Those who are in the know will acknowledge that there is nothing divides a fitness class like the love/hate relationship with the Burpee. The Burpee is a full body, explosive movement involving a drop from standing into a push up position – often taking the chest to the floor – followed by a return to […]
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Burpees? Squats? Planks? Mountain Climbers? Bear crawls? Russian Twists? Walk outs? Frog jumps? Flutter kicks? Thrusters? When I began to seriously engage with the gym in 2018, the language of the world of fitness was a complete mystery to me. In the first instance, I panicked at the names of the various […]
This morning I completed my January 2021 BOOTCAMP! 20 killer Joe Wick’s workouts and 8 POUND classes! It has been an adventure and I’ve achieved so much! I began on the 4th January and I’ve pushed on through every day and at the end of it, I can honestly say that I feel so energised […]
It’s December 2018 ~ I’ve been 60 since March and made great progress with my strength and fitness. I am a regular at my local gym: I Spin four or five times each week, I lift weights, I’ve taken part in the odd Circuit Training session and I have a Personal Trainer who puts me […]
In the summer of 2019 I was introduced, by the amazing Angela Wheeler, to the fantastic world of POUND. What on earth is POUND you might ask? POUND is a full on rockout, workout. It involves loud music with a heavy beat and a pair of lightly weighted, custom designed drumsticks. It’s exciting, it’s totally […]
Well, I survived the first week of Joe Wick’s BOOTCAMP! Five HIIT workouts over the past week plus two POUND workouts and I’m still standing (just). I’ve got to admit to using a fair bit of muscle rub on my right knee over the past few days, but I’m ready to start it all again […]
It’s January – that can only mean one thing: BOOTCAMP! For the past two years I have begun the year with a Bootcamp, or Fitcamp as my gym called it. This has involved being pushed to my limits (and beyond) over several sessions a week for a month. The sessions have included: HIIT (High Intensity […]
So, there I was, Spinning my little legs off, three or four times a week. I’d tried a couple of other classes but shied away from them because, to be honest, I didn’t understand the terminology or the instructions! I had no idea what a Burpee was, and a Russian Twist sounded like it should […]
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So, in 2018 this vicar reached the grand old age of 60. To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t looking forward to it at all. It felt so very old! But, there is one thing for sure, we cannot hold back the inevitable; whether we like it or not, we will grow older and our bodies […]