GOT Fitness LOG

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Been getting to the gym twice a week for last 5/6 weeks

Bit of mobility to warm up
Core work - plank mainly side and weighted
Snatch complex to get going
Deadlifts or Squats
Then quick fire two sets of a push-pull combination with no break. Eg over head press & horizontal row.
Some sort of grip exercise to finish - farmers walks or toes to bar

Weight is dropping off
Feel much better
 
thirdmantackle said:
Been getting to the gym twice a week for last 5/6 weeks

Bit of mobility to warm up
Core work - plank mainly side and weighted
Snatch complex to get going
Deadlifts or Squats
Then quick fire two sets of a push-pull combination with no break. Eg over head press & horizontal row.
Some sort of grip exercise to finish - farmers walks or toes to bar

Weight is dropping off
Feel much better
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Well done...it's a wonderful feeling when you notice that youre getting in better shape
 

thirdmantackle said:
Back training and playing hurling the last two weeks.
Also back doing gym work to get me back to a level of fitness I had in January.

Read a fantastic book about back pain that got me over the fear of hurting my back. Apparently it's all in my head now.

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Read a book by him called the mind body prescription. Changed my life.

In other news, 4 months into my ankle injury now. Small improvement but still no green light to run or do any kind if impact sport. At least I can do some cycling and upper body work in the gym which is stopping me from going completely insane.
 
Increasing my volume training as of Saturday; push pull legs, 6 days per week with DUP elements included. Calories up to 3700, and 2 HIIT sessions launched in to keep fat gain to a minimum
 
Baines' left foot said:
I want to give it a go. Traditional weights training is good but can be boring and thought Crossfit looked fun. Cheapest place I found in London was £120 a month. My gym membership is £20 ffs.

Deadlifted 170kg last night though. Yeah.
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Ended up going the other day, enjoyed it, very friendly atmosphere and pushed me to my absolute limit. Beyond in fact, as i almost threw up. Will attend again on Saturday, though you're right it is expensive and not really for students like myself. £7 PAYG is ok once or twice a week though.
 

CahillsCornerFlag said:
Ended up going the other day, enjoyed it, very friendly atmosphere and pushed me to my absolute limit. Beyond in fact, as i almost threw up. Will attend again on Saturday, though you're right it is expensive and not really for students like myself. £7 PAYG is ok once or twice a week though.
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It's the social element and being pushed by others I like the sound of. I'd do it once a week instead of a gym session if I could pay £7. But London being London I don't think I'll find somewhere like that.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
Just over a month until the Maratona and training has gone really well. Done around 2,500km of really good work in the past two months and am feeling really good.
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Did the Fred a fortnight back and have to say it was one of the best events on a bike I've ever done - organisation, crowds, scenery, weather [it was a brilliant sunny day].
Only failure of the day was that I didn't make it up Hardknott - was starting to cramp a little and had to bury myself to get up the first steep pitch, levels off then and I was mentally feeling on top of it, but stood on the pedals for the final steepest third and the legs exploded. Needed a proper ten minute sit down before I could ride again.
Obv need to get stronger, but think the heat tipped things against me - 7 or 8 hours in the sun is well out of my comfort zone.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
Did the Fred a fortnight back and have to say it was one of the best events on a bike I've ever done - organisation, crowds, scenery, weather [it was a brilliant sunny day].
Only failure of the day was that I didn't make it up Hardknott - was starting to cramp a little and had to bury myself to get up the first steep pitch, levels off then and I was mentally feeling on top of it, but stood on the pedals for the final steepest third and the legs exploded. Needed a proper ten minute sit down before I could ride again.
Obv need to get stronger, but think the heat tipped things against me - 7 or 8 hours in the sun is well out of my comfort zone.
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I've got a friend up in the Lakes and he said what fantastic weather you had for the ride. Was as close to perfect as you could get. What gearing did you have (out of interest)?
 
Crossfit in Ireland is even €80 per month, and more!

If the coaching and programming is good then crossfit can be good. a lot of lads running gyms who have completed a 2 day course.
the coach is the most important person, and how they lay out the session

You shouldn't be throwing up during or after any workout.
the workout should be scaled to your technical ability and level of strength and fitness.
build slowly and steadily developing

a good crossfit class works on warm up and mobility, strength training and then some sort of a workout at the end
 

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