DAY 9 - May 29, 2009

Measurements:-

Weight: 11st 6lb

Shoulders: 43.5"

Chest: 37"

Arms: L: 12.25" R: 12.25"

Waist: 31"

Hips: 42"
Thighs: L: 25.25"/20" R: 25.25"/19.5"

Calfs: L: 15" / R: 15"

So, still no great changes. My weight is down by a MASSIVE half a pound! And I've lost an inch on my waist - I must admit, I do think my little pot belly looks a bit flatter. No matter, I'm not deterred changes WILL happen.....I'm just battling against a stubborn, 48-year-old, hormonal body. Well, nobody's perfect! ;o)

Well, after yesterday's horror Day 9 was a walk in the park, namely back and abs, culminating in 160 (yes, you DID read that right) Swiss Ball ab curls. I reckon that in the last set my ROM was about 1"!

Not surprisingly, I'm already feeling some discomfort when I cough or laugh so the next couple of days should be interesting......and from the Day 8 epic my hamstrings feel about 2" long and my grip is shot - oh, the joys of training!

Mind you, I LOVE IT!

DAY 7 - May 27, 2009

OUCH! My triceps are SORE from Day 6! Mind you, I take that as a sign I worked good and hard!

Day 7, on paper at least, looked pretty harmless and, to be honest, it was over quite quickly - PHEW! It was all quads and core today. Do you remember I was telling how much I hated squat jumps - well that was confirmed in the Day 7 session! I think that as today progresses my quads will be joining my triceps on the soreness front.

Today - Day 8 - looks like a MEGA session! I will be back......

DAY 6 - May 26, 2009

So, here we are at day 6 of the Evil Genius' (a.k.a. Dax Moy) evil plan! Today, as well as adding more (hideous) pictures, I'm meant to add my new measurements, however, as nothing has changed - YET - I've just left it at the pictures.

You may be wondering what happened to May 25th well we were given a REST DAY! and, as I started the challenge a day late it just happened to fall on the Bank Holiday - good timing or what!

Unfortunately, the Day 6 workout fell on what I call a "Hokey Kokey" day - in, out, in, out.....so I had to do it in three parts. Part 1 was a delightful selection of back exercises in the usual rep ranges. Part 2 was all biceps and triceps (which rendered me almost incapable of driving as my arms felt like bits of wet tissue paper). Part 3 was a CV interval session of our choice - I chose to take a client out and do some hill reps! Well, why suffer alone if you don't have to and my client LOVED it!

I'm off to do Day 7 shortly - will report back later.