Week 6

Well as I get closer to the end of the 8 (okay 9) week challenge of becoming 'rushfit' I feel like its not gone all that well.

On Monday of this week, I was due to complete the Fight Conditioning workout but because of work and availability of space, I was forced to swap it up and do Cardio instead. Then... during my high intensity cycle, hit my knee off the corner of the bike and really hurt it. So then I had to swap Wednesday's day off with Tuesday and now I am planning on doing the fight conditioning workout tonight.

Between this and the tendonitis catastrophe and having to repeat a week I feel like I have lost the momentum.

Although the workouts are doing a great job in tightening up my arms and legs, I am not feeling like the core work is really having that great an effect my abs or back and have decided to swap out the straight up / sit ups for another type of crunch that will be more effective.

Maybe I started at a level that wasn't good enough to do the moves in the correct way and while I do feel fitter I certainly don't feel like I have achieved 2/3's of the rushfit goal.

The diet that I have been following has been a little hit and miss but overall my calorie intake has been significantly lower than that recommended by the rushfit nutrition plan. Although I have not followed the timings of the meals as well as I would have liked.

But I am nothing if not committed to improving my technique and getting better results so I will keep you posted.

I think that the secret might be cardio and a lot of it, which makes me think that the intermediate level programme is the one I should have started from the beginning. But I am going to give this until the end of week 8 then take a week off before undertaking the intermediate programme!

Week 5, Day 4 (Take 2)

As per the injury and the sore knees and shoulders I have opted for a slight alteration to rushfit.

An increase in Cardio (10 mins of reasonably intense cycling prior to warm up) and substituting some of the exercises that will have a negative effect on the shoulders and knees seems to be working well.

I have also opted for a low carb diet over the past week. So I am looking forward to finding out tomorrow how it is going!

The Goal

For the past 5 weeks I have been asked regularly... What's your goal.

And I lost it for a while there as my response was Rushfit is my goal. What about after Rushfit? More Rushfit. Well that's just not a goal.

So here it is sports fans... My goal is to lose 30lbs between now and July 22nd. Which coincides with my 30th Birthday.

This gives me 10 weeks and no leeway to stick to something!

Easter Hols

Well it turns out that too much of a good thing can be bad for you and as a result I got some tendonitis and had to rest myself for a few days to get past it. The recommendation was 1 week, but I decided 4 days would be plenty and finally got back to Rushfit on Tuesday.

Another problem is that despitew planning to lose weight I am putting it on. Fair enough I am Reducing my body fat but I am feeling too chunky in the thighs and shoulders.... Probably because of all the pressups and squats.

In response, I have talked tommy nutritionist and am now doing a low carb diet and increasing cardio. I will also be skipping a few exercises from Rushfit to ease off the joints. Anything that puts too much pressure on my knees or shoulders is being reduced by about 20 percent to ensure I don't enrage the tendonitis.

Despite the aches and pains, it felt incredible to get back to working out, 4 days off was just rubbish and it's amazing how thenlethargysinks in. I have also learned that pineapple has stuff in it that is really good for joint inflammation and tomatoes, peppers and potatoes are really bad for joint inflammation.

I am gutted I have failed to complete the programme in the way that was intended so I have decided to repeat week 5 and complete Rushfit in 9 weeks. But I am concerned that I should be adding an additional week 5 as punishment. But I have been assured that continuing would have caused more harm than good.

Onwards and upwards.

DAY OFF DAY OFF DAY OFF

If it didn't say it on the programme i wouldn't believe it. But today is a day off. Incredible timing considering I am flying back to Glasgow today and wouldn't really have the time. But 4 weeks ago when I was just starting Rushfit I was worried that going home was going to derail my efforts. This weekend, I am not worried at all.

I might even go back to my old gym and say hello to the folks in there! I am sure they won't mind.

Anyway, despite all my grumpy chat of late, it probably is worth it.... and on the up side, there is only Thursday, Friday and Saturday left of this week and then there are only 3 weeks left! Woo hoo!

I am so nearly rushfit!

Day 30

Well haven't I just been a barrel of laughs all week? Eh, not so much! I am a total Grumpy Grumperson! And day 30 was no exception.

This is a total grind. Everything aches and far from feeling like I have loads of energy and feel amazing, I am permanently exhausted. Day 31 is a day off and thank goodness for that because if it wasn't I would seriously struggle.

There is something fulfilling in knowing that there is only 25 days left or whatever but between me wanting to rip a guys head off because he crossed my path in the gym, the disney haired f*ckwit and the weight gain. I am starting to wonder if its really worth it.

Maybe its better to be a happy fatty than a skinny monster??? But probably not!

A food diary might lie... the numbers do not.

Okay, so this was a bad week and I knew it all along.

I ate cake. I ate ice cream. I drank wine. I lied about it to the nutritionist. I did this because I naively thought, as long as your exercising it doesn't matter what you eat. Well that's not actually true and I am massively disappointed because not only was last week hell, it was a waste of time! Dammit!

So yeah, I put on a kilo and some or all of it was fat. Ho hum!

But yesterday (except the 3 glasses of wine after work) was the beginning of a new me and this time next week, I am going to be delighted with my incredible results!

Remembering to Listen

It was no secret that last weeks Rushfit kicked my ass! Compared to the previous week where I actually moved house, last week was worse. Much worse. But yesterday I decided to turn over a new leaf and started listening to the dvd's instead of just going through the motions of the exercises. This involves watching the whole video and listening to the chit chat at the end that I had been ignoring for the past couple of weeks.

The difference is immense because its important to keep in mind, why your putting yourself through this and to remember to keep it in context. When going through the DVD, work out like your life depends on it and know that its only going to last for 30 minutes.

When GSP and the team congratulate each other at the end, congratulate yourself and take on board your accomplishment! The pain and the exhaustion are temporary and the long term effects are not. All those hints are within the DVD's and reinforced throughout.

I am meeting Behar, the nutritionist today to get week 4's results! Fingers crossed the week from hell paid off!

Half way to Rushfit!

Fridays workout and todays workout were actually grim. But they are done now and I am half way to rush fit! I am perpetually tired and hankering after chocolate but it's all good as I AM HALF WAY THERE!!!!

I guess I just need to figure out what the next goal is....

DAY 26!

I am 2 days away from being half way through the Rush Fit. And the wall has come down like it hasn't before. I am completely exhausted. Everything aches. And I am getting fed up. The results are okay, but the amount of effort required to get me into the gym has increased and although I am not skipping sessions, it feels like the road to rushfit is getting steeper!

Once I get the next two workouts finished and out of the way... I will be half way to rushfit!!!

I just need to use the next few days to figure out how I am going to make the next 4 weeks easier that the last week!