"The Good Girl's Gym Guide"... LionHair's Training Journey

**Martin Brown** · 13-10-2008 05:03 PM

Good luck

**dope540** · 15-10-2008 11:39 AM

good luck.

**Nick1979** · 15-10-2008 06:48 PM

When we getting our first instalment?

**LionHair** · 15-10-2008 11:22 PM

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When we getting our first instalment?

Ha ha... I said in my opening page I was working on it & it'd be a while

1st post will be by end of coming Sunday.... I'm setting up a beautiful (& yes colourful) sheet to log it on. I shall be posting screenshots (not to big in mm / Kbs size) on here for technicolour viewing.

**LionHair** · 16-10-2008 01:35 AM

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I NEED to do a log... I've been slacking recently (reasons I can explain in later) ..................

Until recently I've been doing 1-day of body-weight based exercises/cardio on Mondays... and Wednesdays have been an hour-long full-body circuit with weights.

Gonna post up this week's (one and only!) workout as my first journal entry! It'll be my Monday stuff.

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Originally Posted by LionHair

This might change... need to ponder on it a bit... so this might be the first & only post in this thread for a while until I figure things out (still recovering from nasty cold which has hampered things a bit).

Still working out what I'll be doing going forward - will have in place my plan/thoughts by end October I hope (if not - nag me to do it please guys

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**LionHair** · 16-10-2008 02:06 AM

Date: Monday 13th October 2008
Workout: Bodyweight / Cardio (Main Focus)

I always end up panting and majorly out of breath after each mini-circuit (it certainly gets the blood pumping)... so much so that I cannot string a sentence together even, I end up grunting/nodding to anyone who asks me a question! It takes 2-3mins to recover before I do the next circuit.

Ohhh how I hate Lateral Raises... but I will conquer them (oh yes!)... grit my teeth to get the last reps out, I want to be able to do my 3-sets at 8kgs for 15-reps each (without pausing) and then I'll move up in weight. About 2 months ago I could barely manage 10-reps on these per set, so I shall get there even if it's 1-rep at a time!

Me 'n' him indoors (aka hubby

) have been away on holiday for 2 weeks - then followed by had a nasty cold recently so not trained for a while & my cardiovascular capacity always drops as a result of a break (yet strength in lifts much less affected), give me 1 or 2 weeks & I'll improve

NB: We both train with a Personal Trainer (I shall abbreviate to PT going forward) so I cannot take any credit for compiling this workout... it works out cheaper to have our joint sessions training as a couple together & even though a gym's is admittedly cheaper (with London prices taken into account) & having been a "proper" member of a health club in the past I know I'm pants at dragging my sorry a*se out of the office to get there on time... been there, done that (plus I cannot drive!). We both feel more motivated to train knowing someone else's time is affected if we were to cancel at the last minute too (so no more "I don't fancy it tonight luv"). And, it's taken us to a point where now (18 months since starting training, having never done any before - except 3 months gym membership for me 5 years ago) we want to do more on our own on top of what we're doing already.

So... now me & hubby have agreed to cut back the £ in other areas, and to train with the PT 2x per week at home. The rest of the time I shall educate myself (using the great advice here on the forum, from books & elsewhere) to put together 2x more workouts per week which we shall do together minus the PT... taking it up to my goal of 4x training sessions per week. I feel it's an investment in a long, happy & healthy life together... we don't smoke, rarely go out to the pub (does 1x per month count?) and I don't drink at all... so I reckon why not... I feel better about myself, my body & I sleep better & have better moods - what's not to love about training

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My main personal focus currently is fat-loss LOL! And, the same goes for hubby too (he just doesn't know it yet..he... he... he..).

**LionHair** · 16-10-2008 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gia

ah good luck with this!... what equipment do you use at home?

Gonna put it all into a photo & post up by end this Sunday - all my random stuff should make people laugh!

**Twisted** · 16-10-2008 07:53 AM

this should be a very interesting read, if you put as much effort into your training as you do posting you should sail to your goals

**Nick1979** · 16-10-2008 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by LionHair

Ha ha... I said in my opening page I was working on it & it'd be a while

1st post will be by end of coming Sunday.... I'm setting up a beautiful (& yes colourful) sheet to log it on. I shall be posting screenshots (not to big in mm / Kbs size) on here for technicolour viewing.

Wouldn't expect anything less..

**Martin Brown** · 16-10-2008 10:51 AM

Here's a little idea LH...

You don't like lateral raises - I really don't think you should be doing them

Why not subsitute for squat to press (thrusters) with 6-8kg dumbells? This would burn far more kcals and really hit your fitness harder than those chicken wing flappy things they call lat raises...

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