gym
This may be a little bit too optimistic, but this is what I want to attempt to do at the gym:
Monday evening - Body Pump Class, 1 hour
Tuesday morning - general workout in the gym
Wednesday evening - general workout in the gym followed by a swim
Thursday evening - Pilates class, 1 hour
Friday evening - Body Attack class, 1 hour
So that involves going every week day, with three classes each week and 2 "boring" workouts on my own. The body pump will increase my muscle tone and increase my general metabolic rate, the Body Attack will burn some serious calories and give me a decent cardiac workout, and the pilates will help to strengthen my core that has been battered by 4 pregnancies.
I am going to give it a go and see how I cope with it. If I have to, I can drop some of the sessions, but that is my initial plan. If I actually manage to do it, then my body should start to radically transform within a few weeks because it is A LOT of exercise.
I had all my measurements taken today - heart rate, BP, height, weight, BMI, body fat %. My heart rate and BP were good, I am REALLY short (160.5cm, so only 5'2.6, not the 5'3 I thought I was!) I weighed 63.3kg (slightly more than I weigh in the morning naked, but still under the 10-stone mark) and my body fat was 35.5% which I think is probably inaccurate. It was measured via digital scales through my feet, and I'm sure my body fat was only 29% when I was a stone heavier than I am now. Plus, 35% is not inline with my general weight and fitness level!
Monday evening - Body Pump Class, 1 hour
Tuesday morning - general workout in the gym
Wednesday evening - general workout in the gym followed by a swim
Thursday evening - Pilates class, 1 hour
Friday evening - Body Attack class, 1 hour
So that involves going every week day, with three classes each week and 2 "boring" workouts on my own. The body pump will increase my muscle tone and increase my general metabolic rate, the Body Attack will burn some serious calories and give me a decent cardiac workout, and the pilates will help to strengthen my core that has been battered by 4 pregnancies.
I am going to give it a go and see how I cope with it. If I have to, I can drop some of the sessions, but that is my initial plan. If I actually manage to do it, then my body should start to radically transform within a few weeks because it is A LOT of exercise.
I had all my measurements taken today - heart rate, BP, height, weight, BMI, body fat %. My heart rate and BP were good, I am REALLY short (160.5cm, so only 5'2.6, not the 5'3 I thought I was!) I weighed 63.3kg (slightly more than I weigh in the morning naked, but still under the 10-stone mark) and my body fat was 35.5% which I think is probably inaccurate. It was measured via digital scales through my feet, and I'm sure my body fat was only 29% when I was a stone heavier than I am now. Plus, 35% is not inline with my general weight and fitness level!