12 Days of Christmas Workout
Today is the 12th day of Christmas, and to celebrate I have a great workout based on the song with 12 exercises done in the same format as the song. You perform exercise 1, then perform exercise 2 and exercise 1. Next perform exercise 3 then 2 then 1 and so on. You get the picture, don’t you? After a quick warm-up, this should take approximately 30 minutes, depending upon how much rest you take. Remember, push yourself hard and force yourself to rest, rest completely then continue with the workout. You’ll need some water (of course) and a set of dumbbells. Don’t forget...
Read MoreAccelerated Fat Loss – End of Week 3
Week three is over with one more left to go, on my first experiment to accelerate my fat loss. The workouts have been going to plan, although I have had to lower my weights for the upper body work as I have a shoulder problem. It’s a niggling issue I have had for several years and flares up if I push a bit too hard. Apart from that, I’m really enjoying my early morning workouts. My food choices don’t really vary too much, but I spent a few hours making a large batch of beef stew and an enormous pot of braised red cabbage for the freezer. Although I haven’t weighed...
Read MoreAccelerated Fat Loss – End of Week 2
At the end of week two and I’m feeling full of energy. In the past, I have usually done three workouts per week but have now increased my workouts to six. As you know from my previous posts the workouts are a mix of HIIT, Metabolic Effect and Kettlebells, and I walk for an hour on a daily basis. I do enjoy running but have some injuries that prevent me doing that at the moment, and so far, I haven’t missed it (apart from on those glorious sunny, cold mornings). The only thing that hasn’t gone well on the exercise front is trying to do my day 4 morning session and then...
Read More3 Ways with Celeriac
OK, so it’s not the most beautiful looking root vegetable, but it tastes amazing and can be used in many ways. Celeriac is a good source of Vitamins B6, C and K, and minerals magnesium, manganese, phosphorous and potassium. It’s also a great source of dietary fibre and has a low glycemic load, so makes an ideal replacement for potatoes if you are trying to reduce the starchy carbohydrates in your diet. To use celeriac in any recipe, first wash off any excess mud then cut off the woody root and peel off the outside layer to reveal the smooth vegetable underneath. Stuffed Celeriac...
Read MoreAccelerated Fat Loss – End of Week 1
So far, so good! I have been doing my workouts first thing in the morning apart from the addition of an evening kettlebell session on day 1 and 4. I enjoy working out in the morning, and find it gives me plenty of energy for the day ahead, but also enjoy the motivation of working out with other people, so do two of my kettlebell workouts later in the day with the gang at fitMK. My food intake for the week has been similar to most weeks but I have just been very careful about my starchy carbohydrate consumption, restricting it to no more than 30g per day. Overall, I haven’t found...
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