from UK
Hi Darebee,
Started this week looking for good consistency with exercise. Bit of a back story, always been subpar to OK in fitness, raised it up a level through fight training and long distance cycling a long time ago to which I was in really good shape. Pushed myself too far, became injured a lot but used to grind through the pain. Ran a half marathon without training, ended up getting a knee injury that put me out for a long time. Also used work (desk job) as an excuse not to stay active.
Long story short, 8 years has passed out of no where - scary.
Been on and off for the past 2 years, but lacked the consistency - looking for it now!
Once lockdown happened, started the grind again, foolishy jumped straight into a HIIT workout barefooted on a hard floor and ended up injuring my foot.
Carried on through it, ended up doing the whole Cardio Trim program and just gritted through the pain in my foot and completed it. Took a few days off then started Cardio Trim Run but the pain became unbearable and I was unable to continue with the pain in my foot.
Started reading about the pain and it looks like I had/have Plantar Fasciitis - bit of a set back, so I've had 2 months off, bought new trainers, stretching and foam rolling. It is still uncomfortable ocasionally but I'm not going to be running for another few months, at least until I'm confident.
So where I'm at now...new goals:
Mid-term goals (4-6 months):
Stay injury free!
Increase conditioning
Get stronger - full body - upper, core and legs
5 good quality Pull Ups - I'm desparately poor at pull ups
Drop min. 5kg - need to focus on diet, but getting into the routine of exercise first
Eventually start running again
Increase flexibility in legs and hips
Tools available:
12kg Kettlebell - on the lighter side, but comfortable
20kg in various weight denominations for Dumbell
Schwinn Airdyne AD2
Parallel Dip bars
Pull up bar
Gym ball
If you can suggest any exercises, routines, etc to mix it up let me know!
Training log so far:
Working to around 80-90% peak, enough to know that I'm not going to injury myself!
Tuesday 17th Nov
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 1
Darebee - Super Abs Darebee
Leg stretching routine
Daily Push Ups - Day 1
Dumbell Rows
Darebee Tricep Dip Challenge - Day 1
Dead Hang >10 Seconds to failure
Wednesday 18th Nov
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 2
Darebee - Super Abs
Leg stretching routine
Darebee - Daily Push Ups - Day 2
Darebee - Tricep Dip Challenge - Day 2
Dead Hang >10 Seconds to failure
Thursday 19th Nov
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 3
Leg stretching routine
Darebee - Daily Push Ups - Day 3
Dead Hang >10 Seconds to failure
Friday 20th Nov
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 4
Leg stretching routine
Darebee - Super Abs
Darebee - Daily Push Ups - Day 4
Darebee - Tricep Dip Challenge - Day 3
Dead Hang >10 Seconds to failure
Saturday 21st Nov - Ran out of time in the day due to family commitments!
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 5 - was only able to do 1 set of the exercises! Going to try again with lighter weight dumbells
Started this week looking for good consistency with exercise. Bit of a back story, always been subpar to OK in fitness, raised it up a level through fight training and long distance cycling a long time ago to which I was in really good shape. Pushed myself too far, became injured a lot but used to grind through the pain. Ran a half marathon without training, ended up getting a knee injury that put me out for a long time. Also used work (desk job) as an excuse not to stay active.
Long story short, 8 years has passed out of no where - scary.
Been on and off for the past 2 years, but lacked the consistency - looking for it now!
Once lockdown happened, started the grind again, foolishy jumped straight into a HIIT workout barefooted on a hard floor and ended up injuring my foot.
Carried on through it, ended up doing the whole Cardio Trim program and just gritted through the pain in my foot and completed it. Took a few days off then started Cardio Trim Run but the pain became unbearable and I was unable to continue with the pain in my foot.
Started reading about the pain and it looks like I had/have Plantar Fasciitis - bit of a set back, so I've had 2 months off, bought new trainers, stretching and foam rolling. It is still uncomfortable ocasionally but I'm not going to be running for another few months, at least until I'm confident.
So where I'm at now...new goals:
Mid-term goals (4-6 months):
Stay injury free!
Increase conditioning
Get stronger - full body - upper, core and legs
5 good quality Pull Ups - I'm desparately poor at pull ups
Drop min. 5kg - need to focus on diet, but getting into the routine of exercise first
Eventually start running again
Increase flexibility in legs and hips
Tools available:
12kg Kettlebell - on the lighter side, but comfortable
20kg in various weight denominations for Dumbell
Schwinn Airdyne AD2
Parallel Dip bars
Pull up bar
Gym ball
If you can suggest any exercises, routines, etc to mix it up let me know!
Training log so far:
Working to around 80-90% peak, enough to know that I'm not going to injury myself!
Tuesday 17th Nov
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 1
Darebee - Super Abs Darebee
Leg stretching routine
Daily Push Ups - Day 1
Dumbell Rows
Darebee Tricep Dip Challenge - Day 1
Dead Hang >10 Seconds to failure
Wednesday 18th Nov
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 2
Darebee - Super Abs
Leg stretching routine
Darebee - Daily Push Ups - Day 2
Darebee - Tricep Dip Challenge - Day 2
Dead Hang >10 Seconds to failure
Thursday 19th Nov
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 3
Leg stretching routine
Darebee - Daily Push Ups - Day 3
Dead Hang >10 Seconds to failure
Friday 20th Nov
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 4
Leg stretching routine
Darebee - Super Abs
Darebee - Daily Push Ups - Day 4
Darebee - Tricep Dip Challenge - Day 3
Dead Hang >10 Seconds to failure
Saturday 21st Nov - Ran out of time in the day due to family commitments!
Airdyne - 10 sets of 45sec High Intensity / 2 Minutes Normal
Darebee - Gauntlet - Day 5 - was only able to do 1 set of the exercises! Going to try again with lighter weight dumbells
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