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Thanks all....

Ooooh the band sounds good! I’ve done most KB moves but the workout videos I’ve done so far dont always incorporate my fave moves, maybe its just me! Maybe I just need to incorporate all my fave moves into my own workout and just stick to that! I love bulgarian split squats! And I’m liking the one legged deadlift! Helps me…

I'm currently doing the LesMills On Demand online, its really good, its £10 per month but I suppose its a good deal if you use it often. I signed up last Tuesday for the 10 days free trial and am loving the GRIT cardio and bodycombat, I do the workouts in the morning and you get the option to pick the length of the…

Thank you everyone.

Brilliant thank you...Do I just need to make sure I fast for no less than 16 hours? or I wouldn't be properly fasting?

I started this on Friday, first fast was 19hrs, yesterdays was 22hrs...however I feel it will be more beneficial to me if I stick to the 16:8 through the week as I will nreak my fast after my workout which will be around 1.15pm... But I do have a question :-) what if my fast is longer but its not purposely done? Will it…

Is the stiff legged deadlift where you keep your legs completely straight and hip hinge? P.s I feel RDL's in my hamstrings more too!

Yeah I can do them and they are included in my workout too, my physio told me to do these too! I have exercises that I so aswell that my physio gave so I do them each evening with a resistance band (physio gave me the band)! Thanks for the advice! I love laterals so all good for me haha!

She said I can but stay low weight

Thats how I felt doing the 8-12 reps, I was exhausted, my HR was always high and it felt more like I was lifting weights on the outside but the inside I was running haha!...Whereas today's workout felt like a proper weight workout....I feel really good

Yeah sorry, I do warm up sets before hand and a warm up session my PT shown me.

My HIIT to me is when I cant run up the stairmaster on level 15 for longer than 10-15secs without then desperately pressing the down button to come down some levels and thinking why do my heart and lungs feel like they are not attached to my body! Haha! And REPEAT!

Thank you everyone for your replies. Its great to hear people's opinions, I did try and speak to a PT at the gym today too (not my old PT) and she suggested I do the 5x5 routine but shes a powerlifter and I don't think that routine would work for me.

Awww and there was me thinking I was working hard haha! I really do try and push as hard as I can though, like I literally can't push anymore haha! especially if I'm doing intervals like the above....like my breathing is so hard and fast I feel like my heart is on the outside of my body.....I think I have experienced the…

Mmmmm I'm not sure its resistance training, I'm building on increasing my weights so I do 4x sets of 10-12x reps depending on workout but im trying to rest a bit longer in between and its taking me over my lunch hour hence my question on if it can be split if need be :-)

Thanks... thats great, I just didnt want it to hinder my progress if some days I werent doing the whole workout together! Workout 1 is deads, squats, glute bridges, bent over rows and oh press but would be good to sometimes split it up throughout the day i.e morning before work and lunch hour as opposed to just lunch time…

From everyones advice I did today what I should/could and will contine this way going forward....Today was actually a good training session even if it meant lowering my weights slightly to perform good reps/sets and to be told my form was good was a bonus!! Good form is very important to me :-)

Yeah I know I breathing heavy doesnt mean I had a good workout, I'm just trying to progress my weights, but in a safe way, I certainly dont want to injure myself! Dont forget I havent lifted weights since March and want to progress safely! I love deadlifts and want to improve but want to do it safely

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@StealthHealth Thanks for your response...If I did it like that how would I know when I was ready to increase my weight? I've been doing the 10-12 rep range so I know when I need to increase weights.... The way you've described does make sense as my PT used to do this with me too, however, I just wanted a simple formula so…

@nakedraygun - Ah right so should I focus on increasing the weight on my next session as opposed to on my next set? Also whats "Antagonist" work? (sorry).

Mmmm interesting! I might give a glute activation workout a try before my next workout! Thank you

I decided not to go in the end just incase, I've never worked out on a full stomach before and it was beginning to put me off. Will do my weights tomorrow.

Ooooh why can't you eat Tuna? Thanks for that, I normally do wait for my lunch until after I exercise but today I just felt really hungry. Kel

I too find that on lifting days I am super hungry or more hungry the next day, I just thought it was in my head but seems I'm not the only one :-)

Yeah, I use my first set as a warm up really, I rest between 30 - 90 secs and in this time I am inputting my workout on my phone....Yeah it makes sense doing it that way and would probably save me a bit of time too...So use 1x set as a warmup and then I could use sets 2,3,4 as working sets....This helps, thank you.

So I followed your advice and today my workouts looked like this, all done with good form, having good form is very important to me hence why I wanted to start from scratch. Squats 12 reps at 20kg (easy) 12 reps at 25kg (easy) 12 reps at 27kg (a little harder) 12 reps at 30kg (harder, I really had to push out the last 3x…

OK then, thank you. I'm really looking forward to starting it up again. I have 7 weeks until my holiday and am doing the programme 3x times per week but alternating workout 1 and 2 each week i.e. week 1 = 1, 2, 1 and week 2 = 2,1,2 and so on....

Mine was in March when I deadlifted 60kg (or 132lb). However, I stopped the weight training and am now getting back into it. Did my workout on Tuesday but kept it low with 40kg and 50kg.

I sometimes eat them back, it depends if I'm hungry and its nice that on the days I do fancy some chocolate I know I can have some without feeling "guilty". Since I reduced my daily calorie goal to the MFP recommendation of 1280 I've been losing a steady 1lb a week and thats with eating back some of my workout calories.…