becbec's road to recovery

[bar-belle]

just letting you's know i'm alive :grin:

Glad to hear you are ok Bec

[becbec]

Has been in intense week

Boarded up most of the windows in the house and we now have power \:D/

Will post up some pics of my poor wee hometown (Lyttelton - the epicentre of the quake) once my phone starts behaving.

All the gyms are closed here that I know of so no training, will have to get into body weight exercises soon or the flubbular mass may come back, but I guess it's the least of my worries at the moment.

Thanks guys

[teamfatboy]

Great to hear from ya, Becbec... and to see that great attitude. Still thinking of all of you down there - I've friends in Governors' Bay, they were in Dunedin when the quake hit so they're fine, but don't know how their house was.

[steak]

Glad you safe and well Bec :nod:

[VampireChick]

Great to see you're safe and you're right, training should be the least of your worries right now.

[Gym rat]

Good to hear you are safe and well.

[becbec]

Thanks

Been busy the last few days moving shit, cleaning, and may have scored myself a new job - whilst still being paid untaxed wages from my old work which is destroyed... ka ching!! :grin:

PT organised a group outdoor session today, urg it was so hard after doing nothing for more than a week.

New doggy tonight too, so no excuse not to go out for runs now :pfft:

[becbec]

Been going to a few outdoor sessions but still feel like a fat shit!

My nursing classes are most likely to be moved out to Lincoln University cause they're worried the Hotel Grand Chancellor could fall on the CPIT city campus (only 40km's away :shock: ) so trying to decide whether to join the gym at the Uni. Anyone been to Lincoln Uni gym?

[becbec]

Still been doing my outdoor sessions

Mon, Wed and Fri are more cardio based sessions, whereas Tues, Thurs and Sat are more weights focussed. Cause i've been sitting round and doing nothing until polytech starts back up i've put on a bit of weight round my gut, but determined to lose it agan once I start back up (will have use of the Lincoln Uni gym \:D/ ).

Kicking myself for not taking pics before the earthquake, oh well...

Still feeling like a fat shit :pfft:

[HarryB]

Winter is coming on Bec just call it insulation!! Actually with what's happening at the moment down your way it's good you even find the motivation to train!

[becbec]

Yay, joined a new gym today

It reminds me of the gym I first started to train in :grin:

[becbec]

Got a weights program sorted out that i'm gonna follow for the next few weeks because im too lazy and busy with other things to put much thought into it.

Have been doing weights 2-3 times a week (all over body workout) and cardio (40 min run 5 times a week)

[Chillicat]

Where's your new gym Bec?

[becbec]

Where's your new gym Bec?

On colombo street in sydenham

[becbec]

First workout in a gym for ages! Feels good to be back. I'm not liking the staring boys though :?

Squat Press

12,8,8 x 8kg

s/s

Front + Side Raise w/ Sit down stand up

12,10,10

SB DB Press

12,12,12 x 8kg (couldn't find the 10's :x )

s/s

SB Single Arm Row

12,12,12 8kg

Step Ups

12,12,12 each leg x 16kg

Bent over Tricep Extension

12,12,12 x 4kg

s/s

DB Bicep Curls

12,12,12 x 5kg

Kneel on the Swiss Ball

Alphabet x 3

Did about 20 mins on the X-trainer and outta there

[VampireChick]

Still a decent load of training there Becbec considering what you Chch folk have been through. Good stuff!

[becbec]

Went to Lincoln Uni gym today

A lot of young guys there thinking they're all that :pfft:

Felt a little self concious so grabbed a step and set up at the back of the gym where no one could see me 8)

DB Push Press

10,8,6 x 10kg

Lung with back foot on step

10,10,10 x 18kg

s/s

Push Ups

10,10,10

Backward Lunge off Step

10,10 x 18kg

s/s

Bent Over Row

10,10 x 18kg

Woodchops

10,10 x 11kg

10 x 8kg

Cardio

20 mins

getting lazy with this, i miss classes

[becbec]

Wednesday

Attack class

Thursday

40 mins intervals on X-trainer

Circuit

Step ups onto bench, DB single arm swings with squat (4kg), DB bench, DB row, lunges, squats, mountain climbers, leg kicks (bw)

Only managed 2 rounds because I was tired from the X-trainer, all weights were with 9kg DB's in each hand, ten reps unless stated

[VampireChick]

20 mins

getting lazy with this, i miss classes

Yeah I'm shocking with my cardio too. It was easy to go for runs over the holidays because there wasn't a gym in site, but I seem to be spending most my time on weights and only 15/20 mins here and there on cardio.

Awesome workouts tho

[becbec]

Cardio

35 mins X-trainer

Squat Press

12,10 x 8kg

s/s

Front + Side Raise w/ Sit down stand up

12,10 x 5kg

SB DB Press

12,12 x 8kg

s/s

SB Single Arm Row

12,12 x 8kg

Step Ups

10,10 x 16kg each leg

Tricep Press

12,10 x 30kg

s/s

Bicep Curls

12,10 x 20kg

Shoot Crunches??

16,16

s/s

Knee on SB

wierd stuff x 12

I can feel some deadlifts coming along tomorrow \:D/

[becbec]

Didn't manage any deads this weekend, stupid arthritis is playing up again so I'm gonna be back down to low weight high rep stuff

Cardio

50 mins intervals on X-trainer

Ab Circuit

Pistol Cruches

16,16,16

s/s

SB Side Crunch

16,16,16 each side

s/s

SB Back Extension

16,16,16

Plank

60 sec, 60 sec, 60 sec

[becbec]

Squat Press

12,9,8 x 8kg

s/s

Front + Side Raise w/ Sit down stand up

12,10,10 x 5kg

SB DB Press

12,12,12 x 8kg

s/s

SB Single Arm Row

12,12,12 x 8kg

Step Ups

8,8,8 x 16kg each leg

Tricep Press

12,10,8 x 30kg

s/s

Bicep Curls

12,10,8 x 20kg

Pistol Crunches

16,16,16

s/s

Kneel on SB and touch ground

6,6,6

Gonna go back to my old workouts I think, this one isn't challenging enough

[teamfatboy]

Jeepers BecBec, that triceps press/ bicep curl's good work... guns of steel! :clap:

But I'm seriously troubled by "kneel on swiss ball and touch ground" - how does that work? :think:

[becbec]

Jeepers BecBec, that triceps press/ bicep curl's good work... guns of steel! :clap:

But I'm seriously troubled by "kneel on swiss ball and touch ground" - how does that work? :think:

Haha, try it! It's all about using your core muscles to balance on the ball and shifting your balance. Great to do infront of attractive members of the opposite sex and roll off into a rack of medicine balls :shock:

[teamfatboy]

You're on... :shifty:

Early in my training, PT had me working core by doing what amounted to a "performing seal" pose on a SB, with a diagonal raise (left hand, right leg off and straight out in front/ behind, recover and swap).... never has the gym felt quite so public.... but abs got a caning :nod: