Category Archives: Circuits

Swim an ultramarathon?? Eh?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

There’s an older man who goes to my gym every week day morning. He works very hard when he goes and sweats bucket loads. He appears to do the same things all the time though and today was saying that … Continue reading →

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4/5 Never hit a training plateau again

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Strength training programs require constant adjustment throughout the year or you risk hitting plateaux. If you are new to strength training, such a plateau usually arrives after about six months of training.  It happened to me after gym instructors showed … Continue reading →

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New ViPR Workout

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Inspired by the new Function Zone at Bellahouston and the new abundance of equipment in there… I figured it would be a good idea to get to know some of the equipment and get some good workouts from them. Here … Continue reading →

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Smack my punch bag up!

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Today we did a circuit of boxing with punch bags at Bellahouston TRX room. Great fun and a great workout. You could do it on your own or with two others. It’s really simple workout, and you can work as … Continue reading →

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Legs, Back & Kettlebell workout

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

I got together a more refined strength programme for myself this week.  It’s still based on: 45 mins – an hour of strength work mixed with Plyometrics: 1. 5 mins cardio warm up. 2. The weights and plyo is around … Continue reading →

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Wk15 – Legs, back & abs &10 miler

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

This mornings workouts were good, I really enjoyed them. Working out with some of my favourite people, having fun and working up a sweat. First off was 50 mins of legs, back and abs with Fit Girl. We started with … Continue reading →

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Wk9 – Circuits

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Wednesday morning and my legs were well and truly shot.  After a few weeks of rest imposed by a cold… Saturday was: 13 mile walk. Sunday was: Rest and teach swimming. Monday was: AM: An hour of Leg Weights PM: … Continue reading →

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Wk7 – Circuits wi Gill

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Wednesday morning and since we’d missed Circuits last week it was good to get back to it.  It’s a great workout. I decided we’d do our craziest version of Circuits where we warm up for 3 sets of 7 exercises … Continue reading →

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Wk5 – Circuits with Gill

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

On Tuesday night I was waiting for the entries for the Barrathon (half marathon on Barra) to open, so I made the excuse not to do my kettlebell workout, and I had a rest day instead.  Annoyingly there were technical … Continue reading →

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Wk4 – Circuits after a long rest day

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

I took Tuesday off as a proper rest day.  I did absolutley nothing apart from sleep, read, drink, eat, and make tomato and basil soup (and ate it).  I got lots of sleep and hopefully have recovered ok from the long run … Continue reading →

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