Monday 27 February 2012

Rushfit Week 1: Fattie does a Kimura

So how does it feel to get back into training again? On day 1 of Rushfit, I felt dizzy, nauseous and exhausted. Good times!

However, Rushfit is day-on-day-off so the next day I did some cardio (fattie Pilates if you must know). This gave me some much needed stretching and relief from the previous day. Back into the program and things went much better, no dizziness just lots of sweat.

So far there has been 3 rushfit work outs and 3 self assigned cardio sessions.Already I can feel the benefits; with increased around strength and recovery time.I like learning MMA moves which I have not done before, the Kimura really works the abs. That being said when asked to perform a full bridge being held up with my hands I felt that the workout was asking a bit much.

So with week one complete I have a few observations:
Pros:
  • The 10 min warm up is excellent and properly prepares you for the main work out. Some other fitness programs skip this or don't spend enough time on it and this has caused injury in the past.
  • The round system, 5 mins off, 1 min off x 5, is excellent and creates enough variety to prevent boredom
Cons:
  • Some of the moves in the workout are hard to do and some of Ab work out moves are just plain dangerous
  • Its the same warm up and cool down for every session and It's already getting annoying. 

3 pounds lost so far, hopefully week 2 will be just as productive
Next week I'll being including my eating schedule for your critique.

TTF
233lb

Tuesday 21 February 2012

Fattie does Rushfit, the new workout

Its been 3 months since the fight and training has slowed to a stand still. Maybe once a week I would go for a run or a trip to the gym, but nothing steady and of course the inevitable happened. From a low of 225lb my weight has increased to 236lb. Even with a fairly good diet, without exercise I couldn't compensate for the less than irregular treats.

STOP! This isn't happening again, I made that promise last year. Its time to take action again and this time I'm not making my own program up, I'm letting George St-Pierre do it for me. I picked up Rushfit last week, GSP's 8 week program to "train like a champion". Rushfit appealed to me because it requires no special equipment, only dumbbells.


Day 1 was yesterday and it hurt like all hell, which only means I need to keep going.

More updates soon

TTF
236lb