#SIXWEEKSHRED
Lets get it out the way right at the start…
I AM NOT OVERWEIGHT… I know this and THANK YOU also for noticing! Losing weight is not why I chose to do the #sixweekshred with Caledonia Health and Fitness, I chose to do it to get back to where I was with my training program 6 months ago.
I am the kind of person that doesn’t know when to stop. I will push myself harder every time and break my own barriers and I worked hard for 2 years to get into the best shape of my life with the help of Caley’s Calum Owens.
The day I got to marry the love of my life I was confident and was able to wear the dress I had in my head the whole time we were planning our surprise nuptuals.
After we got back from LAS VEGAS I didn’t train! I went to the gym a couple of times but nothing compared to what I was doing before. I started to feel lazy and sluggish again BUT most of all not training was effecting my mental health.
Exercise to me has always been an escape and a coping mechanism. I needed to get back and whilst visiting hubster I realised that I had another 6 weeks from returning to going back out to see him at New Year! The opportunity to really push myself and get back into shape was there and I knew that Cal would be the man to help!
We devised a #sixweekshred program together to showcase all elements of Caledonia Health and Fitness and to also show YOU what training at Angus’s Premier Fitness Facility can do for YOU!
WEEK ONE
I started on Monday with a fitness test (death test) with Cal. He took all of my measurements and we will keep note of them until the end of the program to show you all what I have achieved fitness wise in 6 weeks.
My stats for my first “weigh in” were as follows: WEIGHT 61.5 (9.6stone), BMI 22.6, BODY FAT 31.5, MUSCLE 29.1, VISCERAL FAT 4. Room for improvement right!
So then we moved onto a CARDIO TEST!!!!!!! I NEARLY DIED and I HATE cardio!!!
All tests done …. results clocked and I decided to go for a swim and chill after the first session.
DAY TWO (TUESDAY)..
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YEEEEEESSSSSHHHH
Back to lifting BIG weights or as I call it “playing in the big boy section”! We worked on my deadlift technique and I felt strong again!
THEN I MADE THE BIGGEST BADDEST CHOICE OF MY LIFE!
I joined in Sean’s Shape Up Class!! I have never joined in on a class before as I was usually a lone wolf gym goer… I congratulate ALL gym class goers!!
I wanted to curl up into a small ball in the corner and cry after it…. BUT WOW what a work out and my body was alive, sore but alive. I felt like this was the workout I needed and although you do have to pay separately for Sean’s class IT IS WORTH IT……I HURT UNTIL FRIDAY!!
Wednesday was rest day!!
Thursday we played in the studio with the different equipment (all available for members to use). Cal set up a circuit including using the battle ropes, 20kg bar (in the grenade), boxes, sand bag and kettlebell. It didn’t go to plan when I smashed my knee with the bar BUT I kept going and felt that feeling of a full body workout. Me and the battle ropes are not friends btw …. we have never and will never like each other. This as he explained is the type of strength and conditioning he used with the MMA fighters he trains to keep them from tiring too quickly.
Friday Rest Day…
Saturday was a big session with Cal again working on isolating my shoulders and using the weight machines properly. I used to think you had to whack on the big plates and lift big to make a difference but I was wrong as it’s technique over weight and that mixed with the pain from Sean’s class … I could feel the burn!
SUNDAY REST AND RELAX
The first week is done and I am raring to go for week two! What I have found more than anything is how quickly my confidence has come back, my motivation and above all how focused I am again… this is more important to me than losing weight ANYDAY :) oh and my clothes are growing… either that or I am shrinking…
BRING ON WEEK TWO CALEY!!
