Gym stuff

Orla K

Well I'm 26, 5'4" and 70kg recently got my body fat done (it was only the one you hold in your hand so after the intinial shock I'm not looking too much into it) it was 44%

I've bad knees (always have) been to the doctor loads of time they started saying it was growning pains, it has been dianosed from everything between some rare syndrome to juvenile arthritis. I normally just ignore it and take painkillers when it gets bad but I told the guy in the gym about it.

So for the next two weeks I've my programme, to lose weight, get my knees better and I'm going to do the mini marathon my aim is to run half of it.

I have been told about a supplement which can help with joints, not even going to try spell it. At the moment it's a little too pricy.

This is my plan for the week

Monday
Spinning (well begin to spin:o, with my knees I am dire at it, find my knee wobbles side to side when I have to stand)

Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday
Warm up
bike time 10m lvl 3-4

Weights
chest press 20kg 3x10-12
low row 30kg 3x10-12
shoulder press 10kg 2x10-12
bicep curl 7.5kg 2x10-12(I think this is too light, probably going to go to 12.5)
tricep dip 2x000(000 means as many as I can)
leg extention 20kg 3x15
leg curl 20kg 3x15
total abs 20kg 3x20
back extention 3x000

Cardio
top machine 15min lvl5
cross trainer 10min lvl4
bike 5min lvl3
treadmill 000 speed6(fast walk, instruster wanted me to hold off on running/jogging for a bit)

(and a 20min walk round trip to get there or 10min on bike)

Wednesday/Friday
Warm up
bike time 10m lvl 3-4

Cardio
top machine 15min lvl5
cross trainer 10min lvl4
bike 5min lvl3
treadmill 000 speed6

And sunday is my lazy day. The reason for a 6 day workout is because I'm not working and have nothing better to do.

This is my two week 'easy' programme to get me started.

Dotcomdolly

Look forward to following your progress. Good luck with reaching your goals, do you strap your knee(s) for spin class, would that help at all?

Holland & Barrett have boy one get one half price on everything at he minute so maybe a good time to get the (I suspect) glucosamine?

Orla K

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

Look forward to following your progress. Good luck with reaching your goals, do you strap your knee(s) for spin class, would that help at all?

Holland & Barrett have boy one get one half price on everything at he minute so maybe a good time to get the (I suspect) glucosamine?

I have thought about getting something for my knee but they just get week easily and then a few hours later painful so I don't think it'll help.

Yeah, glucosamine is it, there's no holland & barrett near me but holland & barrett do have sales on every week. It's in a shop in town for about a tenner for a months supply, they're also huge!

Dravokivich

Orla K wrote: »

I have been told about a supplement which can help with joints, not even going to try spell it. At the moment it's a little too pricy.

Heya,

I just happened to read in Mens Health the other day appearently Cod Liver Oil can help with aches / joint pain.

Might be something to check out, or mention to the instructor next time you are in.

Frogdog

Hey OP,

As a cheap alternative - you can get fish oil (also good for your joints apparently) in Aldi and glucosamine sulphate in Lidl.

Not sure how good they are but you could always buy them for a month's supply and see how you get on with them. They're pretty cheap, but I can't remember how much. I'm taking them myself and I'm after starting Olympic Weightlifting and have had no problems. Hope this helps.

Orla K

Today I eventually got the cat off my lap and went to the gym

I did my day of cardio, for 30 seconds I went as fast as I could on the top machine did plan on doing that at least twice more but that machine kills me, I even ended up pausing for a drink.

Xtrainer grand tried to keep it above a certain speed(120) dropped a few times but only to 117 and not for long

The bike went grand, not on it for very long so I don't think it could go wrong.

I have to say at this point when I'm on machines that give information like time, distances and calories burned I do maths with those numbers:o today one of the bits of maths I did was add up all the calories burned(I normally just stick with how long would it take to get x far at this speed and percentages, I love my %) I was just curious what would be roughly the total calories burned according to the machines. I'm saying this because for the threadmill instead of putting in a time I did it to calories burned and got an even 300 (I like even numbers:o) so it was about 15mins on that.

+the walk there and back (about 20min)

I'll also be going over to sues later and going probably for a walk(might see if she wants to try jogging but I doubt it. That'll probably be for around half an hour. I'll have a damn hard uphill cycle to get there but it's only about 5-10minutes(never timed myself on the way)



Also I was thinking about getting the cod liver oil with vitimins, I don't seem to get much if any vit d and I think I could do with that. Also theres no aldi near enough to me to be able to shop there but I did see some glucosamine in a local supermarket didn't check the price though.


Now, since I forgot to defrost my chicken breast, I'm going for my lazy/back up dinner.

gymfreak

Excellent stuff!:)
I'm delighted you decided to log.

Orla K

Warm up
bike time 10m lvl 3


Weights
chest press
20kg 3x10
I may have gone down to 15kg for the last set, can't remember

low row
30kg 3x10-12

shoulder press
5kg 2x10
I did 10 kg for the first five but then my arms just went dead they ended up ending dead with the 5kg too but when I start the weights seem ok

bicep curl
15kg 2x10-12
Started with 12.5kg but was too light

tricep dip
2x14

leg extention
20kg 3x15
moved down to 15kg after first set, felt like I was going to do damage with 20kg

leg curl
20kg 3x15
may have forgotten a set, I've no idea

total abs
20kg 3x20
I'll see if I'm sore tomorrow but I might up this

back extention
3x I think 15, might have been 20


Cardio

cross trainer 10min lvl4
top machine 15min lvl5
bike 5min lvl3
treadmill 10min speed 6(would've gone longer but I thought I was going to be late, wasn't wearing glasses or contacts so couldn't see the time)

I was a bit rushed today didn't know how long it would take so slightly rushed through it, didn't help not knowing the time.

I'm not happy with the shoulder press after 5 reps my arms gave up with both the 10kg and 5kg even though both felt doable at the start. Managed to get another 5 with the 5kg(never felt so weak, using the lightest weight)

The best moment was when I was able to reach the bar for the bicep curl the last time there was no bar attached so it was just higher than I could reach, had to get a guy to get it, but I did it all on my own today.

By the time I got out I was starving, managed to not completely pig out too.

Orla K

Good and bad day today.

For some reason Sue wanted to do another spin class today (still begin to spin) so we went to it.

It went alright I did better than monday but still struggling to stay jogging my left knee just started going and I couldn't straighten it, so I end up having to sit down.

That was for half an hour for the last few minutes he did some ab work and some streaching apparently I've 'super flexible hips' when he said that sue just burst out laughing then I started laughing and he decided to rephrase it.

We then went to the gym,

Bike 10 min warm up, didn't need a warm up but did it anyway.

Top machine 15min left arm still feels lightly limp I didn't go mad with it but I also didn't stop and take a drink also my power was slightly higher than before.

Xtrainer 10min was over 120rpm whenever I checked it.

Bike 5min nearly forgot about it, it 5 min seems a little pointless but I did it.

Treadmill just did 10mins Sue at this stage was dying for a fag so we just did 10minutes.

And we got a lift home, thank god because it was lashing and freezing.

Other things I did was a 10min cycle (nothing really just me getting around town stopping in places and getting off)

Probably about a 15minute walk carrying a box that's about 5kg alot easier than last time I did it (it was the cat had to carry him in his little box to the vet)

I had to walk home from the vet (no cat) and walk to the gym, this feels like alot of walking, but it's probably less than an hour and I don't think I was going that fast.

The bad part of the day was because I was so worried about Oscar(cat) I did comfort eat, more sugar than I should be having luckily not a much as I can sometimes have, it was a chocolate cupcake(which was so good) a smoothie(at least it's healthier than a cupcake) and one bar of the nature valley(the other bar is still in my coat pocket don't know how long that'll last)

I have my weight's tomorrow, gonna try do better with some of them, mainly the shoulder press and the other arm ones. I'll probably end up getting up at a stupid hour and going and on the way back check in on Oscar in the vets when it opens.

howtomake

Have you done the mini marathon before? There really is only one slight incline that starts around St. Vincents, then over the bridge. It's fairly flat, but the crowding can be a bit painful, I don't do well with crowds. It can be fun.

Aw.. what happened to your kitty?

Orla K

howtomake wrote: »

Have you done the mini marathon before? There really is only one slight incline that starts around St. Vincents, then over the bridge. It's fairly flat, but the crowding can be a bit painful, I don't do well with crowds. It can be fun.

Aw.. what happened to your kitty?

I did it last year but after it my knees were really sore, that was walking, I'm not really too worried about the incline (it's at ucd isn't it) I do want to try jog half of it. I do be delighted if I walk for 30min and not get it, lately I'm happy with my walking, it's really the more I do the more I can do.

As for the cat, he has some sort of blockage and stopped peeing. He had an appointment for tomorrow but he was in very poor shape so I left him in the vets office for her to see him when she got back. I rang her at half 6 (in the gym) to see how he was, he got a catheter in.

avalon68

Was just reading through your log - sorry to hear you are having knee troubles! I had/have something similar with one of my knees Have you considered seeing a physio? Now this is NOT medical advice, but I noticed you said you had very flexible hips - I have the same problem - all my joints are ridiculously flexible - and it turns out that my knee problem was actually a hip problem - the physio gave me some strengthening/stabilizing exercises to do twice a day for my hip and that cleared the knee prob right up - he also recommended pilates

Orla K

avalon68 wrote: »

Was just reading through your log - sorry to hear you are having knee troubles! I had/have something similar with one of my knees Have you considered seeing a physio? Now this is NOT medical advice, but I noticed you said you had very flexible hips - I have the same problem - all my joints are ridiculously flexible - and it turns out that my knee problem was actually a hip problem - the physio gave me some strengthening/stabilizing exercises to do twice a day for my hip and that cleared the knee prob right up - he also recommended pilates

I can't afford physio, has concidered pilates or yoga but can't afford that either.

Orla K

Really bad day, didn't get much sleep the last two nights and it caught up with me today. Woke up early enough and went to check on the cat by the time I got back I was just freezing and tired, so hopped into bed for a bit, fell asleep for about an hour or two and when I woke up I had no enegry. I slowly got my stuff together and headed to the gym.

warm up
bike 10 min got really tired after five

weights
low row
25kg 2x12 then I tried,
30kg got 6 and had to pause for a few seconds and got another 4/5

chest press
15kg 3x10 started to feel sick at this point

shoulder press
Decided it would be best to skip that since I felt awful

tricep dip
1x16
1x14

leg extention
15kg 3x15

leg curl
20kg 2x15
I think I tried 25kg for the last one

bicep curl
15kg 2x12
Gonna go up to 17.5kg next time

total abs
25kg 3x20
I went up found it difficult but I could do it

At this point I felt like I was sweating but I was completely dry

back extention
2/3x15/20 ? don't remember what I did there

The cardio was awful, I just felt sick and tired

The topmachine wasn't working and there was someone on the other one so I decided to do the x trainer first while on it I couldn't do my normal 120+rpm I was over 100 but it was killing me and my heart rate was up higher than normal, so I wasn't doing as much but struggling more. While on it I said screw it to the topmachine and treadmill did an extra 5min on the xtrainer and was going to do an extra 10 on the bike but by the time I got to the bike I could barely move the peddles:( so I just did 5 min and had a nice long shower in the gym.

Ended up going to the supermarket buying things I probably shouldn't and while there I met my brother and got a lift home(thank god because I would have been walking at a granny pace)

Now I'm going going to relax for the rest of the day and tomorrow, not think about the gym and hopefully not worry about Oscar, and also sleep.

gymfreak

Hey,
Everyone has their bad days so I wouldn't worry about it. You did great work this week, you've already logged four sessions since Wednesday..that's good going.

With regards to injuries/your knee..I would never bother going near a doctor. I'd always go see someone that's sports related..there's a HUGE difference between the both. Wait until you have some money together and then go get advice..there's a good chance that it's something that can be managed once given the proper rehab/prehab exercises to do.

Last question...What is a top machine??:D Trying to figure out what it could be and I aint got a notion.

Orla K

gymfreak wrote: »

Hey,
Everyone has their bad days so I wouldn't worry about it. You did great work this week, you've already logged four sessions since Wednesday..that's good going.

With regards to injuries/your knee..I would never bother going near a doctor. I'd always go see someone that's sports related..there's a HUGE difference between the both. Wait until you have some money together and then go get advice..there's a good chance that it's something that can be managed once given the proper rehab/prehab exercises to do.

Last question...What is a top machine??:D Trying to figure out what it could be and I aint got a notion.

I was in the gym 6 days this week monday for spinning and then did my programme.
I know I just needed a good nights sleep without worry, almost got it last night:((knee started getting sore and I couldn't sleep, eventually just had to take painkillers and wait)

By the looks of the amount of time Oscar will be staying in the vets I won't get have money for a while:(

The top machine, I hadn't a clue what it was either I've seen them in gyms before but never used them. Just had a look around the internet for it, it's not actually called a top machine but the guy that did up my programe just called it that. It's a hand ergometer, it can be a bítch of a machine, I can do the other cardio fine where I'm using my legs but using arms for cardio is just ten times harder. I get tired much quicker, I don't know if thats because I'm not used to using my arms non stop for 15min or if it'll always be harder.

G86

Orla K wrote: »

I was in the gym 6 days this week

You're already 100% more consistent than me:p

You're doing great, and like Gymfreak said - everyone has off days!

gymfreak

Orla K wrote: »

I know I just needed a good nights sleep without worry, almost got it last night:((knee started getting sore and I couldn't sleep, eventually just had to take painkillers and wait)
.

Orla, if your knee is causing you trouble I'd advise staying away from spinning classes until it settles down. I had a few problems with my knee last year and when I was told how bad spinning could be for my ITB snapping across my patella (ITB was REALLY tight)I decided to give them a miss for the most part. Maybe try a few different workouts until your knees settle down, I just think spinning will aggravate it at the moment...just my 2cents:)

Until you can afford to go see a physio or sports therapist I thought I'd throw up this link of a few rehab/prehab stuff you could do yourself...just to see if it makes a difference????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bHLo-zW-Qo&feature=player_embedded

It's a hand ergometer, it can be a bítch of a machine, I can do the other cardio fine where I'm using my legs but using arms for cardio is just ten times harder. I get tired much quicker, I don't know if thats because I'm not used to using my arms non stop for 15min or if it'll always be harder.

Am I right in thinking that this machine is like a bike for your arms??:) I've never used one. As for your arms getting tired..I was skipping this week..hadnt done it in years and my poor arms could barely turn the rope after two mins:D

Orla K

gymfreak wrote: »

Orla, if your knee is causing you trouble I'd advise staying away from spinning classes until it settles down. I had a few problems with my knee last year and when I was told how bad spinning could be for my ITB snapping across my patella (ITB was REALLY tight)I decided to give them a miss for the most part. Maybe try a few different workouts until your knees settle down, I just think spinning will aggravate it at the moment...just my 2cents:)

Until you can afford to go see a physio or sports therapist I thought I'd throw up this link of a few rehab/prehab stuff you could do yourself...just to see if it makes a difference????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bHLo-zW-Qo&feature=player_embedded


Am I right in thinking that this machine is like a bike for your arms??:) I've never used one. As for your arms getting tired..I was skipping this week..hadnt done it in years and my poor arms could barely turn the rope after two mins:D

I don't think my knee will settle down, I've been having the problem since I was under ten, I remember having to go home from school because they were sore, doctor said it was growing pains (I'm now 5'4, for years I thought I'd be tall:rolleyes:) Now I just tend to get on with things, it only happens to get sore at night when my legs are really tired when I'm excercising they just feel week (left knee is worse than right). After spinning I don't feel too bad, walking/jogging/running are when my knees get sore.

Also thanks for the link, I'm going to try some of those, at home because I think for squats I mightn't be able to get back up:o I've a feeling I'll fall over the first few times best to do it were only the cats will be looking at me.

Yeah your right with the top machine, bike for your arms. I guess most people are just not used using there arms for more than a minute at a time, legs are always being used.

howtomake

Orla K wrote: »

I don't think my knee will settle down, I've been having the problem since I was under ten, I remember having to go home from school because they were sore, doctor said it was growing pains (I'm now 5'4, for years I thought I'd be tall:rolleyes:)

Love how doctors just give you a general glib diagnosis.

Orla K

howtomake wrote: »

Love how doctors just give you a general glib diagnosis.

Stop the last one (who really was a bítch) said 'you just have bad knees and that's it!' I went in with more than one thing wrong and came out feeling like it was a complete waste of time, she was no help with anything. Only went back once since then and only because I was crippled and in alot of pain(trapped nerve)

Today, it turned out I spent alot of time in the gym. It's going to be closed on saturday and sunday to I went today instead (must do all five workouts!)

Warm up
bike time 10min lvl 4

Weights
chest press
20kg 3x10-12(I think one of these was at 15kg, can't remember anymore)

low row
30kg 2x10-12
25kg 1x10-12

shoulder press
5kg 1x10-12
10kg 2x5
I'm still utterly useless at these, 5kg is too light until I get to about 7 then it just seems really heavy, can't get used to it at all.

bicep curl
17.5kg 1x15
20kg 1x12

tricep dip
2x16

leg extention
20kg 3x15
I think I might have moved down to 15kg due to pain just above knee

leg curl
20kg 3x15
I either did move up to 25kg or I thought about it

total abs
25kg 3x20
Might even move this up to 30kg soon

back extention
2x20
1x15


Cardio

top machine 15min lvl5
did better alot more constant with a higher speed

cross trainer 10min lvl5
I moved up to lvl 5 the machine was making alot of noise and I had a feeling that the levels were easier. I have no bases for that feeling other than it was making noise

bike 5min lvl3

I finished up there went out to see Oscar (still in vets) walk down to sue stall about for a bit for her to finish work and then headed back to the gym:o.

We did the spinning class, it was a different instructer who was alot harder, most of the class was spent jogging, which I find the hardest to do. I had told him about my knees, and during the class he kept on looking at my knees. After that class I was sweating buckets.

Then we went into the gym and on the treadmill for half an hour, really boring no jogging just doing it at 6km/h

Had to them push my bike up to sues place, got food that I was dieing for both of us were starting to fall asleep on the chairs so I went home, now I can't wait to fall asleep in my bed.

G86

You're bicep curling 20kg? Is that with 2 20kg dumbbells?? Or is it a 20kg bar?

Orla K

G86 wrote: »

You're bicep curling 20kg? Is that with 2 20kg dumbbells?? Or is it a 20kg bar?

It's neither, just the machine so far.

Orla K

Let me first start this by telling a little about my day, got up, first thing to do was check on Oscar, who's still in the vets stacking up a fair bit of a bill! He was getting an operation done, so I decided to got to the gym after that, the vet had a few call outs (horses) to do so she was gone most of the day and Oscar only went in for his operation at about half 6 so I didn't get to the gym until 7.30-8(alot later than I would normally).

I did notice that I was very thirsty and had a mild(very mild) headache so I went and got two rehydration sachets.

I was ages deciding if I should go to the gym or not, counter productive taking rehydration sachets and then sweating in the gym. I decided f*ck it, I'll take it easy and it'll take my mind off Oscar.


Warm up
bike time 10min lvl 4

Cardio
top machine 15min lvl5
I'm getting better at this

cross trainer 10min lvl4

bike 5min lvl3

I decided to skip the treadmill, at this stage (mainly after the bumpy bike ride over) I kind of figured I had given myself a mild bit of food poisoning. I had the other sachet in my bag to I just put it into my water on the way out.

At the moment my stomach is feeling a little fragile, my thirst has gone a bit but the headache hasn't.

I'll skip tomorrow if I still feel bad but I think I'll be fine, might get more of those sachets too, just in case. (also they're not nearly as foul tasting as I remember!)


At one point the eating healty went out the window, had a big chewy m&s cookie, it was just so good!

I also cycled to sues and I couldn't do all of the uphill cycle I had to get off just feet from the top, hadn't had to do that in ages.

Orla K

I haven't stopped going to the gym only missed one day, but I did take a little boards break.

For the past 6 weeks this is what I have been doing.

Mon
Spinning (it's been the lunitic guy for a while now, he's alot harder than the rest and a lot of the time he gets us to do 15 minutes of ab or arm work)

Tues
warm up
10 min on bike at lvl4
weights
Chest press machine 4x8-12 about 20kg
Chest press dumbells 3x8-12 I think the last one was 6kg? either that or I was thinking of moving to 6kg
Supine fly 3x8-12 I'm lazy and don't get up to get a different weight so whatever I use for the chest press.
Triseps pushdown 3x8-12, on that thing with 4 sides and far too many attachments for me not to be confused, I don't know the wieght for this one but one heavier seems to be too heavy and the weight just one lighter seems to be just a bit too light.
tricep dips 3x000(as many as I can) I do 3x20+ normally now
shoulder press 3x8-12 I'm still useless at this
cardio
Bike 10min lvl5
xtrainer 10min lvl5
weird arm thing that I forget the name of 10min lvl5
(really easy to remember the levels and time but it still took me a week or two to remember:rolleyes:)
treadmill as long as I can/can be arsed at 6.5speed, I did to 5k on it one night I felt like I was in the gym for far too long, normally I just do 10 mins because I find it too boring

Wed
warm up
bike 10min at lvl4
cardio
Bike 10min lvl5
xtrainer 10min lvl5
weird arm thing 10min lvl5
treadmill as long as I can/can be arsed at 6.5speed

Thurs
warm up
bike 10min at lvl4
weights
Low row 4x8x12 about 30kg
Lat pulley down 4x8-12 15kg-20kg
Bicep curl 3x8-12 (on that four sided thing that confuses me) realised I was doing the wrong thing the last time
Bicep curl dumbells 3x8-12 I think I used a 5kg one today, might be able to move to a 6kg one but probably not for the lot of it.
Ab machine 3x20 30kg today I would have been able to do more than that but I normally have do the plank first so that may have been the reason
Plank 3x30sec have been slowly lifting my ass too high over the past few weeks, one of the guys pointed it out today(although he didn't say ass)
Back extension on bench 3x20
cardio
Bike 10min lvl5
xtrainer 10min lvl5
weird arm thing 10min lvl5
treadmill as long as I can/can be arsed at 6.5speed

Fri
warm up
bike 10min at lvl4
cardio
Bike 10min lvl5
xtrainer 10min lvl5
weird arm thing 10min lvl5
treadmill as long as I can/can be arsed at 6.5speed

Sat
warm up
bike 10min at lvl4
weights
leg extenssion 4x12-15 20kg-25kg
leg curl 4x12-15 20kg-25kg
Ab machine 3x20 30kg
Plank 3x30sec
Back extension on bench 3x20
cardio
Bike 10min lvl5
xtrainer 10min lvl5
weird arm thing 10min lvl5
treadmill as long as I can/can be arsed at 6.5speed

Today I also for some reason still unknown to myself I went for a cycle out the road I think it was in total 20km(I'm going by the triathy sprint cycle, if they turn around at the three counties then thats what I did except with traffic and going much slower on my crap little mountain bike)

I have a programme change soon, I think I might do that saturday instead of my normal saturday, in farness my legs seem to be getting big enough so I don't think it matters too much.

I also went to get my eyebrows done and the woman there had started selling that herbalife stuff(not interested in that stuff) but she got a new weighing scales that seems to measure everything. She was telling me about it and since she was still getting used to it she asked if I wanted to get on it and she'd try figure it out. Well I'm pretty much the same weight:o but with that one my body fat went down a good bit, everything on it was good except it gave a body age thing apparntly I'm in my 40s:rolleyes:. I'll wait and see what the one in the gym says, I just wanted to use that one because it was all fancy and had lots of buttons and shiny bits!

Orla K

Friday went well, it was just the cardio day, kept the rpm high enough on them

warm up
bike 10min at lvl4
cardio
Bike 10min lvl5
xtrainer 10min lvl5
weird arm thing 10min lvl5
treadmill 10min 6.5

Yesterday I got my new programme, the receptionist (who never seems with it at all) didn't tell either of the guys working that I was booked in for it. So after about 15minutes of confusion I had a different guy setting up the programme because the original one was in the middle of doing something. I'm afraid to say that this guy said something about getting bulky or not getting bulky, I did pull him up on it and I saw that he did realise he was wrong and he did agree with me but he stuck with the programme he had. I think I'll make it my mission to make him see sense, even if that means telling him I want to be bulky, and then have him realise why I'm not. I'm sure he knows he's wrong but has never questioned it till now. I think he'd be great if I could change his mind about women and weights.

This is what he's given me
warm up
bike 10min (I think under level it says med, ganna stick to level 4/5)

Step right knee 20rep
Step left knee 20rep
Press up (against step) 15rep I can only ever remember doing one press up I managed 10 (probably awkward looking ones) against the step
Shoulder press 15rep I don't know if he gave me 6 or 9kg dumbbells but damn it was hard
Sit up 20rep

All in red is to be done one after the only no breaks except for at the end 30 second break and I start again, I only do it twice.

Chin up 40kg 20rep gotta climb onto this thing with my short leg, not liking that
low row 30kg 20rep
declined oblique crunch 20rep another thing I got to climb into but this one is low and I'm upside down.

This is another one after the other with 2 sets.
What I might do is lower the rep on some and up the weight.

cardio
cross trainer 5min forwards and 5min backwards, don't see the point in going backwards, did try it before all I felt it do was confuse me and make me go slower.
He was going to give me time on the rower (which I used to like) but as far as I remember it made my knee sore. I was going to give it a go since it had been a few years ago but he decided on the treadmill (I seem to be getting on with the treadmill without much pain in my knees)
Treadmill 10min on a preset programme of walking 6.1 to running 10.?(couldn't really pay much attention to anything at those points)
Threadmill again for 5 min a fast walk on an incline.

And stretches, which I've an awful habbit of doing very half assed.

I'm disappointed that I didn't get new 'proper' weights. I was looking forward to learning new ones, but at the same time I want to get suck into this one, it seems a bit more intence(might be the wrong word) than anything else I've done.

I'm sore after yesterday and I only did a bit of what I would normally do, although I think I can blame the cat for my leg, I was sitting in a weird way and the cat decided to sit on my leg put a strain on it.

Orla K

Just back from the gym and I'm surprised I haven't gotten sick! I was ment to be doing spinning but sue(who I go with) is sick today, we're leaving it till friday, at first(during lunch) I thought a grand I can eat whatever but somewhere between after ordering lunch and getting it I decided I should do my programme today. I went about 5 so give myself time to digest the food but it wasn't enough time.

I also timed myself on the bike to see how long that took but kinda screwed it up childern had kicked a ball out onto the road so I ended up getting it for them, turned out to be a difficult task carrying a ball on a bike across the road but with that and no other stops for traffic it took less than 10minutes(using the shortcut)

warm up
bike 10 mins lvl 4

step(which is fairly high) 20rep for each leg my balance is so dire I nearly fell off in every direction:o maybe I might improve that
press up against step I managed to do all 15 against the step
shoulder press 5kg dumbells he wanted me to to 15rep with lighter I could do 10rep with the 5kg and I'm sticking to that was nearly thinking about moving to 6kg and doing 8reps but I think I'll stick to 5kg for now
30 sit ups

a 30 second break and then it all over again managed all 15 press ups against the step fine but got out about 20 sit up and had to change to crunches.

Then on to the chin up 40kg at this point I was feeling bad and I could only manage about ten of these
low row30kg I feel better with these since he's shown me the proper way I did 20reps(mainly to see could I do 20 might up the weight and lower the rep)
decline obique crunch I was so bad at those I only managed about 10 and at the end I thought I was either going to be stuck upside in the thing or have to ungracefully slide off into a lump on the floor. Luckily I managed to get some energy from my possible embarrassment and I climbed out.

Then I had to do that all again, the chin up was even worse, my body just felt dead, my arms like matchsticks and my stomach was still considering emptying itself, I got out 8reps(barely too) low row went all right struggled alot at the end but the good kind of struggle. The decline obique crunch I realised at some point I was too tired to even count, probably did about ten.

Then it was the cardio,
cross trainer 10min total
5min forward
5min backward I didn't get too confused and fall off so it was a success for me.
treadmill preset progamme of
walking 6.1 for 100sec
run 10.5 for 50sec
walking 6.1 for 50 sec
I think there was about 5 50sec runs at 10.5
The good news was I didn't get sick during the running, I was delighted, even if I felt like collasping.
A 5min walk on an incline of 8% at speed 6

I actually took the time to do some proper stretches in the gym on a mat. Hopefully I won't be too sore tomorrow.

Orla K

Internet went for a few days, I apparently hadn't been paying it, so they shut it down until I did.

Tuesday
did the full day but it felt a bit weird doing the same thing as the day before.

bike10min lvl4

Chin up 50kg x20 on the second one I moved it to 45kg
lowrow 30kg x20 was thinking about moving up but probably wouldn't be able to get all 20 out
decline obique crunch still don't like this, thought I was going to get stuck again.
X2

step x20 each leg
press up against step 15 (got a little lower)
shoulder press 5kg dumbbells x15
30sit up/crunches
X2

cross trainer 10min lvl5
treadmill 10 min running/walking on the last run turned it down to more of a jog
treadmill 5 min 8%incline walking

some stretches, a shower, a power nap and to the pub:o

Wednesday
woke up early, figured I wouldn't be able to do anything for a few hours. A few hours later I was still feeling lightheaded, so I waited another few hours. I ended up not going and eating chippers. So I rang them and booked two classes boxercise and one called ab attack, I'm going to regret not going now.

Today I've got the boxercise class and I'm going to do my normal gym before it.

Also lunch today was awful, the first thing I saw was a tattooed muscley arm and I just thought shíte(the guy who set up the programme) and sue would have to pick the table right beside him. I've been very paranoid about that happening (that and if I see any of them while doing my shopping) I'm really crap at situations where I don't expect to meet someone, I normally panic and run. I ended up ignoring him for most of it and I couldn't even eat my food.

Orla K

Gym went well today the only thing I'm struggling with is the chin up and kind of decline obique crunch and that one is mainly because I don't feel comfortable in it. Went a bit slower on the threadmill because I was going to do the boxercise but that ended up being cancled, they had changed it to circuts but nobody else that was doing the class wanted to do that(apparrently it was too much moving about:rolleyes:)

Orla K

Going to keep this short, I'm really tired.

I did an abs class at 9.30am(for 45mins) it went well except for my crap balance when it came to the ball, after that I went to the gym,

I felt much better about things today I upped some weights and lowered the reps, I just feel happier with it rather than lower weights and lots of reps.

bike 10min lvl4

step x20 each leg (was thinking about doing lower reps holding some dumbells)
press up against step 15 (thought I mightn't have got those ones but I got through them)
shoulder press 6kg dumbbells x12,x10 I was almost going to go for the fives but the 6s felt much better and I'm going to aim for 7kg by next week
30crunches did about 5 sit ups after the abs class it just wasn't going to happen
X2

Chin up ??kg x10 x8 I know I tried to make it harder on myself don't remember the weight at all
lowrow 35/40kg x? I know for the second lot I did 40kg, can't remember too much else other than being pleased with myself
decline obique crunch really difficult today but didn't get stuck so it was a success
X2

crosstrainer 10 min moved to lvl6 didn't feel too much of a difference but I was a little slower

threadmill
10min of walking and running it, seems to be getting easier
5min 8% incline 6-6.5speed

had lunch, went home, fell asleep:o dreamed I was in the gym:o woke up and went to a spinning class with sue(since we missed monday) It's bad when I start dreaming about the gym

Orla K

I ended up not going to th gym on saturday, I was just so tired I couldn't stop sleeping, when I finally woke up enough to do something the gym would have been closed in an hour(closes early sat+sun) so I just got food. Sunday I was feeling the same but not as bad.

Today I'm feeling tired. Didn't do any spinning because Sue is broke and can't afford it, wasn't too bothered going on my own. I just did my programme and I took it a bit easy since I was so tired all weekend.

warm up
bike 10min lvl 4

step x20 each leg, balance is still dire
press up against step 15 getting better at these
shoulder press 5kg dumbbells x15,x13 since I was tired I went for the fives
30crunches, belly's still sore from friday, on saturday I sneezed and the pain!
X2

Chin up 45kg x? x8 I feel so utterly crap at these
lowrow 40kg x15 35kg x18 I was aiming for 20reps with the 40kg didn't happen
decline obique crunch another success I didn't fall out or get stuck although it was almost a fail when my leg got stuck
X2

cross trainer lvl6
threadmill 10min lvl 6 although I got a stitch and slowed down for the last four minutes
threadmil 5min incline 8%(I've been wondering how high it gets to) speed around 6

and onto the worst shower I've had in there! seriously it was burning me, I could only stick my hair under and everyone else was going on about how fantastic it was:( and how awful they were last week, they were brilliant last week, that's one thing I hate about gyms if you can't set the temp yourself they're always too hot for me:(

Orla K

Forgot to add I actually measured myself today, when ever I tried before I always got far too distracted playing with the kitten using the tape, it's adorable:o

Using fitday to record it and on my arms and legs I used right on both.

neck 33cm
bicep 31cm
forearm 24.5cm
chest 98cm
waist 79cm
hips 98cm
thigh 61cm
calf 38cm

Orla K

Bad day today, I was feeling low today and it took me ages to get to the gym. When I eventually got there the place had a fair few people in it, I'm not fond of crowds and with an already low mood I felt fairly uncomfortable.

warm up
bike 10min lvl4 (gonna move up a lvl)

chin up 45kg x? x8 I normally do overhand but decided to try underhand on the last 3-4 (I started to feel a bit crap at this point)
lowrow 30kg x20 my head started to fill with a what's the point attitude
decline obique crunch, feeling even worse but on the second set was the highlight of the day
Walk up to bench, woman points to ground "that fell out of your pocket" I pick up two euro "Oh, that's odd... I don't have any pockets"
Went downhill from there
x2

Someone was still in my little spot where I like to do the other crap, so I had to go around and look for space and the other step thing, looking for that wasn't too easy without any glasses or contacts

step x20 each leg
press up against step 15 felt sick at about 13 first time since the first day to drop to my knees
shoulder press 5kg dumbbells x15 the only bit beside the two euro I liked, I stopped thinking about things except for lifting them right
30crunches

The people moved to I took the spot did about 7 of those step things and realised that if I stayed I'd just end up crying on the threadmill and looking like a loon. I sat down for a little, drank some water, made sure I wasn't going to cry while walking out of the gym. Almost didn't make it and I'm sure I looked like I was going to start, if anyone had of said anything to me it would have been awful but I got to the gates and then started.

Then of course I go to the supermarket and the first thing I pick up is a lindt bunny. But I got healthy things too.

Orla K

Wednesday

bike 10min lvl6

step x20 each leg balance is still crap
push up (against the step) x15
shoulder press 5kg x15 x13
crunches x30 (haven't tried to do sit ups since the ab class)
x2

skipped the chinup/lowrow/upside thing, if I had of done them it would have been like the day before and I wouldn't have got to the cardio

x trainer 10min lvl6 (5min forward,5backward, still don't see the point)
treadmil 10min walk/run programme
threadmill 5 min incline8% fastish walk

Thursday, was all set for going an hour or so after lunch but ate the wrong thing and ended up not being able to stand without a pain:( (gone by 8-9pm but by then it was too late)

Today, was a little embarrising at first, last night I started drawing/painting on myself with ink, and it wasn't until the next morning that I realised it doesn't come off too easy. I drew on my left arm, right leg and belly, only my arm was visible in the gym but one of the guys(with full slieve tattoos) said something like how's the tattoo. I had to tell him I was just drawing on myself:o I'm sure he thinks I'm a bit of a loon now and he was talking to someone else (that was a neighbour of mine) and both were looking over at me:o, I was just really paranoid. And in the changing room I realised I drew a pic of my cat who was naturally quite ugly on my belly, covered up pretty damn quick. Sometimes I wish I could not look like a loon.

bike 10min lvl6

step x20 each leg balance is still crap, nearly fell backwards
press up against step 15 struggled but I seem to be getting lower to the step
shoulder press 5kg dumbbells x15 I decided to stick to the 15 since he was there
30 sit ups the first one I did about 4 crunches but I lost count so I may have done too many sit ups
X2

Chin up 45kg x? Trying different hand possisions, I think I've a bit of a mental block with this, I think I can do better
lowrow 30/35kg?x10x10 40kgx8? The first one I stopped after 10 not because I was tired but I was just feeling whats the point but got out another 10 the second lot I realised that he had gone to I upped the weight and got out as many as I could 8/9/10?
decline obique crunch, didn't get stuck or fall on my ass getting out but there was some cursing when I thought I was going to
X2

cross trainer 10min 5forward 5back lvl6, will probably go up to 7 next week
threadmill 10min walk/run programme lvl6 I'm getting better at this, I was delighted, the running felt alot easier than before, still tough but easier.
threadmill 5min fast incline walk incline at 8.5%(didn't mean to go over but wasn't paying too much attention) speed 6ish

I cycled home got my normal bag and cycled to my heavily pregnant friends house (she lives in a nearby village) it took me about 35-40min to get there. Got there before someone that was driving:P. I ate like a pig while there, chips, ciabatta bread, rashers, cheese, triple choc muffin, choc chip icecream, sweets, more icecream, lilt, coffee and half a pizza! We only went out for lunch but stayed long enough for me to get sunburnt on one side:o (moved my chair to the other side of the garden to try balance it out)

Then I had to cycle home, which seemed to have a few more small uphills but pretty damn flat overall.

Overall even though I ate like crap, I feel good, I think I needed to just relax and have a laugh with good friends.

Oh, two more things, while in the gym I noticed the guy that did my programme showing someone how to do a squat my first thought was "That b****rd, whys he showing her that" then I noticed the weight on the bar was fairly light. I'm just going to have to tell him I want to be bulky:o

And while in my friends house I saw a weighting scales, couldn't help myself. After a load of food I got up on it and I was 68kg, doesn't really mean anything to me, I should just stick to the one scale. At least it wasn't a crapload over 70kg so I'm happy, except I'm worried I lost muscle as well as fat.

Orla K

Decided to go to the gym tomorrow instead of today but, I was heading to the shop and went on an impromptu 10k cycle, nice weather and all. I'm still píssed off at the idiot in a car, I was gaining a nice bit of speed when a car comes along beside me and turns left:mad: right in front of me! I had to slam on both breaks with feet on the ground and the bike starting to go sideways just so I wouldn't cycle into them. I doubt they even noticed too and all to save them 1 or 2 seconds while going home. Other than that it was a good cycle, met a woman jogging/running while pushing two young babies in a pram I think she had the same route as me but the other direction, if she can run/jog about 10k a few months after having twins, and doing it while shes looking after them, I don't think anyone else has a good enough excuse.

Other than that I'm getting a big dinner tomorrow so I'm going to be up early to the gym and then I think I have to 'help' with the dinner. Going to try avoid too many potatos, not an easy task when this person always has twice as many cooked then they need, and never enough veg, and then the turkey will probably be far too dry:(. Don't have high hopes for this dinner and 'dessert' will probably be boring and not even worth eating. I'm not really looking forward to this, I found it hard enough to let go of what I was eating on friday(didn't want to be awkward for my pregnant friend) now I have to do it again. I've a feeling this dinner will just turn into a mountain of salt with some food:(

Orla K

Went to the gym in the morning half an hour late but time worked out good in the end.

bike 10min lvl4 was at lvl5 for 2-3mins but realised I wasn't able to keep it up for 10mins, even the cycle to the gym was a bit worse than normal.

Step x20each leg
push up
against the step x10-12
on knees against floor x3-5 (15 in total)
shoulder press 7kg dumbells(I did say I would do 7kg at some point this week) x12 could nearly move onto 8kg and do 8 reps, I was fairly delighted with myself, it was easier than I thought.
sit ups x30, not one crunch

step up decided to make it more interesting and I picked up the 7kg dumbells I used for the shoulder press, could've and probably should've gone heavier x12 each leg (I think my right leg didn't feel great before even going into the gym, so I didn't do as many reps as I could've)
push up, much the same as the last one, little disappointed that I'm having to go back to the knee one but I'm sure I'm lowering myself more on the one against the step, just had the idea of trying some ordinary ones, maybe.
shoulder press 7kg dumbells x10(while smiling like a loon:o)
sit ups x30 still no crunches

chin up 45kg still crap at these, tried the neutral grip, meh, (it's likily that I'm going to get mixed up with the names of the other two) overhand grip I can't do many of and underhand I'm best at.
underhand grip x8
overhand x2ish
neutral x3?(don't remember)
lowrow 30kg x20 after about 12 I wondered why I didn't go heavier
decline obique crunch x20 I didn't fall out thank god because I did catch a guy looking at when I tried.

next set was much the same except I tried less weight on the chin up and failed and low row I went for 35/40?kg x15

I was fairly bet after that and could barely move on the cross trainer

cross trainer 10min lvl6 5minforward+5back
threadmill 10min preset at lvl5 I was too wreaked to do lvl6
threadmill 3min incline 8.5 speed 6 left out last two min because my right leg just started going weird.

I also really looked like a loon today as well as smiling like one, and my normal thing of making weird faces because I don't have glasses or contacts in, when I started jogging I had to grab onto my boobs because they just hurt:(. I've been putting off getting a new sports bra but I think I need to now.


There was also a disscussion about my weight and how much I go to the gym. EVERYBODY is thinking I'm going for vanity reasons, while sure it'll be nice to look good, it's not my main goal, and neither's having a healthy body (second on my list of goals) I was getting a little fustrated until one said if it was her with the amount of time I put into the gym and the amount of weight I've lost she'd give up all ready, I also told her about body fat %, she said she didn't care about that it was the scales that mattered to her, I just let the rest go in one ear and out the other. She's also now convinced I've a bad metabolism, and she's a great one. I just couldn't stop thinking yeah your a smaller size than me but I bet I'm stronger and more flexible, with the added posibility of having a smaller body fat% but it's only the scales that matter:p (I should add that the only excersice she gets is frantic cleaning and going for a walk, she's a dieter and they are kinda crash diets)
Nice little rant over with.

gymfreak

Orla K wrote: »

There was also a disscussion about my weight and how much I go to the gym. EVERYBODY is thinking I'm going for vanity reasons, while sure it'll be nice to look good, it's not my main goal, and neither's having a healthy body (second on my list of goals) I was getting a little fustrated until one said if it was her with the amount of time I put into the gym and the amount of weight I've lost she'd give up all ready, I also told her about body fat %, she said she didn't care about that it was the scales that mattered to her, I just let the rest go in one ear and out the other. She's also now convinced I've a bad metabolism, and she's a great one. I just couldn't stop thinking yeah your a smaller size than me but I bet I'm stronger and more flexible, with the added posibility of having a smaller body fat% but it's only the scales that matter:p (I should add that the only excersice she gets is frantic cleaning and going for a walk, she's a dieter and they are kinda crash diets)
Nice little rant over with.

TBH, it sounds like you enjoy going to the gym..so therefore it really shouldn't matter what other people think and I really wouldn't pay much attention to them either.

Yeh, I go to the gym to look good nekkid..nothing wrong with that:)but I also go cos it's my outlet and it gives me a bit of me time...also, if I didn't go I would be highly irritating to all around me..I find it extremely hard to sit still.

With regards to the weight loss it very simple comes down to diet and exercise. Make sure your on top of your diet and that your consistant with your exercise (which you are)!

So keep it up and enjoy what your doing:)

Orla K

gymfreak wrote: »

TBH, it sounds like you enjoy going to the gym..so therefore it really shouldn't matter what other people think and I really wouldn't pay much attention to them either.

Yeh, I go to the gym to look good nekkid..nothing wrong with that:)but I also go cos it's my outlet and it gives me a bit of me time...also, if I didn't go I would be highly irritating to all around me..I find it extremely hard to sit still.

With regards to the weight loss it very simple comes down to diet and exercise. Make sure your on top of your diet and that your consistant with your exercise (which you are)!

So keep it up and enjoy what your doing:)

It was just fusterating that there was no talking to her, I haven't lost much weight but my body fat has gone down and I'm starting to need new clothes now too:o, I just found her stance on 'only the scales matter' funny and fusterating at the same time. She just would have given up because the weight loss wasn't quick enough for her. The start of the conversation was about how I'd lost weight too.

Have to add that she was horrified when two of us agreed that her scales are weighing about 5kg too light. She's probably going to go on a diet now.

I'll be honest, I'm going to the gym for my mind, using fat loss as a goal (it's a goal that will be clear when I reach it) I've been very depressed for the past few years, from about sept/oct last year to december/jan I barely got out of bed, I barely did anything, at one point I was sleeping for about 3/4 hours wake up for half an hour and just drop off again. So I needed food that I could cook and eat in that time(if I bothered eating). Not the healtiest time I didn't gain much weight(maybe half a stone?) but what muscles I had went and body fat went up.
As a result my main goal is not to feel like crap, I've read (and continue to read) alot on lifestyle and depression. I've changed my diet, trying to include as much oily fish as I can eat(not easy when I don't like it that much) trying to cut down on sugar and carbs. I eat fruit and veg, try to avoid things like sweets, potatoes, bread. I've found they can effect my mood (the carbs just make me sleep and I end up feeling down a while after I wake up). So my diet, while I have 100% cleaned it up, it is a huge improvment, I've also been consintrating on what to eat(protein and good fats) rather than what not to.

As for the gym, when I do heavier weights with smaller reps I'm finding I'm in a better mood that lasts longer. I haven't found a reason for it yet.

Went on a little too much but it's the first time for me to say it 'out loud'

In short for me
not feeling like I want to die>looking good nekkid
If I can I'll take both.

I don't want to go to the gym today so I'm thinking of a walk/jog/run for about 40min-1hour, maybe down by the river rather than around and around a boring pitch, that way I can also jump through the bushes and avoid going around town in a tracksuit

Orla K

So I ended up doing nothing on monday, except getting far too grumpy and being forced to stay up far too long.

Tuesday only out of bed at two and had to force myself to go to the gym

bike 10min lvl4

step holding 9kg db x12 each leg I don't think I had my back straight enough, I know I've gotten the habit of sticking out my ass
sit up most against the step some on floor knees bent x15
shoulder press 8kg db x10 quite happy with this because the 7kg and down dbs you can clearly see a difference in size, it starts to get harder to tell at them appart at 8kg. I also had a guy stare at me while I did this, I got a little too aware that I forgot to shave my underarm:o
sit up x30 (no crunches)
X2

chin up don't remember how many of these I did but I still struggle with it.
low row 40kg x10(about that) I have to say when I got off this I embarrissed myself, I hadn't realised that there was a guy behind me doing his warm ups so when I turned around I got a startled and made a strange noise:o The worst thing was it's the guy thats good to look at too, so now I look at him too much and I make weird noises(as well as forgetting to shave)
decline obique crunch x20 still don't like this, I've gotten a little paranoid that I have too much of a decline on it but as far as I can see the next settling is practally flat.
X2

cross trainer lvl6 10min 5front 5back, my legs were pretty dead couldn't seem to got too fast.
treadmil 10min preset prog lvl5 (probably should've gone for lvl6 but I was worried my legs would be too tired)
threadmill 5min incline 8 speed 5

Today,
20k cycle, I thought before I went that it would be about 15-17k, until I saw a sign post saying the town was 5k away. My knee was a bit sore I didn't go that fast and forgot to time myself again but it took about 1hr30min.

Orla K

bike 10min lvl4

step x20 both legs (no weight)
push up x15 against step
shoulder press 7kgx13
sit up x30
x2

First set went well, second set not so much, I started feeling a cramp in my back during the sit ups

chin up 40kgx?(not very many maybe 8) this is where that cramp turned into a slight pain
lowrow 30kgx20
All during the lowrow I couldn't feel anything but I knew it was still there I stood up and lifted my right leg, I could do it but not without the pain getting worse.
If I had of kept going it would have felt worse, so I just had a very awkward and slow cycle home.

So that was it for the day:( resting now.

Orla K

Leg is still buggered, it seems the more I use it the worse it gets, so no gym for me. The worst thing is I'm ment to be looking after my brothers cat for the weekend, gotta cycle back and forth to feed it, let it in/out. Also the doctor decided to take a 4 day weekend which means that it will probably be wednesday/thursday before I get an appointment.

This sucks:(

Orla K

I went back at the gym today.

Took it easy enough, my leg is still kinda sore and I'm on a waiting list to see someone about it but I've been on that waiting list for the past few years.

Bike 10min lvl4, I was on it thinking I've gotten so bad at it rpm was lower than before.

push up x15 most against step some on my knees
shoulder press 5kgx15
sit up x30 (some crunches in there)
x2
skipped the step ups in case it made me worse

I also skipped the other set of stuff, figured today was only a tester to see how my leg would feel didn't really want to over do it.

xtrainer lvl5 10min 5min forwards 5min backwards this felt ok, I could still fell my leg but it was mainly my muscles in my right leg which got really tight and never loosened up, my knee felt fine.

treadmil 5min incline 8 speed 5.5 kept it easy just in case.

That was it, got to have a proper shower:), instead of mine where the temp gets so extreme I can't tell if it's too hot or too cold, or my brothers which is as weak(seriously it just felt like the shower was just drooling on me)

I'm going to get a new programme, maybe a weight/bodyfat check, which after a few weeks doing nothing and slowly going back bad habits won't look good.


Got to go and cycle to my brothers place and look after the cat, since he's gone to see qotsa (there's no jealous smiley)

Orla K

I got my programme done and had a bit of a weigh in, which was at least better than the first one, but it's still crap.

The good news is I actually got to the fishmonger early enough today to get some oily fish. Two salmon darnes and two pieces of trout(I think it's trout) I get to have fresh fish this week. All I got to do is figure out a way to cook them.

As for the programme, it was a different guy again today, the other guys weren't working. This guy is seriously a giant of a man, I felt tiny beside him, and what amuses me most is he's a south african called Paddy.

As soon as I went in I told him about my knee/leg, going to the doc, and getting tablets. He got a little worried that if he gave me a programme and my leg/knee got worse then they'd be in trouble, which is fair enough so next time I got to get a doctors note saying I can exercise(which he did tell me but they want it in writing) For now he just took some of the leg exercise out of the resistance training which was basicly just the step thing, I still do the press up just not on my knees, only against the step or against the dumbell stand if the step gets too hard. He's upped the cardio a little.

He was also asking about my diet, most of the stuff I already know from here. It just took me a while to get it all going right then it pretty much all fell appart when I wasn't at the gym.


Bike 15min lvl3

press up x20(he moved these up don't know if that was on purpose or not)
shoulder press 5kg x20 I felt so weak doing these(again I do 5 more of these)
sit up x30
all x2

chin ups 45kg x20 still very bad at these I was switching from overhand to underhand I find overhand much harder so try to do as many as those first. I only got about 10 or 15 total out on the second go
lowrow 30kg x20
decline oblique crunch x20 I still don't like being upside down.
all x2

xtrainer 10min forward, 10min backward lvl5
treadmill 10min programme 5 lvl5 took it I was a little aprehensive about this but it felt grand
treadmill 5min fast walk 6/6.5? speed incline 8%

He made sure to write in big capital letters FULL BODY STRETCH.

I got the impression that he's a personal trainer as well as a fitness instructor, and he took my number down, don't know what to make of that. I'm wondering if I don't turn up to the gym will he end up ringing me.

He also told me I've a nice smile:o:D which I already knew but I don't think I heard it in a while so that was good.

I'm also quite pleased with myself today I put in what I ate so far in fitday and it looks like
Protein 45%
fat 43%
carbs 12%
but still got dinner to go.

gymfreak

Orla K wrote: »

I got my programme done and had a bit of a weigh in, which was at least better than the first one, but it's still crap.


As for the programme, it was a different guy again today, the other guys weren't working. This guy is seriously a giant of a man, I felt tiny beside him, and what amuses me most is he's a south african called Paddy.

Bike 15min lvl3

press up x20(he moved these up don't know if that was on purpose or not)
shoulder press 5kg x20 I felt so weak doing these(again I do 5 more of these)
sit up x30
all x2

chin ups 45kg x20 still very bad at these I was switching from overhand to underhand I find overhand much harder so try to do as many as those first. I only got about 10 or 15 total out on the second go
lowrow 30kg x20
decline oblique crunch x20 I still don't like being upside down.
all x2

xtrainer 10min forward, 10min backward lvl5
treadmill 10min programme 5 lvl5 took it I was a little aprehensive about this but it felt grand
treadmill 5min fast walk 6/6.5? speed incline 8%
.

Is this the new programme? It looks nearly identical to what you had been doing..or am I missing something..it is a friday..and I'm tired:)

Orla K

gymfreak wrote: »

Is this the new programme? It looks nearly identical to what you had been doing..or am I missing something..it is a friday..and I'm tired:)

It is basicly the same just minus the step and extra cardio, he didn't really want to get me to do much different without a doctor note. I wasn't doing it for to long and had a long enough break that my body isn't used to it, I struggled a bit today.

gymfreak

Orla K wrote: »

It is basicly the same just minus the step and extra cardio, he didn't really want to get me to do much different without a doctor note. I wasn't doing it for to long and had a long enough break that my body isn't used to it, I struggled a bit today.

Oh, okay..I thought I was missing something:)

Orla K

I went to the gym today, I'll post about it tomorrow but for now with a belly full of roast chicken, wine and kopparberg I need sleep.

Orla K

Bike 15min lvl3

press up x20 (x10against step x10against rack)(x15against step x5against rack)
shoulder press 6kg x12 after the press ups my arms were really tired
sit up x30
all x2

chin ups 45kg x19 (x11 overhand x8 underhand, I normally do less over hand and more underhand, I was happy with that but a bit annoyed that I couldn't get that last underhand one out) x14(x7overhand x7under)
lowrow 35kg x15(I think)
decline oblique crunch x20
all x2
I was feeling very wreaked, and it was taking me ages to get through everything so far. I also got up from the decline obique crunch too fast and the room started spinning:(

xtrainer 10min forward, 10min backward lvl5 I was so tired doing this
treadmill 10min programme 5 lvl6 the first 30secs of the run was fine after that I struggled it 5x50sec run/jogs I did three and I couldn't do anymore I just kept with walking fast. Decided to skip the 5min walk, since I already did one.

Orla K

bike lvl 3 15min

push up x20(x20against step) (x15against step x5 against rack)
shoulder press db6kg x12ish
sit up x30
X2

chin ups 45kg x20 x16ish(a combo of overhand,underhand and netrual)
decline oblique crunch x20 (someone was on the lowrow so I did this first)
lowrow 35kg x15 x12
X2

This so far seems to take me nearly an hour, I think I sould be able to cut that time.

xtrainer 10min forward, 10min backward lvl5
For the first ten minutes I was driven mad my two women having a grand auld chat on two other xtrainers, I so wanted to say to them if your able to chat you need to work harder. I also begain to notice that the room was fairly packed, I don't do too well with crowded/noisy rooms:( I got quite agitated and I had to put my head down and my hands up blocking out the room, because I was agitated and just wanted to get out of there I went faster than the last few days I was up to 125/130rpm+ by 17.5min in I just couldn't physicly keep it up slowed to 100-110rpm

Treadmill 10min programme5 lvl5 after getting so tired on the cross trainer I didn't want to chance lvl6, even at lvl 5 during the jogging I could feel the skin on my arms getting hot, seriously I was bright red and covered in sweat. (and to top it off I then noticed someone on another threadmill that will go away and bítch about me, one good thing was since I was already red I didn't go read when I saw her:o)
another 5min walk speed 6ish incline 8% I also realised that I can add time onto the end of the 10 min and it doesn't include the fast/slow pace.

I also had to walk there and back (too windy to cycle) and crap it took ages(compared to cycling) also I've a blister on my heal:((just my feet telling me I need new shoes)

Orla K

I'm going to keep this short enough

Tuesday

bike 15min
decided to keep it just cardio today, extra 10 minutes on xtrainer
xtrainer 10min tried a preset programme lvl6 (not easy)
xtrainer 20min 10min forward 10min backward
treadmil 10min preset lvl5
treadmil 5min fast walk

wednesday morning
bike 15min
push up x20
shoulder press db7kg x10ish
sit up x30
X2

chin ups 40kg x?
lowrow 40kg x?
decline oblique crunch x20
X2

xtrainer 10min forward 10min backwards
treadmil 10min program lvl6 didn't go well, couldn't keep it up and ended up with a stitch

Then my day went to crap, was so stressed/worried that I felt like getting sick so didn't eat anything, I'm actually still feeling stressed today so as well as missing yesterday in the gym I was too groggy this morning to get up. (when I'm stressed I sleep, and sleep)

I'm going spinning later and I'm thinking tomorrow I should just try and relax, maybe go shopping.

I've also decided that when I get the letter from the doc that I'm going to get a different program I've found that I'm not getting excited about this one. I know I won't be able to keep it up for 3 weeks let alone 6.

caterpillar101

Hi Orla,

Hope you dont mind me writing here - newbie. Just wanted to say I was reading your log, and can relate to it. In post #38 (I think) you outlined your reasons for exercising - ditto. Mind and mood first, physical benefits an added benefit.
Keep up the good work!