weight loss

Matryoshka

Another competition

http://www.healthy-magazine.co.uk/offers-and-giveaways/win-a-maxitone-kit-bag-and-goodies

We’re offering five lucky readers a tub of the new Maxitone Sculptress Diet (coming to Holland & Barrett soon), shaker and gym bag – worth £55.

fredsnail

Here's this weeks chart:

Congrats to our SoTW Eric

Well done to all our losers and STSers this week and commiserations to the gainers - next week is a new start so keep going.

Here's this weeks East v West Team challenge chart:



Well done to the Easties - it's a close competition this month so which team will win?

Here's the latest chart for the Burj Jhalkfa challenge:


Congrats to everyone who's doing this challenge.

Any suggestions for a team and exercise challenge for next month?

This weeks quote is from Earl Nightingale
"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."

Matryoshka

Well done Eric :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

Eric_Pisch

Matryoshka wrote: »

Well done Eric :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

i did cheat :rotfl:

Matryoshka

Saw this on the net yesterday and decided to give it a go just now. I must say I was pooh-poohing it but have to confess that I did feel it in my abs. Ouch!!

The movement "helps tone the transverse abdominal muscles"


Here's how to do it:
Kneel without touching your heels, arms extended, hands leaning on the thighs, the back slightly rounded.
Inhale and hold the breath in, trying to suck the belly in as much as possible. Return to the initial position while exhaling.
The exercise mainly works the transverses abdominis, which is the deepest of the abdominal group. It's circular and horizontal fibers reduce the diameter of the abdominal region with they contract.
If you practice yoga, seated tummy tucks may feel familiar; the movement of the abdominal muscles is similar to cat and cow poses, which are done on the hands and knees.

mandz1

Well done Eric.
fred-y is my name in blue?
got really bad toothache at the moment, got dentist appointment tomorrow, think ive got an abscess so im hoping they just take the tooth out and all will be fine.
got soup for lunch today and jacket potato for dinner tonight. hopefully i will be slimmer of the week next wednesday.
congrats to everyone who has lost or stayed the same this week and good luck to everyone this week.

Eric_Pisch

FS 3.72 miles in 30 mins, new personal best on the 5K 25 mins 7 seconds :T

alliwantistosave

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

FS 3.72 miles in 30 mins, new personal best on the 5K 25 mins 7 seconds :T

How do you manage it ? I am over 10 minutes slower than you and I am a little lighter too.
What help and advise can you give me to improve my times as I feel I don't seem to be getting any faster
Do I need to have a fast start and slow down as I get tired or is it better to start slow and keep increasing speed as you go along ?
I am starting to get frustrated now that I am not really improving

Thanks Eric

Matryoshka

A PT is doing my head in. He wants to sign me up and I don't want/need a PT. I'm doing OK on my own, atm anyway :rotfl: Each time he sees me, he comes over, "Can I have 5 mins?" so I have to stop my workout and go and sit down with him somewhere discussing the workout, nutrition and how much he wants me to pay!!! I'm being very polite letting him know I don't have the funds to pay a PT. Thought that was the end of it.

Was having a turn on the Power Plate this morning, when in he walked and stood over me. Told me to workout on the bike so he could sit next to me for a discussion. After the bike workout, we sat at a table. I ended up chatting with him for over 30mins and at the end of it, still reiterated that I don't want to sign up to some programme. He calls it 'Rebalance Programme' and guarantees I'll have flat abs by the end of it. I mean ...... :rotfl:Told him about Insanity, which despite confessing to never heard of, he dismissed as "it won't work" :eek: I had to leave the gym early and he still said he'll see me tomorrow I'm being harrassed

Anyway, Fred, please add on to my challenge

Crosstrainer - 5K/3 miles - 39 mins 39 secs 368 cals (no where near Eric's time :eek:)

Bike, when I was talking to above PT, 20 mins 4.27K/2.65miles 114calories

cgk1

had to leave the gym early and he still said he'll see me tomorrow I'm being harrassed

That's out of order - if he continues to not take No for an answer, then I'd speak to the gym about it - maybe he's got some sort of target he's not meeting?