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I've always done no less than 40 minutes and no more than an hour n a half. I personally think you are better to do half an hour 4 days a week than an hour twice a week Did a double vipr clean and press, 10kg one inside a 16kg. Got to 19 reps and couldn't physically move my forearms to get that twist motion from under your hands to over. Changes your grip completely as well as you have to hold both of the weights in place. Good for grip. 20kg kettlebell swing x22 (reps of 10 and 12) and single hand swing of 16kg (again x22, 10 and 12). Could've done my normal 10-12-15 sets with everything but the C&P but I think my arms needed a rest so just stayed with the 10-12. Adding some variance into my week: Sat - Cardio kettlebell session (the thing I talked about a few days ago, 20 sets of 20 swings in 30 seconds with 30s break between) Sun - Heavy lifts day (with personal trainer) Mon - REST Tue - Freestyle (the kettlebell, trx, and vipr routine I do. Not super super heavy but more reps) + yoga class Wed - REST Thu - Freestyle (same as Tuesday, but might have a chat with him and see if I can split it more and do different things each day, perhaps an upper body day and lower body day) Fri - REST Once I get used to this I intend to add a spin class in somewhere to get some more cardio. 3 rest days cause those are the days I fast during the day. (so not wise to go straight from a 24 hour fast to any kind of gym session) Need to get a physio to look at my knee, still havent really recovered from the damage I did on the KNEEEE meet 2008 (lol irony), smashed my kneecap off an escalator step in the airport on the way home. Classy burd that I am. My knee must have doubled in size, and its been swollen ever since. Nothing broken as I had an xray but I think there's some cartilage or tendon injury as it was a really bad fall (well 18 stone onto a single joint is never a good idea)

It worries me that as much as 30% is slower than you!

WOO HOT SHOWERS I'm the same, not much of a swimmer, and chlorine is like poison to me, irritates my skin and sets of my rhinitis. Pity cause I'd love to do some swimming! I've got a PT sesh on Sunday at 12:30 (for an hour) then I'm going to go to a Yoga seminar & masterclass (from 1:00 to 2:30) gonna be a long ass day. Also talking of ass, i caught sight of a hot ass in the mirror of the changing room, felt guilty for perving on some chick, then realised I was the only person in the changing room... LOL. Dem Squats. Note to self: blue hair makes blue sweat, all over YO FACE.

Actually Sky. But I do live in Northern Ireland so late delivery is not an unusual thing

Oh yeah

Dunno if anyone's ever used this site but it seems to be a good one for progress monitoring http://www.strstd.com/

Got 40m fibre installed today... Why's this in the bad stuff thread you ask? Fuckers haven't sent the router. Regular router not compatible. Thus NO internets, not even the shitty 1m we used to have -_- (Currently surfing the forum on my iPad with 3G, always have a backup plan )

I guess it depends on your relationship. Certainly if you are sharing with other people you need to make sure they are ok with the idea. My sister has been going out with her fella 2.5 years and they are pretty serious, but he doesn't have keys to our house simply because its not her house keys to give out. Shared living should mean respecting everyone you live with. If you're on yer own any time you trust them enough is fine, but it's totally different with shares.

Is it not something to do with the thermal effect? That your body has to work harder to keep you warm or something? Running is the best for me calories wise, maybe kettlebell training as a close second. But I can't stand running and it's really not good for someone at 18 stone to run -_- possibly the reason why it burns so much? Don't think someone half my size would burn even half the cals I do. I'm doing a kettlebell cardio plan at the moment. 20 sets of 30:30 seconds work: break. Swinging as fast as i can (with proper form) for each set. 15 per set is a moderate number to start to work towards, then working up to max of 20. Once you get 20 sets of 20 swings, you can then up it to doing a 45:15 work:rest ratio and a max of 30 swings in 45 seconds. On my first try I was aiming to get 20 per set, perhaps a bad idea as I burned out pretty quickly. Only did 15 sets: 21, 20, 21, 20, 18, 15 (break) 20, 15, 11 (break) 21, 20, 15 (break) 22, 15 (break) 20. That's with an 8kg kettlebell. Had a chat with my old man who suggested that rather than going for broke with the 20 swings, start aiming for 15 per set and do the whole thing... Instead of going hard and burning out. I guess I'm still in weightlifting mode lol.. Need to learn to do less and keep the cardio side of it up (ie not taking the rests I did)

SQUAT SQUATS SQUATS!!! I'm going to up my 37 rep KB swing to whatevers up from 16kg when I go to the gym tomorrow, hopefully a 20. I know my gym has a 24, but I hope its not the next one up and its a monster, I could probably do 10 if pushed... We'll see. I'll give it a crack if they've no 20's!!! My pops has a 24kg kb, and i tried swinging it, got 3 pathetic swings out. Fuck you really need to have the technique right when you go heavy. I'm getting a twitch in a nerve on my back, where the shoulder blade pokes out at the left side. Happening when I'm doing a clean and press... Think its possibly a nervous thing as its not really sore, just feels like a jolt going over my joint.... Very odd. Gonna keep at it and see how it goes

According to weightwatchers/bmi, people of our height "need" to be between 9'13 and 12'6. So you aren't really far from healthy anyway! I personally would love to be 13 stone =P Think its nice for women to have some curves I very much doubt that I could ever be 10 anything let alone 9'13 XD

Naaaa i wouldn't be ok with that, they basically have access to all of your possessions, and they don't have to pay rent when they are essentially living there!

I've put on 5lbs this month and not gotten any fatter, infact I've gotten smaller, so I totally agree with Jonst.

Agreed but not sure if I could cope with drinking 4litres of full fat milk a day!!!! Urgh!!! Fortunately im not skinny, nor do I have problems putting weight on, lol :awesome:

Yesssssss. Only gained 1.2lb over the last 2 weeks!! =) I also think that I'm not any bigger inches wise.... I just got into a size 20 before christmas, was literally SQUEEEEEZED into them by the skin of my teeth, literally any amount of fat would've made them impossible to get on, but they still fit post christmas, maybe even a lil better All the dedication I had over christmas was worth it. Went to the gym on xmas eve, boxing day, the thursday AND sat after. And only dropped a single fast day, so not really much change diet wise! Then I got a bug and couldn't go all of new years week (not a good idea to exercise when it feels like you've been STABBED in the right lung!) but I did go today. Only did a half session so I don't risk overdoing it. Looking forward to getting back into my routine properly =)

well 10 stone is the lowest i should be at 5ft10, so I reckon that perhaps that would be a little too underweight. Sure you should just keep plodding on, lose half a stone and see how you feel? Like you said BMI is not wholly accurate, and every single person is different. The only way to really find out is to do it yourself

Training, reading books about training, eating, working, sleeping....er I think thats about it ha oh i was at the hairdresser today, that counts!!!

My next weigh in is on Saturday, and then I'll be weighing every 4 weeks from then on. Haven't weighed myself for two weeks so I haven't seen the Christmas damage yet!

january to july was a wash with ocd and depression started dieting in july after my holiday. Finally got the nerve to see my doc about my depression about 6 weeks after I started dieting. dropped over 2 stone. Joined the gym near the end of the year. Found my life passion (weightlifting) and have basically turned my life around. 2012 is a great stepping stone for me actually living my life. Still not there but without 2012, 2013 would never be as successful. The groundwork has started, now i just gotta keep ploughing on.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas. Another size smaller. Also bra refitting, another 2 inches off - 42DD to a 40DD, not losing the boobs, yay! =)

just short of £15 £40 from the local fitness shop, I know the owner and she gave me discount wahooooo =)

fitness first does smaller length contracts but they're far more expensive. My year contract is 25.99 a month and i think the 3 month min contract was £34! For the exact same thing asides the luxury of cancelling earlier!!!

loses its charm on anyone over the age of 6...

Just keep being awesome.... I dont smoke, dont drink a lot, eat healthily, am losing weight, am exercising 4 x a week, even dropped my food obsession and daily weighing session.... so er fuck resolutions... I've already done all of mine