12 week challenge. WOW #2

First of all... this week has been horrible. Our family cat "Cuddles" got run over a few days ago.. and it's all very sad. It's funny how attached you get to your pets... they are very much a part of your family... so when they're gone it's awful. We're all missing her quite a lot. But I like to think that she was asleep in the sun and then she was gone. She wasn't in pain. It was fast. : (


RIP Cuddles.

So I've been keeping myself busy with working out...

Last week I mentioned I had started the 12 week challenge! (You can catch up by clicking here if you missed it.)
I have been doing really well this week and have been quite strict with following the Metabolic Precision Diet. Go me!
As I mentioned last week, I do a WOW workout every week. Last week was hard... but this week was even harder! You do this workout on top of what you usually do in a week! Hell I tell you... I have to say I do enjoy it though... a lot! My Personal Trainer is fantastic and she really pushes me when my mind tells me to stop.

THIS WEEKS WOW:
Video of two trainers from Goodlife doing this weeks WOW
Each circuit consists of:

Box Jumps is using a large box not a lower one.
The 10 Pull-Ups are set to 25kg for women and men don't use the assisted machine.
The 30 Jump Lunges use no weight.
The 20 Dumbbell Burpees is lifting two 8kg dumbbells (HARD)
The 20 Plated Sit ups is using a 5kg weight plate.

If you don't do the rep properly then it isn't counted and you have to do that rep again for it to count.

THE AIM OF THE GAME:
To do as many reps as you can in 20 MINUTES!!!
Each rep is worth 1 point.
So each round is worth 100.

I got 266. Meaning I did two complete rounds and then got up to the burpees. OMG. I was stuffed afterwards... and my body is pretty sore today!
But today is not rest day, about to head out on a 10km run... my 15km fun run is only 2 weeks away!

Looking forward to Sunday... REST DAY!

See what you can do!! I'd love to see how you go! You can do it :)

APP REVIEW: Nike training!

Lacking motivation... try this app.

There is nothing worse than going to the gym lacking interesting exercises... I'm sorry but a leisurely stroll/jog on the tredmil does not excite me. When this lul happens you quickly lose motivation.

Recently, I've been feeling overwhelmed and exhausted and have been finding it difficult to think outside the square with my personal workouts. Usually I run or do PT... but lately I've been having to make up my own little sessions.

So I downloaded the free app 'Nike training'

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You open up the app and these are the options you choose from for your workout.

As you can see, down the bottom of the screen you also can choose the option 'My Workouts'. This setting is a list of the workouts you have saved as workouts you like and would like to do again.

You then choose an appropriate level of exercise depending on how much exercise you do a week.

You then choose a workout you want to try. It also tells you how long the workout goes for.

Clearly I chose 'Get Lean' and Advanced. I chose the Razor Sharp Workout... for no reason... just a random choice. It's great you can set up a playlist to go along. I didn't for this session as I was so busy trying to concentrate on the demonstrations for the exercises. These are a list of some of the exercises you do and how long you do them for.

This is more of the list... the list is quite long! Hard work I tell you!

If you don't know how to do a particular workout such as a "Frogger", you can flick through the steps of the move to tell you how to do it.

At the top right corner you can see a video idon. If you click this image the app launches into a video of the Nike woman doing the exercise.

This is part of the 'Get Focussed" section which I thought was really helpful. Sometimes I like to do a whole session on my arms and then the next time work my butt/legs. This section is also good if you have an injury and want to steer away from say using your calf muscle.

Overall, I loved this app. It's interesting the whole way through and has great visual effects.

The only thing is... the first time you do the workout it can be hard to workout the whole time.. I was frequently watching demonstrations of the videos. It is important though, because you need to know how to correctly do the exercise.

The good thing is, the workout countdown only counts down actual exercise time and does not count the demonstration times.

I will be using this app again for sure!

Give it a try and tell us what you think!



Nike Training Club
Reviewed by Poodle Stalkers on Feb 19 2013
Rating: 4/5