The Mock Turtle

NMTZ squeezed in today. I should be able to do it tomorrow and Wednesday too.

4.5 hours driving and a lot of cleaning (my mum’s) today. Gin is more likely to feature than Jillian.

I think gin will be a much better tonic than Jillian, Tex.

Almost certainly

Jillian is going to be cursing me for not showing up. Again! I'm struggling with the school holidays, but I did do a 4 mile walk today, while carrying the little one, so not all bad.

Oh my god, I just did something ridiculous! I am expecting a TV engineer between 12-5 so didn't want to be caught huffing and puffing in the sitting room which is where I usually do my DVDs. I had to find a suitable Youtube video to do in another room. The only thing I could find was Jillian's Opus workout :eek: which I've just seen as described as a batshit workout and that is no lie. I was laughing while doing it. It was a good calorie burn but I shan't be revisiting.

I've just found this quote online:

Hell, you guys might even be able to do that mythical Opus workout only Greek Gods can complete!

I watched a video of that a while back, MY GOD. It was a bit like watching the winners of Britain's Got Talent perform their daredevil acrobatic act over fire.

I have been active but not Jillianing, I am due to Jillian later today. We both had end of last week off and did a series of bracing hikes instead of running/shredding, but yesterday I was back to Erin and today I will return to Jillian.

I might have a look but only when I’m sitting down with a glass of wine Although I found myself contemplating another go at 1 week shred the other day and had to give myself a stern talking to.

I am planning to run later, I’m hoping it will help my stress levels.

Are you worrying about your mum, Tex?

Mountain Goat wrote: ↑Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:14 pm I watched a video of that a while back, MY GOD. It was a bit like watching the winners of Britain's Got Talent perform their daredevil acrobatic act over fire.

I think I'd have been better at this BGT act.

Bloody hell, our 1WS challenge. :toot:

Probably, I’ve felt really stressed all day but not really been able to identify anything specific.

1WS! I must be mad

I am quite tempted by 1WS now. Even though I am weak as a kitten and definitely incapable.

Running is the best cure-all, at least when you've finished.

Yes have a good run and zone out, then a glass of wine.

My shoulders are starting to remind me that I did a stupid thing earlier. One of the things was doing a crab then somehow dipping up and down like a press up with one leg raised up in the air. Needless to say I couldn't do it. I couldn't even raise my upper body off the floor in the basic crab shape. Another thing was like a spider press up so one knee moves up to the elbow then you raise the other leg off the ground so all of your weight is balanced on two spindly arms. I couldn't do that either. Let's just say I couldn't do any of it yet I still burned almost 300 calories.

I am finished and approximately the colour of a radish. My HR stayed below about to die levels which is unheard of. Maybe all the stress acted as a warm up.

Well done! Especially on not dying. And OMG Dics. I think I would just be lying at the floor doing very little and sort of squinting at the screen in bemusement.

L1 D2 done - it was fine, except that the man delivered my box of wine during the "you're strong! this is eaaasy for you! Nothing you can't do!" and I had to pause it mid-praise and pant at him. It was due on Saturday too.

I hate being disturbed mid burpee. Not because I don't welcome the break but because I obvs look like a hot mess.

Well done both of you. I'll be back to NMTZ tomorrow.

Oh god, I somehow missed Disco’s post earlier. It sounds amazing Definitely something to watch, point and laugh rather than participate.

I can’t hear the doorbell from the attic with a dvd playing so no disturbances. I’m not sure if this is good or bad.

NMTZ done. It’s definitely my favourite just because there’s no complicated cardio to confuse me but my triceps and shoulders feel like jelly now.

I've still never done that!

Well, that went well. I went out for an Erin run and the bloody app just stopped mid interval. I thought she didn't usually go quiet for that long. I couldn't see the screen properly without my glasses but it looked like the runs I had downloaded were suddenly no longer downloaded. It's a premium one and I wonder if it was a year ago that I subscribed and it just expired, mid run. So I carried on just guessing the timings but my legs, which were a bit stiff from the start but not anything remarkable, just got worse until they pretty much seized up and I couldn't even walk properly. Especially down hills, up was better. It's kind of like the feeling when you get cramp in your calves but not as intense - they just feel ridiculously tight. So I bent down to stretch my hamstrings and did a few stretchy things and a dog took a great interest in my bum and wouldn't stop. THEN when I was hobbling home I started to get a pain in my chest which wouldn't go away and really scared me (but which I now think is indigestion ). Then a stupid motorist held up the traffic by ostentatiously waving me across when I didn't want to go because I was hobbling so slowly that I'd rather just wait for a good gap, thanks, but he was being theatrical and Lord Bountiful about it and everyone was waiting behind him so I felt obliged to shuffle across like the two souuuups lady.

So I think I'd better do stretchy yoga instead of Jillian tomorrow.

Goat! I'm glad your bum is intact after canine attention.

Am twinning with Tex as I also did NMTZ. My right quad (I think) is sore from using my heavy weights the other week when doing the backwards lunges. It's really sore but ok ish if I use my medium weights so I did [use mediums] for all lunging moves.

I think I'll do 6W6P from next week.