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Lib, those tabata are hard! If you can keep on doing one every so often, you'll see your cardio capacity skyrocket. You asked about supercuts- it's the metabolic workout from XTrain. And it's great fun. No dread. Keeps on moving. Tom, I've never played around with grip width. Well no more...

Ps too funny about your friend and low impact!

Lib, for dropping body fat the metabolic-type workouts have always worked for me, so afterburn, x10, supercuts.... They may be too much, however, if you're sore from ice (I haven't done it, so I've no idea!), in which case I'd do some calorie-burning cardio, eg kick boxing. I'm sure the others...

Funny you should mention boxing, Tom, as I did ilaria's power strikes today (thanks for the reminder, Lisa). I also did some mobility stuff- I'm trying out the ROMWOD streaming. It's meant for lifters and crossfitters, and I'm really thinking that it'll be goo once I've finished HTS (which has...

Has anybody tried ROMWOD? It's a mobility series (designed for crossfitters, but used quite extensively throughout various weightlifting disciplines). It looks like the sort of thing I need, and has short enough options (12 minutes) to ensure I do the WODs, with longer sessions (up to 60 mins)...

And me! I always reckon when Cathe moves a weight from the floor to overhead, I'm probably moving that weight through an extra foot or so!

No Tom, carry on telling all. It's only laziness which prevents me from listing everything (and embarrassment about some of the weights!)

Karen! Go for it- both retirement and haircut. I love short, funky cuts (I'm just too lazy to go to a hairdressers). Anyway, hope you're feeling better. Xx Lib, glad you've decided to go to graduation- I'm sure you'd regret it if you didn't. And well done on the cardio. Lisa, I'm going to be...

15 sets? Are you crazy? And they say it's the girls who can take the volume. My strict presses were a measly 4 sets today! I also finished my last lot of high volume front squats. Yay! No more of those (although I noticed zercher for next month). Of course I went for it and upped the weight by...

Good luck for tomorrow, lib!

XTrain's supercuts today....have you tried it lib? It's great. The time flies by, because there's so little repeated. Tom, don't you go telling the dentist what to do! Well done on legs - 225 for bench squats is great. And any static lunges are torture! Beautiful and warm over here. Love it!

Tom, Lisa made a great point re training smart, you've progressed with the elbow, so don't you go ruining it now. If you find a body part salvage yard, please let me know where- maybe they'd offer a group discount? Lisa, I seem to remember those endless push ups. I admire you for choosing to do...

Hi Jane, it's a BBC series called how to stay young: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0770cpf

The book has obviously had a huge impact on you. I'm sure your dietary journey will be interesting and very beneficial. I LOVE organ meat (liver especially, but also kidneys, and haggis-of course!) I raise my own animals for food on a (very) small scale farm. It's the only meat I feel OK eating...

Thank you, poachedsalmon! I've visited both Sardinia and ikaria, and have heard about Loma Linda and Okinawa, but had no idea there was a book about it all. I'm off to order it now! There is a to series on in the uk at the moment about how to live longer (and better!) and it talks about a lot...

Good work, Tom. Today I tried to improve my deadlift technique (get rid of my anterior pelvic tilt!), use my legs and glutes more, and less back. I dropped back to 102kg, but, ow, it hurt my bum! Other than that, nothing else of note. Final week of month 5 of HTS!

A long foam roller session (ow) followed by Mark Lauren's mobility Rx (ahhh). Hope the weekend has treated you all well x

Oh Tom, too funny about the KBs. I'm like that with the stability ball - leave it to Karen (hoco = no go for me!) Heavy front squats today. Slightly better kg. But only just. Twisting DB bench press - not one for dodgy elbows Tom / Michelle. Lateral raises (then to the front and back) with...

Lib, hilarious about the girls on the bus saying 'like' all the time! I feel the same as you about it. So, it's totally, like, literally not awesome, like. Tom, 42 sets for arms? You're on a serious volume trip! The programme Roz is following (sorry for butting in, Roz), is the Renaissance...

Roz, mine are 'B' templates. Is that the weight range? I figured the f=female, and c=cut. From what I've read the templates change at 140#....I'm over that (about 144 when I ordered the templates). I get 3oz protein.....glad I'm not on the 2oz templates! What have you got? I can't imagine what...