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Couch to 5k podcasts - best place to download?
Hi all can anyone recommend a good site to download the C25K podcasts other than iTunes? Thanks :)
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Unbiased TurboFire reviews please!
Hi I have just ordered TurboFire (thank you to Daisy80 for the link) and am after some reviews from people who have done it. What do people think about it? Does it give good results? Would you recommend it to other people? Is it easy to pick up the moves? Good for toning up/losing inches? It certainly looks like a lot of…
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Argh can anyone help, lost my TurboFire book!!!
Was wanting to look at starting Turbo Fire again (with a modified schedule to take into account my running) and have lost the booklet (Turn Up the Burn??) that contains the class schedules for the prep 12 weeks and then the main 12 weeks. I also need, if possible, the ChaLean Extreme/Turbo Fire hybrid schedule if anyone…
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Lifting Heavy for Women - I think I'm a weed!!!!!!
Arrgh - I've been reading various posts about women's lifting; heavy lifting for women; new rules of lifting; stepping away from the Barbie weights etc.... I am just starting the "Lean" month of Chalean Extreme. But I'm beginning to suspect that my idea of "heavy" is definitely not the same as other peoples!!! We have a…
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Has anyone heard of or tried Michelle Khai's Kettlenetics?
As above really! They've got it on sale at JJB sports and I wondered if it was worth giving it a go for £5. You get a 4lb kBell (designed to be swung and lifted through a series of what looks like dance-y movements) and 3 workouts on 2 DVDs... Any thoughts?
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TurboFire - what if you're not in the States???
HI, have been seeing people mention TurboFire and how good it is. However all the beachbody training DVDs are american, so presumably they are designed to work on region-specific DVD players and also the NTSC (?) TV system which is different to what we have in the UK. I've had a look on some UK websites and it doesn't seem…
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Bridge to 10K?
Hi all having completed C25K I'd like to take the step up to 10k. I've seen a few people here mention bridge to 10k etc - does anyone have any good sites for this running programme or know of a good place to download podcasts for it? Thx :smile:
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Jodie Marsh reveals new look for a body-building comp....
.....just OMG. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2045097/Jodie-Marsh-bodybuilder-Star-shows-amazing-new-look-championships.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Achieved in just 50 days, according to the article. Holy moly..... :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:
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Argh - body fat - going up???!!
Well I know the home measuring scales aren't the most accurate things in the world, but I am aiming to lose bodyfat now, rather than "weight", as such. My BF% is quite high and it was 25%. I run 3 or 4 times a week (minimum of 3 miles each time), cycle every day and horseride once a week. I am also doing the ChaLean…
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HRM for running (ie distance pace etc etc)
HI at the moment I have an FT4 HRM which I love. When I'm running I usually take my phone and use the Runkeeper app. But, is there an HRM that will do the same job as Runkeeper - so tell me how far I ran, my pace per mile/km, route, calories, heart rate etc? I run, cycle and horseride regularly so would need something that…
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Has anyone tried Sheer Cover mineral makeup?
Just watching it now on TV and wondered if anyone has tried it :smile:
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Argh being thick, ChaLean Extreme workouts - when do you do
Have been looking through the info that came with my ChaLEAN Extreme set of DVDs and I don't seem to have a "class schedule" or programme or anything that tells me what workout I should be doing and when. Mind you the only thing that came with it is the guide (didn't get the caliper things, lower body band or nutrition…
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Can you do ChaLean Extreme properly with resistance bands?
Have been reading lotsof bits re strength training to help with changing body shape etc. I have ChaLean Extreme but other than one small set of dumbells and a set of 5 resistance bands, no weights. The resistance bands are graded from 10lbs to 50lbs in "weight" though I suppose resistance will depend on how the band is…
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Marcy - adjustable dumbells - anyone used them?
Hi, I am thinking about buying some adjustable dumbells. Unfortunately my budget won't stretch to the Bowflex Seletech ones, but I found these and wondered if anyone had used them / heard anything about them? Ta. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Marcy-25lb-Adjustable-Transformer-Dumbells/dp/B001LELEUO/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t This would…
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Ow - clipless pedals!!! :(
Well have been out trying my new shoes/pedals on my bike this afternoon. Was doing fine, then I lost speed and wobbled a bit and automatically tried to put my right foot down - forgetting it was clipped into the pedal. Whooops. Me and bike hit the floor and I have a big graze on my right knee now!! I felt very silly when I…
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Loss of energy - can't be bothered - need to up calories??
I've noticed over the last couple of weeks that I'm feeling a bit tired and just can't-be-bothered sort of thing. My cycling is slowing down (my average journey to work is now about 1 minute over what it has been) and I just generally feel a bit bleurgh. I'm wondering if I should increase my calories? I'm 5ft 6, 38, and…
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Interesting little article - Loving your body could help you
Found this - worth a quick read and quite interesting I think, considering how few of us actually have a great image of ourselves/love our own bodies. If someone said to you, "What is it you LOVE about your body?" how many of us would first launch into a list of all the bits we DIDN'T like first before maybe admitting that…
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Did my first ever 5K race last night!
Whoop whoop!!!! Think my time was about 28:42, but I am so pleased I got round and didn't walk or stop once :smile: LOL I am definitely proof that the Couch to 5k programme works, as I only started running on 23rd May! :smile:
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Runkeeper Help Please?
Hi all Am doing C25K and on week 8, using my iPod and the NHS Choices podcasts. Am interested in knowing my pace etc etc and have heard about the Runkeeper app for phones. At the moment I run with a little wrist-thing that holds my keys and then my iPod is in an arm-band round my bicep. The armband is far too big to hold…
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Confused about BMR/calories burned on Goal page??
Can someone help, I'm confused!! I have a few pounds to go to get to my goal (and it's not so much weight I want to lose, as the squidgy-jiggly fat, if that makes sense!) and have noticed that lately I'm always hungry - my calories are currently set at 1430, plus exercise cals, which should allegedly help me lose 0.5lb a…
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Glasses wearers - anyone got Reactions lenses?!
Just wondered what they're like - I had a pair about 20 years ago when they first came out (Reactolight!) so wondered if they'd gotten any better as they used to take about 15 minutes to change colours LOL.
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Great Dorset Bike Ride (UK)
Have posted this in fitness and exercise, but thought I would pop it here as well in case anyone fancies getting out and about this weekend! http://www.greatdorsetbikeride.co.uk/ :smile:
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For cyclists - Great Dorset Bike Ride (UK)
If anyone is interested, check this out: http://www.greatdorsetbikeride.co.uk/ Looks like it could be a good ride! :smile:
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The Front Fell Off!
Funniest clip ever!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QNAwUdHUQ
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"Angel" - favourite episode ever :)
I have just finished my C25K run and have found one of my favourite ever espisodes of Angel on SyFy - "Smile Time." The idea of Angel as a dark, brooding and very felty 1ft high puppet is just genious :laugh: Esepcially when he does his puppet Vamp Face nd nearly gets eaten by a werewolf who thinks he's a chew toy. Sooo…
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Does anyone watch The Last 10lbs Bootcamp?
i've seen a few and I just wondered if there are any DVDs or anything to go with the series. Their results seem to be pretty good but the motivational style is a little less, er, in your face than Jillian Michaels... If you're in the UK it airs on Channel 259 - Diva TV... I'd be interested in the circuit-style training…
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NUTS - I broke my Shred DVD!!!!!!!!
Grrrrrr. Took it out of the box and went to put it in the DVD player - only to find there's a flipping great crack from the middle of the DVD out towards the edge!!!! :sad: :sad: Obviously I don't know my own strength LMAO!! Dammit!!!
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Ouch! Really sharp pain in big muscle down front of thigh???
have just been doing 30 day shred (2nd round). I am starting off at Level 1 again - when I came to do the static lunges with bicep curls, I got really sharp, excruciating pains down the front of my thighs. Kind of up nearer the top of the thigh than the knee, and both times on the leg which is the one taking the weight (I…
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Fitness equipment infomercials....
Wow. We all know (in our heads) that there is no such thing as "spot reduction" for areas of fat on the body. But we all want those amazing instant results, where the fat just melts away like magic....and we become all six-packy and toned just like that *clicks fingers*.... I have just watched 2 Infomercials for the Ab…
