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cube that's so awful to hear, least he passed away nice and quickly. What a beautiful kitteh he was too

Oh yeah totes, my form is fine. I had my pt check my form before I even got into it. I've been swinging an 8kg kettlebell for the guts of 2 years without any injury I actually feel like my body is in better shape than it has ever been I've not been upping the weights too quickly for that very reason, just one at a time, because if I do it too heavy too soon my form will go to complete shit. I've got 6 different exercises, and I up a different one every week, so each exercise will be upped once every 6 weeks. To be honest that will probably slow down before too long as it is getting harder each time I up a weight lol

Did my routine in 27:25 this time so getting there. made myself have a little bit more break time (which I did need in the end lol). Upped my double handed kb swing to 12 (from 8) so that's a brave jump. Can't really do 1kg of each as theyve only got 8, 12 and 16 kg kettlebells, and the viprs go up in 2kg increments, and I think upping everything at once might be too much. Just going with what feels right at the moment, not going to be upset if I don't get the weights as high as I possibly can for the moment as I'm still a novice to weight centred training. Would rather go a little too light than injure myself. I will take your advice on board and do some cardio after my session So currently all of my single handed weights are 8 and my doubles are 12. Quite pleased with my progress. Started on 6 and 8 so I'm progressing nicely for just a months work

That's pretty rough man.... You're obviously better off without someone who'd treat you like that

Snow can stay the fuck away.... I'm one of the closer ones to the office so I never get leaving early, and I never get snow days! My raynauds is in full swing in the minus numbers. I forgot my gloves one year and had to shovel 4 inches of snow off my car.. As it does, the blood stopped flowing, and I had to sit in the car for 20 minutes before my hands would regain function! Bring back the summer

well I have only started this routine, I'm continuously upping my weights, but I'm doing it gradually. It's a work in progress shall we say :p i dont want to up more than 1 weight on each session. I'm not giving myself specific breaks, just taking them if I feel like I need to. With the circuit style it's easier to move from one set to another as its working different muscles, so sometimes I don't take breaks at all, but sometimes I take long breaks (usually after the single hand kb as it knocks me for 6) What would you suggest is a good time to aim for? (the time is based on starting first rep and stopping last rep, there's no warm up or cool down included in that time)

This is my current training regime. I do them in a circuit, so I do all of the 10s first, in order on that list, then do all of the 12s then all of the 15s. Did this with 8kg kettlebell, 12kg vipr (for clean and press), 8kg vipr (for squat and chop) Squat and chop is a 1 handed exercise so 10/12/15 of each side. The vipr was recently upgraded from 10 and 6kg respectively Did that all today in a butt busting 22m57s And now I'm going to sleep :P

Oh yeah totes. I do 10,12 and 15 in a circuit style (so total 37) and he does 1 of that weight. And he's been training for years against my few months :P I'm not really at the stage where I want to do single reps of really high weights, need to get my muscles developed a bit more so I'm not risking injury. I think he's like 79kg, so hitting more than double, however he is eating super super clean, and getting in 300g protein a day!!! I'm not great with my diet at the moment... But I gotta say even with a not clean diet, having a dose of protein straight after a session does help. I actually find my aches are a lot less severe and don't last as long as they would without the protein. And it's definitely worth putting a bit of cash into a decent one, even if you're only doing a post workout shake like I am (has the added advantages of lasting longer lol) My grip isn't fantastic either. There are new all the rage bean bag type weights which you swing like a kettlebell, only you're more holding it with your fingers, might be worth trying that to improve the strength in your hands perhaps?

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Migraines are a dip in the ocean compared to cluster headaches.... It genuinely feels like a drill is going through your brain and in that moment you lose all sensation of everything around you asides that pain. Although sometimes I think they're ok because they're so brief, whereas a migraine can go on for days... And some of my worse ones have been woeful.. I remember a few times laying in the bathroom in a complete spaz after a considerable amount of projectile vomiting I seem to be getting migraines very rarely these days, I think that the antidepressants and less stress has definitely helped that.

You are the only active person in this discussion lol :P My back is feeling a bit beastly after the 10 to 12kg upgrade so I think I'll need to get used to that weight for a while! My colleague body builds and I asked him what he can deadlift, to which he said 215kg.... Wowsa. Colour me impressed. He's god damn fit though.

Wow I just had a cluster headache very very momentarily *_* Other than that I really have no complaints, I miss coming in here to complain at least once or twice a day!!!

Any word on ye lads (and ladies?) Or is it that time of year when everyone's given up?? I gained 2 fucking pounds this week, on top of the 1.9 last week. Fucks sake. I have developed some scary muscles on my legs that I've never seen, even in my over a year of training. So I guess the go heavy or go home ethos I'm following is working? Hurrah! Upped my deadlift and press to a 12kg vipr weight and managed to do my whole routine at a similar time. Working on the idea that if I'm not wrecked within half an hour of weight training, I'm not doing it heavy or hard enough (that's not including the 3/4 minute cardio warm up) And I think I'll up my squat up and chop to 8kg next time I go, see if I can handle it :P I bought some optimum nutrition protein in chocolate flavour and damn it's good. I read the tub and I was like yeah right you can stir it with a spoon!!! But actually I put the water in it and the very majority of it had already absorbed into the water some cracking good stuff, and not too high on the old junk sweeteners compared to some. I got it for a massive bargain too, £40 for a 2.2kg tub. I happen to know the wife of the owner of the the best sports nutrition shop in ballymena ohh yeah contacts :3 even the labelled price at 50 isn't too bad when you don't have to pay postage or have the hassle of those woeful courier services! Also gonna have a crack at making pre-workout flapjack type things, if anyone has any good recipes please post em! I tend to eat cereal bars about an hour before my workout but I'm trying to clean my diet up a bit starting with one thing at a time.

If you had a slipped disc its unlikely to fix itself. Don't leave it! I hurt my back and left it for months, eventually the muscles supporting the 4 discs gave in and my entire back locked up. My poor dad had to force me into my bed while I was screaming in pain. I think I did some muscular damage by leaving it and it's never been the same since. In other news, my arse feels like its made of rocks.... Killer squats. Thanks to @Charlie for linking me to that page about women weightlifting, I've added the lady mentioned (barbellas universe) to my Facebook and shes a friggin inspiration. Absolute role model :3 I'm super motivated at the moment and I can feel the weight falling off me. Have weaned myself to weighing twice a week so I don't know if I've lost anything until Friday

My arse hurts, and so do my lungs... Lol First time back in the gym since I got this chest infection... Still feeling a bit rough but I know it's for the best. Need to get right into it again and not loosen the reigns before Christmas. Worked out a somewhat bastardised formula to estimate my progress. Weight x reps --------------- = weight pm Time So I sum all my weight x reps, then divide by time in minutes for whole session. (I dont time each individual set because that would be too much work) For my suspension training I divide my current weight by 4 and use it as the weight (probably not wholly accurate but it's enough for comparisons sake). So if I get faster, or use heavier weights, I should improve my score. And if i lose weight i need to work faster with the suspension training. It relies on your body weight as resistance, so less body weight makes it easier. Currently at 115.5 kg per minute over a 28:33 time period. Gonna compare calories per minute as well when I get my polar watch working. So I'm pretty motivated to kick ass at the moment. Bought some decent ON gold standard whey in my local gym shop today... Helpful when you know the owner and she gives you a 2.2kg tub for £40!

Hahaha aw thanks ashmon

My lungs died, anyone got a spare? Went to my orthodontist appointment, the first out of the house activity pretty much all week, my lungs are painful and burning. Just the little activity of getting in car and driving and sitting in a dentists chair for half an hour.... Sick day again tomorrow, have to go get a sick line if I have to be off on Monday... Urgh... Really can't be doing with this...someone fix me pls

My love life has been rendered to zero... No one likes people with infective lungs /moping

I did an hours walk today and spent most of it coughing my lungs out.. Fun... My mum and sister had it both, were quite sick but not rendered bedridden like I've been. That's autoimmune conditions for you... moving into the third week of this vileness and I don't really feel that much better. I'm just worn out from all the coughing and lack of sleep....

Chest infection, no training for over a week Eating hasn't been great but not totally derailed. Was consuming a lot of honey on my sun/mon fast (for medicinal purposes) so I can't see me losing weight this week, with that and no training. Determined to have a good fast today (started last night) to keep myself on a even keel. I haven't been this sick in a very long time but pleased that I've sorta managed to keep a hold on things eating wise. Normally I'd be like fuck it and just be eating everything and anything and put on 4 or 5 lbs! Would be pleased if I managed to stay the same this week. Currently 1.5lbs up but a good fast should see to that..

Haven't bought a single thing It's only November guyyyys lol

So I pretty much don't own any clothes that fit now, asides the sammich tee that I bought from @Eenuh....so I'll be rocking that a lot in the coming few weeks Just as a reference, it's an xl, and I used to be in 3xl

3.1 down this week wahhhhheeeeeyyyy 32.1 in 17 weeks!

Just quoting this again, ive been pondering for a while, and came to the conclusion that the postergirl for this blog post is what I'm aiming for. She literally is a goddess. Thanks for bringing it to my attention charlie! Now I've got a real vision of where I want to be. Sure I couldn't be any further than that at the moment but it's a real incentive to keep doing what I believed to be right (that women should train like men) and just emphasises the success you can have with that type of training. I managed to get a 9kg kettlebell from a colleague today, so I'm gonna hit the ground running and get onto training with it instead of my 8kg. I wouldve liked 10 but this one was free :p hopefully the jump from 9 to 12 will be more manageable once I'm really comfortable with the 9.