82: Saturday In a break with tradition I had a personal training session at 9:30 on Saturday morning. I know…it surprised me too! Actually i wasn’t that surprised, we did arrange it in advance and everything… Anyway…I had PT on a Saturday and it was awesome! I did deadlifts…and sledpushes and kettlebells…… Read More Day 82-83: A weekend of weights and pirates…
110kg Rack pull!! 110kg Rack pull!! That is 110kg…in case you didn’t get it the first time. 110kg is 243lbs in case you are unfamiliar with the metric system… This is a rack pull…it is like a deadlift but only the top half… When I did it I set the bar up so it was… Read More Reboot day 66: One New Paddington
Day 50: Monday…the day someone stole my tooth!! OK…it was a dentist and I paid him to do it so it may not count as stealing…actually it sounds worse than stealing… In other words, I had a wisdom tooth out. I was not actually expecting to have a wisdom tooth out, I was expecting a… Read More Reboot days 50 – 54: a tale of gyms, not getting lost in the woods and a stolen tooth!
Well so far anyway… there is actually a very good chance I will be doing some yoga in the next half hour…(I didn't…I fell asleep) But I promised you a non yoga post, and I promised myself a more vigorous exercise-y day. So that is exactly what we have… I am back from my Birmingham… Read More Reboot day 33: Yoga free Friday…
Deadlifts and squats were the story of this mornings gym session! Sarah and I decided to do a superset consisting of heavy squats and heavy deadlifts… well why not do two massive compound exercises in one set??? We did five rounds of deadlifts 1×10@40kg, 2×6 @ 70kg and 2×5 @ 80kg, followed by squats 1×10… Read More Reboot day 26: deadlifts and squats…
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