Saturday 28th October

The 1000 club; 250 sit ups, 250 push ups, 250 dips and 250 squats. You can take as many breaks as you need, you can break them into smaller sets and turn it into a circuit... but the way you push yourself is to complete the 1000 in the least amount of time.

I was actually growing a little tired of exercise; loosing motivation and generally being unenthused. However I've just taken over some new clients; small group Personal Training. The clients are fitter and it wouldn't do to have their trainer puffing about, so i'm set to go again :)

Now i'd like to clarify that it isn't that i've had unfit clients that has led to my lack of enthusiam in exercising... I needed that extra push/shove in the right direction (There goes my idea of helping Dave out with his training by gaining weight; it would've felt better for him come the competition when i'm light again *lol*).

Sunshine and motorbikes, or lollipops to all :)

Saturday 21st October

Today we practised a few lifts and went our separte exercise ways once more. No we haven't given up on the joint workout, I was just too exhausted to exercise. This week I've been filling in for my trainer and have been doing A LOT of aerobic/circuit instruction/participation. Next week I start additional exercise infliction on others by hosting a small group Personal Training session. People have become enthused by The Biggest Looser and work has increased accordingly. I hope they're not expecting me to make them feel worthless, deprive them of respect and family, etc. Still the people on the show do get great results, not sure about the safety of the methods mentally or physically; I hope it's the achievement not the humiliation that the viewers are hanging out for...

Saturday 14th October

Today I went with boxing (only one blood knuckle which means either my new everlasts are helping or i'm soft lol) for my workout and Dave rested up after a long week ... next week it's the 1000 club which i'll fill you all in on next post :)

Saturday 7th October

Training this week has seen Dave (Jeremy) doing multiple sets of body weighted exercises eg.. Squats, pushups, chin-ups, dips, situps 5 sets of each with the amount of reps increasing. For myself I'm using mostly machines eg.. Leg press, chest press, shoulder press, lat pulldown mixed with a range of core (fitball tuck/twists, situps, leg raises, russian twists...) and cardio exercises (treadmill, rower, stepper, jogging, skipping...).

Today I focused on balance however, which was a lot of fun. If you think you're well balanced try grabbing a fitball and keeping your feet of the ground whilst somebody throws a ball at you to catch in different directions :) I also played around with doing pushups with two smaller balls of differing sized under each hand.

Interest in the sport is growing at the local YMCA, which is where we do most of our training. Mostly it's tinted with humor - especially from other patrons wondering what the heck is happening in the group fitness room to this poor girl dangling over some brut's shoulder while he runs about - but they're very supportive.

Tomorrow it's mostly cardio for both of us. I run a circuit class on Sundays which gives the body a chance to recoup or at least feel 'ouchy' in a fresh kind of way...

Saturday 30th September

We had our first training session this morning and it was rather... umm... unusual. We trialed different holds and decided on the estonian being the one where I least felt like I was going to land on something not so padded, like my head and the one Dave (Jeremy) could run with (literally). Steve -for those of you who don't know, Steve has been my PT for over a year and is now our trusty consultant - had us running over a hurdle, up and over the stage and across crass mats (simulating water). In between we did normal type exercises. Apart from Steve laughing and me bouncing up and down Dave really did all the work, which isn't necessarily a bad thing *lol* My thighs are sore'ish from being slung over somebody's shoulders but it was noticable how in sync even breathing becomes the more you practise. Our times actually got better as we went and we became more used to it. Steve and Dave have decided that we'll work up to the distance and getting the time under 1.5minutes. They're yet to work out how he can jog with 50kgs effectively (we ruled out him using the treadmill with me on his back) and as for me I simply need to workout rather than all that other fun stuff I keep doing that leaves me stuffed at the end of the day and not longing for exercise... should be easy :)