Day 25 – the end for me :-(

Had planned to do my training in the afternoon after walking the dog. Was a lovely day and had a great walk. But I got home and felt shattered, and in the following couple of hours deteriorated in health once again. As well as training hard I'd also been working hard and at all hours and not really making time to relax and recover properly so now my body had had enough. It was forcing me to stop so I did, and started looking at booking a holiday instead.

I am gutted that I only had 4 days to go. It has been a really good challenge for me and has given me back my focus on training and setting myself some new fitness goals. It was definitely worth doing and I know I am stronger for it!

Day 24 – take 2

Thankfully I felt better by the end of yesterday so on I went with the day 24 workout.

Day 24 measurements:
Chest: 35"
Shoulders: 39.5"
Umbillicus: 32.5"
Hips: 37"
Gluteal fold L: 21.5"
Gluteal fold R: 22.25"
4" from SB of patella L: 18"
4" from SB of patella R: 18.75"
Arm L: 11"
Arm R: 11"
Calf L: 14"
Calf R: 14"


















Day 24 workout:
Started with shoulders and I definitely have a weakness in my left side. My right arm feels like it could go on longer and lift heavier. Then was on to back which was fine and finishing with biceps and triceps. I couldn't finish as my forearms were quite tender from my old office injury of repetitive strain playing up a bit. And by the end of training I was still feeling a little run down, and looking forward to the rest week now.

Day 24 - no go :-(

Woke up with sore throat, swollen glands, heavy upper chest and generally feeling weak, that something had invaded my bloodstream. Gutted. So close to the end! I knew I just had to rest so cancelled my clients and got some rest with the view of picking up day 24 again tomorrow.

Day 23

Had some chest soreness but not too bad as could still dress myself! Very surprised seeing as I really pushed myself yesterday.

Day 23 measurements:
Chest: 35"
Shoulders: 39.5"
Umbillicus: 32.5"
Hips: 37"
Gluteal fold L: 21.5"
Gluteal fold R: 22.25"
4" from SB of patella L: 18"
4" from SB of patella R: 18.75"
Arm L: 11"
Arm R: 11"
Calf L: 14"
Calf R: 14"



















Day 23 workout:
Had abs/core again. That's 3 days running! What's that about? Was supersetted with legs. Hanging leg raises after lunges? Nice! And was v.interesting ending with jump squats with v.wobbly legs!

Day 22

Day 22 measurements:
Chest: 35"
Shoulders: 39.5"
Umbillicus: 33"
Hips: 37"
Gluteal fold L: 21.5"
Gluteal fold R: 22.25"
4" from SB of patella L: 18"
4" from SB of patella R: 18.75"
Arm L: 11"
Arm R: 11"
Calf L: 14"
Calf R: 14"
Weight: 9st 3.6
Body fat %: 26.2


















Day 22 workout:
Was definitely feeling stronger today. Upped my dumbell weights for chest to 12.5kg from a measily 6kg starting weight (although this was only because I hadn't done weights for months and wanted a little pre-conditioning!). And with push ups I did as many on my toes as possible before dropping my knees. In each of the four sets I managed 15, 10, 8 and 8. Very pleased with that. Looks like I'm about half way to achieving my goal of being able to do 30 full push ups!

Day 21

Still feeling really tired and really hindered my workout. Couldn't wait to get it done today.

Day 21 measurements:
Chest: 35"
Shoulders: 39.5"
Umbillicus: 33"
Hips: 37"
Gluteal fold L: 21.5"
Gluteal fold R: 22.25"
4" from SB of patella L: 18"
4" from SB of patella R: 18.75"
Arm L: 11"
Arm R: 10.75"
Calf L: 14"
Calf R: 14"

Day 20

Was extremely tired today after walking miles yesterday so was very hard finding the enthusiasm and energy to train.

Day 20 measurements:
Chest: 35"
Shoulders: 39.5"
Umbillicus: 32.75"
Hips: 37"
Gluteal fold L: 21.25"
Gluteal fold R: 22"
4" from SB of patella L: 17.75"
4" from SB of patella R: 18.75"
Arm L: 11"
Arm R: 10.75"
Calf L: 14"
Calf R: 14"


















Day 20 workout:
Legs today and unfortunately I was limited as to how much weight I can hold due to the wear and tear in my knees. But gave it my best shot.