It’s been one of those weeks! I began it with a run, then a run and row session, two Pound classes and I ended it with a run today. Monday morning was a gym session – it was pouring with rain, so as on Saturday, I put myself on the Treadmill. When I run alone, […]
Category Archives: Fitness
As we move into colder months I am back to getting up in the dark to take myself off to the gym for an early morning Spin or HIIT class. Running in the dark is not an option, so it’s once more on the Treadmill. Joining with my daughter to lift weights again has also […]
The past week has seen me up and out at 6.40am on four mornings, ready to take on the challenge of an early morning class in the gym. It has been my first week back in 10 months! This has been partly due to a bit of nervousness- it’s true, the longer you leave something […]
‘Here we go!’ my class hears me shout, time and time again during a POUND session: it generally means we are about to launch into a move at twice the speed we’ve just been doing it! It’s a bit like going from a gentle walk to a sprint! It is the part of Pound that […]
So, I’ve had two weeks off any sort of exercise at all. I know, that is so unlike me! It has been partly due to being shattered at the end of the Festival season in addition to running the parish and trying to catch up on occasional offices – Baptisms and Burials of Ashes, on […]
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve returned to the swimming pool for the first time since 2019. Me, being me, went straight for it – 50 lengths, on the basis that if I did it before, I could do it again. I did it, but in slower time than before. Two weeks on and […]
If you’ve read my ‘Musings’ post you will have realised that it has been a challenging couple of weeks (in fact I haven’t written about the greatest challenge of all, because at the moment, I just can’t) which have pushed me to my limits. Working two festivals in two weeks and a road traffic collision […]
The past week or so has been really difficult. Motivating myself to get out of bed and exercise has not been easy. I’ve slept very little due to a pressure build up in my left ear and it has left me feeling rather flat. Add to this the dental treatment – major work on my […]
Yes, I’m still here, I’m still completing six HIIT workouts a week – four early morning Joe Wick’s and two POUNDfit sessions – one Monday and one on Friday. I feel great in so many ways: I’m stronger – I’m lifting heavier and I’ve got greater endurance in each workout and I feel so good, […]
When everything locked down again here, in November 2020, under Tier 3 Restrictions, I was gutted because I’d just got my Pound classes up and running again and I’d really enjoyed being back in the gym. With yet another ban on live classes, I reverted my Pound classes back to Zoom twice a week. I […]