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Karen, it's cold enough in my 'gym' that I'm always in sweats! That workout seems very fractionally more do-able than the previous, or am I misinterpreting it? Tom, fab news on the arm workout. Great weights, great exercises. So pleased for you. Lisa, sometimes you just don't feel the love...

Karen, omg. Really? All that? Wow? I'm scratching about for anything sensible to add, because that just sounds so brutal. Ashley Conrad looks awesome, so I'm sure it'll be great. Tom, yes zerchers hurt a bit, but I have insulating foam around my BB for them! It's weird that I'm better at them...

Crossfire is definitely worth having! Great dvd.

Meant to ask, Roz, are you getting any cardio in? I know the workouts are long enough, but have you added any finishers ever? Are the higher reps more than enough cardio?

Wolf hall was so much better to watch than to (attempt) to read. The book was hard going! Hats off to anyone who makes it through war and peace. Dickens? Too many memories of being forced into reading them at school. Too young to enjoy them, to carefree to study them. Too light hearted to...

I was back on schedule today. Phew that 'going rogue' was just too much excitement for this stick-in-the-mud. Zerchers. I'm liking them. Not massively heavy (65kg 5x7), but they felt OK. Chest press felt tough after yesterday's efforts. I'm definitely better with food inside me. Roz, yes, I'm...

Maggie O'Farrell book ordered. Thanks Clare!

Glad about the comfy curls Tom. So, I did another unplanned, seat of my pants workout! (Get me, Lisa) I did a jade teta escalating density training- 5 mins of heavy 1 arm rows, 5 per side, alternating, resting when needed, then 5 minutes of overhead press (x5) + pull ups (x5), then 5 minutes...

I love hearing all these recommendations. I'll be trying quite a few of these in the coming months. Recently I've read the follow on to life after life by Kate Atkinson, called A God in Ruins. I loved it, although I was a little confused at first, since the characters were the same as those in...

I've now done a week of ROMWOD. I'm ambivalent. So far there have only been about 5 different poses, all of which were familiar from yoga (or variations of them). ROMWOD is basically yin yoga. The good thing is that it's quick (20 mins), pleasurable (good music, not to hippy, sensible moves) and...

Hi all, I had a dreadful day (lift-wise) yesterday, and was so grumpy about it, that I decided not to check in. Basically I didn't have any energy, since I'd had a rest day Friday, and ate for a 'non-training day RP style'. I've now realised how much it affects my lifts the following day. So no...

Tom, so glad the op went well. Hope you're a good nurse!

John, Mike. It's getting interesting! Lisa, well done with STS. (I have to talk myself into doing STS as well.) Tom, hope dw is doing well. Karen- any better yet? Roz, are you into meso 2 now? How's that? Today I did Mark Lauren's mobility Rx, then a 45 minute ROMWOD. That's all. Feeling a...

Tom, thinking of you and your dw. Hope all goes well. Good job getting a workout in. Squat day here: Wall facing hip rotation x10 + back squats (5,3,1,1) Swissball leg raises (a bit too easy, obviously been doing Cathe too long) + half kneeling elastic rotations BB bent over row (12) + side...

Yeah, Karen- how are you? I guess there's not much you can do about a virus, except for sit (sleep?) it out. Good job you're made of steel. Tom, woo hoo on the strict. Grinding is ok, cos if the bar doesn't want to go up, you gotta make it. So pleased for you. Lisa, are you doing an STS...

Good on ya, Tom. I just want to put this out there.....I'm an idiot. Why oh why did I try ice metabolic with triceps doms. I knew it was a tricep-intense workout! I blame lib for getting me all interested in it!!!!!! Good workout, though. Just my kinda thing (normally).

One of Cathe's 'gems'!!!! A tough one.

I'm still hoping that it's the one-on-ones which Cathe mentioned she would do when Cathe live first came out.

Hi all! Well those skull crushers yesterday have made it tricky to brush my hair today! Today's HTS (lib- it's high tensile strength, a 6 month strength programme by Dean Somerset): Hard stomps (!!!!?????) 5 each side + elevator front squats (7) Military press (5) + band pull aparts (30!)...

Love landmine lift- so good for the core. I've only just realised that turning my high step topper upside down makes a great way to wedge the barbell in place! Straight arm landmine rotations - obliques on fire.