So I turned 40 last Sunday, this past year has been bluh and I am determined to make changes going forward. My life consists of working the night shift, being in a pub, or sitting on my bed watching youtube working on 1 of my 2 degrees. Yep I have that exciting of a life….
Tag: crossfit
First time doing the Clean
My last 1-2-1 I worked on the Hang/Power Clean move. First using a dowl to work to break down the movement then onto a 7.5kg training barbell then to a 15kg bar with 10kgs. I need lots of work on this move, like most people starting out. The hang positioning at the top, the hip…
When you just want to throw up.
I had my second 1-2-1 on Wednesday, I wanted to die! Warm up then got working on presses to find out my 3RM. I’ve never been good with this exercise, I have no arm strength. vs strict press I started with 15kg bar for the strict press, moving to 20kg then 25kg then 30kg. Couldn’t…
Starting my Crossfit journey
I’ve taken the plunge and joined my local Crossfit box. Looking forward to seeing my progress not just in weight loss but in strength too. I have currently gone for a 2 class a week plan as I just can’t commit to more at the moment. The box starts new ‘athletes’ in the Academy. This…
Life: Trying to balance everything
Sometime it can be hard to balance everything going on in your life, I haven’t gotten it figured out just yet. How do you balance everything? For me I have work + uni + fitness + lazyness Work I have a 23 hour a week contract but only work 19 hours, the missing hours need…
Fitness: Getting back at it…
So after declaring that I was giving up the gym for a while, I lasted only a few weeks and I rejoined! When I started back at Anytime Fitness (local to home) and Pure Gym (local to uni). I had the idea that I’d need to different gyms due to my schedule but shortly came…
